Agenda - House and Governmental Affairs

House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs
May 31, 2023 9:00 a.m. Room 3
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
		HCR81	ECHOLS	AGRICULTURE - Establishes the ArkLaMiss Timber and Bioinnovation Corridor Commission
		HCR84	JORDAN	HEALTH - Creates the Task Force on African American Suicide Rates
		HR8	BOYD	STUDENTS - Creates a special study committee to study the need for and obstacles to the installation of sidewalks at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans
		HR130	FREEMAN	PUBLIC HEALTH - Creates a task force to study public health outcomes related to the criminalization of HIV
		HR179	ECHOLS	PUBLIC BUILDINGS/ST CAPL - Requests the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to study and make recommendations relative to repairs needed at the Pentagon Barracks
		SB137	BARROW	CHILDREN - Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)
		SCR31	WOMACK	AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT - Creates the Task Force on Louisiana Automated Grain Grading.
		SCR43	BERNARD	MUNICIPALITIES - Creates a task force to study the dissolution or absorption of fiscally distressed municipalities.
		SCR45	ABRAHAM	CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the Task Force on Sentencing for Second Degree Murder to determine the best changes to sentencing for second degree murder.
OTHER BUSINESS
	1. Review of Candidate's Report Instructions (Form 102) submitted by the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
	2. Legislative oversight of rules proposed by the Louisiana Board of Ethics relative to the food and drink limit.
	3. Review of proposed rules by the State Civil Service Commission regarding paid parental leave.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Any person who does not feel comfortable giving testimony in person may submit a prepared statement in accordance with House Rule 14.33 in lieu of appearing before the committee:

A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.

B. Any person who files a prepared statement which contains data or statistical information shall include in such prepared statement sufficient information to identify the source of the data or statistical information. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the term "source" shall mean a publication, website, person, or other source from which the data or statistical information contained in the prepared statement was obtained by the person or persons who prepared the statement.

NOTE: Statements emailed to h&ga@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.