Roll Call |
Prayer |
Pledge of Allegiance |
Reading of Journal |
Petitions, Memorials, and Communications |
Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SR41 | FIELDS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Mr. Clarence Jones Jr. upon his 80th birthday and for being the founder and director of the Heritage Festival of Negro Spirituals. |
| | | SR42 | FIELDS | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, April 26, 2023, as University of Louisiana System Day at the Capitol and commends the University of Louisiana System for its sustained contributions to the state. |
| | | SR43 | MORRIS | CLERKS OF COURT - Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on legislation relative to electronic filing and records retention. |
| | | SR44 | REESE | COMMENDATIONS - Recognizes and commends the members and board of directors of the Louisiana School Boards Association. |
| | | SR46 | MIZELL | COMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates Dr. John L. Crain, President of Southeastern Louisiana University, on the occasion of his retirement. |
Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call |
| | | SR6 | MORRIS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Jerry Arledge on the occasion of his retirement as West Monroe High School head football coach. |
| | | SR23 | STINE | CONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the passing of Russel Wayne Conrad. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | SCR25 | HEWITT | BESE - Urges and requests the board to prepare for implementation of an "education savings account" program. |
| | | SCR26 | BERNARD | MUNICIPALITIES - Creates a a task force to study the dissolution or absorption of fiscally distressed municipalities. |
| | | SCR27 | HENSGENS | COMMENDATIONS - Commends Ivy Robichaux on being crowned Miss LSU. |
House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred |
| | | HB5 | FRIEMAN | PATERNITY - Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations |
| | | HB6 | HUGHES | HIGHER EDUCATION - Extends deadline for annual January meetings of certain public postsecondary education boards |
| | | HB67 | FISHER | HIGHER 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) |
| | | HB69 | MARINO | STUDENTS - Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | HB72 | BRASS | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran friendly campuses |
| | | HB110 | FIRMENT | INSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides relative to fortified roof endorsements |
| | | HB123 | STAGNI | NURSING HOMES - Provides relative to nursing home requirements and standards for emergency preparedness plans |
| | | HB124 | BOURRIAQUE | PROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the sale or exchange of sixteenth section state lands by the Cameron Parish School Board |
| | | HB170 | TURNER | FUNDS/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) |
| | | HB172 | DEVILLIER | TAX/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) |
| | | HB184 | FRIEMAN | CHILDRENS CODE - Provides relative to a child in need of care |
| | | HB191 | JEFFERSON | TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides relative to teacher certification |
| | | HB215 | ECHOLS | STATE AGENCIES - Provides relative to acceptable methods of payment for the office of motor vehicles (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB220 | PRESSLY | PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE - Provides relative to actions to determine ownership or possession |
| | | HB232 | SCHAMERHORN | GAMBLING/CHARITABLE - Provides relative to licensing and reporting procedures for charitable gaming |
| | | HB250 | BISHOP | ASSESSORS - Authorizes assessors in each parish to increase their annual compensation (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | HB264 | DESHOTEL | HIGHWAYS - Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 1 between Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles, Louisiana, as the "Marion Peter Roy, Sr., Memorial Bridge" |
| | | HB280 | BAGLEY | TAX/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) |
| | | HB298 | HUGHES | CHILDREN/PARENTAL RIGHTS - Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances |
| | | HB314 | LARVADAIN | EVIDENCE - Provides relative to trained peer support members |
| | | HB512 | HUGHES | PROCUREMENT - Provides relative to procurement of fiscal intermediary services (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | HB525 | MAGEE | FUNDS/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) |
| | | HB539 | SHERMAN MACK | MOTOR VEHICLES - Provide relative to the authorization of the office of motor vehicles to impose fines on contracts |
| | | HB551 | ZERINGUE | APPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 |
| | | HB568 | PHELPS | MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to sanctions for a lapse in required vehicle liability security (EN -$482,845 RV See Note) |
House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading |
| | | HCR3 | BEAULLIEU | WILDLIFE/REFUGES - Exempts users of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and the Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge from the requirement of completion of a self-clearing permit |
| | | HCR5 | ECHOLS | HIGHER 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 |
| | | HCR54 | MCFARLAND | SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Wednesday, April 26, 2023 as Louisiana Loggers Day at the state capitol |
Senate Bills Reported by Committee |
| | | SB22 | WOMACK | CONSERVATION - Provides relative to soil conservation policy. (gov sig) |
| | | SB28 | CATHEY | AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to grain sampling and grading.
(gov sig) |
| | | SB31 | MIZELL | CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Creates database to track trafficking arrests, convictions, restitution, fines, and civil asset forfeiture. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB35 | FIELDS | ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Requires air monitoring systems in certain permitted facilities. (8/1/23) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB55 | LUNEAU | SUCCESSIONS - Provides for procuration or mandate by a succession representative. (7/1/23) |
| | | SB67 | ROBERT MILLS | SELF INSURANCE - Requires certain financial documents related to the Louisiana Timber and Agriculture Transportation Group Self-Insurance Funds. (gov sig) |
| | | SB100 | LAMBERT | ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Provides for advanced recycling facilities. (gov sig) |
| | | SB111 | DUPLESSIS | CRIMINAL RECORDS - Provides relative to system upgrades to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and the Louisiana Supreme Court Case Management Information System to the expungement process. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB124 | KLEINPETER | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Increases the penalty for driving a vehicle without a license plate attached. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB130 | MORRIS | LAW ENFORCEMENT - Authorizes retired law enforcement officers and retired elected law enforcement department heads to carry concealed firearms if POST certified at the time of retirement. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB142 | GARY CARTER | COURTS - Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB152 | MILLIGAN | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB159 | CATHEY | JUVENILE JUSTICE - Provides for the detention of seventeen year old juveniles under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB160 | CORTEZ | HORSE RACING - Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Louisiana Racing Commission. (7/1/23) |
| | | SB169 | MIZELL | EVIDENCE - Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB175 | STINE | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Criminalizes deepfakes involving minors and defines the rights to digital image and likeness. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB192 | SMITH | GAMING - Provides relative to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB206 | MILLIGAN | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Provides relative to foreign interest in certain Louisiana research facilities. (7/1/23) |
| | | SB215 | BARROW | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides justification defense to domestic violence victim-defendants. (8/1/23) |
Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee to be Adopted |
| | | SR4 | MIZELL | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Recreates the Task Force on Human Trafficking Arrests. |
| | | SR5 | FOIL | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Creates the Protective Order Procedure and Records Task Force. |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage |
| | | SB63 | MIZELL | RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS/LIBERTIES - Constitutional Amendment to provide that the right of freedom of worship in churches or other places of worship is a fundamental right that is worthy of the highest order of protection. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) |
| | | SB64 | FESI | CHILDREN - Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB66 | FRED MILLS | HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to telehealth services. (1/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB73 | ROBERT MILLS | CHILDREN - Provides relative to truancy and assessment and service centers. (gov sig) |
| | | SB96 | TALBOT | INSURERS - Provides the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association and the Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation shall not be liable for certain property damage insurance claims. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB104 | STINE | GENETICS - Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB110 | TALBOT | INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for patient's right to prompt coverage. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB113 | HEWITT | INSURANCE RATES - Provides for certain insurance premium discounts. (gov sig) |
| | | SB117 | HARRIS | CRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to the crime of assault by drive-by shooting. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB122 | FRED MILLS | WATER QUALITY - Creates and provides for the Community Sewerage System Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (1/1/24) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB143 | CAMERON HENRY | INSURERS - Provides for former officers or insolvent insurers. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB156 | DUPLESSIS | INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that no property insurance policy shall prohibit an insured from hiring a public adjuster. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB161 | LAMBERT | PUBLIC HEALTH - Provides for the Louisiana Small Wild Catfish Processor's Act. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB171 | FRED MILLS | PHARMACEUTICALS - Creates the pharmacy benefit managers quality incentive program. (gov sig) (RE1 SG EX See Note) |
| | | SB184 | PEACOCK | CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Provides for repayment of personal contributions or loans. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB186 | PEACOCK | HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. (1/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note) |
| | | SB196 | PEACOCK | CONTRACTS - Creates the Litigation Financing Disclosure and Security Protection Act. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB1 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE - Phases-out the corporate franchise tax. (See Act) (EN -$163,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB2 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to phase out the tax on inventory and establish the maximum allowable exemption for the industrial property tax exemption program. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB3 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/TAXATION - Changes the month for the annual determination of the personal income tax and corporate franchise tax automatic rate reductions. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB8 | LUNEAU | TAX/LOCAL - Provides relative to interest applicable to local sales and use taxes paid under protest. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| | | SB15 | REESE | PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Provides relative to per diem received by commissioners of the Vinton Harbor and Terminal District. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB19 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/INCOME/CORPORATE - Eliminates the inventory tax credit for corporations and reduces the corporate income tax rates. (1/1/24) (EG +$10,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB37 | BRET ALLAIN | HOUSING - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Berwick Housing Authority. (gov sig) |
| | | SB42 | FRED MILLS | WATER MANAGEMENT - Creates the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. (8/1/23) (RE NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB53 | BERNARD | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the powers and authority of the commission of the Cane River Waterway District. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB56 | CATHEY | TAX EXEMPTIONS - Reinstates the Second Amendment sales tax holiday. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB57 | FOIL | LOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for the board of commissioners for the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District. (gov sig) |
| | | SB59 | BERNARD | PUBLIC LANDS - Authorizes the sale of certain school property by the Natchitoches Parish School Board and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (gov sig) |
| | | SB68 | CONNICK | PUBLIC LANDS - Provides for the lease of property located within Jefferson Parish.
(gov sig) |
| | | SB72 | BOUIE | BONDS - Provides relative to the issuance of revenue bonds on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB76 | FRED MILLS | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Creates a special medical district in St. Martin Parish. (gov sig) |
| | | SB79 | LUNEAU | TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to expenditures utilized to claim income and franchise tax credits. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB83 | WOMACK | PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for certain change orders when certain unit prices are contained in the initial contract. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB92 | FESI | SPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the board of commissioners of veterans' memorial districts. (gov sig) |
| | | SB98 | GARY CARTER | FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Provides for adding interest in bone marrow donorship to the list of options offered during application for renewal of a state-issued driver's license. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB102 | FRED MILLS | WATER MANAGEMENT - Provides relative to the Acadiana Watershed District. (8/1/23) |
| | | SB120 | BODI WHITE | COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Program.
(gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV) |
| | | SB132 | REESE | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides relative to exemptions to capital outlay procedure. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) |
| | | SB150 | ROBERT MILLS | EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Creates the Louisiana Literacy Advisory Commission. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) |
| | | SB151 | REESE | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act. (gov sig) (EN -$22,500,000 GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB166 | JACKSON-ANDREWS | CAPITAL OUTLAY - Authorizes the division of administration to waive local match requirements for certain non-state entity projects. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note) |
| | | SB222 | BRET ALLAIN | HOUSING - Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Morgan City Housing Authority. (gov sig) |
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call |
| | | SB6 | BRET ALLAIN | TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE - Reduces the rate of the Quality Jobs Program project facility expense rebate when certain conditions are met. (1/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB33 | BODI WHITE | SUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Increases the amount of supplemental pay for eligible law enforcement and fire service employees. (7/1/23) (EN +$23,553,120 GF EX See Note) |
| | | SB48 | MORRIS | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Constitutional amendment to eliminate a judge's discretion to grant bail for certain offenses after conviction. (2/3 - CA8s1) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) |
| | | SB108 | HARRIS | TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| | | SB164 | CLOUD | GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM - Provides relative to prior authorization for services, procedures, and pharmaceuticals. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE SG EX See Note) |