House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs
May 1, 2013
9:30 am
Room 2
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB85
BADON
STATE EMPLOYEES
- Prohibits discrimination in state employment based on sexual identification
HB88
CHAMPAGNE
ELECTED OFFICIALS/TERMS
- (Constitutional Amendment) Provides term limits for certain statewide elected officials
HB191
BISHOP
ELECTIONS/ABSENTEE VOTE
- Requires the secretary of state to take action necessary to allow certain classes of voters to vote absentee (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB250
DANAHAY
ETHICS
- Exempts former public servants who served less than a certain amount of time during a year from mandatory ethics training requirements
HB264
FOIL
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
- Excludes persons whose public service is limited to certain professional services from the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics
HB318
A.WILLIAMS
REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES
- Provides for the election sections for City Court of Baton Rouge and for the number of judges elected from such sections
HB387
SCHRODER
ETHICS/CODE
- Protects public employees from reprisal for providing information to a legislator or legislative committee upon request
HB479
BARRAS
ETHICS
- Provides an exception to annual ethics training requirements for certain hospital employees and requires additional ethics training for heads of certain executive branch departments
HB485
WHITNEY
ELECTIONS/CONGRESSIONAL
- Provides for the qualifying period for congressional elections
HB490
CHAMPAGNE
LOCAL OFFICIALS
- Provides relative to reports concerning compensation of certain local public officers and employees (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB538
SCHRODER
PUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST
- Provides relative to security and the allocation and use of space within the state capitol complex
HB553
FRANKLIN
REAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES
- Provides for election sections in the City Court of Lake Charles
HB649
IVEY
ELECTIONS
- Provides relative to federal elections (OR +$1,000,000 GF EX See Note)
HB665
BARRAS
ELECTIONS
- Provides relative to absentee by mail and early voting
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT