Senate Daily Digest
June 1, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR70TROY CARTERGOVERNOR - Request the governor to issue an executive order requiring certain persons to wear a face covering in public under certain conditions and authorizing businesses to deny admittance to persons without face coverings.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR97JONESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Requests La. Economic Development to provide certain information relative to loans and grants distributed utilizing federal and state funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Reconsideration
 HCR28WRIGHTU.S. CONSTITUTION - Calls for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for members of congress

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Returned from House With Amendments
 SCR25FOILCHILDREN - Reconstitutes and extends the deadlines of the Task Force on Protecting Children from Exposure to Pornography.
 SCR35MIZELLTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Requests DOTD to determine which of its assets are available for broadband internet lines and to implement a "Dig Once" policy allowing broadband internet operators to install cable in the ground.
 SCR56HEWITTFISH/FISHING - Requests CPRA and the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to cooperate in developing projects and programs to enhance the oyster industry.
 SCR61HEWITTABORTION - Recognizes May 2020 as Louisiana Abortion Recovery Awareness Month and commends pro-life groups for their service to women suffering from abortion related trauma.
 SCR67FOILFLOODS/FLOODING - Requests that local governmental subdivisions consider manufactured home chassis elevation when setting requirements for freeboard purposes.

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 Subject to Call
 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
 HCR29JAMESCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Creates the Clean Slate Task Force (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HCR69WRIGHTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Creates a task force to study how to best capitalize on Louisiana's international trade potential
 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

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)
 HCR71SCHEXNAYDERLICENSING - Authorizes and directs suspension of licensing fees imposed on businesses by state agencies and licensing boards (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB173JAMESJUVENILES - Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB344MANDIE LANDRYCORRECTIONS - Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons
 HB368SHERMAN MACKGAMBLING/VIDEO POKER - Provides relative to qualified truck stop facilities
 HB417JAMESJUVENILE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the waiver of certain court costs and fees (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB453HILFERTYJUVENILE PROCEDURE - Provides relative to motions to modify disposition
 HB510JAMESCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to the availability of certain criminal justice system data to certain nonprofit entities
 HB529DUPLESSISCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to letters of incarceration
 HB584SELDERSCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the authorized uses of funds in the Crime Victims Reparations Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB643JONESPAROLE - Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB670STEFANSKIGAMBLING/VIDEO POKER - Provides relative to the criteria and amenity requirements for qualified truck stops
 HB842HILFERTYCOURTS - Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
 HB846WRIGHTTAX/TAX REBATES - Establishes a Payroll Incentive Program rebate for COVID-19-impacted businesses (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB869CARRIERENVIRONMENT/SOLID WASTE - Provides relative to requirements for permitting a solid waste incineration facility
 HB871MARINOSTUDENTS - Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB158MARINOMEDICAL MARIJUANA - Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in treating certain neurodegenerative diseases and conditions
 HB330LYONSHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Adds chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana
 HB356MANDIE LANDRYCOURTS - Provides relative to the subject matter jurisdiction of certain courts
 HB445SCHEXNAYDERFUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Dedication of unclaimed property funds and creation of Louisiana Unclaimed Property Permanent Trust Fund (RE -$25,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB497IVEYLEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB689ZERINGUECOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the operations of public colleges and universities (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB798DWIGHTPUBLIC MEETINGS - Authorizes public bodies to allow members to participate and vote electronically during certain states of emergency subject to certain conditions

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB75MIZELLVOTERS/VOTING - Provides relative to addresses to where absentee by mail ballots are sent. (gov sig)
 SB104MILLIGANMUSEUMS - Provides for board membership and authority of certain state museums. (See Act)
 SB164BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to local sales and use tax adjudication. (7/1/20) (EN 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)
 SB218CLOUDELECTED OFFICIALS - Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)
 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)
 SB300JACKSON-ANDREWSGAMING - Provides relative to the Charitable Raffles, Bingo, and Keno Licensing Law. (gov sig)
 SB395CLOUDADVERTISING - Provides relative to false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices and the award of certain costs and fees to the attorney general. (8/1/20) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB418TALBOTLIABILITY INSURANCE - Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020. (1/1/21) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 SB435ABRAHAMLIABILITY - Provides relative to certain immunity from civil liability during state of emergencies. (gov sig)
 SB489MCMATHLIABILITY - Provides relative to limitation of liability of governmental entities which require its employees to work during a declared state of emergency. (gov sig)
 HB140MIGUEZWEAPONS - Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms
 HB210MIKE JOHNSONCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
 HB267GARY CARTERFUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) 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)
 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)
 HB477IVEYPURCHASING/PROCUREMT CD - Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB577GOUDEAUPOLICE/LOCAL - Provides with respect to promotions within certain local police departments
 HB591LARVADAINBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission
 HB594SEABAUGHPROPERTY - Provides relative to partitions by private sale
 HB682FRIEMANINSURANCE - Provides relative to reserves for insurers (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB805PRESSLYPRESCRIPTION - Provides for the suspension of prescription
 HB826PRESSLYLIABILITY - Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
 HB843SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - To provide for the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products, and industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB870GAROFALOTOPS - Provides relative to qualifications for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships