Senate Committee on Finance
May 1, 2017
9:30 am
Room A-B
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB24
MORRELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from state and local sales and use tax. (See Act) (EG -$13,000,000 GF RV See Note)
SB98
DONAHUE
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for the appropriation of incentive expenditures. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
SB100
DONAHUE
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for the requirement of the division of administration to produce a non-discretionary adjusted standstill budget. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB150
CHABERT
TAX/TAXATION
- Provides for the Ports of Louisiana tax credits. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB163
MIZELL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
- Provides an exemption from the requirement that state prisons purchase goods from Prison Enterprises, if the goods can be purchased for less in the parish in which the facility is located. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB180
MORRELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Restores the sales and use tax exemption for medical devices. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
SB187
HEWITT
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for establishment of a pilot evidence-based budget proposal process for mental health programs administered by the Louisiana Department of Health. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB207
BRET ALLAIN
FISH/FISHING
- Limits the permissible uses of monies in the Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB232
ERIC LAFLEUR
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides relative to funds and state funds. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB249
CHABERT
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides for the disbursement of certain revenue from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund for hurricane protection purposes. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
DISCUSSION
-Presentation from Pew Charitable Trusts and the MacArthur Foundation on the Pew MacArthur Results First Initiative relative to SB 187 of the 2017 Legislative Session
-Discussion only to be held on SB 226 HEWITT FUNDS/FUNDING: Eliminates certain statutory dedications and eliminates certain dedications of certain funds. (7/1/17)
-Sunset hearing on the Department of Treasury
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE