Senate Daily Digest
May 23, 2023
2:00 PM
Senate Chamber

Adjourned
 

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR104FRED MILLSWATER QUALITY - Urges and requests the entities that approve certain incurrence of debt, appropriation of capital outlay, or a rate adjustment to consider an applicant's compliance status with appropriate regulatory bodies and financial status with the legislative auditor as a component of their review process. (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 SR105FRED MILLSSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Tuesday, May 23, 2023, as Hospital Day in Louisiana.
 SR106SMITHCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the St. Charles Catholic High School baseball team on winning the LHSAA 2023 Select Division III state championship.
 SR109FOILCOMMENDATIONS - Commends The Dunham School volleyball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Division III State Championship.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR23STINECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the passing of Russel Wayne Conrad.
 SR60STINECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences and honors the life of Rhyann Green.
 SR102BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the members of the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association and designates Tuesday, May 30, 2023, as Louisiana Athletic Trainers Day at the state capitol.
 SR103BOUDREAUXSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes the value and accomplishments of emergency medical services providers and designates the week of May 21 through May 27, 2023, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Louisiana.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB9BUTLERSCHOOLS/CHOICE - Creates and provides for a program to provide state funding for the education of students with exceptionalities not enrolled in public school (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB91GOUDEAUCRIME/HOMICIDE - Provides relative to vehicular homicide
 HB121AMEDEESCHOOLS - Requires public schools to provide at least one recess period per school day in schools with any grade kindergarten through fifth grade
 HB128LACOMBEPROPERTY/SUBSTANDARD - Provides relative to nuisance ordinances regarding grass cutting in West Baton Rouge Parish
 HB169ROBERT OWENSCHOOLS - Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school
 HB205BRYANTSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires additional compensation for teachers and other school employees under certain circumstances (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB217LAFLEURCOURTS - Provides relative to commissioners of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$456,800 LF EX See Note)
 HB258WRIGHTHIGHER EDUCATION - Establishes a state maritime academy within the University of Louisiana System (EN +$210,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB269MANDIE LANDRYDISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT - Provides relative to the Delachaise Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish
 HB275TRAVIS JOHNSONDISTRICTS/HOSPITAL SERVC - Provides relative to Concordia Parish Hospital Service District No. 1
 HB276MANDIE LANDRYMUNICIPALITIES/NO - Provides relative to fines for building code violations in New Orleans
 HB288FREIBERGLEGISLATIVE AUDITOR - Requires auditees to report progress on implementation of recommendations following a performance audit (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB305BROWNCOURTS - Provides relative to electronic signatures by judges
 HB315CHARLES OWENSTUDENTS - Provides relative to administration of public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB358LACOMBEDISTRICTS/WATERWORKS - Provides relative to the membership of the governing board of Waterworks District No. 1 of Pointe Coupee Parish
 HB365CARRIERCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to fees dedicated to the operational costs of the office of coroner in Concordia Parish (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB396JENKINSVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for the reinstatement of the voter registration of a person who is no longer under an order of imprisonment
 HB412MALINDA WHITEEARLY CHILDHOOD - Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 HB443EDMONDSTAX CREDITS - Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB452BOURRIAQUETAX CREDITS - Establishes a tax credit for the development of certain affordable housing projects (EG1 -$1,700,000 GF RV 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)
 HB506ADAMSHOUSING - Creates the Louisiana Interagency Council on Homelessness within the office of the governor (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
 HB654MCKNIGHTSTATE AGENCIES - Provides for the collection of fees associated with facilitating an electronic signature or authorization (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB656DEVILLIERWATER/DRINKING WATER - Provides relative to water cooperatives

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR6CHARLES OWENCRIMINAL/TRIALS - Authorizes and directs the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard to determine if application of the current procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice may result in a nonunanimous verdict and to take the necessary actions to prevent such verdicts
 HCR42CORMIERPARKS - Memorializes congress to establish Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish as a national park
 HCR51DEVILLIERHISTORIC COMMEMORATION - Recognizes Liberty Theater in Eunice as the Center for Louisiana Culture and Folklife
 HCR117GAINESSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates Monday, May 22, 2023, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol and commends the council
 HCR118SCHEXNAYDERCONDOLENCES - Expresses the condolences of the legislature on the death of Judge Jimmy N. Dimos

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB34BACALARETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL - Provides relative to the funding deposit account for Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and authorizes the board of trustees of the system to modify employer contributions (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
 HB37EMERSONRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)
 HB43FIRMENTRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides for nonrecurring lump-sum supplemental payment to certain eligible retirees and beneficiaries (EN +5,970,000 FC SG EX)
 HB44HORTONRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
 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)
 HB150BRYANTFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Increases certain fees for justice of the peace courts (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB193CHARLES OWENCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirtieth Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB240LYONSFEES/LICENSES/PERMITS - Increases certain fees for the justice of the peace courts in East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB250BISHOPASSESSORS - Authorizes assessors in each parish to increase their annual compensation (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 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)
 HB502MCFARLANDTAX/SALES & USE - Modifies the definition of the term commercial farmer by removing certain reporting requirements (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
 HB558BEAULLIEUREVENUE DEPARTMENT - Provides for the collection and remittance of state and local sales and use taxes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB629BEAULLIEUTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM - Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB634MCFARLANDTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides relative to a severance tax exemption for deep-well oil and gas production (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SCR3CORTEZFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and Fiscal Year 2023-2024. (2/3-CA7s10) (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB2BRET ALLAINTAX 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)
 SB11LUNEAUINSURANCE RATES - Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by gender. (8/1/23)
 SB19BRET ALLAINTAX/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)
 SB71BOUIESCHOOLS - Provides relative to learning pods. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB91MILLIGANIMMOVABLE PROPERTY - Provides for prohibition of immovable property transactions by certain foreign actors. (8/1/23)
 SB96TALBOTINSURERS - 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)
 SB97GARY CARTERTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption in Louisiana for affordable housing. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB112ABRAHAMCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to second degree murder. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB168FIELDSCOURTS - Provides relative to the judgeships of the second district of the First Circuit Court of Appeal. (2/3-CA5s9) (gov sig)
 SB178STINELOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for grant programs to attract residents to Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB179TALBOTGOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS - Provides for standards when constructing a residential roof. (8/1/23)
 SB180BOUIEHORSE RACING - Provides for minimum live horse racing dates. (8/1/23)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR67MIKE JOHNSONCONGRESS - Provides relative to the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision
 HCR69MIKE JOHNSONRETIREMENT BENEFITS - Requests the House Committee on Retirement and the Senate Retirement Committee to study future benefit options for employees
 HCR70BEAULLIEURETIREMENT SYSTEMS - Requests retirement systems and the state treasurer to report on companies that do not invest in certain energy companies

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB196BROWNCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to summary judgment
 HB281GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority
 HB309GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to fortified home and commercial standards
 HB3BISHOPCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
 HB65VILLIOCRIME - Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB94BACALACRIME/THEFT - Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB184FRIEMANCHILDRENS CODE - Provides relative to a child in need of care
 HB339GREGORY MILLEREVIDENCE - Provides relative to motions for summary judgment
 HB74THOMASCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to home inspectors
 HB135MIKE JOHNSONELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Prohibits a registered sex offender or child predator from serving as a commissioner or watcher
 HB174EMERSONELECTION CODE - Prohibits the disclosure of certain information regarding the active duty or dependent status of certain voters
 HB216HORTONELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Authorizes certain military members stationed in Louisiana to serve as commissioners
 HB248MCMAHENCEMETERIES - Provides for the burial of pet remains with human remains
 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)
 HB292ST. BLANCUTILITIES - Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law
 HB302ST. BLANCCEMETERIES - Provides relative to cemetery trust funds
 HB320TURNERNURSES - Provides relative to nursing education
 HB334PHELPSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to private insurance for certain deposits and shares
 HB384MCFARLANDENERGY - Provides relative to the Louisiana Renewable Energy Development Act
 HB385DEVILLIERHOUSING/MANUFACTURED - Provides relative to manufactured housing
 HB393GADBERRYBUILDING CODES - Provides relative to certain building code roofing inspections of a commercial or residential structure
 HB395HILFERTYSECRETARY OF STATE - Provides relative to filings with the secretary of state's office
 HB435FREEMANMEDICAID - Provides relative to medicaid coverage of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB541WHEATHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"
 HB547RISERSECONDHAND DEALERS - Provides relative to catalytic converter sales law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB548TURNERDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the 340B drug pricing program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB554RISERCEMETERIES - Provides relative to the cemetery care fund
 HB583DAVISTELEVISION/CABLE - Provides relative to franchise fee audits
 HB6HUGHESHIGHER EDUCATION - Extends deadline for annual January meetings of certain public postsecondary education boards
 HB11GADBERRYTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for contract limits for projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB20FARNUMCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs for the City Court of Lake Charles (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB28CARRIERHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates certain portions of highways in Iberia and St. Landry parishes
 HB48SHERMAN MACKCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to mayor's court costs (EN +$17,200 LF RV See Note)
 HB49CHARLES OWENCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
 HB72BRASSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran friendly campuses
 HB73DUBUISSONHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway"
 HB80GADBERRYCONTRACTS - Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB111HUGHESTAX/TOBACCO TAX - Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB124BOURRIAQUEPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the sale or exchange of sixteenth section state lands by the Cameron Parish School Board
 HB161KERNERTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM - Changes local sales and use tax exemptions for commercial fishermen and certain seafood processing facilities from optional to mandatory (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB191JEFFERSONTEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides relative to teacher certification
 HB202MUSCARELLOCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to fees for the City Court of Hammond (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB233TURNERCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs and fees for the City Court of Ruston (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB279ADAMSTAX COMMISSION, STATE - Provides relative to conveying by the La. Tax Commission of ad valorem tax assessment information it receives from local assessors (EN +$20,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB285TURNERTAX INCREMENT FINANCING - Provides relative to the use of state sales tax increments in certain local tax increment financing initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB316PHELPSVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for Louisiana High School Seniors Voter Registration Day
 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
 HB347LANCE HARRISCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs and civil filing fees in Alexandria City Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB350GEYMANNPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the exchange of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish
 HB406MINCEYHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Provides relative to flooding mitigation solutions along the Interstate 12 corridor in Livingston Parish
 HB428PRESSLYTAX/INCOME TAX - Extends to estates, trusts, and partnerships the flow-through entity income exclusion allowed to individuals (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB500HILFERTYTAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - Provides with respect to the applicability of the additional property tax exemptions for certain veterans with disabilities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB527BROWNHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 398 as the "Commander Glenn Daigle Memorial Bridge"
 HB561SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB562SCHEXNAYDERTAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB644LAFLEURTEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS - Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB5FRIEMANPATERNITY - Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations
 HB19BUTLERCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerk of court of Evangeline Parish
 HB30PHILLIP TARVERCOURTS - Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$34,700 GF EX See Note)
 HB61SCHLEGELCONTRACTS - Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties
 HB77SCHLEGELATTORNEY GENERAL - Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB220PRESSLYPROPERTY/IMMOVABLE - Provides relative to actions to determine ownership or possession
 HB226FARNUMCOURTS - Provides relative to marshals and constables (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB298HUGHESCHILDREN/PARENTAL RIGHTS - Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances
 HB379MCKNIGHTLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to liability associated with parades
 HB441BRYANTCRIME/ASSAULT - Provides relative to assault upon a utility service employee (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB475MAGEEEVIDENCE - Provides relative to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression
 HB488FARNUMGAMBLING/RIVERBOAT - Provides relative to inspections of riverboats
 HB41FRIEMANINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to health coverage plan benefits for occupational therapy services delivered via telehealth (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB101EMERSONBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides for membership on the Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB183FIRMENTINSURANCE - Prohibits the assignment of certain benefits
 HB235MOOREINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to the guaranteed issue of Medicare supplement policies
 HB262GREENINSURANCE - Provides relative to the sale of annuity products
 HB434MCFARLANDMEDICAID - Provides relative to the state medical assistance program
 HB459TRAVIS JOHNSONHEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Provides relative to phlebotomists
 HB468PRESSLYINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to utilization review standards and approval procedures for healthcare service claims submitted by healthcare providers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB496STEFANSKIELECTION CODE - Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code
 HB526ZERINGUEGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION - Establishes a chief resilience officer and provides for interagency coordination of resilience planning (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB578GLOVERHEALTH/SMOKING - Provides relative to a smoking cessation benefits program (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 HB579DUBUISSONINSURANCE - Provides relative to pet insurance