Senate Daily Digest
March 20, 2018
5:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 SB465W.BISHOPSTUDENTS - Provides relative to student discipline. (gov sig)
 SB466PRICELEASES - Provides relative to security deposits for residential leases. (1/1/19)
 SB467MORRELLCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Creates the Louisiana Jury Study Task Force. (8/1/18)
 SB468MORRISHGAMING - Authorizes public institutions of higher education, when licensed, to conduct raffles. (8/1/18)
 SB469WARDMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to towable equipment. (8/1/18)
 SB470BARROWLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for an increase of commissioners to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge. (gov sig)
 SB471RISERCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the functions of jury commissions in Caldwell Parish. (8/1/18)
 SB472JOHNSMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for a special prestige license plate for "Autism" and one for the Louisiana Motor Transport Association. (1/1/19)
 SB473JOHNSLAW ENFORCEMENT - Authorizes Louisiana Property Assistance Agency to make surplus bulletproof vests available for purchase to certain part-time and reserve peace officers under the same requirements as the vests are made available to certain full-time employees. (8/1/18)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR28BODI WHITESPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes Wednesday, March 21, 2018, as Forum 35 Day.
 SR29W.BISHOPSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, March 21, 2018, as School-Based Health Care Awareness Day in Louisiana.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR28GATTICOMMENDATIONS - Commends First Baptist Church of Minden for its rich history and the faithful foundation upon which it was built.
 SCR29WALSWORTHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Summer Holloway on achieving a perfect score on the ACT.
 SCR30JOHNSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes May 12, 2018, as Louisiana Firefighters' Appreciation Day and commends all firefighters across the state for their dedication to public safety, and for their service to the citizens of Louisiana and the United States of America.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB7GREGORY MILLERETHICS/CODE - Provides relative to certain statements required to be filed by elected officials
 HB45CONNICKLICENSING - Requires third-party logistics providers to obtain controlled dangerous substance licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB48CARPENTERPUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST - Names the baseball operational center at Southern University in Baton Rouge in honor of Roger Cador (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB51LEBASETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG - Provides an exception from dual officeholding laws to allow a certified public accountant to hold an office on a school board and employment with a sheriff to provide financial or accounting services
 HB52MARCELLEMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Capitol High School" special prestige license plate
 HB60KENNY COXHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 175 as the "SSG Richard Lee Vazquez Memorial Highway" (EN +$1,100 SD EX See Note)
 HB63SCHEXNAYDERHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of United States Highway 61 as the "Deputy Brandon Nielsen and Deputy Jeremy Triche Memorial Highway"
 HB90TALBOTCAPITAL OUTLAY - Requires certain legislative committees to approve line of credit recommendations for nonstate entity projects (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB132ZERINGUECAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides relative to the local match requirements for nonstate entities applying for capital outlay funding (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
 HB216JACKSON-ANDREWSMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Neville High School" specialty license plate
 HB217JACKSON-ANDREWSMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Carroll High School" specialty license plate
 HB250BISHOPTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - Changes requirements for newspaper advertisement of a public notice for a hearing concerning an increase in a property tax without voter approval (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
 HB289JORDANMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Brusly High School" specialty license plate
 HB290JORDANMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Glen Oaks High School" specialty license plate
 HB291JORDANMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Port Allen High School" specialty license plate
 HB303GISCLAIRMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Modifies requirements for obtaining a commercial driver's license when an applicant is employed in a specific military position
 HB341ABRAMSONTAX/CORP FRANCHISE - Changes the due date for filing corporate franchise tax returns (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 HB342ABRAMSONREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Changes the deadline for agencies which administer tax incentives to submit reports to the legislature (EN +$110,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB441STOKESMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Military Order of the Purple Heart First Responder Program" special prestige license plate
 HB496HAZELMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides for a voluntary fee on driver's license applications to benefit the Military Family Assistance Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
 HB678TALBOTHIGHWAYS - Designates a roadway as the "Francis E. 'Hank' Lauricella Memorial Road"

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR13BISHOPCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Don Briggs upon his retirement as president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB2PEACOCKSTATE POLICE RET FUND - Authorizes payments funded by the system experience account to certain retirees and beneficiaries. (2/3 - CA 10s29(F)) (6/30/18) (EG $5,163,742 APV)
 SB16MIZELLMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for a special prestige license plate to bear the international symbol of accessibility and one for "Upside Downs". (1/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 SB21GATTIROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Interstate 20 in Bossier Parish as the "Louisiana State Trooper Huey P. Grace Memorial Highway". (8/1/18) (EN +$3,360 SG EX See Note)
 SB23BOUDREAUXROADS/HIGHWAYS - Designates the interchange of I-49 Exit 11 and Louisiana Highway 93 near Sunset and Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish as the "Armand J. Brinkhaus Memorial Interchange". (8/1/18)
 SB46APPELPOSTSECONDARY ED - Provides relative to the master plan for postsecondary education. (gov sig)
 SB59CORTEZFUNDS/FUNDING - Constitutional amendment to remove authority to fund state police for traffic control from the Transportation Trust Fund. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB83PERRYMUNICIPALITIES - Provides relative to qualifications of the chief of police for the town of Gueydan. (gov sig)
 SB88FRED MILLSTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Designates Louisiana Highway 352 in St. Martin Parish as the "Pat Huval Memorial Highway" and the Old Abbeville Bridge crossing, the Vermilion River on Louisiana Highway 14 East (Port Street) in Abbeville as the "Vermilion Parish Veterans Memorial Bridge". (8/1/18)
 SB94APPELPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides that public entities are liable for interest due for failure to pay progressive stage or final payments on public contracts under certain conditions. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB117MORRELLPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Requires that any contractor who enters into a contract with a state entity comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/18)
 SB119MORRELLTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to confidentiality of certain taxpayer information concerning Medicaid eligibility. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB122PERRYMUNICIPALITIES - Repeals provision authorizing the city of Kaplan's elected police chief to manage police personnel. (8/1/18)
 SB148MORRELLTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to require local government approval of the industrial property tax exemption. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB149MORRELLEMPLOYMENT - Prohibits employers from requiring prospective employees to disclose wage information. (8/1/18)
 SB157LAMBERTPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Ascension Parish. (gov sig)
 SB158COLOMBEMPLOYMENT - Requires employers who receive economic development incentives from the state to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for a new construction project or the expansion of an existing construction project. (8/1/18)
 SB162TROY CARTEREMPLOYMENT - Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3 - CAs2.1)(8/1/18)
 SB164MORRELLTAX/AD VALOREM - Constitutional amendment to authorize the phase-in of increases in ad valorem taxation under certain circumstances. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB172PERRYMUNICIPALITIES - Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Scott to levy an additional one percent sales tax, subject to voter approval. (gov sig)
 SB210GATTIPUBLIC LANDS - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Webster Parish. (gov sig)
 SB212GATTITRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Authorizes the Department of Transportation and Development to rent or lease equipment. (8/1/18)
 SB219TROY CARTERDISCRIMINATION - Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act)
 SB221TROY CARTERWORKFORCE COMMISSION - Changes the name of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to the Louisiana Department of Labor. (gov sig) (EG FF EX See Note)
 SB229MORRELLPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. (8/1/18)
 SB232MORRELLPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to contracts for projects by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. (8/1/18)
 SB234COLOMBEMPLOYMENT - Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/18)
 SB237MORRELLREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Requires paid tax preparers to sign and provide an identification number on tax returns, reports, and claims filed with the Department of Revenue. (7/1/18) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB238MORRELLREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Authorizes the Department of Revenue to seek to enjoin preparers who engage in certain conduct. (7/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB249BRET ALLAINPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in St. Mary Parish. (gov sig)
 SB250MIZELLSCHOOLS - Requires school governing authorities to provide parents with certain information relative to the health risks associated with pornography. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB252TROY CARTEREMPLOYMENT - Constitutional amendment to provide, with certain exemptions, for a state minimum wage effective August 1, 2019. (2/3 - CA13sl(A)) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB303MILKOVICHSCHOOLS - Provides relative to bullying. (gov sig)
 SB311PERRYSCHOOLS - Requires that all softball and baseball dugouts used for high school interscholastic athletics be enclosed. (8/1/18) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB327LAMBERTFISH/FISHING - Provides possession limits of certain species of fish caught in saltwater areas of the state. (gov sig)
 SB331COLOMBMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for a ten-year renewable period for issuance cost of hang tags for persons with mobility impairments. (8/1/18) (EN +$275,216 SG RV See Note)
 SB336RISERWORKFORCE COMMISSION - Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (6/30/18)
 SB344GATTIPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain state property in Webster Parish. (gov sig)
 SB349APPELEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Creates the Technology Strategy Task Force. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB362WARDSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates regional authority for certain infrastructure needs and provides relative to taxing powers and uses. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB382HEWITTMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to safety belts. (8/1/18)
 SB385CHABERTGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION - Corrects statutory references remaining from the transfer of the state land office to the division of administration. (8/1/18)
 SB401MIZELLSCHOOLS - Creates a commission to study the feasibility of consolidating the Washington Parish and Bogalusa City school systems. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
 SB422BODI WHITEFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for the distribution of certain contractor fees to each accredited public university's and community college's school of construction management or construction technology. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 SB426ERIC LAFLEURBONDS - Provides relative to the Consolidated Local Government Public Finance Act. (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 SB438CHABERTFORESTRY - Provides for the sale of timber by the state land office. (8/1/18)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB63MARTINYECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Re-creates the Department of Economic Development. (6/30/18)
 SB64MARTINYPUBLIC SERVICE COMN - Re-creates the Department of Public Service. (6/30/18)
 SB99MORRELLHEALTH CARE - Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (7/1/18) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB126MARTINYMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to recall repairs of motor vehicles. (8/1/18)
 SB142PETERSONSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of State Civil Service and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law. (6/30/18)
 SB184MARTINYVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to video poker. (8/1/18)
 SB230MORRELLVIDEO POKER - Provides relative to qualified truck stop facility amenities. (8/1/18)
 SB272J.SMITHHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for health insurance policy coverage of incarcerated persons prior to adjudication. (8/1/18)
 SB319GATTISTATE AGENCIES - Abolishes boards and commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities that are inactive. (8/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB390CLAITORSUITS AGAINST STATE - Provides for the order of payment of judgments and compromises against the state, subject to funding. (gov sig) (EGF INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 SB419PETERSONETHICS - Repeals provision for recusal for members of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and changes provisions permitting certain persons to serve on the board. (8/1/18)