House Order of the Day
September 28, 2020
6:00 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
HR1
ECHOLS
HEALTH CARE
- Requests a study of the costs and benefits of setting Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services equivalent to Medicare rates for those services
HCR1
DWIGHT
SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP
- Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to take all necessary measures to ensure that the Calcasieu and Cameron parish school systems are not penalized in terms of funding due to Hurricane Laura
HCR2
MIKE JOHNSON
UTILITIES
- Urges and requests the Louisiana Attorney General to investigate certain companies doing business in the state to determine if the companies have engaged in prohibited activities
HCR3
BOURRIAQUE
CONGRESS
- Memorializes congress and the Louisiana congressional delegation to take such actions as are necessary to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to grant Louisiana full federal funding for disaster expenses associated with Hurricane Laura or to grant Louisiana the ability to utilize alternative sources of federal funds as any needed match if full funding is not provided
HCR4
BOURRIAQUE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
- Requests the division of administration, office of community development, to include certain activities as eligible expenses in the development of its Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program Action Plans (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
HCR5
SCHEXNAYDER
TAX/TAX REBATES
- Suspends the authority of the secretary of the Department of Revenue to enter into new contracts or renewals of existing contracts pursuant to the Procurement Processing Company Rebate Program (Item #65)
HCR6
MANDIE LANDRY
LEGISLATIVE BUDG CONTROL
- Directs the Legislative Budgetary Control Council to review the compensation of legislative assistants and to establish a salary schedule for legislative assistants that is competitive with the marketplace (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HCR7
COUSSAN
ENERGY/OIL & GAS
- Memorializes Congress to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to more efficiently coordinate the removal of dislocated oilfield equipment after natural disasters in Louisiana
7. Introduction of Bills
HB1
JAMES
JUVENILES
- Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (Item #58)
HB2
JAMES
CRIMINAL/RECORDS
- Provides relative to the availability of certain criminal justice system data to certain nonprofit entities (Item #63) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB3
MCFARLAND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to public health emergency declarations (Items #1, 2, and 28)
HB4
WRIGHT
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to emergency declarations (Items #1, 2, and 28)
HB5
DESHOTEL
TAX CREDITS
- Establishes an income or corporation franchise tax credit for certain broadband coverage providers (Items #39 & 65) (RE -$50,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB6
DEVILLIER
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Restricts the allocation of cash line of credit capacity for certain projects and provides for the recommendation of projects for lines of credit (Item #15) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB7
DEVILLIER
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Provides relative to the capital outlay process and certain reporting requirements (Item #15) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
HB8
DEVILLIER
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX
- Provides with respect to exempt severance tax on oil produced from stripper wells (Items #61 & 65) (OR -$6,796,000 GF RV See Note)
HB9
MCCORMICK
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Provides relative to the free exercise of religion during a public health emergency (Items #2, 28, and 60) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
HB10
MCFARLAND
PROPERTY/PUBLIC
- Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Jackson Parish (Item #54)
HB11
PRESSLY
LEGISLATIVE POWERS
- Provides relative to the termination of emergency declarations (Items #1, 2, and 28)
HB12
MARINO
PARDON/PAROLE
- Provides relative to meetings of the Board of Pardons and the committee on parole (Items #25, 28, and 40) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB13
MCCORMICK
SCHOOLS
- Requires that any communication issued to students or parents relative to immunization requirements include information on exemptions from compliance with such requirements (Item #42) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
HB14
STEFANSKI
GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER
- Provides relative to the criteria and amenity requirements for qualified truck stops during a declared emergency (Item #32)
HB15
FRIEMAN
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to emergency declarations (Items #1, #2, and #28)
HB16
FRIEMAN
LIABILITY/PUBLIC
- Provides relative to limitations of liability for public and non-public schools and postsecondary education during public health emergencies (Items #1, 2, 3, 28, and 42)
HB17
HORTON
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Limits duration of certain, specified public health emergencies unless extension is authorized by the legislature (Item #28)
HB18
GADBERRY
TEACHERS
- Provides relative to sick leave benefits for certain teachers at schools under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice (Item #42) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB19
MIKE JOHNSON
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to emergency declarations (Items #1, 2, and 28)
HB20
EDMONDS
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB21
ZERINGUE
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Requires the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to administer certain capital outlay projects (Item #15) (OR SEE FISC NOTE OF EX)
HB22
STAGNI
HOUSING/AUTHORITIES
- Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Kenner Housing Authority (Item #24)
HB23
MCFARLAND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to public health emergencies (Items #28 and 41)
HB24
ZERINGUE
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Provides relative to the capital outlay budget (Item #15)
HB25
FARNUM
TAX CREDITS
- Expands the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax credit to certain recovery zones (Item #65) (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
HB26
SCHEXNAYDER
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)
HB27
ZERINGUE
FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS
- Provides relative to fees charged to businesses by state agencies during a state of emergency (Items #2, 3, 32, and 35) (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
HB28
DEVILLIER
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX
- Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from incapable wells under certain conditions (Item #61) (OR -$2,436,000 GF RV See Note)
HB29
DEVILLIER
TAX/SEVERANCE-EXEMPTION
- Suspends severance taxes on production from certain oil wells (Items #26 and 61) (EN -$10,375,000 GF RV See Note)
HB30
WRIGHT
TAX CREDITS
- Establishes the Louisiana Re-shoring Incentive Program (Item #65) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB31
ZERINGUE
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
- Extends authority of public postsecondary education institutions to exercise certain operational autonomies (Item #42)
HB32
ZERINGUE
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS
- Provides for the operation of restaurants and bars during a declared emergency or disaster (Items #32, 35, and 60)
HB33
EDMONDS
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Provides access for patients of hospitals and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other adult residential care homes to members of the clergy who volunteer to minister and provide religious sacraments and services, counseling, and mental health support during COVID-19 and other public health emergencies (Item #28)
HB34
MANDIE LANDRY
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP
- Provides for an increase in the administrative penalties assessed for the misclassification of employees (Item #24) (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
HB35
ECHOLS
TRANSPORTATION
- Authorizes transportation network companies to provide nonemergency medical transportation services through the state Medicaid program and all other publicly and privately issued health insurance plans (Item #32) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB36
BACALA
RETIREMENT/STATE SYSTEMS
- Provides relative to reemployment of retirees during a declared emergency (Item #2) (OR INCREASE APV)
HB37
BEAULLIEU
TAX CREDITS
- Authorizes an income tax credit for certain businesses whose operations were interrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (Items #26 and 65) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB38
LANCE HARRIS
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Provides relative to funding university, parish, and municipal police departments (Items #15 and 16) (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
HB39
ZERINGUE
APPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML
- Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Item #11)
HB40
GAROFALO
TOPS
- Provides relative to qualifications for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships (Item #43)
HB41
LARVADAIN
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
- Provides relative to the use of tax increment financing in Rapides Parish (Item #66) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB42
WRIGHT
SCHOOLS/CHOICE
- Authorizes parents to appeal a local school board's denial of school enrollment requests to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (Item #42)
HB43
BACALA
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)
8. Senate Bills on First Reading
9. Reports of Committees