Senate Daily Digest
May 20, 2020
3:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Bills on Second Reading
 SB518HEWITTLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (gov sig)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR49BOUIECOMMENDATIONS - Commends Reverend Anthony Bozeman upon the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of his ordination.
 SR50FOILCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Billy Seay, PhD.
 SR51FOILCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Karen Tucker.
 SR52FOILCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Charles E. Severance.
 SR53FOILCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of James Randall Goodwin.
 SR54CONNICKCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of former judge Henry Garland Sullivan Jr.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR66MCMATHOBLIGATIONS - Suspends the provisions of Act 260 of the 2019 Regular Session relative to structured settlements.
 SCR67FOILFLOODS/FLOODING - Requests that local governmental subdivisions consider manufactured home chassis elevation when setting requirements for freeboard purposes.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR6EDMONDSLEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES - Creates and provides for the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
 HCR48WRIGHTADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Requests the House and Senate governmental affairs committees to meet and function as a joint committee to review the process of rulemaking by state agencies and the Louisiana Administrative Code and make recommendations relative thereto
 HCR66BISHOPTAX/CORP FRANCHISE - Suspends the lower tier of the corporation franchise tax levied on domestic and foreign corporations and the initial tax levied on certain business entities subject to the corporate franchise tax (EN -$5,800,000 GF RV See Note)
 HCR71SCHEXNAYDERLICENSING - Authorizes and directs suspension of licensing fees imposed on businesses by state agencies and licensing boards (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HCR73SCHEXNAYDERHEALTH - Requests an update from the Louisiana Department of Health and the division of administration on efforts to establish an application or system to track the incidence and spread of COVID-19
 HCR74SCHEXNAYDERHEALTH - Requests that CARES Act funding be made available to the state for testing and be distributed to healthcare systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
 HCR76WRIGHTTAX/CORP INCOME - Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to the carryback provisions of the corporate income tax deduction for net operating losses
 HCR77SCHEXNAYDERCOMMERCE - Urges and requests removal of public and private sector barriers to accelerate the expansion of broadband in the state
 HCR78SCHEXNAYDERCOMMERCE - Provides relative to Louisiana broadband maps to identify access and activation gaps
 HCR79BISHOPTAX CREDITS - Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to eligibility requirements to participate in the Enterprise Zone incentive

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR57HEWITTATTORNEYS - Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association to implement a lawyer advertisement review recognition program.
 SCR65CLOUDFUNDS/FUNDING - Expresses the intent of the legislature to allocate $100,000,000 of the local government allocation and $100,000,000 from the state allocation from the CARES Act to small businesses, of which $12,500,000 from the local government allocation and $12,500,000 from the state allocation shall be used for minority and women owned businesses.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 SCR7HEWITTCOASTAL RESOURCES - To urge and request certain officials and local governments to dismiss coastal lawsuits.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB27HEWITTSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to board appointments and powers and duties of the Harbor Center District. (gov sig)
 SB166HEWITTFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for forecasting of the Medicaid program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB231TALBOTINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides with respect to the Louisiana Health Plan. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)
 SB300JACKSON-ANDREWSGAMING - Provides relative to the Charitable Raffles, Bingo, and Keno Licensing Law. (gov sig)
 SB318CATHEYTOPS - Provides for TOPS-Tech award eligibility for certain military veterans. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB334BRET ALLAINREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the funding of the operations of the Department of Revenue. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB344JOHNSGOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the regulation of battery-charged fences by parishes and municipalities. (8/1/20)
 SB359HENSGENSCOASTAL RESOURCES - Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB396ABRAHAMTAX/AD VALOREM - Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB410BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the boundaries and board membership of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)
 SB411BARROWSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the Bethany Convention Center Development District. (gov sig)
 SB415MIZELLFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides relative to fiscal administrators of political subdivisions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB416TROY CARTERLOCAL AGENCIES - Provides relative to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad. (See Act)
 SB423BODI WHITESPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB441ABRAHAMSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for meetings of the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District Board of Commissioners. (gov sig)
 SB459REESESPECIAL DISTRICTS - Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB67FRED MILLSHEALTH CARE - Provides for the repeal of certain inactive or obsolete laws. (8/1/20)
 SB69BOUDREAUXSECRETARY OF STATE - Authorizes the secretary of state to refer matters involving the damaging, altering, tampering, or of falsifying records to certain agencies for investigation. (gov sig)
 SB105PEACOCKLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Designates the Gulf Fritillary as the official state butterfly. (8/1/20)
 SB168FRED MILLSWATER QUALITY - Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB189BODI WHITEFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates special funds for the deposit of certain federal monies in the state treasury. (gov sig) (EN +$811,178,704 SD EX See Note)
 SB202TALBOTINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB272ABRAHAMTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to establish an ad valorem tax exemption for property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB293JACKSON-ANDREWSEDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Limits the use of certain test scores in the school accountability system. (gov sig)
 SB299JACKSON-ANDREWSINSURANCE RATES - Prohibits insurers from using certain criteria for rate setting. (8/1/20)
 SB434MIZELLCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides for immunity from prosecution and post-conviction relief for victims of human trafficking. (gov sig)
 SB437JACKSON-ANDREWSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to postsecondary education management board sick leave policies. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB440FESICOASTAL RESOURCES - Provides for enforcement of the Coastal Zone Management Program. (8/1/20)
 SB443WARDADVERTISING - Prohibits certain advertising costs from being passed on to clients or customers. (8/1/20)
 SB471ROBERT MILLSCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for the Louisiana Timber Transportation and Safety Act. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR46JONESCORRECTIONS - Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study certain impacts as a result of COVID-19
 HCR47JONESJUVENILES - Requests the office of juvenile justice to study the impacts of COVID-19 on its operations