Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | | SB569 | MORRISH | NURSING HOMES - Provides with respect to the moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (8/1/14) |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SCR40 | BODI WHITE | PRIVATE SECURITY - Reduces the amount of insurance required of licensed private security companies for care, custody, and control from $500,000 to $100,000. |
| | | SCR41 | GALLOT | FEDERAL PROGRAMS - Requests the United States Department of Agriculture to develop tastier food options for the National School Lunch Program. |
| | | SCR42 | SMITH | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Ajit "AJ" Pethe on being selected the 2014 Principal of the Year. |
| | | SCR43 | CROWE | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the week of April 6-12 as "Junior Auxiliary Week" at the Louisiana Legislature. |
| | | SCR44 | DORSEY-COLOMB | PUBLIC HEALTH - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to declare youth violence a public health epidemic and the Department of Education to establish a statewide trauma-informed education program. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call |
| | | SCR8 | CLAITOR | HEALTH CARE - Expresses the sense of the Louisiana Legislature on the need for colorectal cancer screening examinations. |
| | | SCR9 | CLAITOR | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Claney Duplechin, coach of the Episcopal High School Knights boys varsity cross country team, on being selected as a 2013 National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations. |
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | | HB132 | JEFFERSON | TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL - Authorizes the town of Homer to levy an additional sales and use tax (EN +$505,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | HB241 | ARMES | WILDLIFE & FISHERIES CMN - Makes a technical correction to remove the effective date reference contained in the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment that would specify certain geographical qualifications for members of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission |
| | | HB365 | MORENO | VOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides with respect to voter registration information and data |
House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | HCR33 | H.BURNS | SOCIAL SECURITY SYS - Memorializes congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions |
| | | HCR39 | GREGORY MILLER | COMMENDATIONS - Commends the River Region Caucus and its member parishes for their cooperative efforts toward improving the quality of life in the river region |
Senate Bills Reported by Committee |
| | | SB38 | MORRISH | CLERKS OF COURT - Includes the clerk of each district court to receive an automobile expense allowance. (8/1/14) (EN +$724,000 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB55 | KOSTELKA | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Adds vehicular homicide to the list of crimes of violence.
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| | | SB75 | MORRELL | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to the minimum disinfectant residual levels of free or total chlorine throughout public and private water systems. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB130 | MORRELL | VIDEO POKER - Provides relative to fuel sale requirements at qualified truck stops. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB147 | DORSEY-COLOMB | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides relative to the notice of an execution required to be given to the victim's family. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB168 | WALSWORTH | PUBLIC DEFENDER - Provides relative to appointments to the Louisiana Public Defender Board. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB178 | MORRISH | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides with respect to health care sharing ministries. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB193 | KOSTELKA | ELECTION CODE - Increases the compensation for deputy parish custodians of voting machines. (1/1/15) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB203 | MORRELL | COURTS - Authorizes 24th Judicial District Court to assign certain divisions as a reentry division. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB204 | MORRELL | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to containers of beverages of high alcoholic content and prohibits the sale and shipment into this state of containers of powdered alcohol. (gov sig) |
| | | SB208 | WARD | ELECTION CODE - Prohibits a public officer who has been removed from office pursuant to a recall election from qualifying for the same office at a special election to fill the position. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB240 | NEVERS | CLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to notice of decisions in criminal appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB244 | MORRISH | INSURANCE RATES - Provides with respect to rate filings with the commissioner of insurance. (gov sig) |
| | | SB247 | MORRISH | INSURANCE DEPARTMENT - Provides with respect to insurance fraud. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB248 | MORRISH | CHILDREN - Requires certain factors be considered when a court orders visitation between a minor child and an incarcerated parent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB268 | CLAITOR | LIABILITY - Provides relative to civil liability for theft of goods from a merchant. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB277 | PERRY | DWI - Provides for changes to DWI laws. (1/1/15) |
| | | SB291 | MORRELL | CIVIL PROCEDURE - Authorizes exemplary damages in certain suits arising from domestic abuse. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB292 | MORRELL | DIVORCE - Provides relative to divorce proceedings. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB307 | CROWE | NOTARIES - Provides relative to hospital notaries.(8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB309 | BROOME | HEALTH CARE - Provides for screening of pregnant women for HIV and syphilis in the third trimester of pregnancy. (gov sig) |
| | | SB318 | SMITH | WARRANTIES - Provides relative to the performance of warranty repairs on motor vehicles. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB331 | MORRISH | SHERIFFS - Provides with respect to the payment of insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. (gov sig) |
| | | SB362 | CORTEZ | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to licensing renewal dates for currency exchange services through use of an electronic system. (gov sig) |
| | | SB394 | MORRELL | ETHICS - Prohibits persons having outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant to Code of Governmental Ethics from serving on any boards and commissions. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB422 | BROOME | LIABILITY - Provides immunity for rendering assistance in medical emergencies involving alcohol consumption or drug overdose. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB460 | ADLEY | LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires schools receiving certain state scholarship funds to maintain funds in a separate account or use certain accounting procedures established for the legislative auditor. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB503 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides for the Department of Health and Hospitals to create an upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers. (gov sig) |
| | | SB512 | HEITMEIER | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for chain restaurant menu labeling. (1/1/15) |
| | | SB513 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission. (gov sig) |
| | | SB514 | HEITMEIER | SCHOOLS - Prohibits smoking near public and private elementary and secondary school property. (gov sig) |
| | | SB518 | MARTINY | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to indemnification of motor carrier transportation contracts and construction contracts. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB542 | MORRELL | GAMING - Requires annual report from the Gaming Control Board on impact of technology advances on gaming industry. (8/1/14) |
Reconsideration |
Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted |
| | | SR18 | JOHNS | CONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | | SCR20 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a state plan amendment to the federal government that will permit WIC cash value vouchers to be used at farmers' markets. |
| | | SCR21 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH CARE - Creates a joint legislative committee on obesity. |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB14 | E.GUILLORY | SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RET - Provides for the determination of liabilities of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System and the payment therefor. (6/30/14) (EN +$4,613,318 FC LF EX) |
| | | SB30 | CORTEZ | STATE EMPLOYEE RET - Provides relative to benefits of adult probation and parole officers. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (EN $4,523,091 APV) |
| | | SB31 | TROY BROWN | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requires DOE to report annually specified information regarding the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program to state legislators. (gov sig) |
| | | SB36 | TROY BROWN | SCHOOLS - Requires notification to certain elected officials regarding submission and status of certain charter school applications. (gov sig) |
| | | SB48 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Authorizes an increase in court costs in the mayor's court of the town of Rosepine. (2/3 - CA7s2.1) (8/1/14) (EN +$37,500 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB51 | MARTINY | TAX/TAXATION - Removes the authority of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program to charge participating retailers a membership fee. (gov sig) (EN -$80,000 SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB52 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Increases authorized court costs for municipal ordinance violations in the mayor's court in the town of Anacoco. (8/1/14) (EN +$10,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB56 | NEVERS | POSTSECONDARY ED - Requires BESE, the Board of Regents, and public postsecondary education boards to participate in regular meetings regarding articulation and transfer policies and agreements. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB59 | J.SMITH | LOCAL AGENCIES - Repeals special provisions relative to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB64 | CORTEZ | AIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Expands powers of Lafayette Airport Commission to include economic development purposes. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB88 | ALARIO | TREASURY DEPARTMENT - Re-creates the Department of the Treasury and its agencies. (6/30/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB97 | NEVERS | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Repeals provisions relative to the Tangipahoa Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB98 | NEVERS | TOPS - Provides that a five-point scale shall be used when calculating the grade point average for certain honors courses and talented courses. (gov sig) (EN +$1,240,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB125 | NEVERS | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to agricultural education and establishes the Agricultural Education Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB126 | NEVERS | TOPS - Provides relative to TOPS. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB141 | LONG | WATER/WATERWAYS - Extends the time when the state may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement for the sale of surface water. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB152 | J.SMITH | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for increasing the board membership to ten on the War Memorial Civic Center Board in the town of DeRidder. (gov sig) |
| | | SB154 | LONG | WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT - Provides relative to the importation of certain fish. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB174 | PETERSON | MUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to condemnation procedures for the removal of dangerous structures in parishes and municipalities. (gov sig) |
| | | SB177 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the use, expenditure, or allocation of funds appropriated to public postsecondary education management boards. (7/1/16) |
| | | SB212 | WARD | HUNTERS/HUNTING - Allows the use of a firearm sound suppressor while hunting certain wild quadrupeds. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB234 | J.SMITH | COURTS - Provides for remission to Indigent Defender Fund of certain court costs in mayor's court of the Town of New Llano. (gov sig) (EN +$60,000 LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB246 | MORRISH | SHRIMP/SHRIMPING - Changes the line of demarcation of the inside and outside waters for purposes of shrimping. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB251 | WARD | WILDLIFE RESOURCES - Provides for the sale or purchase of wild birds and wild quadrupeds. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB253 | MORRISH | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for an increase in certain criminal court costs in the Thirty-First Judicial District Court. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB261 | JOHNS | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. (8/1/14)(2/3- CA6s43) |
| | | SB262 | NEVERS | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for a per diem for board members of the Washington Parish Gas Utility District No. 2. (gov sig) (EN +$1,500 LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB305 | CHABERT | COASTAL RESOURCES - Provides relative to Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium.
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| | | SB315 | DONAHUE | PROCUREMENT CODE - Provides relative to group purchasing and cooperative purchasing provisions of certain public postsecondary education institutions. (7/1/14). (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB319 | DONAHUE | FISCAL CONTROLS - Provides that certain audits completed by the office of the legislative auditor shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on an annual basis. (7/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB320 | DONAHUE | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note) |
| | | SB337 | APPEL | POSTSECONDARY ED - Provides for the development of an outcomes-based funding formula for postsecondary education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB369 | WALSWORTH | FISH/FISHING - Provides for the possession limits of crappie on Lake D'Arbonne. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB417 | SMITH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to a water damaged vehicle. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB418 | SMITH | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to required credentials for registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or other vehicle to be operated on public highways. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB430 | WALSWORTH | PUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state land in Union Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB433 | BODI WHITE | PUBLIC LANDS - Provides for the transfer of certain state properties in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB435 | PERRY | MUNICIPALITIES - Authorizes the city of Scott to levy a hotel occupancy tax not to exceed five percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy. (gov sig) |
| | | SB476 | SMITH | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to driving school bond requirement and cease and desist orders. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB481 | DONAHUE | TECHNOLOGY - Provides with respect to technology services and technology procurement. (7/1/14) (EN -$24,700,000 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB528 | CROWE | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call |
| | | SB11 | ERIC LAFLEUR | JUDGES - Constitutional amendment to remove the age beyond which judges shall not remain in office. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE FC SG EX) |
| | | SB70 | CLAITOR | CURRICULA - Repeals the Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act. (8/1/14) |
| | | SB72 | BODI WHITE | CHILDREN'S CODE - Removes the requirement that certain petitions be verified. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB385 | ERIC LAFLEUR | SCHOOLS - Provides for empowered community schools. (7/1/14) |
| | | SB434 | ERIC LAFLEUR | CLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14) |