Senate Bills on Second Reading Subject to Call |
| | SB632 | RISER | TAX/TAXATION - Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to establish a Solar Credit Secured Refund Pilot Program to allow taxpayers who are eligible to receive a solar credit refund to authorize their refunds to be paid directly to a properly secured third party lender. (gov sig) |
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. |
| | SCR59 | DONAHUE | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Amanda Warren on being awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. |
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | HB168 | HOFFMANN | HEALTH/SMOKING - Prohibits outdoor smoking within 25 feet of certain exterior locations of state office buildings (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | HB186 | CAMERON HENRY | HUNTING - Provides for the use of sound suppressors in hunting |
| | HB242 | ARMES | SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to compensation for school support personnel for substitute teaching (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | HB319 | FOIL | CORPORATIONS - Provides for revisions to business corporation law |
| | HB332 | LOPINTO | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Amends criminal penalties for certain offenses involving Schedule I narcotic substances (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | HB353 | BURFORD | HUNTING - Allows year-round day or night hunting of hogs on private property |
| | HB355 | DANAHAY | TAX/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE - Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to waive certain penalties associated with the payment of taxes on certain alcoholic beverages (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | HB419 | MONTOUCET | DISTRICTS/DRAINAGE - Provides relative to access to public drainage for maintenance purposes |
| | HB447 | PYLANT | WATERWAYS - Prohibits waterskiing and use of personal watercraft on a portion of Lake Louis in Catahoula Parish |
| | HB513 | CAMERON HENRY | EXCEP PERSON/DISABLED - Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to provide information concerning velocardiofacial syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | HB690 | BROADWATER | PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS - Permits public school districts and schools to participate in group purchasing for materials, equipment, and supplies (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) |
| | HB741 | LOPINTO | CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for a contradictory hearing for a motion to withdraw a guilty plea |
| | HB841 | LEGER | CORPORATIONS - Provides for voting trusts as holders of limited liability company certificates |
| | HB863 | DANAHAY | TAX APPEALS/BOARD - Authorizes and provides for the adjudication of certain state and local tax disputes by the Board of Tax Appeals (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | HB868 | PONTI | UTILITIES - Makes changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law |
| | HB994 | PONTI | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to financing requirements of the Louisiana Business and Industrial Development Company Act |
Senate Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | SR29 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create a working group to develop strategies to decrease primary care utilization in emergency rooms in hospitals across Louisiana. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee |
| | SCR13 | CORTEZ | HEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians to educate its members of state and federal programs available to children with developmental disabilities and advise parents and guardians of such programs when such a diagnosis is made. |
| | SCR22 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create the Practice and Regulation of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Review Committee. |
| | SCR39 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the most effective means to ensure the proper utilization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications in Louisiana and to report its findings to the 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. |
| | SCR47 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Urges the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of alternative transportation sites (i.e. urgent care clinics) for certain patients. |
| | SCR48 | LONG | HEALTH CARE - Provides for legislative approval of and support to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University for the strategic collaboration with the state in creating a new model of health care delivery in the Alexandria and Pineville area. |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | SB84 | NEVERS | CONSUMERS - Provides relative to consumer credit transactions. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | SB111 | MARTINY | FUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for fees and procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by electronic means. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note) |
| | SB301 | MARTINY | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to financial institutions and production of documents. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | SB383 | ERIC LAFLEUR | PROBATION/PAROLE - Provides with respect to parole eligibility. (8/1/14) |
| | SB472 | FRED MILLS | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the Board of Pardons. (8/1/14) |
| | SB473 | FRED MILLS | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Provides with respect to the committee on parole. (8/1/14) |
| | SB523 | MORRELL | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of cockfighting. (8/1/14) |
| | SB28 | HEITMEIER | PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Provides relative to the implementation of the requirement that certain state-owned buildings be equipped with suitable accommodations for breastfeeding and lactation. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note) |
| | SB60 | GALLOT | VOTERS/VOTING - Removes prohibition of recognition of an Independent party. (1/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | SB71 | MORRELL | HEALTH SERVICES - Provide relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice Act. (8/1/14) |
| | SB142 | DORSEY-COLOMB | LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the month of July as "Sarcoma Awareness Month". (7/1/14) |
| | SB185 | FRED MILLS | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14) |
| | SB194 | FRED MILLS | MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15) |
| | SB235 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/LOCAL - Requires written or emailed notice of a meeting concerning tax measures to be provided to certain officials and excludes certain meetings of political subdivisions concerning tax measures from certain notice requirements. (8/1/14) |
| | SB241 | THOMPSON | CREDIT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | SB255 | MARTINY | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. (gov sig) |
| | SB258 | JOHNS | SANITARY CODE - Provides relative to the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and conditions under the Sanitary Code. (8/1/14) |
| | SB274 | CORTEZ | ETHICS - Provides relative to annual mandatory ethics training requirements. (8/1/14) |
| | SB410 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for the transparency of Maximum Allowable Cost Lists for prescription drugs. (8/1/14) |
| | SB499 | HEITMEIER | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides for authorized procedures provided by direct service workers. (gov sig) |
| | SB505 | HEITMEIER | PHYSICIANS - Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig) |
| | SB532 | E.GUILLORY | COURTS - Provides for the creation of the Veterans Court Program. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | SB556 | JOHNS | CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Amends frequency of reporting prescription dispensing of certain substances to the state prescription monitoring board. (8/1/14) |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call |
| | 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) |
| | SB76 | MORRISH | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Creates the Cameron Parish Port, Harbor, and Terminal District. (1/1/15) |
| | SB90 | DORSEY-COLOMB | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the creation of the "Neighborhood Watch Act".
(gov sig) |
| | SB130 | MORRELL | VIDEO POKER - Provides relative to fuel sale requirements at qualified truck stops. (8/1/14) |
| | 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) |
| | SB354 | BODI WHITE | SCHOOLS - Constitutional Amendment to provide that any public school system created by the legislature shall have the authority granted parish school boards. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) |
| | SB368 | MORRELL | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park.
(8/15/14) |
| | SB385 | ERIC LAFLEUR | SCHOOLS - Provides for empowered community schools. (7/1/14) |
| | SB422 | BROOME | LIABILITY - Provides immunity for rendering assistance in medical emergencies involving alcohol consumption or drug overdose. (8/1/14) |
| | SB434 | ERIC LAFLEUR | CLERKS OF COURT - Provides for automobile expense allowance for certain clerks of court. (8/1/14) |
| | SB512 | HEITMEIER | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for chain restaurant menu labeling. (1/1/15) |
| | SB518 | MARTINY | COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to indemnification of motor carrier transportation contracts and construction contracts. (8/1/14) |
| | SB549 | GALLOT | LOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to firefighters including minimum wages and the reinstatement, reemployment, and seniority of firefighters who retire due to injury. (8/1/14) |
| | SB575 | MARTINY | APPRAISERS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. (gov sig) |
House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | HB18 | LOPINTO | PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT - Repeals the statutory authorization for DPS&C to conduct certain pilot programs involving alternative methods of incarceration and electronic monitoring (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | HB56 | LOPINTO | SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
| | HB131 | LOPINTO | LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Authorizes payment of witness fees to retired law enforcement officers or former law enforcement officers in certain cases (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | HB188 | LOPINTO | CORRECTIONS - Repeals antiquated and obsolete statutes related to prisons and correctional institutions |
| | HB331 | LOPINTO | DWI - Authorizes licensed practical nurses to administer chemical tests for intoxication |