House Order of the Day
April 24, 2023
2:00 PM
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
 HR65ORGERONSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 24, 2023 as Coastal Day at the state capitol
 HR66THOMPSONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Oak Grove High School football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division IV state championship
 HR67AMEDEECOMMENDATIONS - Posthumously commends Glenn Henri Daigle for his military service
 HR68THOMASHORTICULTURE - Urges and requests Louisiana state agencies to prioritize native plant species in landscaping state properties, except for invasive plant species listed on the Louisiana Wildlife Action Plan
 HR69WILLARDCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Bernadine Elder Gibson
 HR70SCHEXNAYDERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Lutcher High School girls' powerlifting team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division II state championship
 HR71SCHLEGELMENTAL HEALTH - Creates a subcommittee to study mental health issues in this state
 HR72EMERSONCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Darrell Steve Guillory
 HR73PIERRELEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - Welcomes the president of the National Assembly of Côte d'lvoire, Adama Bictogo, and his delegation to Louisiana
 HR74THOMPSONCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Gene Stewart for his accomplishments
 HR75BOURRIAQUETAX/PROPERTY - Requests a study concerning the process for taxpayer appeals of property assessments at the parish level (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HR76WHEATCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Ponchatoula High School boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division I state championship
 HR77LANCE HARRISCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Northwood High School Lady Gators basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division IV state championship
 HR78BAGLEYCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Zwolle High School boys' basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division V state championship
 HR79LANCE HARRISSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates April 26, 2023, as University of Louisiana System Day at the state capitol
 HR80PHELPSCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the AmeriCorps Seniors Southern University at Shreveport Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program and recognizes May 4, 2023, as AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Volunteer Day at the state capitol
 HR81WHEATCOMMENDATIONS - Commends Dr. John L. Crain on the occasion of his retirement as president of Southeastern Louisiana University
 HR82HUGHESSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 25, 2023, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day at the state capitol
 HR83LYONSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes April 27, 2023, as Child Advocacy Center Day in Louisiana
 HR84SCHEXNAYDERCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the Honorable Francis C. Thompson on his status as the longest-serving member of the Legislature of Louisiana
 HCR50MAGEEHISTORIC COMMEMORATION - Provides relative to an America 250 state commission
 HCR51DEVILLIERHISTORIC COMMEMORATION - Recognizes Liberty Theater in Eunice as the Center for Louisiana Culture and Folklife
 HCR52ZERINGUEMILITARY AFFAIRS - Encourages the United States Congress and the National Security Council to formally review the Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Japan to ensure that our service members are being properly treated and adequately protected while serving in Japan
 HCR53WHEATSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Commends the members of the United States Armed Forces for their service and proclaims May 2023 as Military Appreciation Month
 HCR54MCFARLANDSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, April 26, 2023 as Louisiana Loggers Day at the state capitol

8. Senate Bills on First Reading

9. Reports of Committees

14. House and House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 HCR3BEAULLIEUWILDLIFE/REFUGES - Exempts users of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and the Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge from the requirement of completion of a self-clearing permit
 HCR5ECHOLSHIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that the Board of Regents conduct a study relative to the state's articulation and transfer process with respect to career and technical education courses
 HCR17MINCEYTEACHERS - Continues the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force

16. House Bills on Second Reading Reported by Committee
 HB6HUGHESHIGHER EDUCATION - Extends deadline for annual January meetings of certain public postsecondary education boards
 HB27PHILLIP TARVERGAMING - Provides with respect to reporting of gaming revenue
 HB65VILLIOCRIME - Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB67FISHERHIGHER EDUCATION - Authorizes the University of Louisiana System to establish tuition and fees for a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (EN +$576,000 SG RV See Note)
 HB69MARINOSTUDENTS - Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB72BRASSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran friendly campuses
 HB94BACALACRIME/THEFT - Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB110FIRMENTINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides relative to fortified roof endorsements
 HB113MALINDA WHITEHOUSING/AUTHORITIES - Provides relative to volunteer board members of certain interlocal risk management agencies
 HB122HORTONCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Provides relative to the mandatory screening of all newborns for early detection of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB123STAGNINURSING HOMES - Provides relative to nursing home requirements and standards for emergency preparedness plans
 HB124BOURRIAQUEPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the sale or exchange of sixteenth section state lands by the Cameron Parish School Board
 HB133TURNERPRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council
 HB167KENNY COXSTUDENT/TUITION - Provides for a tuition waiver for certain disabled veterans (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB181DEVILLIERCORONERS - Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners
 HB183FIRMENTINSURANCE - Prohibits the assignment of certain benefits
 HB191JEFFERSONTEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides relative to teacher certification
 HB200LAFLEURCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Provides relative to newborn screening for certain genetic conditions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB232SCHAMERHORNGAMBLING/CHARITABLE - Provides relative to licensing and reporting procedures for charitable gaming
 HB265FONTENOTCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to release and dissemination of booking photographs of an arrested person
 HB271NELSONCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to sequestration of jurors
 HB281GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority
 HB291CHARLES OWENHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB294WILLARDINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides for certain insurance premium discounts
 HB309GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to fortified home and commercial standards
 HB316PHELPSVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for Louisiana High School Seniors Voter Registration Day
 HB319STAGNINURSES - Repeals a provision of licensure by endorsement for nurses
 HB320TURNERNURSES - Provides relative to nursing education
 HB332ROBBY CARTERPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Tangipahoa Parish
 HB338FREIBERGEARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
 HB350GEYMANNPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the exchange of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish
 HB370MANDIE LANDRYCRIMINAL/PENALTIES - Provides relative to criminal blighting of property (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB378DEVILLIERCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to the DNA database exchange
 HB381LAFLEURTEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS - Creates the Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Subscription Pilot Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB441BRYANTCRIME/ASSAULT - Provides relative to assault upon a utility service employee (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB472MINCEYTEACHERS - Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to grant five-year teaching certificates to applicants who hold out-of-state teaching certificates and who meet other criteria (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB474ILLGGAMBLING/CHARITABLE - Provides relative to licenses for certain raffle games
 HB475MAGEEEVIDENCE - Provides relative to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression
 HB479MARINOCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to expungement of records
 HB485BRASSSTUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP - Creates the Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program to cover the cost of mandatory fees for members attending La. public postsecondary education institutions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB526ZERINGUEGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION - Establishes a chief resilience officer and provides for interagency coordination of resilience planning (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB535COUSSANENVIRONMENT/WASTE TIRES - Provides relative to use of monies in the Waste Tire Management Dedicated Fund Account
 HB548TURNERDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the 340B drug pricing program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB561SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB571SCHEXNAYDERENERGY - Provides relative to carbon capture and sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB591FISHERENERGY/ALTERNATE - Provides relative to fee exemptions for certain solar power generation facilities (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB605SCHEXNAYDERHEALTH - Provides relative to the regulation of consumable hemp products (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 4/24/2023
 HB5FRIEMANPATERNITY - Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations
 HB116ORGERONCOASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE - Provides relative to the disposition of funds derived from alternative energy production in the coastal area (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB170TURNERFUNDS/FUNDING - Dedicates a portion of the 0.45% state sales tax to payment of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. initial unfunded accrued liability and to highway and bridge preservation projects (RE -$444,300,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB172DEVILLIERTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Reduces the severance tax rate for oil over a certain period of time and fixes the severance tax rate for oil produced from certain wells at the current rate (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB178GREGORY MILLERCIVIL/VENUE - Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers
 HB184FRIEMANCHILDRENS CODE - Provides relative to a child in need of care
 HB194THOMPSONCHILDREN/VISITATION RGTS - Provides relative to post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents
 HB215ECHOLSSTATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to acceptable methods of payment for the office of motor vehicles (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB220PRESSLYPROPERTY/IMMOVABLE - Provides relative to actions to determine ownership or possession
 HB264DESHOTELHIGHWAYS - Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 1 between Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles, Louisiana, as the "Marion Peter Roy, Sr., Memorial Bridge"
 HB280BAGLEYTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Requires parishes to use portions of severance tax revenues received from the state for economic development activities and infrastructure projects (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB293THOMASFUNDS/FUNDING - Repeals certain funds within the state treasury (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB298HUGHESCHILDREN/PARENTAL RIGHTS - Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances
 HB314LARVADAINEVIDENCE - Provides relative to trained peer support members
 HB337CARPENTERCHILDREN/SUPPORT - Eliminates the minimum child support award in the child support guidelines
 HB430COUSSANPROPERTY/UNCLAIMED - Authorizes payments from unclaimed funds to certain agents for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed property (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB512HUGHESPROCUREMENT - Provides relative to procurement of fiscal intermediary services (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB525MAGEEFUNDS/FUNDING - Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB539SHERMAN MACKMOTOR VEHICLES - Provide relative to the authorization of the office of motor vehicles to impose fines on contracts
 HB568PHELPSMTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to sanctions for a lapse in required vehicle liability security (EN -$482,845 RV See Note)

NOTICE GIVEN SUBJECT TO CALL

5. House Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage

Scheduled for floor debate on 4/24/2023
 HB250BISHOPASSESSORS - Authorizes assessors in each parish to increase their annual compensation (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB481PRESSLYMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides relative to certain unauthorized acts of motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, distributor branches, and converters
 HB551ZERINGUEAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
 HB514MINCEYDISTRICTS/WATERSHED - Provides relative to property taxes generated for the Comite River Diversion Canal Impact Area

Scheduled for floor debate on 4/25/2023
 HB199ROMEROCONTRACTORS - Provides relative to the State Licensing Board for Contractors
 HB520CARRIERMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the "Utility Line Worker", the "Louisiana Soccer Association", and the Louisiana Respiratory Therapist "RT STRONG" special prestige license plates