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
SB12
FIELDS
PUBLIC 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)
SB16
BERNARD
ELECTION CODE
- Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB18
PRICE
RETIREMENT 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)
SB35
FIELDS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- Requires air monitoring systems in certain permitted facilities. (8/1/23) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)
SB39
BOUDREAUX
FUNDS/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)
SB41
MIZELL
TAX/TAXATION
- Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)
SB88
CATHEY
TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Establishes an employer supported maternal healthcare tax credit. (gov sig) (EG -$2,500,000 GF RV See Note)
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)
SB135
BARROW
MEDICAID
- 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)
SB137
BARROW
CHILDREN
- Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)
SB162
MCMATH
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
- Creates the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB177
MCMATH
SCHOOLS
- Provides relative to required accelerated instruction for certain students. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
SB178
STINE
LOCAL AGENCIES
- Provides for grant programs to attract residents to Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
SB181
CLOUD
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates the Expanding Louisiana's Health Care Workforce Fund. (8/1/23) (OR1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB205
CORTEZ
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB217
CAMERON HENRY
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Creates a state wide database for individuals convicted of child abuse/neglect. (7/1/24) (EN +$490,135 GF EX See Note)
SB219
CATHEY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
- Provides relative to industrial hemp. (gov sig) (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB225
POPE
TAX/LOCAL
- Authorizes the city of Denham Springs to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
HB551
ZERINGUE
APPROPRIATIONS/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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