Senate Committee on Judiciary B
April 30, 2024
9:30 AM
Room E
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 23, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR32
FOIL
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT
- Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to publish certain prison population data on its website.
HCR22
MARCELLE
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS
- Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to establish family-sensitive policies for all correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the department
HCR24
MARCELLE
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS
- Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to permit incarcerated parents to virtually attend certain ceremonies involving their children
HB51
DEWITT
COURTS/COURT COSTS
- Increases the fees for the Alexandria City Marshal in criminal matters
HB26
BAMBURG
CLERKS OF COURT
- Provides relative to the jury commission for Red River Parish
HB61
HORTON
VETERANS
- Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB65
HILFERTY
LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS
- Provides for the certification by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training of the New Orleans inspector general and his investigators
HB149
TRAVIS JOHNSON
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Provides for the sale of certain alcoholic beverages in the town of Winnsboro
HB309
COX
GAMBLING/CHARITABLE
- Provides with respect to compensation of personnel running charitable gaming events
HB439
BACALA
CLERKS OF COURT
- Provides relative to salary increases for clerks of court (EN +$352,127 LF EX See Note)
HB573
DAVIS
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- Provides relative to container sizes for beverages of high alcohol content
HB621
STAGNI
TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- Provides relative to vapor products (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)
HB642
ORGERON
SURVEYORS
- Updates standards for surveying and mapping
HB746
MCMAHEN
INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS
- Provides relative to the Bossier Parish Retired Employees Insurance Fund
HB772
ZERINGUE
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Provides relative to cemetery emergency assistance and disaster relief
HB790
BAMBURG
INSURANCE
- Repeals the effectiveness provision of the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
HB964
DESHOTEL
COURTS
- Provides relative to justice of the peace courts and constables in Avoyelles Parish
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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