Senate Daily Digest
May 27, 2020
4:00 p.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR61MCMATHCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences upon the death of Jesse Lee Wimberly IV.
 SR62PETERSONCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Terrebonne Parish educator and pioneer, Dr. James Edward Charles.

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)
 SB202TALBOTINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE GF EX 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)
 SB359HENSGENSCOASTAL RESOURCES - Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB434MIZELLCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Provides for immunity from prosecution and post-conviction relief for victims of human trafficking. (gov sig)
 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
 HCR14MOORECRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Louisiana Department of Health, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the barriers that impede successful reintegration of offenders back into society
 HCR25GREGORY MILLERCIVIL/ACTIONS - Provides for the suspension of all civil prescriptive, peremptive, filing, and other deadlines in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declared by the governor
 HCR56BAGLEYCRIME - Requests the study of homicide offenses in Louisiana with respect to the offender's prior criminal history
 HCR60KERNERCONGRESS - Memorializes Congress to appropriate additional money for increased seafood testing

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 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

House Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call
 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)

House Concurrent Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HCR2MAGEECRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Suspends certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to financial obligations of criminal offenders

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB81TURNERETHICS/NEPOTISM - Provides an exception to allow immediate family members of a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program
 HB132HORTONTIME/DAYLIGHT SAVING - Adopts daylight saving time as the standard time
 HB371TURNERATHLETICS - Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB449ECHOLSHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to behavioral health services delivered via telehealth
 HB682FRIEMANINSURANCE - Provides relative to reserves for insurers (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB798DWIGHTPUBLIC MEETINGS - Authorizes public bodies to allow members to participate and vote electronically during certain states of emergency subject to certain conditions
 HB819BAGLEYMEDICAL MARIJUANA - Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana for additional conditions and allows any state-licensed physician to recommend medical marijuana
 HB202HORTONREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Establishes the Louisiana Tax Institute within the legislature and provides for the membership and the terms of membership of the governing board (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB213MIGUEZMUSEUMS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum
 HB328FREEMANTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM - Authorizes an exemption from local sales taxes for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB4BACALARETIREMENT/PAROCHIAL EMP - Provides relative to the frequency of plan experience studies for the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN DECREASE FC SG EX)
 HB8BOURRIAQUERETIREMENT/TEACHERS - Provides relative to the rehire of retired teachers in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as substitute classroom teachers (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB11CARPENTERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to benefit payments if an eligible member of the Firefighters' Retirement System dies prior to retirement (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB12CARPENTERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the suspension of benefits of members of the Firefighters' Retirement System upon reemployment (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB13CARPENTERRETIREMENT/STATEWIDE SYS - Provides relative to enrollment of employees in the Firefighters' Retirement System or the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB14CARPENTERRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the refund of employee contributions to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB15COUSSANRETIREMENT/LOCAL - Provides for membership of certain new hires of the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB17BACALARETIREMENT/PAROCHIAL EMP - Provides relative to entities that are employers covered by the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 HB18BACALARETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL - Provides relative to contributions to and the administration of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)
 HB21BACALARETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL - Provides relative to membership and benefits of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
 HB53JEFFERSONJUDGES - Provides relative to the election of judges for the 2nd JDC
 HB93WILFORD CARTERREAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES - Provides relative the composition of the election sections of the Second District of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal
 HB123GREGORY MILLERTRUSTS - Provides relative to the allocation of receipts and expense to income and principal
 HB124GREGORY MILLERTRUSTS - Provides for continuous revisions to the Trust Code
 HB137MOORECRIME - Repeals the crime of vagrancy (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB178MARINOPROBATION - Provides relative to the suspension or deferral of sentence and probation in felony cases (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB179MARINOCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to certain conditions to expunge a record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
 HB194MARINOCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to certain expungement forms
 HB249TRAVIS JOHNSONCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides for certain fees to be dedicated to the operational costs of the office of coroner in Concordia Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB257MUSCARELLOCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to the form of payment for expungement of a record
 HB269GARY CARTERFUNDS/FUNDING - Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for state costs associated with a federally declared disaster (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB313PRESSLYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides for the recognition of separate legal personalities among affiliated corporations and other business entities
 HB392MCFARLANDAGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Removes a specific function of the office of forestry and certain authority of the Louisiana Forestry Commission related to production and prices of forest tree seedlings grown by the department
 HB393MCFARLANDAGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR - Provides for the commissioner's authority to regulate cooperative agreements within the Louisiana Forestry Productivity Program
 HB394MCFARLANDFORESTRY - Provides relative to the State Forestry Commission's comprehensive management plan for the Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek
 HB412ZERINGUEFUNDS/FUNDING - Expands the authorized uses of monies in the State Emergency Response Fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB426THOMPSONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to seed testing and labeling
 HB469BEAULLIEUBUDGETARY CONTROLS - Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB477IVEYPURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD - Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB496RISERAGRICULTURE/GRAIN - Provides relative to grain buyers within the agricultural commodity dealer and warehouse law and to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB562EDMONDSBUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides relative to the allocation of expenditures of the state operating budget (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB618THOMPSONAGRICULTURE - Provides for the regulation of commercial feed and use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund
 HB653GAROFALOPROPERTY/UNCLAIMED - Provides relative to requirements for reporting and advertising unclaimed property (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB691LYONSENVIRONMENT - Reinstates the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund and program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB734BRASSCURRICULA - Provides relative to access to dual enrollment (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 HB738DUSTIN MILLERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
 HB754DUSTIN MILLERAGRICULTURE - Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors
 HB757ROBERT OWENCOURTS/CITY - To change the name of the Slidell City Court
 HB758ZERINGUEPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB775MARINOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to a defendant's appearance at certain proceedings by audio-visual transmission
 HB805PRESSLYPRESCRIPTION - Provides for the suspension of prescription
 HB812DUSTIN MILLERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to the maximum number of racing days
 HB835MCMAHENMEDICAID - Authorizes local hospital assessments in certain parishes to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs of health care provided in those parishes (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB849CHARLES OWENTOURISM/COMMISSION - Provides relative to the collection of hotel occupancy taxes levied by the Beauregard Tourist Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)