Senate Daily Digest
April 5, 2022
2:00 PM
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 SB412TALBOTINSURERS - Provides for the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB413FRED MILLSLOCAL EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to the chief of police for the city of Breaux Bridge. (8/1/22)
 SB414FRED MILLSWATER MANAGEMENT - Creates the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. (8/1/22) (EG INCREASE FF EX See Note)
 SB415PEACOCKLOANS - Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure Act. (1/1/23)
 SB416ABRAHAMSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Terminates the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District. (8/1/22)
 SB417CATHEYALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages. (8/1/22)
 SB418CATHEYJUVENILE JUSTICE - Provides for the detention of seventeen-year-old juveniles under certain circumstances. (8/1/22) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB419CATHEYTEACHERS RETIREMENT - Provides relative to the reemployment of certain retirees. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/22) (OR INCREASE APV)
 SB420BERNARDGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to operating funds of the Office of Group Benefits. (7/1/22) (OR1 INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB421LUNEAUWORKERS' COMPENSATION - Provides the billing and collections procedure for surgical implants. (8/1/22) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 SB422CORTEZPUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the transfer of state property in Lafayette Parish. (gov sig)
 SB423FOILCONTRACTS - Provides relative to public contracts, works, and improvements. (8/1/22)
 SB424STINEBOATS/BOATING - Provides for boating safety instruction. (8/1/22)
 SB425WARDTEACHERS RETIREMENT - Provides for reemployment of retirees to address certain critical teacher shortages. (2/3 - CA10s29(E)) (gov sig) (OR INCREASE APV)
 SB426MCMATHOWNERSHIP - Provides for the Allen Toussaint Legacy Act. (8/1/22)
 SB427FOILPHYSICIANS - Prohibits certain post-employment restraints on the practice of medicine on physicians employed by the state. (8/1/22)
 SB428ROBERT MILLSINSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits the reduction of policy limits based on defense expenses. (gov sig)
 SB429WOMACKPRIVILEGES/LIENS - Provides for substantial completion of public works. (8/1/22)
 SB430WOMACKSCHOOLS - Authorizes the Concordia Parish School Board to name the new gymnasium at Monterey High School in honor of Jack Bairnsfather. (gov sig)
 SB431ROBERT MILLSHORSE RACING - Provides relative to offtrack wagering facility locations. (gov sig)
 SB432LAMBERTCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides for payment of insurance proceeds jointly to the mortgagee and the mortgagor of damaged residential property. (8/1/22)
 SB433BODI WHITESPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides relative to the membership of certain airport commissions. (8/1/22)
 SB434FIELDSTEACHERS RETIREMENT - Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees to meet critical shortage needs. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB435CORTEZTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Provides relative to the Louisiana Highway Regulatory Act. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
 SB436CLOUDMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the "Louisiana Equine Promotion and Research Advisory Board" special prestige license plate. (8/1/22)

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR21BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Josie Gale Frank upon her induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.
 SR22BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Patrick C. Morrow upon his induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.
 SR23BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Recognizes and commends the city of Scott, Louisiana, upon the start of the Boudin Festival season.
 SR24BOUDREAUXSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates March 2022 as Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Louisiana.
 SR25BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Rebecca Davis Henry upon her induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.
 SR26BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Harold L.Taylor upon his induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.
 SR27MORRISCLERKS OF COURT - Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Statewide Standards for Clerks of Court Electronic Filing and Records Retention.
 SR28MIZELLSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes Wednesday, April 6, 2022, as Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
 SR29FIELDSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 5, 2022, as University of Louisiana System Day at the Senate.
 SR30FIELDSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 6, 2022, as Southern University Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
 SR31FIELDSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 6, 2022, as Southern University Day at the capitol.
 SR32BRET ALLAINSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizing Wednesday, April 6, 2022, as Coastal Conservation Association Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
 SR33BRET ALLAINCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Nicholls State University Department of University Police as dedicated public servants.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR18CONNICKCIVIL PROCEDURE - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding reply memoranda in response to a motion for summary judgment.
 SCR19FIELDSBESE - To provide for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. (OR +$93,054,888 EX See Note)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SCR17MCMATHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the LSU Tiger Girls for winning the Division 1A Hip Hop competition at the 2022 Universal Dance Association College Nationals.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB8FONTENOTWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons
 HB118FIRMENTINSURANCE - Provides for the members of the Louisiana Property and Casualty Insurance Commission and its ad hoc committees
 HB133LANCE HARRISLEGISLATION - Provides for technical corrections and revision of provisions of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
 HB197TURNERATHLETICS - Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics
 HB314TURNERLEGISLATION - Makes technical corrections to various provisions of law within and relating to the subject matter of the legislative committees on health and welfare
 HB315TURNEREDUCATION/SPECIAL - Provides for the Blind and Visually Impaired Student's Bill of Rights (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB333BRASSCURRICULA - Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to include information on certain curricula options as part of the secondary school advisement policy
 HB411THOMASETHICS/NEPOTISM - Provides a minimum time period that an immediate family member of a school board member or superintendent must be employed by the school board prior to being promoted to an administrative position
 HB417HILFERTYEARLY CHILDHOOD - Authorizes early learning centers to maintain a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine
 HB475THOMASETHICS/NEPOTISM - Provides relative to the deadline for filing disclosures of the employment of an immediate family member of a school board member or school superintendent
 HB478FONTENOTCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to the inspection of records for criminal bail bonds
 HB525MCCORMICKPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish
 HB530MIGUEZPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides relative to the sale of certain state property in Iberia and St. Martin Parish
 HB604DAVISMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to an insurer
 HB669PIERREMTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC - Provides relative to background checks of private training or driving instructor training schools or agencies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB6PRICETEACHERS RETIREMENT - Grants a permanent benefit increase to eligible system retirees and beneficiaries. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/22) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB7PRICESTATE POLICE RETIREMENT - Grants a permanent benefit increase to system retirees and beneficiaries. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/22) (EN INCREASE APV)
 SB95BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Creates the multi-parish audit program for local sales tax. (7/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 SB235BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Authorizes parishes to contract with the Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers for the collection of local sales and use tax. (1/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB242BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to interest and penalties applicable to local sales and use tax. (8/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB244BRET ALLAINTAX/LOCAL - Requires uniform reporting by local sales tax collectors that are compensated based on cost of collection. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT SG EX See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB27LAMBERTSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Environmental Quality. (6/30/22)
 SB36CAMERON HENRYCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to penalties for the crime of simple assault. (8/1/22)
 SB101CATHEYCOURTS - Provides relative to the traffic violations bureau in certain city courts. (gov sig)
 SB115MIZELLLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to mandatory training for peace officers related to human trafficking. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB136CONNICKCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to protections for emergency room personnel, emergency services personnel, and healthcare professionals. (8/1/22)
 SB140ABRAHAMSHERIFFS - Provides for insurance benefits for retired sheriffs and deputies of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. (7/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB157MILLIGANCRIMINAL RECORDS - Provides for access to criminal history records and identification files by the office of technology services. (8/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 SB171FOILSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Veterans Affairs. (6/30/22)
 SB216JACKSON-ANDREWSCOURTS - Provides for the transfer and deposit of monies from the witness fee fund to the operating fund of the Bastrop City Court for operating expenses of the court. (gov sig)
 SB319FOILMILITARY AFFAIRS - Provides for certain punitive articles of the Louisiana Code of Military Justice. (8/1/22)
 SB332CAMERON HENRYALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to the alcohol permits. (8/1/22)
 SB370HARRISJUVENILES - Provides for parent participation after adjudication of a delinquent act committed by their juvenile child. (8/1/22)
 SB383PEACOCKATTORNEYS - Provides relative to advertisements for legal services. (gov sig)
 SB386MILLIGANCHARITABLE GAMING - Exempts certain charitable organizations conducting raffles from certain licensing and reporting requirements. (gov sig)
 SB393BODI WHITEWEAPONS - Designates the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon as a crime of violence. (gov sig)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB87CATHEYCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides relative to the capital outlay process. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB122TALBOTAUTOMOBILE INSURANCE - Requires insurers provide coverage for the temporary use of a motor vehicle not owned by the insured. (8/1/22)
 SB126CATHEYSCHOOLS - Provides relative to funding for university lab schools. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB212STINEINSURANCE CLAIMS - Establishes the Hurricane Mediation Program. (1/1/23)
 SB225HEWITTLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Constitutional Amendment to provide for remote operations of the legislature during a declared emergency. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
 SB361LUNEAUCREDIT - Prohibits creditors from reporting prescribed open accounts to credit bureaus. (8/1/22)