Senate Daily Digest
March 18, 2024
4:00 PM
Senate Chamber
Adjourned
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Roll Call
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Reading of Journal
Petitions, Memorials, and Communications
Senate Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
SB385
WHEAT
PUBLIC RECORDS
- Provides relative to strategic plan records of a hospital service district. (8/1/24)
SB386
PRICE
HOUSING
- Provides relative to employees of the White Castle Housing Authority. (gov sig)
Senate Bills Reported by Committee
SB28
REESE
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
- Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses. (8/1/24)
SB30
GREGORY MILLER
ETHICS
- Provides relative to annual financial disclosure statements by certain elected officials and public servants. (8/1/24)
SB44
MCMATH
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Latitude' Memorial Crossing". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
SB45
MCMATH
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates portions of certain highways. (8/1/24) (EN +$4,460 SG EX See Note)
SB46
MCMATH
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- Creates the Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Advisory Council within the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB52
GREGORY MILLER
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
- Provides relative to filing financial disclosure statements after qualifying for office. (8/1/24)
SB63
COUSSAN
HOUSING
- Provides for the classification of factory-built homes. (8/1/24)
SB65
HENSGENS
SUNSET LAW
- Recreates Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. (6/30/24)
SB67
WHEAT
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates a portion of Interstate 55 in Tangipahoa Parish as the "Trooper Hung Le Memorial Highway". (8/1/24) (EN +$3,360 SG EX See Note)
SB101
MIGUEZ
VOTERS/VOTING
- Provides relative to ranked-choice voting and instant runoff voting. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB102
MIGUEZ
PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS
- Provides for policing of the Port of Delcambre, Twin Parish Port District. (gov sig)
SB155
KLEINPETER
VOTERS/VOTING
- Provides relative to marking absentee by mail ballots. (8/1/24)
SB163
EDMONDS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- Provides relative to the Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education. (gov sig)
SB192
BARROW
CHILDREN/FAMILY SERVICES DEPT
- Provides relative to the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Council. (gov sig)
SB193
PRESSLY
COURTS
- Provides for the redistricting of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA5s4) (gov sig)
SB198
KLEINPETER
ELECTION CODE
- Provides relative to prohibitions to dual candidacy. (8/1/24)
SB204
MIZELL
ROADS/HIGHWAYS
- Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1064 in Tangipahoa Parish as the "Rev. Alfred L. Hart Memorial Highway". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
SB206
MCMATH
ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT
- Repeals Port Development Advisory Commission. (7/1/24)
SB217
MIGUEZ
ELECTION CODE
- Defines "deep fake" in the Election Code. (8/1/24)
SB218
KLEINPETER
VOTERS/VOTING
- Provides relative to voting. (8/1/24)
SB240
COUSSAN
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
- Provides for licensure requirements relative to manufactured housing. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB242
BOUIE
INSURANCE POLICIES
- Provides for the use of satellite photos when inspecting a property that has been issued an insurance policy. (gov sig)
SB255
FIELDS
COURTS
- Provides relative to the districts of the supreme court. (gov sig)
SB257
FOIL
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
- Provides relative to board members and qualifications of the State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers. (8/1/24)
SB258
FESI
ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT
- Provides relative to early or absentee by mail voting and the passing of that voter before election day. (8/1/24)
SB270
TALBOT
HOUSING
- Provides relative to volunteer board members of certain interlocal risk management agencies. (gov sig)
SB273
HENSGENS
FISH/FISHING
- Provides for bait shrimp. (8/1/24)
SB296
BOUDREAUX
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to emergency medical services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB335
COUSSAN
LOANS
- Creates the Louisiana Commercial Financing Disclosure Law. (8/1/24)
SB337
BOUDREAUX
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
- Provides for a premium discount for certain military personnel. (8/1/24)
SB338
BOUDREAUX
HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE
- Requires health coverage plans to include alternative imaging methods to mammography. (gov sig)
SB342
HARRIS
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Tumor Registry. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
SB353
MIZELL
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS
- Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
SB367
BASS
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
- Provides for the boards and commissions within the Department of Insurance. (8/1/24)
SB368
BASS
HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE
- Provides for actuarial review of certain state-mandated health insurance benefits. (8/1/24) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
SB372
HARRIS
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Provides relative to motor vehicle service contracts. (8/1/24)
SB375
KLEINPETER
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Creates a special prestige license plate for "Telecommunicators" and for the "Special Needs Advocacy, Support and Inclusion of Abilities". (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB381
GREGORY MILLER
COURTS
- Provides for the redistricting of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA5s4) (gov sig)
Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
SB6
CONNICK
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another created by artificial intelligence. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
SB17
MIZELL
CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE
- Adds Tianeptine to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law. (8/1/24)
SB24
SEABAUGH
CRIMINAL RECORDS
- Removes certain limitations on the release and dissemination of mug shots. (8/1/24)
SB32
GREGORY MILLER
SUCCESSIONS
- Provides for small succession procedures. (8/1/24)
SB33
HENSGENS
THEFT
- Provides relative to theft from a porch or other unenclosed portion of a residence or inhabited dwelling. (8/1/24)
SB34
HENSGENS
THEFT
- Provides relative to coordinated retail robbery offenses. (8/1/24)
SB36
KLEINPETER
SHERIFFS
- Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
SB49
GREGORY MILLER
DIVORCE
- Provides for the revocation of beneficiary designation for certain assets. (8/1/24)
SB50
REESE
GAMBLING
- Prohibits certain persons from wagering on sports events. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
SB61
FOIL
TUTORSHIP
- Provides for full or limited continuing tutorship. (8/1/24)
SB91
DUPLESSIS
DNA
- Extends the deadline for post-conviction DNA testing. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB99
REESE
HORSE RACING
- Provides relative to horse racing breeder awards. (8/1/24) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
SB103
DUPLESSIS
COURTS
- Provides for the appointment of interpreters in court proceedings. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB107
MIZELL
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Creates the crime of possessing, trafficking, or importing a child sex doll. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB121
COUSSAN
COURTS
- Provides for the jurisdictional limits for the city courts located in the 15th judicial district. (8/1/24)
SB147
CONNICK
TAX/TAXATION
- Provides relative to the assessment of taxes by the Department of Revenue. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB306
CATHEY
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Increases the penalty for human trafficking involving sexual activity of persons under the age of eighteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB333
MORRIS
CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Provides for methods of enforcing mortgages. (8/1/24)
SB339
HARRIS
CRIME/PUNISHMENT
- Provides relative to aggravated and simple obstruction of a highway of commerce. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
SB373
ALLAIN
TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL
- Provides relative to individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)