Agenda - House and Governmental Affairs

House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs
May 12, 2021 9:00 a.m. Room 3
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
		HB113	GADBERRY	ETHICS/CODE - Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances
		HB149	FRIEMAN	LEGISLATIVE POWERS - Provides relative to termination of emergency declarations
		HB315	GOUDEAU	CIVIL SERVICE - (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for an exception to the prohibition on political activity by members of civil service systems
		HB452	DAVIS	DOMESTIC ABUSE - Creates a domestic violence fatality review team within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN +$160,823 GF EX See Note)
		HB607	DESHOTEL	COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to the joint legislative committee on technology and cybersecurity
		HCR3	EDMONDS	JOINT RULES - Authorizes a member of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee to request the presiding officer of his house to designate another member to serve as his proxy at a meeting of the committee that the member is unable to attend
		HCR10	MIKE JOHNSON	LEGISLATORS - Establishes and recognizes the Central Louisiana Delegation Caucus
		HCR14	FIRMENT	INDIAN AFFAIRS - Recognizes the Butte Tribe of Bayou Bourbeaux as an Indian tribe of the state
		HCR19	BRASS	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Creates a task force to study how to develop a more diverse group of candidates for head coach and athletic director positions at public postsecondary education institutions
		HCR39	MINCEY	TEACHERS - Creates a task force to study issues related to teacher shortages in Louisiana
		HCR51	WRIGHT	U.S. CONSTITUTION - Calls for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for members of congress
		HCR55	ZERINGUE	CONSERVATION - Creates the Outdoor Conservation Study Group to study conservation funding mechanisms and programs
		HCR57	IVEY	LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requests the division of administration to provide electronic access to a synchronized copy of the data points in the LaGov Enterprise Resource Planning system to the legislative auditor
		HCR60	CREWS	ELECTIONS - Requests the secretary of state to study the implementation of a notification system to alert a voter regarding the status of his vote
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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