House Order of the Day
June 23, 2020
1:00 p.m.
House Chamber

Adjourned
 

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MORNING HOUR

1. Roll Call

2. Prayer

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Reading of Journal

5. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

6. Introduction of Resolutions
 HR42GREGORY MILLERMENTAL HEALTH - Requests the La. Department of Health to seek approval of a Medicaid waiver authorizing reimbursement for inpatient treatment of serious mental illness
 HR43MANDIE LANDRYATTORNEY GENERAL - Requests the attorney general to withdraw the state of Louisiana from the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
 HR44JEFFERSONCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Louis Walker Stacks
 HR45JEFFERSONCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Kelly Stacks Carpenter
 HR46JAMESUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to promote access to unemployment insurance benefits by improving wait times for filing claims
 HR47JAMESUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Requests the House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations to study increasing unemployment compensation amounts and expanding unemployment compensation eligibility
 HR48JAMESUNEMPLOYMENT COMP - Memorializes the United States Congress to extend the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program to help the state of Louisiana continue its economic recovery and to provide support to the administration of the Louisiana Workforce Commission
 HR49JAMESEMPLOYMENT - Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study and determine new parameters of what constitutes good cause for job separation and suitable work protections
 HCR25SCHEXNAYDERLEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFF - Provides for the election of the legislative fiscal officer of the Legislature of Louisiana
 HCR26BROWNINSURANCE/HEALTH - Requests a joint subcommittee of the House Committee on Insurance and Senate Committee on Insurance to undertake a study to make recommendations for proposed legislation relative to balance or surprise billing in Louisiana
 HCR27HILFERTYMENTAL HEALTH - Requests a study by the respective legislative committees to study the rights of caregivers and the establishment of a "caregivers' bill of rights" for family members, legal guardians, and other persons who provide care for persons with serious mental illness

7. Introduction of Bills

8. Senate Bills on First Reading

9. Reports of Committees

10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over
 HR40DESHOTELRAILROADS - Urges and requests the House Committee on Commerce to study the effects that the railroads have on broadband deployment

11. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over
 SCR19CATHEYLEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS - Creates the Louisiana Sales Tax Simplification Task Force to develop a comprehensive plan to simplify Louisiana's sales tax administration and collection system. (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SCR20CATHEYEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requests the Department of Education to assist certain public school boards to enter into cooperative agreements for the provision of essential services.

17. Senate Instruments Second Reading Returned from the Legislative Bureau
 SB9HEWITTEVIDENCE - Provides relative to safety belts. (Item #40) (1/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

19. Reconsideration
 HB3BISHOPCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act (Item #8)

21. Reconsideration of Vetoed Bills
 HB197ZERINGUECRIME - Provides relative to the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB313PRESSLYCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides for the recognition of separate legal personalities among affiliated corporations and other business entities
 HB562EDMONDSBUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides relative to the allocation of expenditures of the state operating budget (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB597NELSONEVIDENCE - Provides for evidence in personal injury claims
 HB846WRIGHTTAX/TAX REBATES - Establishes a Payroll Incentive Program rebate for COVID-19-impacted businesses (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY

1. House and Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration

Scheduled for floor debate on 6/23/2020
 HR9LYONSLAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS - Requests that the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office adopt certain policies with respect to body-worn cameras
 HR19WILLARDSTATE AGENCIES - Directs the La. Department of Health and Department of Veterans Affairs to implement policies for the health and safety of long-term care facility residents (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX)
 HCR18SEABAUGHMTR VEHICLE/SEAT BELTS - Suspends provisions relative to safety belt evidence (Item #40)
 HCR19SEABAUGHCIVIL/ACTIONS - Suspends provisions of law relative to direct actions against insurers (Item #40)
 HCR20SEABAUGHCIVIL/JURY TRIALS - Suspends provision of law relative to jury trial threshold (Item #40) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 6/23/2020
 HB59MINCEYLIABILITY/PUBLIC - Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and private school districts and postsecondary institutions during a declared state of emergency or a public health emergency (Item #40)
 HB66NELSONCIVIL/ACTIONS - Enacts the Citizens' Premium Reduction Act (Item #40) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 6/23/2020
 SB6BRET ALLAINTAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE - Provides for the suspension of the corporation franchise tax and initial corporation franchise tax for small business corporations. (Item #16) (gov sig) (EN -$7,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB13WARDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act. (Item #19) (EN -$41,250,000 GF RV See Note)

RETURNED TO THE CALENDAR

Morning Hour

7. Introduction of Bills
 HB30JAMESINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by the gender of an insured over the age of twenty-five (Item #40)
 HB31JAMESINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risks classified due to the fact that the insured is a widow or widower (Item #40)
 HB32JAMESINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to rate determinations based on risks classified by the insured's credit information (Item #40)

10. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over
 HR37HODGESCOMMENDATIONS - Commends General Troy H. Middleton posthumously for his contributions to his state and nation
 HCR21MARCELLELEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - Commends the Black Lives Matter movement

12. House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred to Committee
 HB47ROBBY CARTERINSURANCE - Provides for the exclusion of advertising expenses in setting rates or making rate filings (Item #40)
 HB48JORDANCIVIL/IMMUNITY - Provides with respect to immunity from civil liability for law enforcement engaged in certain actions (Item #40)
 HB63WRIGHTMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to ignition interlock devices and maintenance services (Item #39)

Regular Order

1. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Third Reading for Final Consideration
 HR13JAMESLAW ENFORCEMENT - Establishes a study group to study law enforcement systems and policing
 HCR4SEABAUGHLIABILITY/TORTS - Suspends provisions of law relative to recoverable medical expenses (Item #40)

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
 HB14SCHEXNAYDERTAX/SALES & USE - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to provide by law for the collection of sales and use taxes levied within the state (Item #27) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
 HB23DWIGHTTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes certain agreements that provide for payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes (Item #28) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB26ZERINGUECOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Extends, with limitations, the authority of public postsecondary education management boards to establish and increase student fees (Item #41)
 HB34ECHOLSFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the Louisiana Opioid Settlement Fund (Item #11) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
 HB41IVEYTAX/AD VALOREM TAX - (Constitutional Amendment) Establishes an ad valorem tax exemption for capital investment projects and for certain property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes (Item #28) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB42GREGORY MILLERINSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE - Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020 (Item #40)
 HB43GAROFALOCIVIL/ACTIONS - Makes revisions to the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020 (Item #40)
 HB52COUSSANTAX CREDITS - Increases the amount of the Digital Interactive Media and Software Tax Credit, requires the increase to be used for training employees from certain disadvantaged groups, and expands eligibility to include information technology services (Item #19) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB60MCFARLANDLIABILITY/CIVIL - Enacts the Premium Reduction Act of 2020 (Item #40)