Senate Daily Digest
April 18, 2023
4:00 PM
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR23STINECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the passing of Russel Wayne Conrad.
 SR24GREGORY TARVERCOMMENDATIONS - To commend AmeriCorps Seniors Southern University (SUSLA) Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for its forty-three years of exceptional service.
 SR25MILLIGANSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Urges the mayor and city council of Shreveport to study and make recommendations relative to a crime prevention district for the city.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR3BERNARDCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Coach Barry Rubin on his outstanding accomplishments and on the occasion of his retirement from the NFL.
 SR6MORRISCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Jerry Arledge on the occasion of his retirement as West Monroe High School head football coach.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SCR16PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Bossier High School Bearkats on winning their fourth LHSAA state title.
 SCR18CORTEZCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Armand "Mondo" Duplantis on setting a new world record for the pole vault.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB7MUSCARELLOCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to default judgments
 HB11GADBERRYTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for contract limits for projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB13MUSCARELLOPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Changes the name of one member on the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission
 HB18PHILLIP TARVERHIGHWAYS - Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways in Calcasieu and St. Tammany parishes
 HB50WHEATHIGHWAYS - Designates the bridge located on Interstate 55 service road in Manchac between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain as the "Robert E. Mayers, Jr. Memorial Bridge"
 HB57ORGERONHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 657 in Larose, Louisiana, as the "Clarence Marts, Jr. Memorial Highway"
 HB73DUBUISSONHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway"

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR18SCHEXNAYDERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Council of State Governments Southern Office on the occasion of the 77th Southern Legislative Conference
 HCR19SCHEXNAYDERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Lutcher High School Bulldogs football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Non-Select Division II state championship
 HCR20SCHEXNAYDERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Louisiana State University women's basketball team on winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball championship
 HCR23JORDANCONDOLENCES - Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death Sir Edward "Kidd" Jordan
 HCR24DUSTIN MILLERSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 19, 2023, as Nurses Day and May 6 through May 12, 2023, as National Nurses Week in Louisiana
 HCR25SELDERSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University student Kenedi Lynch on being named a Goldwater Scholar
 HCR26ROMEROCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Jeneral C. "Jack" Chelette on the occasion of his retirement
 HCR27DEVILLIERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University at Eunice coach and athletic director Jeff Willis on being named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Coaches Hall of Fame
 HCR28STAGNICOMMENDATIONS - Commends Louisiana State University student Cale Locicero on being named a recipient of a 2022-2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Senate Bills Reported by Committee
 SB5BRET ALLAINTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides for alternatives in lieu of payment under protest for challenges to ad valorem tax assessments. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB6BRET ALLAINTAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE - Reduces the rate of the Quality Jobs Program project facility expense rebate when certain conditions are met. (1/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB17PEACOCKLOCAL RETIREMENT - Provides for the composition, terms, powers, and duties of the Shreveport police and firefighters' pension boards of trustees. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 SB18PRICERETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RE)
 SB33BODI WHITESUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Increases the amount of supplemental pay for eligible law enforcement and fire service employees. (7/1/23) (EN +$23,553,120 GF EX See Note)
 SB61STINETAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Creates an individual income tax checkoff for donations for Holden's Hope. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
 SB65FRED MILLSPHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to state procurement of pharmacy benefit manager services by use of reverse auction technology. (8/1/23) (RE SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
 SB69FOILTAX/TAXATION - Extends the sunset of the research and development tax credit. (gov sig) (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB75CONNICKREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides relative to the assessment of taxes by the Department of Revenue. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB77REESECAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides relative to the capital outlay process. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB108HARRISTAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB116CAMERON HENRYBUDGET PROCEDURE - Provides for an increase in the allocation of funds to parish councils on aging for senior centers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB118HARRISTAX/SALES - Extends the sunset of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB164CLOUDGROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to prior authorization for services, procedures, and pharmaceuticals. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB183TALBOTTAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Provides relative to the construction code retrofitting deduction for individual income tax. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR13PEACOCKCOMMENDATIONS - Commends retiring LASERS Executive Director Cindy Rougeou for her career of public service.