2014 Regular Session

Provides for the creation of the Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Bank (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Renames a portion of Louisiana Highway 3179 in St. John Parish as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard"

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides for the donation of alcoholic beverages to certain organizations

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to departments of the executive branch of state government (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Creates the Villa del Rey Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Provides relative to the practice of dentistry and the regulation of the profession. (See Act)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides for determinations for grade level promotion of certain students with exceptionalities regarding performance on state tests and provides for calculations of school performance scores relative to such students

Sponsor: John Schroder

Authorizes the designation of specialized divisions or sections in city or municipal courts (EN +$161,950 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to the reporting of expenditures of campaign funds

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to ad valorem taxes for fire and police protection in Orleans Parish (EN +$34,551,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes agents of the tax collector to sell property for delinquent taxes and requires the fee of the authorized agent to be included within the costs recoverable in the tax sale (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides relative to privately owned public water supply or sewer system providers and requires office of public health to adopt rules to implement iron and manganese control requirements. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to rights of law enforcement officers while under investigation. (7/1/14) (EN +$300,000 APV)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to documentation of school attendance as a condition of driving privileges

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to court reporters

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides for the consolidation of the New Orleans Traffic and Municipal Courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to boards and commissions

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Revises terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to benefits of adult probation and parole officers. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/14) (EN $4,523,091 APV)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides for requirements relative to the disposal of human remains

Sponsor: Henry Burns

Authorizes the office of debt recovery to utilize the offset of certain gaming winnings as a means to collect delinquent debt owed to state agencies (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Requires the State Licensing Board for Contractors to provide testing specifically for solar installers. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Creates the University Acres Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for limitations and prohibitions on the collection and sharing of student information and provides penalties for violations (EN +$651,000 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Schroder

Authorizes the Port of South Louisiana, the Lafourche Basin Levee District, and the Pontchartrain Levee District to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement to authorize the exercise of combined police protection. (8/1/14) (2/3-CA6s43(2)) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Provides for transfer of the lead agency for the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant and the transfer of oversight and administration of licensing and regulation of early learning centers from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Education. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides relative to the powers of local public school boards and superintendents with respect to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers, and school employees

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Provides relative to the merging of the Professional, Personal, Consulting and Social Services Procurement Code with the Louisiana Procurement Code. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides relative to the commissioner of higher education.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Provides for the prospective termination of a hospital district plan and retirement benefits of public employees hired after a certain date. (1/1/15) (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to nuisance ordinances in the city of New Orleans (EN +$115,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Changes requirements for public hearings at which millage adjustments are considered by certain taxing authorities (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Provides with respect to the state budget. (7/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides relative to electronic assets of a decedent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to office of clerk of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary for Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Sponsor: James Fannin

Authorizes the city of Scott to levy a hotel occupancy tax not to exceed five percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Provides relative to the Louisiana Motor Commission. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Authorizes certain municipalities to adopt ordinance which limits the number of terms of office of its elected officials. (gov sig)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Appropriates funds for judgments against the state related to expropriation of property in the matter of "Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College v. 1732 Canal Street, LLC, et al"

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides that a five-point scale shall be used when calculating the grade point average for certain honors courses and talented courses. (gov sig) (EN +$1,240,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Requires notification to certain elected officials regarding submission and status of certain charter school applications. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to participating school systems for children enrolled in the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program classes. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Adds conditions and protections relative to use of patient healthcare data to the La. Health Care Consumers' Right to Know law (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to significant influence for purposes of certain gaming licenses. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Carencro to levy a hotel occupancy tax (EN +$67,400 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Provides relative to annual mandatory ethics training requirements. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Provides relative to apprenticeship. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Increases annual audit requirements for certain entities in certain parishes. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Provides for technical corrections to various provisions of the Constitution Ancillaries, the La. Revised Statutes, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Code of Criminal Procedure

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to sick leave for teachers and other school employees. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to marriage and family therapists. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide educational technology plan for public elementary and secondary schools. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Provides relative to the Fishermen's Gear Compensation Fund. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked on private property

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Provides relative to reciprocal agreements with federal and state agencies regarding unemployment compensation. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Requires DOE to report annually specified information regarding the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program to state legislators. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Provides relative to personal financial disclosure under Campaign Finance Disclosure Act and Code of Governmental Ethics. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Lee Amedee

Provides for beneficial projects in settlements of Right-to-Know Law violations

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to contracts for public works. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides relative to the annual limit on authorized donations that a curator may make on behalf of an interdict. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the employment of special attorneys or counsel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides for the membership of the Capital Area Groundwater Commission

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to various participating schools for recipients of student scholarship programs. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Provides for access to child care assistance by homeless families (EN FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Limits penalty for failure to pay wages and employment discrimination. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides for revenue sharing distribution for Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Sponsor: James Fannin

Provides for the issuance of REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and special identification cards (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Imposes an additional fee on the sale of saltwater fishing licenses and dedicates the revenues (EN +$1,988,273 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Authorizes public or private entities to make certain donations to various educational institutions for recipients of TOPS Awards or GO Grants. (7/1/14) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Sponsor: James Fannin

Authorizes use of construction management at risk method for public contracts. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Authorizes removal of license plates on motor vehicles driven by persons with suspended or revoked driver's licenses (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Provides for the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan. (gov sig) (RE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides with respect to the duration of taxes levied for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Authorizes higher education employees who are veterans to take paid leave on Veterans' Day to attend certain events (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Creates the crime of solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Provides relative to group purchasing and cooperative purchasing provisions of certain public postsecondary education institutions. (7/1/14). (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides for the licensure of pain management clinics. (gov sig)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the certain records held by the Board of Gaming Control. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to precinct changes and annexations for election purposes

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Provides for exemption of certain higher education projects not to exceed one million dollars from inclusion in the capital outlay budget and exempts short term loans issued for such projects from net state tax supported debt. (2/3-CA7s6(F)(1)) (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides for lowest available price for certain software procurement contracts. (7/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Creates the crime of unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides for acts of donation of a motor vehicle without an authentic act

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to actions of special districts by a local governmental subdivision when the district and the subdivision have the same governing authority. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Provides for continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides with respect to technology services and technology procurement. (7/1/14) (EN -$24,700,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Creates the office of multimodal commerce in the Department of Transportation and Development. (See Act) (RR1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Provides with respect to the collection and disposition of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs in city court

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides with respect to the payment of insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to penalties for second degree battery. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to fees in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. (gov sig) (2/3 -CA7s2.1) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to the authority to perform a marriage ceremony (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to the levy of an additional sales and use tax within the city of Shreveport (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Provides relative to the city of New Iberia municipal fire and police civil service system board. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the implementation of the requirement that certain state-owned buildings be equipped with suitable accommodations for breastfeeding and lactation. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides relative to transfers of student information by education agencies and the state Department of Education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to restitution of audit costs. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to the diabetes annual action plan. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Authorizes the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau to levy and collect an additional hotel occupancy tax within the jurisdiction of the bureau (EN +$2,380,700 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Provides relative to insurance rate review. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for the lease of certain state property in Iberville Parish

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Requires written or emailed notice of a meeting concerning tax measures to be provided to certain officials and excludes certain meetings of political subdivisions concerning tax measures from certain notice requirements. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Exempts certain persons from the requirements of the big exotic cats rules. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Increases the maximum time period for the Port of South Louisiana for contracts, leases, and other agreements for use of port facilities to 80 years. (8/1/14)(2/3-CA6s43)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Requires law enforcement officers to check for compliance with the compulsory motor vehicle liability security law during traffic stops

Sponsor: Henry Burns

Provides relative to public records. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Provides with respect to the issuance of arrest warrants by magistrates

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides relative to the posting of auditor notices on the website of the auditee. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to certain notifications regarding the filing of certain Tier 2 personal financial disclosure statements

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Requires DPS&C to reimburse sheriffs for housing parolees who are arrested pending the parole revocation hearing (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Prohibits the transportation of dogs in pickup truck beds on certain roadways unless humanely secured

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Commends Marion upon winning the state "Cleanest City Contest" sponsored by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc., in Category B

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the safety implications and practicality of requiring vehicles in adjacent lanes to stop for all city buses loading or unloading passengers

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Provides relative to notice of decisions in criminal appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides for an automatic recount in elections when the number of absentee by mail and early voting ballots could make a difference in the outcome of the election (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides that failure to provide law enforcement with affidavit of theft of vehicle shall not create civil presumption of insured's participation in vehicle theft. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides for requirements of physicians who perform abortions

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides with respect to interim and final spousal support (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Hunter Greene

Provides for the Louisiana State Law Institute recommending repeal, removal or revision of law that has been declared unconstitutional by final and definitive court judgment. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Provides for fees and procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by electronic means. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Commends Reggie Hanchey, Coordinator of Programs at La. Tech University, upon his retirement after 40 years of dedicated and faithful service

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to eligibility for a drug division probation program. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides for the licensing and regulation of health insurance navigators and similar individuals and entities

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to the high school career option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Fannin

Provides relative to motor vehicle liability security (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides for the carrying of concealed weapons by certain law enforcement officers in all public places. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to the recording of statements of protected persons outside of the courtroom (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to decrease the speed limit on a portion of Louisiana Highway 409

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides relative to penalties imposed for the violation of ordinances in the city of New Orleans

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends Mr. Chester Diez for forty years of service to the Republican Party

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides relative to the use of monies appropriated to the Sex Offender Registry Technology Fund

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to expert testimony

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Authorizes Waterworks District No. 3 of Rapides Parish to acquire a privately owned water system located in Grant Parish (EN +$18,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Authorizes the waiver of minimum mandatory sentences for certain sex offenses and crimes of violence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Establishes a minimum employer contribution rate for the Optional Retirement Plan in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE FC SG LF EX)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Requests that the Bd. of Regents and the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the Taylor Foundation, La. Office of Student Financial Assistance, public postsecondary education management boards, and certain others, study certain issues relative to TOPS

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to medical consent and certain immunities. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Creates the Medical Education & Research Finance Work Group to provide findings and recommendations to the legislature relative to a formula-based financing model for the funding of Louisiana's public institutions for graduate and professional medical education and biomedical and health-related research

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Establishes a pilot initiative for training and education to serve certain recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (EN DECREASE FF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to the abolition of the position of police chief and the police department of the town of Sorrento. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Lee Amedee

Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends Farmerville upon winning the Cleanest City Contest sponsored by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc., in Category E

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility of providing Medicaid enrollees with a choice of fiscal/employer agents

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to training requirements for municipal chiefs of police

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides relative to crimes of incest and aggravated incest. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office (EN +$129,853 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Creates the Task Force on Telehealth Access

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Provides relative to procedures in certain expropriation proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Prohibits a provider of healthcare services from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurance issuer under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides an exception to the time limit on filing capital outlay requests for filings resulting from a declared disaster where there is an public need for the project. (7/1/14) (2/3 - CA7s11(C)) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Requires posting of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline in outpatient abortion facilities

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Allows for the taking of certain quadrupeds from a helicopter. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Requests the Department of Insurance to study an alternative long-term care benefit option for Medicaid applicants with life insurance policies who enter into certain viatical settlement contracts

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to TOPS reporting requirements. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides relative to an award of visitation rights. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Provides for position of deputy chief of police for the city of St. Martinville. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides with respect to the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN +$71,650,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Creates a prestige license plate for the Louisiana Youth Leadership Seminar Corporation. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Authorizes political subdivisions in St. John the Baptist Parish to establish local sales tax holidays (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides relative to the Lakeview Crime Prevention District.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to Medicaid recovery audit contractors and procedures

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to human trafficking, trafficking of children for sexual purposes, and commercial sexual exploitation (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Creates a penalty for school bus drivers operating buses without insurance

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to information to be conveyed to a woman prior to abortion (EN INCREASE See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to high school graduation requirements and Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) core curriculum requirements (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jeff Thompson

Names I-10 Bridge over Lake Pontchartain as the Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Authorizes the town of Homer to levy an additional sales and use tax (EN +$505,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides relative to military honor license plates for certain disabled veterans. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Authorizes licensed practical nurses to administer chemical tests for intoxication

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Repeals provisions relative to shared-work plans (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides for use of entry age normal valuation method by the State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the enforcement of the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978. (gov sig)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides for electronic visit verification for long-term care services delivered in home- and community-based settings (RE See Note)

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Authorizes the collector of certain taxing authorities to require the electronic filing and remittance of local sales and use taxes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the best practices in administering the death penalty in the most humane manner

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Authorizes certain early childhood learning centers to engage in cooperative purchasing. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Permits public school governing authorities to develop and implement curriculum, content, and methodology in lieu of that recommended by the state Dept. of Education or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: John Schroder

Urges and requests the La. Dept. of Economic Development to continue its endeavors to foster international commerce, including the assertive attraction of foreign direct investment

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Requests that the House Committee on Education study issues raised by legislation proposed during the 2014 Regular Session and prior sessions relative to certain school systems

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Directs the legislative auditor to perform a performance audit of the Louisiana State Racing Commission regarding horse racing facilities and offtrack wagering facilities located in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Amends the definition of criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to include certain convictions of stalking (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to insurance holding companies

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Urges and requests the DOTD to study autonomous vehicles

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Authorizes the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System to adopt group trust provisions pursuant to Internal Revenue Service rulings (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Prohibits the inclusion of test scores of a student who has excessive absences in the value-added model or in other measures of student growth for purposes of teacher evaluations

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to clean up of hazardous materials found in integrated coastal protection projects

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Relative to the term of office and qualifications for certain officers in justice of the peace courts. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Provides relative to the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. (8/1/14)(2/3- CA6s43)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides for the Department of Health and Hospitals to create an upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers. (gov sig)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Requests the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to study and make recommendations relative to the duties and responsibilities that fiscal administrators have while investigating the financial stability of political subdivisions of the state

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to safety plan order for child in need of care. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requires instruction relative to CPR and automated external defibrillators to be integrated into the curriculum of an existing required course of study in public high schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Provides for a task force to make recommendations concerning electronic issuance of SNAP benefits

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides relative to using Jazzland as a trademark

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Requires instruction on child assault awareness and prevention in public schools (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes certain statutorily dedicated funds to be used for special law enforcement initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to fees charged by the La. Housing Corporation

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Provides for personal care assistance services. (gov sig)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides for an early intervention program in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Provides with respect to the Course Choice Program.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides with respect to the Vidalia Port Commission (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Sponsor: John Anders

Requires BESE, the Board of Regents, and public postsecondary education boards to participate in regular meetings regarding articulation and transfer policies and agreements. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Removes lands located in the Atchafalaya Basin from certain state lease requirements

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to the right to treatment for a person with a terminal condition (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Re-creates the Department of Economic Development

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Provides relative to pharmacy record audits

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Allows all fire department vehicles to be equipped with blue colored electric lights

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education conduct a study relative to the number of charter school students who, based on attendance zones, would otherwise attend a "D" or "F" public school

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to progressive stage payments under public contracts.(8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides relative to the creation of Ascension Parish Road Infrastructure Development Districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Lee Amedee

Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerks of court in certain parishes

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes and directs the Louisiana Supreme Court to study extending liberative prescriptive periods to two years and to compile data relative to Louisiana's threshold for a civil jury trial

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Creates a prestige license plate for Cedar Creek School in Ruston, Louisiana. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Provides for an increase in certain criminal court costs in the Thirty-First Judicial District Court. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Requests the House Committee on Transportation to study the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program to determine if the department's contracting activities are in line with the program's objectives based on local market place conditions

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides relative to the admissibility of electronic reproductions of records retained by financial institutions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to athletic trainers

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides for the suspension of a person's driver's license for failure to pay fine or failure to appear in court when charged with littering

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Creates the "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient" military honor license plate (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to agricultural education and establishes the Agricultural Education Commission. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides relative to a water damaged vehicle. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for screening of pregnant women for HIV and syphilis in the third trimester of pregnancy. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Provides relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Requires schools receiving certain state scholarship funds to maintain funds in a separate account or use certain accounting procedures established for the legislative auditor. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education reconvene a minimum foundation program task force to determine the actual cost of public education and identify potential funding mechanisms

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides that certain audits completed by the office of the legislative auditor shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on an annual basis. (7/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Authorize university logo to be placed on a driver's license or identification card issued by the office of motor vehicles. (1/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to eligibility criteria for admission or readmission to a public school and prohibits the denial of admission or readmission based on certain characteristics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to firearms buyback programs for parishes and municipalities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Provides relative to motor vehicle inspection checkpoints (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides relative to the requirements of certain school tuition organizations and the definition of a "qualified student" for purposes of the rebate (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to requirements for the recruiting, employing, and training of charter school employees

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to a special prestige license plate for the Delta Waterfowl Foundation. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services. (6/30/14)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Creates a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to parents' access to information about schools and instructional materials used by schools

Sponsor: John Schroder

Authorizes inspection stations to conduct motor vehicle inspection checks when it rains

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides for conversion of leave to service credit in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides relative to driving privileges regarding DWI convictions. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to membership of Workers' Compensation Advisory Council (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Authorizes the vehicle commissioner to extend the time to remit taxes and to waive certain tax penalties (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides for the payment methods for refunds of overpayments of individual income tax (EN +$21,000 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Fannin

Extends the medical exemption to the area below the top six inches of a vehicle windshield if authorized by an optometrist or a physician

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides for the Property Insurance Clarity Act (EN +$72,000 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Reduces the time required to qualify as a resident for hunting and fishing licenses

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Provides relative to the prescription of nonuse for properties transferred in connection to an economic development project. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Establishes a task force to study a prospective requirement for service by certain physicians on the State Medical Disability Board upon request of the Firefighters' Retirement System

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides for a Complete Streets Policy and creates the Complete Streets Advisory Council. (gov sig)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides with respect to the payment of wages (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Revises terminology in House Rules referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Requires training for members of boards or commissions of regional transit entities. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commemorates the listing by the United States Department of the Interior of the Caddo Parish Confederate Monument on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2014

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Commends the 2014 Barbe High School baseball team upon winning their seventh Class 5A state championship

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study and make changes to Sanitary Code regulations providing minimum lot size restrictions to address the negative impact of those provisions on economic development

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Requests that the state Dept. of Education and public school governing authorities implement certain measures based on the La. Women's Policy and Research Commission's recommendations pertaining to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in its 2013 report to the governor

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Repeals certain outdated information collection and reporting requirements of the Louisiana Deferred Presentment and Small Loan Act. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Mack White

Directs the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to evaluate the use of solitary confinement in La.

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Requests the Senate Committee on Retirement to study the effects of extending the participation period of deferred retirement option plans from three to five years.

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Directs each state agency to notify members of the House of Representatives no later than five days prior to any action by the agency which results in the termination of one hundred or more state employees or which results in a change of the parish in which one hundred or more state employees report to work

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Aaron Brooks and John Carney on their election to the Saints Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Requests the state Dept. of Education to study current procedures and practices for providing professional development to teachers.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Requests the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rely on state regulators when developing guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fueled power plants.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to align its job training programs across all prison systems to high-demand, high-wage jobs in a gender-neutral manner to assist women in attaining such jobs upon release

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Requests the office of conservation, in conjunction with the Public Service Commission, to study landowner's rights concerning expropriation or condemnation for the purpose of construction and operation of pipelines transporting any form of hydrocarbon in a liquid or gaseous state.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Expresses the support of the Senate for the mission of the Wilson Global Initiative.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Expresses condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Dr. Karenlyn Raelette Smith "Kay" Dawson, MD.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends the Simsboro High School boys track and field team on winning the Class B state championship.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Commends Mike Johns upon his legendary 48- year career and many accomplishments as an athletic coach.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Commends Parkway High School's JROTC cyber team upon placing in the top one percent in the CyberPatriot VI National Finals

Sponsor: Jeff Thompson

Creates and provides relative to the Pretrial Service Commission.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Requests the Louisiana congressional delegation to support H.R. 3930, the National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014

Sponsor: George Cromer

Recognizes the framers of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 and the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of ratification and commends the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1973 for their service to the state.

Sponsor: John Alario

Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility and practicality of placing a turning signal light in the north bound lane on Essen Lane near the LSU Rural Life Museum

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Urge and request the Louisiana School Board Association, the Louisiana Department of Insurance, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the portability of health insurance benefits for employees and retirees of local public school systems.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Posthumously commends Al J. Ransome for his service to the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Requests a study of laws and best practices in other states that limit the number of payday loans received by consumers, and the implementation of statewide databases for lenders' compliance with such laws

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Requests the Office of Community Development to seek certain waivers.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Directs state agencies to consider certain provider impact issues and to issue certain provider impact statements prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of rules

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Commends the USS Orleck destroyer, docked in Lake Charles, and designates the ship as the Official Vietnam Memorial Ship for Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Commends First Sergeant Lindsey Duplechain Halley upon her retirement from the U.S. Army Reserves

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education study issues relative to the transportation of students attending charter schools

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Creates a task force to study the prospective establishment of art therapist as a licensed profession

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Commends the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana for its many contributions to the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Commends Linda Muffoletto for her dedicated public service to the Louisiana Senate and extends congratulations upon her retirement.

Sponsor: John Alario

Creates a study committee to study and make recommendations with respect to the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Urges and requests the Dept. of Economic Development to study the economic impact of the legislature authorizing a tax credit for certain barge line, towing, and water transportation companies

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Requests BESE and Lafayette Parish School System to study issues relative to the funding of Type 2 charter schools in Lafayette Parish.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to meet jointly to study issues and the processes regarding the permitting of hydraulic fracture stimulation

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Urges and requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish an express lane at office of motor vehicles offices and to require public license tag agents post signage

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Requests the Department of Revenue and the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Legislative Auditor, to take all action necessary to collect oil and gas severance tax and mineral royalties and to establish procedures to verify the accuracy of payments and refunds thereof, all to be monitored by the Legislative Auditor and reported to the legislature. (OR1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Commends Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC upon the occasion of its 100th anniversary

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Reactivates the Ancient Mounds Heritage Area and Trails Advisory Commission.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to conduct a comprehensive statewide review of factors affecting the state's incarceration and recidivism rates

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Disabled American Veterans Department of Louisiana, upon the occasion of its ninety-second annual state convention

Sponsor: Herbert Dixon

Establishes and provides for a group to study the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for agricultural purposes.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the House Committee on Commerce to study the feasibility of state taxes on fees collected by money transmitters and the expected realization of state revenue relative to such taxes

Sponsor: Robert Billiot

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule relative to student lunch time

Sponsor: Patrick Williams

Authorizes the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the collateral source rule

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Commends Johnathan Marcelle for his efforts in saving two boys from drowning.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends James Claitor on his outstanding accomplishments in wrestling at Catholic High School.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Larry Bourgeois Jr. for 34 years of service at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School and on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Expresses condolences upon the passing of former state representative Terry Wayne Gee Sr.

Sponsor: John Alario

Requests DHH to develop a plan for the creation of a demonstration program to coordinate and integrate the health care for an individual eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Requests the Department of Agriculture to study and make recommendations for a prospective state policy regulating the sale or use of genetically modified organisms

Sponsor: Ebony Woodruff

Requests appointment of committee to notify House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Requests BESE and DOE to identify the technology requirements necessary for effective implementation of Act No. 3 of the 2012 Regular Session.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to build an artificial reef on Lake Maurepas.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Expresses sympathy in support of the families of victims of massacres and atrocities perpetrated against the Armenian people in Azerbaijan.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Requests the state land office to amend the lease of state property in Bucktown with Jefferson Parish.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Commends Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014 Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Directs DHH to create a working group to study the future of state health care funding.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides an exception to the Code of Governmental Ethics regarding certain contractual or other relationships by certain municipal elected officials. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides for procedures relative to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides relative to civil justice funding companies. (1/1/15)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the deposit of revenues into the Transportation Trust Fund (RRF SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides with regard to dedications of certain excess mineral revenues and deposits into the Budget Stabilization Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Requests strategies to provide offenders committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and confined in parish correctional facilities the necessary education, job skills and training, and needed behaviors, and to provide needed mental health care to all offenders committed to the department, to facilitate successful reentry upon release.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Memorializes congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions

Sponsor: Henry Burns

Creates a joint legislative committee on obesity.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides relative to alternative dispute resolution in suits involving oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Expresses condolences on the death of Frank M. Edwards, Jr.

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends Kermit "Hart" Bourque for his more than fifty years of public service

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Designates the gardens in front of the state capitol as the "Memorial Garden"

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to the performance of warranty repairs on motor vehicles. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides with respect to the Road Home Corporation, the Louisiana Land Trust or other housing assistance programs when disposing of certain properties. (8/1/14) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to compile data relative to Louisiana's monetary threshold to obtain a civil jury trial

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Designates the month of May as Sonja and Jonathan Anderson Water Safety Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for confidentiality of information relating to the execution of a death sentence (RE SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Expresses condolences upon the death of Sundae Lynette Ratcliff Tanner

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Commends Bernice Taylor upon her retirement from the Louisiana Department of Revenue

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends Bunkie City Clerk Cynthia Dauzat upon her retirement

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Commends musician Cedric Watson for his many accomplishments and promotion of Creole music, culture, and language

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

(Constitutional Amendment) Requires that monies received by the state from violations of certain federal and state laws associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Simone Champagne

Requests that the Board of Regents study the feasibility of implementing a college tuition program that would allow students to pay tuition after leaving college

Sponsor: Herbert Dixon

Commends Daniel J. Loar, the executive director of the La. Conference of Catholic Bishops, upon his retirement

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Provides relative to gaming suitability standards. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends Beryl Shipley on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the most effective means to ensure the proper utilization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications in Louisiana and to report its findings to the legislature.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Commends Clay A. Carter upon the occasion of his retirement from the state land office.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to facilitate the processing and payment of Medicaid claims.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Authorizes the transfer of certain state land in Union Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides for increasing the board membership to ten on the War Memorial Civic Center Board in the town of DeRidder. (gov sig)

Sponsor: John Smith

Requires rulemaking agencies to publish on the Internet certain information concerning proposed rules and fees (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Provides for remission to Indigent Defender Fund of certain court costs in mayor's court of the Town of New Llano. (gov sig) (EN +$60,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to waive certain penalties associated with the payment of taxes on certain alcoholic beverages (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Memorializes Congress to reduce or eliminate the reductions in federal law applicable to social security benefits for those receiving public retirement system benefits. (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Provides relative to the crime of cockfighting. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Creates the Cross-Unit Well Study Commission. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides relative to the Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association and structured settlement annuities. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to deputy constables. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Designates the mayhaw fruit tree as the official state fruit tree. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to the protection of public employees from reprisal and threats of reprisal for reporting acts of alleged impropriety (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Allows an immediate family member of a legislator to lobby the legislature under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Provides for preparation of pies in the home for public consumption (REF SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: John Schroder

Provides relative to third party initiated medication substitutions. (1/1/15)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests the Louisiana Department of Economic Development to study the feasibility of creating an official "Made in Louisiana" certification, brand, or label.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Repeals the requirement that the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation have a coordinator position

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Provides with respect to parole eligibility (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Provides relative to court-approved treatment programs required for a parent with a history of family violence

Sponsor: Harold Ritchie

Increases the minimum mandatory sentence and maximum sentence for the manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute heroin. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Exempts drivers who possess valid military licenses from the knowledge and skills test requirements to obtain a Class "A", "B", and "C" commercial driver's license

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides relative to civil liability for theft of goods from a merchant. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides for environmental court procedures in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Provides relative to tobacco enforcement

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Provides relative to charter school funding. (7/1/14)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Chris Shivers on his accomplishments as a professional bull riding champion and upon his retirement from competition.

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Provides relative to the general exemptions of certain property from seizure

Sponsor: Jeff Thompson

Provides relative to homeowners' insurance

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Authorizes acceptance of an out-of-state identification card for purposes of selling or serving alcoholic beverages

Sponsor: James Morris

Ensures compliance with requirements for mandatory workers' compensation coverage. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Allows the use of a firearm sound suppressor while hunting certain wild quadrupeds. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Commends the St. Thomas More baseball team upon winning the Class 4A state championship.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to notice of certain expenses under the Covenant of Marriage Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Requires certain factors be considered when a court orders visitation between a minor child and an incarcerated parent. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides for the lease of state property in Jefferson Parish (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for changes to DWI laws. (1/1/15)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding present Louisiana property law governing common interest ownership regimes.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends the Ouachita Parish High School softball team upon winning the 2014 Class 5A state championship.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to legal representation for children and indigent parents in child protection cases

Sponsor: John Schroder

Provides relative to preparation of transcripts in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for appeals. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Expresses condolences of the Senate on the passing of former state representative Mickey Frith.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends the Central Private High School varsity baseball team upon winning the 2014 MAIS Class 2A State Championship.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Commends Delgado Dolphins baseball team on their outstanding 2014 season.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Expresses condolences on the passing of Dr. Rodney Roy Lafon.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends the St. Louis Girls Track and Field team upon winning the 2014 Class 3A outdoor track and field championship.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to hospital notaries.(8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Provides for the possession limits of crappie on Lake D'Arbonne. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Commends R. Michael Lyons, general counsel for Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, for 36 years of outstanding service to Louisiana's oil and gas industry.

Sponsor: John Alario

Recognizes September 2014 as "Pain Awareness Month" in Louisiana.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to facilitate the processing and payment of Medicaid claims.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides for the Protection From Stalking Act

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and employees hired on or after July 1, 2014, for Lafayette Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Urges the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission to review the licensing application process and make necessary changes to streamline the application process that will enhance efficiency while maintaining the integrity of each license granted by the commission.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Exempts certain security districts and similar districts from certain requirements for public notice and for recording or broadcast of certain meetings

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals and the division of administration to report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare why the operation of the Earl K. Long Medical Center Mental Health Emergency Room Extension was not continued upon privatization of that hospital, and how such services will be resumed in Baton Rouge.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Lionel Washington on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Rice Research Board

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides relative to Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Provides immunity for rendering assistance in medical emergencies involving alcohol consumption or drug overdose. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Requests that the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture complete the approval process for certain new weed control system products.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Requests the Department of Education to study the feasibility of establishing a Louisiana high school athletic agency within the department to administer high school intrastate interscholastic athletics.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Commends Richard Joseph "Moon" Ducote on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to provide information concerning Down syndrome to healthcare providers and on its website

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Commends Alan Faneca on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Expresses condolences upon the passing of former Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Robert Fulton "Bob" Odom Jr.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Venus Lacy on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends Shane Reynolds on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Urges the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of alternative transportation sites (i.e. urgent care clinics) for certain patients.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides for the omnibus new assistant district attorney positions for various judicial districts in the state. (8/1/14) (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to sheriffs appointing non-licensed appraisers. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends Shane Reynolds upon his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Requests that all public entities verify the pay practices of any private entities with whom they contract to ensure compliance with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides with respect to variable wage employment contracts (RE SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends Pierce Thionville of River Ridge upon his outstanding accomplishments in the sport of competitive swimming

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act. (8/1/14) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends the organizers and participants of the 2014 National Corvette Caravan and welcomes them to Louisiana

Sponsor: John Guinn

Expresses condolences upon the death of famed poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends Pete Boudreaux upon his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to divorce proceedings. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Posthumously commends Reverend Andrew Thomas Mitchell for his contributions to religious and community life in West Monroe

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends Lionel Washington upon his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Expresses condolences upon the death of centenarian David Brown, of Homer

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Requests that the Department of Education study the need for governmental oversight of procedures of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Commends Wright Waters on receiving the 2014 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends Leonard Airaone Galmon upon receipt of a prestigious Ron Brown Scholarship and his acceptance at Yale University

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends Jalen Scott on being named the Grand Prize winner of the Golden Climate International Environmental Project Olympiad and receiving the Wangari Maathai Special Award

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Creates the Air Quality Monitoring Commission to study the efficacy and adequacy of the state's air monitoring system

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes and vapor pens to persons under age 18. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Creates a prestige license plate for Multiple Sclerosis. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for empowered community schools. (7/1/14)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides for the procedures by which conditions of probation may be modified, changed, or discharged and procedures by which a defendant's probation may be terminated (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides relative to wine and malt beverage permits

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Establishes the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Provides for the electronic or telephonic notification of hazardous materials incidents. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to the crime of "sexting" through computers and telecommunications devices. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Extends the period in which to file an application for DNA testing

Sponsor: Herbert Dixon

Requires DOTD to supplement the manual on uniform traffic control devices to permit certain guide signs to appear in English and Louisiana French

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Requires the convening of a subcommittee of the Accountability Commission to make recommendations relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators (EN +$67,144 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for a five year minimum sentence for home invasions. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Mack White

Prohibits the payment of cash for the purchase of aluminum-copper air conditioning coils

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Makes changes to residential mortgage brokers and lenders law

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to condemnation procedures for the removal of dangerous structures in parishes and municipalities. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Authorizes economic development districts or authorities to approve the creation of nonprofit economic development corporations

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides for a "For Hire" special license plate (EN +$42,375 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides relative to the composition of the board of trustees of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Establishes a task force on toxic mold (EN INCREASE See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to a program for educating students with exceptionalities

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to partitions of immovable property and minority interests. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Requires certain law enforcement agencies to establish procedures that prohibit checkpoints where the only vehicles subject to inspection are motorcycles. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides relative to financial security benefits for surviving spouses and children of fire operation personnel

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Establishes the Military Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage, and Conservation District. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Authorizes Caddo Fire District No. 1 to levy and collect a sales and use tax, subject to voter approval (EN +$409,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides an exemption from the Public Records Law for certain commercially sensitive information of a public power authority

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides with respect to meetings of planning commissions located in certain municipalities

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Relative to lease payments for leasing of property by public benefit corporations

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides for payment of taxes that are not in dispute. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides with respect to "Animal Friendly" prestige license plates. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the 22nd Judicial District Court's presentencing investigation assessment policy. (8/1/14) (EN +$50,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides relative to obtaining and filing fingerprint and identification data. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Requires political committees to provide certain notifications to candidates and principal and subsidiary campaign committees of candidates

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight under certain conditions until 2016. (8/1/14) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Extends the time when the state may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement for the sale of surface water. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to the membership of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Amends provisions of law regarding intensive parole supervision

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Provides for revisions to the Civil Code and Revised Statutes that pertain to security, pledge, and recordation. (1/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Amends the crime of theft and repeals statutes relative to theft of certain things (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to the Wedgewood Civic Association District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides with respect to the committee on parole. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Re-creates the Department of Veterans Affairs. (6/30/14)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides with respect to the Board of Pardons. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Allows enhanced sentencing for drug offenses committed in a private residence located in a drug free zone. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Kostelka

Requests the Department of Economic Development to encourage new and existing Louisiana companies to create strategies that would increase the number of women employed in STEM positions

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Studies the feasibility of the West Bank Connector

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Requests the Louisiana Department of Insurance to study the feasibility of providing a discount on motor vehicle insurance to retired military members

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Requests a study and recommendations by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners concerning over-prescribing of pain medication

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Authorizes and requests the legislative auditor to conduct an audit of MFP student count methodology and processes to determine if they ensure accurate and consistent student counts

Sponsor: James Fannin

Requests public entities to require private persons who contract with the public entity verify employment practices relative to equal pay.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Urges and requests the office of public safety and corrections to study the feasibility of requiring oncoming traffic on a two lane road with a continuous left turn lane to stop for school buses

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations on actions necessary to complete the construction of the Comite River Diversion Project

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Requests the office of conservation to study the effect of implementing certain requirements for operators of salt dome caverns

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Prohibits the sale, transfer, sharing or processing of student data for commercial advertising, or marketing, or any other commercial purpose. (8/1/14) (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Amends portion of law relative to repossession agency apprentices

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to motions for summary judgments. (8/1/14) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the death of Harry Guy Ricard, Sr.

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Approves the 2014-2015 annual plan for integrated coastal protection and restoration

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Applies to congress under U.S. Const. Art. V to call a convention of the states to propose a U.S. constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Commends the Los Isleños of St. Bernard Parish for their contributions to the culture and history of Louisiana

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish partnerships with area universities to provide additional access to individual therapy and drug treatment for inmates at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Commends Evelyn Elain Ellerbe of Jackson, Louisiana, upon her receipt of a 2014 Women of Excellence Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Recognizes Thursday, May 22, 2014, as Girl Scouts of the USA Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends the Haynesville High School boys' track and field team upon winning the Class 1A outdoor state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends Councilman Curtis L. McCune upon his retirement after forty-two years of public service

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Commends Wendy Alexandra Varisco of Covington, Louisiana, upon her receipt of a 2014 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to expenses and funds of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Recognizes the Attakapas Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Authorizes the city of Mansfield to conduct local option elections regarding the sale of alcohol in restaurants (EN +$1,800 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to the Seabrook Neighborhood Improvement and Security District in Orleans Parish (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Creates a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana AIDS Advocacy Network to raise HIV/AIDS awareness

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Expresses condolences upon the passing of Reverend Willie Minor Jr.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Expresses condolences on the passing of Stephen M. "Coach" Crovetto.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides relative to motions for summary judgment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Designates May 22, 2014, as Girl Scouts of the USA Day at the Louisiana Senate and commends the organization on their 102nd anniversary.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Authorizes certain individuals to view certain videotaped statements. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends former state senator James J. Cox for his many accomplishments.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to Louisiana Byway designations

Sponsor: John Guinn

Designates May 28, 2014, as 4-H Day at the legislature and commends the state officers of 4-H.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Repeals the prohibition against the recognition of certain political parties (EN +$52,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Provides relative to revision of local government laws pursuant to HCR No. 218 of the 2009 Regular Session

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Provides for determining the fair market value of bank stock for purposes of tax assessment. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C

Sponsor: Edward James

Requests the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs study the possibility of requiring background checks of candidates for public office to ensure the qualification of candidates for political office.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Law

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Declares Sunset, Louisiana, the "Rubboard Capital of the World".

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Requests that DHH and DCFS work to streamline the process of clearing the names of deceased recipients from the list of those eligible for SNAP benefits.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Recognizes the importance and superiority of electronic payments over cash and encourages the use of electronic payments.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Creates the "Erin's Law" task force.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to a special taxing district in Jefferson Parish

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Provides for the provisional licensure of psychologists by the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (8/1/14) (2/3-CA7s2.1)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Authorizes secretary of state to disclose certain electronic mail addresses or short message service numbers to other governmental entities, agencies, officials, and employees

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides for the licensure of specialist in school psychology by the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (8/1/14) (2/3-CA7s2.1)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to required documents for trailer inspections

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides relative to tutorship proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Commends LSU gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux upon being named National Coach of the Year and assistant coaches, Jay Clark and Bob Moore, upon being named National Assistant Coaches of the Year.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Extends authorization for the La. Tax Commission to levy and collect certain fees (EN +$648,889 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Harold Ritchie

Commends the Hackberry High School girls track team for winning the 2014 outdoor track and field state championship.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to burn injury reports. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to assessments levied by the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Restricts the sale of dextromethorphan (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to security freezes

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Provides relative to the possession of firearms by concealed handgun permit holders and law enforcement officers in certain alcoholic beverage establishments

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Adds a representative of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies to the Louisiana Property and Casualty Insurance Commission

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Provides for intensive parole supervision for certain offenders sentenced as habitual offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides relative to legal holidays in Iberia Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Simone Champagne

Commends LSU gymnast Rheagan Courville upon being named the NCAA Vault National Champion for the second consecutive year.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides with respect to restitution in criminal cases

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for reduced hunting and fishing license fees for certain retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Commends the Mandeville Republican Women on 30 years of volunteer public service both locally and throughout the state.

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides for legislative approval of and support to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University for the strategic collaboration with the state in creating a new model of health care delivery in the Alexandria and Pineville area.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to place on its official website a link to information regarding end of life care in the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards to conduct a comprehensive study of student articulation and transfer in the state.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Commends Clyde and Geneva Cockerham upon the occasion of their 75th wedding anniversary.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Requests the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians to educate its members of state and federal programs available to children with developmental disabilities and advise parents and guardians of such programs when such a diagnosis is made.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Back-DROP) in the Louisiana Assessors' Retirement Fund (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Requires judges to sign and print their names on all judgments (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Henry Burns

Provides with respect to federal background checks for concealed handgun permit holders

Sponsor: Jeff Thompson

Provides relative to fees charged by the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board (EN +$36,250 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Designates DOTD as the agency responsible for oversight of fixed guideway rail systems and provides for powers and duties (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to the enforcement and adjudication of state taxes (EN -$120,000 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Repeals special provisions relative to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to domestic abuse battery and other offenses involving domestic abuse (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Creates the Capital Punishment Fiscal Impact Commission.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Prohibits dredging of sand pits or excavating near a state highway in certain areas of the coastal zone (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Provides with respect to ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides relative to the improper display of license plates

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides relative to processing fees associated with reporting requirements for clerks of court (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides for court-ordered criminal background checks in connection with certain adoptions and provides for the petition for intrafamily adoptions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Provides relative to leasing of certain marina facilities operated by Jefferson Parish

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Adds "correctional facility employee" to the list of specific victims of the crime of first degree murder (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides for consideration of certain child care expenses for purposes of child support when the expenses are incurred by a parent receiving job training or education. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Requests the management boards of Louisiana's public colleges and universities consider including in certain schools disciplines and degree programs, suicide assessment, and prevention training that meet the Suicide Prevention Resource Center best practices standards.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Urges and requests certain organizations to form a Minimum Wage Task Force

Sponsor: Herbert Dixon

Commends the St. Thomas More High School girls' tennis team upon winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Enacts the "Legislative Scholarship Fairness Act" (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Bunkie Police Chief Mary L. Fanara upon her retirement

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Urges and requests BESE to develop a statewide funding model for early childhood care and educational services

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Expresses condolences upon the death of Ms. Carmel Marie Serio Glorioso

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Requests study of the viability of requiring plastic bag recycling programs at certain retail establishments.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Requests the Senate Committee on Finance to study the feasibility of selling the naming rights for the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Authorizes and directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding the law of lesion beyond moiety

Sponsor: Edward James

Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to simplify and clarify the process for the holder of a commercial driver's license to have their license reinstated

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides for K-12 student data privacy. (8/1/14) (OR +$651,000 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Urges and requests the governor to appoint individuals to postsecondary education boards who possess qualifications to ensure effective management of institutions under the boards' authority

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Authorizes the use of kayaks, canoes, and pirogues at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Commends Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School upon celebrating 50 years of service to its students and the community of West Monroe

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the desirability of a prospective state policy on the practice of medicine by late-career practitioners

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Commends the Cedar Creek School girls' softball team upon winning the 2014 Class 1A state championship

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Expresses condolences upon the death of Judge Manuel "Manny" Adam Fernandez, former state representative

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Commends the organizers and participants of the Louisiana Hayride revival being held on May 9, 2014, at the newly renovated Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Commends the St. Thomas More softball team upon winning the Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

To commend Dr. Frank Adams Riddick Jr. upon his impending retirement as president of the South Louisiana Medical Associates Board of Directors and to congratulate him for his lifetime of service to the medical community and the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Memorialize Congress to raise awareness to human trafficking in the United States and worldwide

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Recognizes the month of May as "Foster Care Awareness Month".

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Commends the Baton Rouge chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., upon the celebration of their fiftieth anniversary and designates May 21, 2014, as "Jack and Jill Day at the Capitol".

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Designates May 14, 2014, as Louisiana Housing Council Day at the Legislature.

Sponsor: John Alario

Expresses condolences upon the death of Albert "Pyook" Berard

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Expresses condolences upon the death of the Reverend Willie Minor, Jr., of Rayville

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Proclaims Tuesday, May 13, 2014, as New Orleans Day.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Recognizes Wednesday, October 22, 2014, as Greaux Green with Greenbuild Day

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. J. Larry Crain, former president of Southeastern Louisiana University, former state commissioner of higher education, and former secretary of the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Expresses condolences upon the death of Master Trooper Byron Gray, Sr.

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Commends Wanda Huhn upon her installation as president of National Kappa Kappa Iota, Inc.

Sponsor: Jeff Thompson

Commends the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program at Donaldsonville High School

Sponsor: Edward Price

Commends NASA and the Michoud Assembly Facility for their remarkable technical and scientific contributions made to the state and nation.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Expresses condolences upon the passing of Jerry F. Meaux, chairman of the Louisiana Racing Commission.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends the Jesuit High School Blue Jays varsity lacrosse team on winning the 2014 Louisiana state championship.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Recognizes May 4-10, 2014, as Louisiana Teacher Appreciation Week.

Sponsor: John Alario

Memorializes the United States Congress to pass the Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends the members of the Baton Rouge Magnet High School Science Olympiad Team who will compete in the National Science Olympiad Tournament

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Recognizes May 2014 as the "International Internal Audit Awareness Month" in the Senate.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Commends the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce on its one hundredth anniversary.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Commends Danielle Davis, Matt Reynolds, Shelby Michaels, and Walter Smith for saving the life of a spectator

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends Madison Waldron of Haughton on being selected as one of two youth volunteers in Louisiana to receive the 19th annual Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Commends the members of the Baton Rouge Magnet High School Science Bowl Team who participated in the 2014 National Science Bowl Competition

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends William "Tucker" Smith on being awarded the Tiger Athletic Foundation University College Sophomore Award.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Commends 15th Judicial District Court Judge Durwood W. Conque on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of Sherrie Hardie Thompson.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Issac Greggs, former director of the Southern University marching band.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Extends condolences upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Staff Sergeant John W. Winsper III.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Designates May 6, 2014, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Designates May 6, 2014, as "Battle of Calcasieu Pass Day" in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Expresses condolences upon the death of U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Derek Langford.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Declares October 1, 2014, as World Peace Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Expresses sincere condolences upon the death of Irene Baldwin.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Navy SEAL (Ret.) Mark Daniel Kennedy.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Express condolences upon the death of U.S.M.C. Private Trey J. Jewell.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Offers condolences upon the death of the former Southeastern Louisiana University president, Clea Parker.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Extends sincere condolences on the death of Rosie Guidry Harris.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Gregory J. Mullins.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Creates the Lower Pearl River Basin Ecosystem Study Commission.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Anderson.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Recognizes April of 2014 as End Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Cameron Murray upon achieiving the rank of Eagle in the Boys Scouts of America

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Commends the Southeastern Louisiana University men's indoor track and field team upon earning the 2014 Southland Conference Title and Coach Sean Brady on being named the Southland Conference Men's Indoor Coach of the Year.

Sponsor: Mack White

Memorializes congress to provide for certain aspects of the RESTORE Act

Sponsor: Simone Champagne

Requests DOTD to study improving US 190 to three lanes between LA 16 and LA 63 in Livingston Parish.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Urges and requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to create a body of coastal parishes to aid in compliance with the RESTORE Act

Sponsor: Simone Champagne

Expresses the sense of the Louisiana Legislature on the need for colorectal cancer screening examinations.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Claney Duplechin, coach of the Episcopal High School Knights boys varsity cross country team, on being selected as a 2013 National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Requires the "Equal Pay for Women Act" to apply to local governments and political subdivisions. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to the issuance and ownership of certain permits issued by the office of alcohol and tobacco control. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for the transfer of certain sixteenth section land in Ouachita Parish

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to special civil proceedings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides with respect to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation policy take-out program. (8/1/14)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Removes the requirement to reopen qualifying when no candidate qualified for an office or when the number of candidates who qualified for an office is less than the number of positions to be filled

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Authorizes the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board to exchange immovable property including sixteenth section lands

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Creates the ABLE Account savings program for persons with disabilities (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Grants the governing authority of the city of Sulphur the power to grant certain powers and duties to the city's zoning commission

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Requires life insurers to notify insureds relative to conversion option