Senate Daily Digest
May 28, 2024
1:00 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
 SR122CONNICKCONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the death of Harry Connick Sr., former district attorney of Orleans Parish.
 SR123BARROWCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates District Missionary Verline Brock on her 90th birthday and for her significant contributions to the ministry and community.
 SR124PRICESPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Designates June 5, 2024, as Ascension Credit Union Day.
 SR125CONNICKTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to address the problem relative to the Interstate 20 construction zone and the impact on local, state and national businesses located in Bossier City.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR119FOILCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates the University High baseball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2024 Division III Select State Championship.
 SR120FOILCOMMENDATIONS - Commends and congratulates R. Paul Fernandez on the occasion of his retirement from state service.

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR81ECHOLSECONOMIC DEVEL/COMMUNITY - Establishes a task force to study ways to increase the number of retirement communities in Louisiana
 HCR123BAYHAMINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Condemns antisemitic violence on college campuses and expresses support for Louisiana's Jewish students, faculty, staff, and communities
 HCR132BAYHAMPUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS - Requests the Capitol Security Council to study the feasibility of updating the screening devices and related procedures at the state capitol

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 HCR122GADBERRYSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes May 15, 2024, as LMA Municipal Day at the state capitol

Reconsideration
 HB461JACKSONPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for the confidentiality of documents related to local and parish economic development projects
 HB313MANDIE LANDRYEMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN - Provides relative to employment discrimination against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana

Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
 SB40ALLAINSEAFOOD - Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB64REESEFUNDS/FUNDING - Provides for changes to the Water Sector Program. (gov sig) (EN +$1,523,090 GF EX See Note)
 SB72PRESSLYSTUDENTS - Exempts students with dyslexia from certain literacy examinations and provides for alternative progress monitoring tests. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB89FIELDSSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the creation of the Delmont Neighborhood Crime Prevention District. (gov sig)
 SB90FIELDSSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the creation of the Brookstown Neighborhood Association Crime Prevention District. (gov sig)
 SB107MIZELLCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of possessing, trafficking, or importing a child sex doll. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB124MIZELLCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Creates the Sexual Assault Survivor's Bill of Rights. (8/1/24)
 SB145BARROWCHILDREN - Provides relative to the state child ombudsman. (8/1/24)
 SB149FIELDSSECRETARY OF STATE - Provides relative to the powers, duties, and functions of the Louisiana State Archives. (8/1/24)
 SB274REESEPARISHES - Provides for the administration of funds of the fire district in certain parishes. (8/1/24)
 SB294HODGESSTUDENTS - Confirms the protections of free speech and First Amendment protected activities on college and university campuses. (gov sig)
 SB300DUPLESSISINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related and postpartum healthcare services. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB301MIGUEZBANKS/BANKING - Provides for transactions involving firearms and ammunition retailers. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 SB312EDMONDSCHILDREN - Provides for the Adoption Awareness Act. (8/1/24) (EN +$334,379 FF EX See Note)
 SB336PRESSLYSTUDENTS - Provides for dyslexia screening and subsequent testing and core assessment. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB353MIZELLGOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS - Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB357SEABAUGHEMERGENCY POWERS - Provides relative to termination of a public health emergency. (gov sig)
 SB371BARROWCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides for surgical castration of persons convicted of certain crimes when the victim is under the age of thirteen. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB384FIELDSVOTERS/VOTING - Provides relative to voter identification requirements. (7/1/25)
 SB385WHEATPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to strategic plan records of a hospital service district. (8/1/24)
 SB388HODGESCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 SB401REESECRIME/PUNISHMENT - Increases the penalties for the crimes of vehicular negligent injuring and first degree vehicular negligent injuring. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB421LUNEAUJUVENILE JUSTICE - Creates a renaissance district in certain parishes. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 SB436FESIVOTERS/VOTING - Provides relative to voter registration. (1/1/25)
 SB452MCMATHCORONERS - Provides relative to the coroner of St. Tammany Parish. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB455BARROWHEALTH SERVICES - Restricts the location of certain psychiatric facilities. (gov sig)
 SB466EDMONDSTRESPASS - Provides relative to criminal trespass. (8/1/24)
 SB467REESEPUBLIC DEFENDER - Provides for the office of the state public defender. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB488CATHEYETHICS - Prohibits making false statements in elections regarding candidates. (8/1/24)
 SB84SEABAUGHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for motion for judgment on offer of judgment. (8/1/24)
 SB185SEABAUGHCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for legislative continuances or extensions. (8/1/24)
 SB187BOUDREAUXMEDICAID - Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB234MIGUEZCONTRACTS - Provides relative to prohibition on certain governmental entity contracts with companies that discriminate against firearm and ammunition industries. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB235HENSGENSGAMING - Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (8/1/24) (EN -$500,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB305HARRISWATER/SEWER OPERATORS - Provides for a special master for New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)
 SB341HARRISECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Provides relative for the Major Events Incentive Fund and Program and the Events Incentive Fund and Program. (gov sig) (EN -$500,000 GF EX See Note)
 SB365HARRISSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the French Quarter Management District. (gov sig)
 SB432EDMONDSCONSERVATION - Provides relative to the capital area groundwater conservation district. (8/1/24)
 SB440PRESSLYFUNDS/FUNDING - Creates a Dyslexia Fund for the purpose of funding the testing of students for dyslexia. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
 SB481BOUDREAUXSPECIAL DISTRICTS - Provides for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Economic Development District. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 SB494MIZELLECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT - Provides for the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Senate Bills Returned from House Subject to Call
 SB47TALBOTSCHOOLS - Provides relative to charter schools, the chartering process by types and corporate partnerships. (gov sig) (EGF SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB106BARROWHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to obesity treatment. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Senate Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 SR89GARY CARTERHEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to develop a plan for decreasing regulatory barriers for free-standing birth centers.
 SR106GARY CARTERMULTIMODAL COMMERCE - Creates a task force to study the utilization of multimodal assets, specifically ports and rails by Louisiana local businesses.
 SR109GARY CARTERTRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT - Creates a task force to study the costs of expenses and the utilization of the New Orleans ferries, connecting Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard parishes.

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB142BARROWMEDICAID - Requires doula services to be covered by Medicaid. (8/1/24) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB14SEABAUGHCAMPAIGN FINANCE - Allows legislators to receive campaign contributions during a regular session in an election year. (8/1/24) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
 SB37KLEINPETERHUNTERS/HUNTING - Provides for feral hog hunting. (8/1/24)
 SB66MIZELLSCHOOLS - Provides for a five-day school week for public schools with exceptions. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB127CATHEYHUNTERS/HUNTING - Provides for the utilization of unmanned aircraft systems. (8/1/24)
 SB158ROBERT OWENPHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use. (gov sig)
 SB193PRESSLYCOURTS - Provides for the redistricting of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA5s4) (gov sig)
 SB217MIGUEZELECTION CODE - Defines "deep fake" in the Election Code. (8/1/24)
 SB238SEABAUGHSERVITUDES - Provides relative to pipeline crossings. (8/1/24)
 SB250ALLAINCIVIL PROCEDURE - Provides for no right of direct action against insurer. (8/1/24)
 SB320KLEINPETERFISH/FISHING - Provides for largemouth bass bag and size limits. (8/1/24)
 SB321EDMONDSSCHOOLS - Creates the Charter School Facilities Fund within the Louisiana Department of Education. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
 SB331SEABAUGHEMPLOYMENT - Provides relative to authorized payroll withholdings for public employees. (8/1/24)
 SB335COUSSANLOANS - Creates the Louisiana Commercial Financing Disclosure Law. (8/1/24)
 SB347HARRISHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to ensuring fairness in certain cost-sharing practices. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB368BASSHEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides for actuarial review of certain state-mandated health insurance benefits. (8/1/24) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 SB381GREGORY MILLERCOURTS - Provides for the redistricting of the Louisiana Supreme Court. (2/3 - CA5s4) (gov sig)
 SB399FIELDSCOURTS - Provides relative to the election sections for judgeship of the second district of the First Circuit Court of Appeal. (2/3 - CA5s9) (gov sig)
 SB435MCMATHPOLITICAL PARTIES - Provides relative to the composition of the parish executive committee of the Republican Party in St. Tammany Parish. (8/1/24)
 SB448MORRISTRESPASS - Provides relative to criminal trespass. (8/1/24)
 SB450GREGORY MILLERCAMPAIGN FINANCE - Provides relative to expenditure of campaign funds. (8/1/24)
 SB454MCMATHMALPRACTICE - Provides relative to medical malpractice. (8/1/24)
 SB459SEABAUGHMINERALS - Provides relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration. (8/1/24)
 SB482CLOUDPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides for public records involving the security of the governor or his family and recommendations by which governmental decisions and policies are formulated. (8/1/24)
 SB504LUNEAUTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the assessment, payment and collection of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR65MCMAKINLEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - Establishes the Young Republican Caucus of the Legislature of Louisiana
 HCR66MELERINELEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES - Provides for a joint legislative committee to study regulations regarding artificial intelligence
 HCR73DUSTIN MILLERMEDICAID - Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to develop a professional consulting nursing service code for reimbursement of certain services for individuals with developmental disabilities
 HCR74MCMAKINTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to close the Washington Street exit
 HCR75MCMAKINHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to create an indication of a merging lane at Exit 159 on the Essen Lane ramp of I-10 West
 HCR76MCMAKINHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to make the space between the median uniform for all lanes on Perkins Road intersection
 HCR78CHARLES OWENHIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that Board of Regents and public postsecondary education management boards report to House and Senate education committees and Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on actions related to environmental, social, and governance criteria
 HCR86JORDANHEALTH - Continues the Task Force on African American Suicide Rates
 HCR87DUSTIN MILLERHEALTH CARE - Continues the Health Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force
 HCR95WRIGHTINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - Expresses support for the strengthening of the state's partnership with Taiwan
 HCR101BOYERTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to seek a waiver for a gateway sign permit for a "Crawfish Expressway" sign in Breaux Bridge
 HCR102WRIGHTCREDIT/CARDS - Memorializes the United States Congress to protect consumers from government interference in the free market
 HCR112PHELPSTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to form a highly collaborative approach with political subdivisions regarding the status of projects in local areas

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee Subject to Call
 HCR35WRIGHTLEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT - Provides for a special joint committee to review the Administrative Procedure Act, the Louisiana Administrative Code, the public's involvement in proposed rulemaking, and comparisons of other states' regulatory environments
 HCR49THOMPSONCONSERVATION - Commends and expresses support for the cooperative conservation and management work being carried out by agricultural conservation partnerships in the state
 HCR54KERNERINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Requests the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to confer with the Jefferson Parish Community Development Department to consider modifications to required property insurance coverage
 HCR57VENTRELLABESE - Directs the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to implement "Aliye's Law" and provide instruction to students on organ donation
 HCR61MCFARLANDFEDERAL PROGRAMS - Urges and requests the Legislature of Louisiana to support the "Greaux the Good" farmers market match program
 HCR80FARNUMCIVIL/LAW - Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the Private Works Act

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB114FARNUMVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for an expanded annual canvass of registered voters (EN +$336,108 GF EX See Note)
 HB131BOYERRACING/HORSE - Provides for payment of horse racing purses
 HB224KERNERCRIME - Prohibits ownership of any animal by a person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals
 HB356BOYDCRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides for time limitations for prosecution of third degree rape
 HB380ZERINGUECOURTS - Provides relative to electronic filings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB440BERAULTPROPERTY/IMMOVABLE - Provides relative to association documents of planned communities
 HB528EGANVETERANS - Establishes the position of director of medical affairs of the Department of Veterans Affairs
 HB779BOYDCRIME/SEX OFFENSES - Provides relative to the definition of "commercial sexual activity" within the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes
 HB812ROMEROFISHING/CRAWFISH - Makes changes to the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board
 HB840BOYERRACING/COMMISSION - Provides relative to the members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission (EN +$26,000 LF EX See Note)
 HB932BOYERRACING/HORSE - Provides relative to purse supplements
 HB933BAYHAMHORTICULTURE - Provides with respect to retail florists and wholesale florists

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 HB5CHARLES OWENPUBLIC FACILITIES - Provides relative to types of payment accepted at public events at public postsecondary education institutions (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
 HB47EDMONSTONVACCINES/VACCINATION - Requires that communication issued about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school
 HB88MELERINECIVIL/VENUE - Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers
 HB97MCMAKINCRIME - Provides relative to the crime of solicitation on certain highways and streets
 HB105PHILLIP TARVERETHICS/CODE - Allows a public servant and related persons to obtain advertisements from a governmental entity subject to the same terms and conditions available to similarly situated members of the public
 HB106JACKSONLOBBYING - Provides relative to the assessment of penalties on lobbyists for failure to timely file required reports (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB121CREWSEDUCATION - Provides relative to the use of certain names and pronouns for students
 HB141BAMBURGPOLICE/MUNICIPAL - Provides for the abolition of the office of police chief in the town of Martin
 HB142BEAULLIEUDISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides for the term of certain lease agreements entered into by the Iberia Economic Development Authority
 HB154MANDIE LANDRYELECTIONS/CANDIDATES - Provides for prohibited political materials and applicable criminal penalties (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB200MELERINEWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides relative to past payments of workers' compensation premiums
 HB398HILFERTYLAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association and New Orleans City Park Police
 HB510GLORIOSOINSURANCE/PROPERTY - Provides relative to mandatory binding arbitration with respect to property insurance policies
 HB529CREWSWORKERS COMPENSATION - Provides relative to the determination of the average weekly wage (RE1 DECREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB561KNOXDISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL - Provides for a Lafitte Greenway Economic Development District
 HB562KNOXDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the boundaries of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District
 HB612MCFARLANDENERGY/PIPELINES - Provides a voluntary process for pipeline crossing disputes
 HB613FIRMENTINSURANCE/RATES - Provides relative to the ratemaking system utilized by insurers and rating organizations relative to rate filings
 HB646THOMPSONCONTRACTS - Provides for a contract limit for public work projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
 HB686MCFARLANDPROPERTY/SERVITUDES - Provides relative to pipeline servitudes
 HB708FREIBERGSCHOOLS/CHARTER - Removes requirements that charter schools meet a certain threshold with respect to the number of students with exceptionalities and economically disadvantaged students relative to its total student enrollment
 HB713GADBERRYSURVEYORS - Provides relative to the practice of land surveying and the practice of engineering
 HB778BAYHAMTRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS - Prohibits the imposition of penalties via unmanned automated speed enforcement devices in a school zone in certain circumstances
 HB830EGANDRUGS/CONTROLLED - Adds Tianeptine to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law
 HB857ROBBY CARTERCAPITAL OUTLAY - Expands the class of parishes eligible for a waiver of a matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB874KERNERCORRECTIONS - Provides relative to electronic monitoring
 HB882LACOMBEALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides with respect to microbreweries
 HB903NEWELLMUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM - Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum
 HB904CHENEVERTEDUCATION - Requires school-level reporting by public schools and postsecondary education institutions on programs related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and requires the state Department of Education and the Board of Regents to submit summary reports to certain legislative committees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB926LYONSREAPPORTIONMENT/JUDGES - Provides for the election of judges of the first district of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
 HB953FONTENOTCONTRACTORS - Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance devices
 HB970BEAULLIEUTOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Provides relative to the vapor product and alternative nicotine product directory
 HB974CARLSONLIBRARIES - Provides relative to qualifications for library directors

Instruments Pending Senate Conference
 SB111ABRAHAMSUPPLEMENTAL PAY - Provides relative to supplemental pay to certain law enforcement officers whose agency is headquartered in Lake Charles. (8/1/24) (EN +$64,800 GF EX See Note)
 SB137GREGORY MILLERBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to deposits for customers who expire while domiciled out of state. (8/1/24)
 SB306CATHEYCRIME/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)
 SB355STINECONTRACTS - Provides for regulation of litigation funding by a third party that is a foreign person, state, or wealth fund. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB13EMERSONRETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS - Provides relative to the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$16,600 FC SG EX)
 HB43BACALARETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL - Provides relative to contributions to and the administration of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)
 HB137BRASSCHILDREN - Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board
 HB268MIKE JOHNSONPUBLIC RECORDS - Provides relative to the confidentiality of certain records
 HB353GEYMANNHIGHWAYS - Provides for the use of golf carts on certain highways in the municipalities of Church Point, Lake Arthur, and Westlake
 HB411GADBERRYCAMPAIGN FINANCE - Provides for the procedure for returning excess campaign contributions
 HB463EGANSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Justice
 HB488WRIGHTCOMMERCE - Provides relative to blockchain and digital asset regulation
 HB492GEYMANNPROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION - Provides relative to eminent domain
 HB534FREEMANMTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked on private property
 HB575HUGHESDISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS - Provides relative to the membership of the Orleans Parish Communications District
 HB616GREENINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to actuarial reviews of healthcare legislation (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB659PHELPSTAX/PROPERTY - Increases certain penalties relative to certain prohibited actions regarding tax sale property (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB851PHELPSCRIME - Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
 HB934LACOMBEENERGY/CONSERVATION - Provides for the dedication of revenue from carbon dioxide sequestration on state lands and water bottoms (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
 HB966GEYMANNENERGY/CONSERVATION - Authorizes unitization for carbon dioxide sequestration

Conference Committee Report Received
 HB418BEAULLIEUTAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)
 HB792BACALACRIMINAL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to criminal adjudications (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)