Senate Committee on Finance
May 8, 2023
9:00 AM
Room E

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SB12FIELDSPUBLIC HEALTH - Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB16BERNARDELECTION CODE - Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB18PRICERETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RE)
 SB35FIELDSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Requires air monitoring systems in certain permitted facilities. (8/1/23) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB39BOUDREAUXFUNDS/FUNDING - Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 SB41MIZELLTAX/TAXATION - Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB88CATHEYTAX EXEMPTIONS - Establishes an employer supported maternal healthcare tax credit. (gov sig) (EG -$2,500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB111DUPLESSISCRIMINAL 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)
 SB135BARROWMEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife. (8/1/23) (EN +$39,972 GF EX See Note)
 SB137BARROWCHILDREN - Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)
 SB162MCMATHCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Creates the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB177MCMATHSCHOOLS - Provides relative to required accelerated instruction for certain students. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
 SB178STINELOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for grant programs to attract residents to Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB181CLOUDFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates the Expanding Louisiana's Health Care Workforce Fund. (8/1/23) (OR1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB205CORTEZINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB217CAMERON HENRYCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates a state wide database for individuals convicted of child abuse/neglect. (7/1/24) (EN +$490,135 GF EX See Note)
 SB219CATHEYAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to industrial hemp. (gov sig) (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB225POPETAX/LOCAL - Authorizes the city of Denham Springs to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB551ZERINGUEAPPROPRIATIONS/SUPPLEML - Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

DISCUSSION

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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