2015 Regular Session

Provides relative to the distribution and sale of certain public documents (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides exception from financial disclosure requirements for members of certain boards and commissions that do not earn compensation or per diem and provides exception to post service restrictions for certain contracts. (See Act)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Provides for the collection of additional court costs in Baton Rouge City Court to fund technology enhancements (EN +$484,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Prohibits the use of state content standards, test questions, or other methods to measure certain noncognitive skills of students

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to hospital service districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Provides relative to boards, commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Authorizes certain additional tax increment finance authority for certain Tax Increment Development Corporations. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requires the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide information to LED and LDR to verify payroll and employment of Louisiana residents for purposes of the motion picture investor tax credit. (7/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides with respect to the boundaries of False River

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides relative to agriculture, forestry, and industrial equipment and certain dealer agreements. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Algiers Development District

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Provides relative to justice of the peace courts

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides for the collection of fees associated with payments to state agencies by credit cards, debit cards, or other forms of electronic payments (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides for the election sections for the City Court of Baton Rouge and for the number of judges elected from such sections

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Provides for self-insured trust health insurance plans. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to modification of employer contribution rates by the board of trustees of the District Attorneys' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides relative to the Greenwell Springs-Airline Economic Development District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Establishes an urban agriculture incentive zone

Sponsor: Ebony Woodruff

Provides relative to franchise relationships

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Authorizes the permitting and operation of microdistilleries in Louisiana (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Provides relative to state identification for certain offenders upon release from a correctional facility (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Requires sellers of motion picture investor tax credits to qualify for and be included in a Public Registry of Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit Brokers. (1/1/16) (EN +$60,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to charter school funding and enrollment of at-risk students. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Constitutional amendment to rename the Budget Stabilization Fund to the Budget and Transportation Stabilization Trust and to provide for use of monies in the fund. (2/3s CA 13s 1 (A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Exempts from local sales tax prosthetic devices prescribed by physicians for personal consumption or use, when the patient is covered by Medicaid or a Medicaid program administered by a third party on behalf of the state. (7/1/15) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides with respect to the distribution and sale of vehicles (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Requires the reporting of malpractice claims paid by insurers or self- insurers on behalf of certain health care providers in an annual report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare. (gov sig)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for matters which may be considered in a regular session convening in an odd-numbered year (REC NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Rapides and East Baton Rouge Parishes. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Provides relative to workforce development

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Provides relative to the dispensing of interchangeable biological products

Sponsor: Scott Simon

(Constitutional Amendment) Specifies that the exemption from ad valorem taxation on public property shall not apply to land or property owned by another state or a political subdivision of another state (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Authorizes the Walnut Street Special District as a tax increment finance district in the city of Monroe. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to election dates, qualifying, and withdrawal by candidates (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to monies deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides for insurance reimbursement of certain provider fees paid by pharmacies (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides relative to the regulation of alcoholic beverages. (1/1/16)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Creates the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Creates an individual income tax checkoff for the U.S.S. KIDD (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to textbooks and other instructional materials (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Provides with respect to the practice of physician assistants. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Adds additional substances to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides relative to the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Amends provisions of law regarding unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides for alternative dispute resolution for disputes relating to remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/15) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Authorizes certain school districts to increase, with voter approval, their level of indebtedness (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to mandatory fees charged to students at public postsecondary education institutions (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Requires verification of qualified expenditures for certification of certain tax credits by the Dept. of Economic Development (EN +$4,762,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to the loading and unloading of students on to and off of school buses

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Requires the withholding of individual income taxes from income earned by certain individuals for purposes of the motion picture investor tax credit (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to the threshold for certain audit requirements (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides for the jurisdictional limitation of certain city courts and the authority of constables of the First and Second City Court of New Orleans and their deputies and provides for judicial building fund for the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Establishes the Sickle Cell Patient Navigator Program (RE1 +$440,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Provides relative to certain infectious disease testing of inmates released from state prison facilities (EN +$17,586 FF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to parcel fees levied by Fire Protection District 8-C in Lafourche Parish

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Enacts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: George Cromer

Provides relative to the Louisiana Forestry Commission and tree seedling nurseries. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to investments by political subdivisions

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Amends certain criminal penalties for possession of marijuana (EN -$1,727,056 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Provides with respect to the office of coroner (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides relative to the implementation of the assessment and accountability system for publicly funded early childhood education programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Authorizes the Jefferson Davis Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor. (gov sig) (EN +$22,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides with respect to technical parole violations

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides for transparency in health services pricing and healthcare quality measures

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Iberia Economic Development Authority

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Requires criminal justice agencies to annually report certain information concerning sexual assault kits and sexually-oriented criminal offenses. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for the dedications and uses on the deposit of certain monies derived from certain general fund revenues attributable to an increase in the base amount of mineral revenues received by the state as certified by the Revenue Estimating Conference for various Transportation Trust Fund and other transportation uses. (See Act) (EN -$4,400,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides for the special taxing district within the city of Lake Charles. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides for the administration and uses of monies in the Hunters for the Hungry Account. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides age, residence, and domicile requirements for members of the Public Service Commission

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Provides for the reasonable and prudent parent standard and for certain considerations in foster care case plans and licensing requirements. (gov sig) (EN +$3,080 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides relative to election offenses

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Creates a special taxing district in Webster Parish to fund the coroner's office (EN +$2,069,220 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Increases the available monies expended from the Motor Fuel Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars. (8/1/15) (EN +$575,000 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Provides relative to fees assessed by the Department of Economic Development (EN +$1,900,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Restricts the use of toll credits on certain highways (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides for disposition of human remains. (7/1/15) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides for the reorganization of the Louisiana Department of Insurance. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to the Pineville Downtown Development District

Sponsor: Jeff Hall

Provides for appointment of counsel in matters related to rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of insurers, and for the distribution of receivership assets by the commissioner of insurance

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for certain fees collected by the office of conservation (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Provide with respect to the Transportation Network Company Motor Vehicle Responsibility Law. (See Act)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles (GARVEE) Bonds (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Darrell Ourso

Provides relative to compensation for the board of commissioners of ambulance service districts in Cameron Parish. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Creates the Woodlawn Estates Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$116,616 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Darrell Ourso

Provides relative to the forestry commission's authority to determine the market value of certain items (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides relative to records related to enforcement of provisions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Creates the "Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal" specialty license plate

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Provides for ex officio notaries public with certain limited authority for Natchitoches Parish government. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to the annual salary of certain assistant district attorneys

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Authorizes the town of Jonesville to levy a sales and use tax (EN +$360,144 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Authorizes coverage risk which may be pooled by local housing authority members of the interlocal risk management agency. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Creates the Squirrel Run Levee and Drainage District in Iberia Parish

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Provides due process measures for members of the state domestic violence coalition

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to licensing fees for mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, mortgage servicers, and mortgage originators (EN +$635,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Provides relative to the sale of certain immovable property by and to the Orleans Parish School Board

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides relative to retirement contributions for employees of the city of Mandeville to the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Establishes family justice centers to assist victims of certain offenses (EN LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Austin Badon

Creates and provides relative to the Law Enforcement Management District of Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for parental authority of married persons, obligations of children, parents, and other ascendants, and provisional custody by mandate. (1/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the application for kennel licenses by certain commercial dog breeders

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes the Sabine Parish Tourist and Recreation Commission to levy additional occupancy taxes on hotel rooms, motel rooms, and camping facilities if approved by parish voters. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Provides relative to the city of Lafayette municipal fire and police civil service system. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requires an internal auditing function in state departments (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Enacts Alison Neustrom Act and provides relative to prescribed marijuana for therapeutic uses and the development of rules and regulations by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Changes the uses and recipients of monies from the Winn Parish Tourism Fund (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: James Fannin

Provides relative to the La. Egg Commission

Sponsor: Ebony Woodruff

Creates the Lafourche Arc Taxing District (EN +$619,500 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Provides relative to the sale of maps and the conduct of certain elections by secretary of state and to dedicate the revenues received for such services (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the Oak Island Neighborhood Improvement District within the parish of Orleans to levy and collect a parcel fee. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the city of Lake Charles municipal fire and police civil service system. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Creates a database for certain training and hiring information for all law enforcement officers (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods applicable to the reinscription of mortgages

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Provides relative to credits and deposits into the "Water Help Program Fund" of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to certain interlocal risk management agencies

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Provides relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs hired on or after July 1, 2015, for Allen Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Provides relative to the start of the working test period for entry level firefighters in certain municipalities

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides for the reverse transfer of academic credits and the award of certain credits to veterans and their spouses. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Creates the crime of nonconsensual disclosure of a private image (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Excludes the legislative auditor and designated investigative auditors from prosecution for the illegal carrying of weapons in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Provides with respect to the scheduling of controlled dangerous substances

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Provides relative to early intervention programs

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Requires the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and continuously update certain training programs for peace officers and college or university police officers. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides with respect to the contracting authority of the adjutant general

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Provides relative to the creation of domestic surplus lines insurers

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Prohibits expungement of domestic abuse battery convictions. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Provides for placement of a statue of the Reverend Theodore Judson Jemison Sr., better known as Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides for additional penalties for unauthorized taking of oysters from leased acreage

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Moves the regulation of home service contract providers from the Department of Insurance to the secretary of state. (See Act)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to the method of determination of a stock assessment for black drum, sheepshead, and flounder

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Extends the length of probation for defendants participating in drug court or sobriety court (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Billiot

Provides for traffic and parking ordinances for speeding for which the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans prescribes fines. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Provides relative to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to supervise insurance holding company systems

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides with respect to surplus monies in the witness fee fund of the 6th Judicial District Court

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Changes permitted uses of monies in the St. James Parish Enterprise Fund (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Increases penalties for the illegal use of a tracking device. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides relative to fees established for certain structural pest control business owners (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish

Sponsor: John Guinn

Provides for technical corrections to TOPS

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides with respect to the enforcement and adjudication of state and local taxes and the Board of Tax Appeals (EN +$60,000 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides to exceptions from the issuance of provisional licenses to ex-offenders of certain crimes in order to work in certain professional fields. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides relative to regulatory rates for certain cemetery board matters (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Harold Ritchie

Provides for an increase in fees that the office of marshal of Houma may charge in civil matters (EN +$218,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Provides relative to the collection and sharing of certain student information (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Schroder

Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to issue certifications and registrations

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides relative to the powers and duties of the St. Mary Levee District

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Designates portions of certain highways

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides for the threshold allowed for small purchase procurements under food and nutrition programs. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Allows certain retirees to collect benefits during reemployment. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/15) (EN +$322,581 APV)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerks of court in the parishes of Ouachita and Avoyelles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to the public possession of alcohol by persons under the age of twenty-one years

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Designates certain highways in the state highway system

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Provides that students may use TOPS-Tech awards only for those degrees and programs that the Bd. of Regents and the La. Workforce Investment Council determine are aligned with state workforce priorities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides for a dedication of funds realized from unclaimed gaming prize tickets (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides with respect to the regulation of video draw poker employee permits

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides relative to advertising by dentists (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Authorizes the collection of bench warrant fees in the 27th Judicial District Court (EN +$67,200 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Provides for a per diem for members of the Board of Commissioners of the West Calcasieu Port. (8/1/15) (EN +$6,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to licensing fees for pawnbrokers (EN +$27,150 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Provides relative to civil remedies for domestic abuse

Sponsor: Edward James

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations concerning the use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this state

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Extends the sunset of the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures for nonresidential property and provides eligibility requirements (EN -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Authorizes an income tax deduction for taxpayers who employ certain qualified disabled individuals (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Creates the Forest Heights Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN +$22,200 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to the regulation of used motor vehicles

Sponsor: Edward Price

Reduces income and corporation franchise tax credits (EN +$31,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain aircraft manufactured in Louisiana (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Revises provisions of law relative to child in need of care proceedings, guardianship, and foster care

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Provides relative to the collection of state sales and use taxes due on sales made in Louisiana by a remote dealer (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: James Fannin

Reduces all tax rebates (EN +$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to extension or contraction of corporate limits of municipalities by means of petition and ordinance

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to penalties collected by the Department of Revenue (EN +$5,900,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides for equivalency of the special fuels tax with the gasoline tax on motor vehicles that operate on the highways using liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or compressed natural gas. (7/1/15) (EN +$6,000,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Provides for the organization of the Office of Group Benefits. (1/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Provides relative to fees charged by the Department of Revenue (EN +$3,500,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for FY 2015-2016

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to review and take action on certain state professional, personal, and consulting service contracts and provides for deposit of certain funding from the contracts into the Higher Education Financing Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Provides relative to calculation of the Louisiana apportionment percent and taxable capital for manufacturers of certain aircraft (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joel Robideaux

Provides relative to the appointment of a deputy constable of a justice of the peace court in Caddo Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides relative to nonresident tuition and fees for certain public institutions of higher education (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides relative to benefits and funding. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/15) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Authorizes payments funded by state retirement system experience accounts to certain retirees and beneficiaries of such systems (REF INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Requires

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the boundaries of the Shreveport Downtown Development District

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Provides relative to the definition of "sales of services" for purposes of sales and use tax (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Creates the Privatization Review Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides with respect to the net operating loss deduction for purposes of the corporate income tax (EN +$29,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Changes the amount of the surety bond requirement for driving schools

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Extends the excise tax exemption for cigars or pipe tobacco products sampled during the Convention of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Specifies the types of bakery products exempt from state sales and use tax (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to motion picture investor tax credits. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to Medicaid fraud. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Robert Kostelka

Provides relative to the work schedule of certain employees of the Sulphur Police Department

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides with respect to expungement

Sponsor: Edward Price

Prohibits the $25 credit for educational expenses for each child attending nonpublic elementary and secondary school if the tax deduction for payment of tuition and fees is taken and establishes the Student Assessment for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Credit Program. (gov sig) (EN -$347,700,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Creates the Home Health Agency Trust Fund and provides for the deposit of fines and penalties levied against home health agencies into the fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Adds requirements for eligibility for the income tax credit for taxes paid in other states (EN +$34,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to entities authorized to provide services related to motor vehicles (EN +$59,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide information to employers and employees regarding gender discrimination by pay disparity

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Jeffery "Jeff" Arnold for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Provides relative to the Committee on Appropriations

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Urges and requests the Office of Group Benefits to study the cost for each member school board to terminate participation in the programs offered by the Office of Group Benefits

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Requests the Department of Insurance to study the need to regulate insurance consultants

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Requests the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the establishment of a student resource center for students in approved home study programs and the use of surplus space in state-owned immovable property for such programs

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends the Honorable Kaliste Saloom, Jr., upon his contributions and accomplishments as a military veteran and as an attorney and judge for the city of Lafayette

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Requests the commissioner of insurance to issue regulations requiring insurers to disclose to insureds that homeowner's claims not exceeding the policy deductible may be used by the insurer in determining rates or whether to renew a homeowner's policy

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Authorizes the Louisiana State University Women's Center to conduct a review and SWOT analysis of the state domestic violence coalition

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends the Baton Rouge General's Regional Burn Center on a tradition of providing expert burn care for all ages

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Requests the Department of Insurance to study drafting a uniform certificate of insurance

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Commends Dr. William J. Nunez, III, upon his retirement after 45 years in higher education

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Creates the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force to develop certain sentencing and corrections policy recommendations

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Directs the Louisiana National Guard not to accept certain waste at Camp Minden

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Creates a study committee on family caregiving and long-term supports

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Timothy G. "Tim" Burns for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Urges and requests the division of administration and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to study the feasibility of using alternative delivery methods for large scale coastal restoration projects

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Requests that the Board of Regents, in collaboration with the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission, study and make recommendations relative to student financial aid

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the advantages, disadvantages, quality, and effectiveness of assessments administered to public school students

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends the Miss Universe Organization for bringing the Miss USA Pageant back to Louisiana in July of 2015

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests that certain local government representatives in Iberia Parish meet with members of the governing board of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair to discuss costs associated with services provided during the festival and fair

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Request that the Department of Economic Development notify companies with which it has entered into cooperative endeavor agreements of the goals of the Hudson and Veteran Initiatives and that these companies provide the department with information on their use of Hudson Initiative and Veteran Initiative vendors

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Memorializes Congress and the Louisiana congressional delegation to work to adopt policies that will help with the stability and the viability of the domestic shrimp industry

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Creates a task force to study and make recommendations concerning health services delivery and financing in the Baton Rouge region

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Urges and requests the division of administration to institute a method of tracking energy and water usage at state universities, state offices, and state buildings

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Creates a study committee to evaluate and make recommendations concerning Louisiana's system of healthcare delivery

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Urges and requests Department of Transportation and Development to lower the speed limit on Louisiana Highway 3235 in Lafourche Parish

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Clarifies legislative intent regarding regulation of public water systems and directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to issue rules for drinking water disinfection that comply with Act No. 573 of the 2014 Regular Session

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Requests the office of state fire marshal to study the classifications, commercial implications, and inspection requirements relative to potable water boilers and other boilers as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana Administrative Code

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Authorizes and directs the La. State Law Institute to study the issue of restitution in delinquency cases and to report its findings to the La. Legislature

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Charles E. "Chuck" Kleckley, Speaker of the House, for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district, the House, and the state

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study means to facilitate burial of a fetus or fetal remains resulting from a loss of pregnancy at less than twenty weeks' gestation

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Recognizes that the development and implementation of environmental policies shall be cognizant of the rights of our citizens and national and state sovereignty

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to update La. Administrative Code provisions as necessary to comport with federal regulations relative to dietitian nutritionists

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for a study of certain election and voter registration procedures and activities

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Eddie J. Lambert for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Requests a study to establish baseline data on access to health care in Louisiana and make recommendations concerning health system reforms that emphasize prevention and wellness

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the issue of adding assault on a school teacher and battery of a school teacher to the list of crimes of violence

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Urges and requests the United States Environmental Protection Agency not to adopt the proposed guidelines on carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric units

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Urges and requests the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to name the entrance to Buffalo Cove in the Atchafalaya Basin as Skerrett Point

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Designates Thursday, June 4, 2015, as Komen for the Cure Day at the legislature and commends Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Bd. of Regents and public school governing authorities, study certain issues relative to educator preparation programs

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to establish a study committee on delivery of home-based care and services

Sponsor: Edward Price

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Austin J. Badon, Jr., for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Commends Kara Gremillion upon her many accomplishments as a student and athlete

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Requests local education agencies to use the "developmental delay" category of exceptionality for children with Down syndrome

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Commends Bennie Frank Singleton for his many achievements and upon the celebration of his 94th birthday

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Expresses condolences upon the death of Mary Lee Landry Pizzolato

Sponsor: Darrell Ourso

Designates July 12-18, 2015, as Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week and commends the probation and parole officers of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Youth Services, Office of Juvenile Justice

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Expresses condolences upon the death of retired police chief Mary Fanara of Bunkie

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Recognizes June 14, 2015, as National Flag Day and June 14-20, 2015, as National Flag Week and commends La. citizens for their military service

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Recognizes Tuesday, June 9, 2015, as Zion Hill Church Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Jeff Hall

Commends Joshua Cayer upon attaining the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Commends the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and welcomes its 57th National Convention to Baton Rouge in July of 2015

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Suspends the exemption for business utilities as to the 0.97% state sales and use tax levy (EN +$103,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable James R. "Jim" Fannin for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Expresses support for efforts to preserve fundamental rights, free media, and democratic principals in Turkey

Sponsor: Patrick Williams

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Mickey J. Guillory for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Joel C. Robideaux, former speaker pro tempore, for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Commends Robert William Desha Martin upon his receipt of the National Eagle Scout Association's Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Commends Bishop Curtis John Guillory

Sponsor: Ledricka Thierry

Designates Thursday, June 4, 2015, as Komen for the Cure Day at the state capitol and commends Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends Dr. Robert W. Webber upon his retirement as superintendent of the Ouachita Parish School System and for his many accomplishments

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends Nathanael P. Kazmierczak on his academic achievements

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Mae Rose Bourg Chiasson for more than sixty years as an educator

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Commends Ava Marie DuVernay, an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor, for her many accomplishments

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides relative to education, job skills and training, and mental health services for offenders to facilitate successful reentry upon release

Sponsor: Edward Price

Designates Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Union Bethel A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Harold L. Ritchie for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Expresses condolences upon the death of Jay Rink, former football standout at Brother Martin High School and Tulane University

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Commends the Bossier Little League softball team for their outstanding achievements and for representing the state of La. in the 2014 Little League Softball World Series

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Recognizes the "Balcony"

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Commends the River Region Caucus.

Sponsor: Lee Amedee

Requests the Orleans Parish School Board and the New Orleans City Council to address blighted property near Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower Ninth Ward prior to the 2015-16 school year

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends Darren Domoine Rutledge for his outstanding accomplishments

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Directs the La. State Board of Nursing to make limited exceptions to the policy known as the "eighty percent rule" for certain schools

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Congratulates the 1965 graduating class of McKinley Senior High School upon its fiftieth anniversary

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Requests appointment of committee to notify the governor that the legislature is ready to adjourn sine die.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Linda Seale Chauviere upon her retirement as head of school at St. James Episcopal Day School after 46 years of educating Louisiana students

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Directs the La. State Board of Nursing to make limited exceptions to the policy known as the "eighty percent rule" for certain schools

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Establishes the Louisiana Countermand Resolution Study Task Force.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Requests the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board to assist the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Louisiana Restaurant Association with the promotion of menu items that feature Louisiana seafood products.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

To commend Mae Rose Bourg Chiasson for more than sixty years as an educator.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Commends Christopher Michael Bester for his outstanding accomplishments.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to study the medium and long range health effects of the British Petroleum Oil Spill of 2010.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

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

Requests the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study the effects pollution has on local municipalities.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests the State Licensing Board for Contractors and the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of public health, to study the lack of availability of inspectors to timely complete inspections involved in construction projects.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Commends the Northshore Technical Community College for achieving a perfect score of 100 in a recent study by The Brookings Institute for providing "value added" in terms of the earning potential and earning power of its graduates, ranking it first in the nation in this category.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Commends the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, Baton Rouge, for its outstanding work for Louisiana veterans and its Blue Star and Gold Star families.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Commends the Eight-Year-Old Division AAA Coach Pitch Travel Team, the Northshore Prospects, for going undefeated and winning the Super NIT Governor's Games XVII held on May 30th and 31st, 2015.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Meyer & Associates, Inc. upon the celebration of its 50th Anniversary.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Commends Mrs. Doris Domingue Harleaux upon the celebration of her hundredth birthday.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Commends Senator Elbert Guillory on his years of distinguished public service in the Legislature of Louisiana.

Sponsor: John Alario

Requests the division of administration to study the feasibility of using alternative delivery methods for public large scale construction projects.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Expresses condolences upon the death of Benny Don Milligan.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the attorney general to withdraw the appeal of Judge James Brady's ruling to release and bar further prosecution of Albert Woodfox

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Express condolences upon the death of Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Civil Commander and Chief Civil Deputy Darrell Guillory.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Commends Kaplan High School Softball Team Head Coach Shay Herpin on being selected as Class 3A Coach of the Year.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends Leodrey Williams for his contributions and service to the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Commends Jerry Pierce for fifty years of service at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests that the Department of Economic Development notify companies with which it has entered into cooperative endeavor agreements of the goals of the Hudson and Veteran initiatives and that these companies provide the department with information on their use of Hudson Initiative and Veteran Initiative vendors.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Create a task force to study and recommend revisions of regulations related to the distribution of medical devices in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to selection of the officers of the Senate.

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Creates the Orleans Parish Law Enforcement Streamline and Accountability Commission.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Requests DHH to create a study committee and to report to the Senate on provider issues regarding the provision of home-based care and services.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sub-group Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to recommend the Meningitis B vaccine for incoming college students.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Congratulates Linda Seale Chauviere on the occasion of her retirement as head of school at St. James Episcopal Day School and commends her for forty-six years of dedication to the education of young people in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests Louisiana State Law Institute to study whether the granting of attorney fees should be allowed in civil contempt of court proceedings.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Commends Joe Wood Guidry Berry upon the completion of fifty-one years of lobbying the Louisiana Legislature.

Sponsor: John Alario

Expresses condolences on the death of Christopher "Chris" San Marco.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the LSU Men's Golf Team for winning the NCAA Division I Championship.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends the City of Natchitoches on being the named the 2015 Best Southern Small Town by USA Today.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the office of state police determine the benefits that are now provided for enforcement agents and troopers injured or killed during the commission of their respective duties.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Expresses condolences upon the death of Gavin Bryce Chelette.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Expresses condolences upon the death of William Boyce Baggett.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requests the Senate Committee on Judiciary C and the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study the feasibility of authorizing motions requesting the expungement of records to be filed in forma pauperis.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Senator Jody Amedee for 12 years of distinguished public service representing Senate District No. 18.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Senator Ben Nevers of Bogalusa on his years of distinguished public service.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Jeremy Joseph Braud of Baton Rouge on his many athletic accomplishments in tennis.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Commends and honors Dr. Leodrey Williams on his retirement from Southern University.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute study and make recommendations regarding whether the Constitution of Louisiana should be amended to provide that mineral interests of the state, school boards, or levee districts should be subject to loss by prescription or other means.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Commends Ronald Mason, President of the Southern University and A&M College System.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Commends Ms. Irma Lloyd Brown on her 90th birthday.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Designates Wednesday, May 27, 2015, as Girl Scouts of the USA Day at the Louisiana Senate and commends the organization on its 103rd anniversary.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Expresses condolences upon the death of Thomas J. Moran.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Nathanael P. Kazmierczak on his academic achievements.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends the 2015 Louisiana Teacher Leaders and Teacher Leader Advisors and designates Thursday, June 4, 2015, as Louisiana Teacher Leader Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Commends St. John Vianney Catholic Church on its 75th anniversary.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Commends Norris Joseph Broussard Sr. on the celebration of his 95th birthday.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Expresses condolences upon the death of Martha Joyce "Joy" Neal LaGrone.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Authorizes the office of the attorney general to act as the fiduciary agent to accept donations of monies collected to erect a commemorative memorial marker at Gilbert Memorial Park.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to review and update Titles 46 and 48 of the Louisiana Administrative Code to coincide with federal law relative to dietitian nutritionists.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Expresses condolences on the death of Jonathan Scott Pine.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Designates March 28, 2015, as Prader-Willi Syndrome Day in Lousiana in honor of Cooper McReynolds.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Requests the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study and make recommendations on how to establish recurring funding for the Louisiana Housing Trust Fund.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Margaret Berry upon being named president of the Louisiana Philanthropic Education Organization by Chapter AG in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Designates May 5, 2015, as Rare Disease Awareness Day in Louisiana in honor of Bailey Caroline Durham.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Re-creates the Lower Pearl River Basin Ecosystem Study Commission which was created pursuant to SR No. 159 of the 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of respected and longtime Capitol Bureau reporter Edmund "Ed" James Anderson Jr.

Sponsor: John Alario

Expresses condolences on the death of Irvin Jules Briant Jr.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Commends Ruby Myrtle Dennis Foster upon the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Expresses condolences on the death of Lloyd Francis Reynaud.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Sue Bernie upon her retirement from the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends and congratulates Samuel Evan Phillips for being named the 2015 PricewaterhouseCoopers Outstanding Junior in Accounting at Louisiana State University.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Memorializes the United States Congress to designate Grambling State University as an 1890 land-grant college.

Sponsor: Richard Gallot

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the impact on reducing the delays in carrying out a capital punishment sentence.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends citizens who serve as jurors and designates May 11 through May 15, 2015, as Jury Appreciation Week in the state of Louisiana

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding whether an assignment or transfer of a mortgage loan on residential real property should be required to be recorded in the appropriate mortgage or conveyance records in order to be effective as to third parties.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., upon the celebration of its 109th anniversary

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Commends Congress on passing doc fix legislation.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Commends the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority for more than forty years of service to the state

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Commends Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company upon its 25th anniversary

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Ethan Laine Coker of Haynesville High School upon being named Louisiana's Middle School Student of the Year

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Creates and provides for the North Lafourche Recreation Enhancement District. (1/1/16)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Department of Education, the Medicaid managed care organizations, and representatives of the Whole Child Initiative to work together to develop a plan to implement the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model developed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Requests the Louisiana Board of Ethics to issue an advisory opinion regarding whether persons working at a public school even if employed by a private company, or public employees.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Provides relative to utility servitudes

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Creates a special subcommittee to study certain matters relative to registrars of voters (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to create the Medical Marijuana Patient Access Review Committee

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to conference committees and conference committee reports

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to requirements for stamping cigarettes (REF INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Authorizes the recapture of disallowed tax credits from owners of entities created or organized for the primary purpose of receiving or selling motion picture investor tax credits. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for application of excess investment earnings of the state retirement systems. (2/3 - CA10s29) (6/30/15) (REF INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Requests state-approved nonpublic schools to consider keeping epinephrine on the school premises for emergency situations

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Constitutional amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management. (2/3-CA13sl(A)) (RR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Requests the Department of Insurance to study the effects on insureds and healthcare providers of the increasing amount of deductibles and coinsurance obligations required by many health insurance products being offered to Louisiana citizens

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (RE NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Recognizes the week of May 6 through 12, 2015, as National Nurses Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Requests a study concerning the feasibility of creating an exception to disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits for military spouses who must relocate out of state pursuant to military orders

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for police service classification and discretionary standards of the deputy chief of police position in the city of St. Martinville. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests a study of the feasibility, practicality, and effectiveness of limiting access to fully automatic weapons by children

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

To continue the Comite River Diversion Canal Task Force to study and make recommendations on the actions necessary to complete the Comite River Diversion Canal Project

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Authorizes and directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to issue administrative rules concerning transportation of patients with cardiac and stroke emergencies

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Provides for a hospital stabilization formula. (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides relative to annexation procedures in the city of Abbeville

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to the name of the technical college in St. John the Baptist Parish

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to domestic abuse assistance

Sponsor: Robert Billiot

Provides relative to drug testing standards

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Provides relative to family support enforcement

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provide for the collection of sales and use taxes due on sales made in Louisiana by a remote dealer (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Authorizes the award of attorney fees relative to contempt of court

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Creates the crimes of theft of livestock and theft of timber (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Provides relative to renewal of an insurance producer license

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides relative to the composition of state planning and development districts

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Provides relative to producers of raw honey in the home for sale

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Provides relative to benefits for minor children of certain wildlife agents in the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Provides relative to healthcare provider credentialing

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Requires employers who terminate participation in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System to pay the portion of the system's unfunded accrued liability attributable to the employer's participation in the system (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Authorizes the transfer or lease of certain state property in Richland Parish

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Provides with respect to powers of the governing authority of St. Charles Parish relative to grass cutting

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to qualifications for justices of the peace and constables

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Provides relative to petitions for the name change of a minor

Sponsor: James Fannin

Dedicates the proceeds of the state sales tax collected on hotel rooms in Grant Parish to the Grant Parish Economic Development Fund (EN -$5,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Provides relative to net listing agreements

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Provides for the time period regarding the sale of fireworks (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Roy Burrell

Provides with respect to the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to ownership of interment spaces in a cemetery in Franklin

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

To provide for the transfer of certain property from the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District to the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District in Terrebonne Parish

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Provides relative to the origination and evidence of electronic obligations documents

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Recognizes Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Louisiana Psychological Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Provides relative to Medicaid managed care. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides for in-state tuition and fee rates for veterans and qualified dependents enrolling in public postsecondary educational institutions. (1/1/16) (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Commends the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and welcomes its 57th National Convention to Baton Rouge in July of 2015

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Increases the qualified equity investment authority for the La. New Markets Jobs Act tax credits (EG -$29,250,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends the organizers of the La. Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and designates Wednesday, June 3, 2015, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Commends the Gamma Eta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, upon the celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary and designates June 3, 2015, as Gamma Eta Omega Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Commends the United States Congress on passing legislation known as "doc fix" relative to Medicare payments for physician services

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Establishes the Task Force on State Retirement System Sustainability

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

(Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary education fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Creates the Calcasieu Hospital Council to address the issue of uncompensated care costs incurred by hospitals in Calcasieu Parish

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Directs the La. State Law Institute to reorganize and recodify the Miscellaneous Health Provisions chapter of Title 40 of the La. Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Urges and requests the Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board to study and make recommendations for providing services to persons with injuries arising from sudden internal medical conditions

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the implementation of flashing yellow arrows at major intersections

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Establishes the Student Assessment for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Credit Program. (gov sig) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to update a study regarding a new bridge at Paris Road in St. Bernard Parish

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to provide, by local law, for the incorporation of any area located within a single parish (RR INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Requests a study on prospective implementation of a system to help health practitioners identify child abuse

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to create alternative truck routes in New Orleans

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends the River Region Caucus and its member parishes for their cooperative efforts toward improving the quality of life in the River Region

Sponsor: John Berthelot

To commend the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana on the success of the oyster shell recycling program

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides relative to early voting (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Proclaims May, 2015, as foster care month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Establish the fee to be charged by the Department of Revenue for the collection and enforcement of collection of sales and use taxes of other taxing authorities (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to certain commercial dog breeders

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Requires that certain deductible items be added-back on certain corporate income tax returns (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides with respect to minimum wage

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides for methods of determining income subject to the corporation income tax (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for equal pay regardless of sex and prohibits discrimination based upon sex. (8/1/15) (RE SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Creates the Better Highways and Higher Education Fund and dedicates a certain portion of state sales and use taxes from out-of-state vendors into the fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Exempts certain providers from licensure as behavioral health services providers

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes design-build contracts for new ferries on the Mississippi River and bridges that replace tunnels. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Provides relative to the office of multimodal commerce within the Department of Transportation and Development. (see Act) (EN +$97,500 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Urges and requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, to conduct a study relative to the production of a combination mobility impaired specialty prestige license plate

Sponsor: Harold Ritchie

Expresses condolences upon the death of Marthe' Lanaux Gele'

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to realtors

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Commends the New Living Word High School boys' track and field team upon winning the 2015 Class C state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Designates Wednesday, May 27, 2015, as Girl Scouts of the USA Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Urges and requests the governor and DOTD to complete the I-49 North Corridor

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides for exceptions that only a Class "E" operator's license is required for certain operators of vehicles when in the course and scope of employment when necessary to preserve life or property or in executing emergency governmental functions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mack White

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study and make recommendations relative to a hurricane evacuation route for and economic development of a portion of Highway 35 south of Rayne to Highway 92

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Commends Juan D'Vaughn Pierre upon his retirement from Major League Baseball after fourteen years

Sponsor: Jeff Hall

Provides for payments, filing of sworn statements of amount due, and cancellation of statements of claim or privilege on DOTD contracts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the U.S. Army and federal government to fully support and maintain Ft. Polk at its present level of personnel and troops

Sponsor: James Armes

Establishes guidelines for the valuation of affordable rental housing for purposes of ad valorem property tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Provides relative to licensing fees for check-cashers (EG +$138,200 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Increases the state excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels for ten years (EG +$300,000,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Designates Tuesday, May 26, 2015, as LSU AgCenter Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Creates the Sex-Selection Abortion Task Force.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Excludes qualified deposits in ABLE Accounts from "tax table income" for purposes of calculating individual income tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Authorizes limited redirection and transfer of funds supporting appropriations and allocations from the state general fund and dedicated funds in certain circumstances. (2/3-CAs10(F)(1)) (See Act) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Expresses the intended meaning of Act No. 859 of the 2004 R.S.

Sponsor: Timothy Burns

Encourages business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all measures to ensure the safety of their property, including considering the installation of security cameras at their businesses and residences.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Commends Carol "Fran" Nevers on being named the 2015 Louisiana CASA DCFS Staff Member of the Year.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to implement a methodology for reimbursing uncompensated care costs incurred by hospitals in certain areas (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Requests DOTD to convert inside shoulder of I-12 between the I-10/I-12 split and Walker to a travel lane.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Designates May 20, 2015, as LouisianaChildren.org Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and recognizes the efforts of LouisianaChildren.org in striving to give every child in Louisiana the opportunity to thrive.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Commends Danielle Deggs on starting the first African-American owned and operated residential and commercial real estate agency in Iberville Parish.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Commends the Florien High School Lady Blackcats softball team for winning its third consecutive state championship.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Specifies the contents of a notice of wrongful conduct, including showing cause as to why regulatory action should not be taken by the insurance commissioner

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Commends Casey Jones as the new head coach of the Wossman High School boys' basketball team

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Expresses condolences upon the death of Edwin William "Bill" Curry, former Senate comptroller.

Sponsor: John Alario

Expresses condolences upon the death of Lynne G. Piglia Marino

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends Bruce E. Cutrer, Fire Chief for Tangipahoa Parish Fire District No. 1, for his many accomplishments as a firefighter.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Expresses condolences upon the death of Rebecca "Becky" Underwood Brechtel.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Recognizes the month of September 2015 as Pain Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: David Heitmeier

Commends Cory Bahr on his many extraordinary accomplishments.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Requests United States Army and federal government to fully support and maintain Fort Polk at its present level of personnel and troops

Sponsor: James Armes

Creates a task force to study and evaluate fence line monitoring of certain facilities

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Expresses condolences upon the death of Lynne G. Piglia Marino.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides for the reallocation of certain funds from the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to the district attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Expresses condolences upon the death of Deacon Lester Yancy

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to steamship pilots

Sponsor: Jeffery Arnold

Continues and provides for the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children until 2017.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Extends the Capital Punishment Fiscal Impact Commission study and reporting deadline until January 1, 2018.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Limits the alternative fuel tax credit for qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property and qualified clean-burning motor vehicles (gov sig) (RE +$100,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Requests public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic incident management process and training program.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Requests each local public school board to provide for high school student interaction with the board in an informative, advisory, and nonvoting capacity.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Requests the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to change the name of the Sicily Island Hills Wildlife Management Area to the J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides for the review of state uniform construction code enforcement

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Commends Taiwan for the positive economic relations and friendship with Louisiana.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Creates the School Choice Loan Fund. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Recognizes and supports opportunities for civil discourse and discussion of the Nine Simple Rules.

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Authorizes institutions of postsecondary education in the state to maintain a Movie Industry Student Registry. (1/1/16) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to access by parents and teachers to assessments administered to students

Sponsor: John Schroder

Constitutional amendment to limit the number of constitutional amendments that may appear on a ballot. (2/3-CA13s1(A))

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Excludes certain repairs on tangible personal property from local sales and use tax by certain taxing authorities in Calcasieu Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Charles Kleckley

Renames a portion of Louisiana Highway 24 over Bayou Terrebonne in Gray, La., as the "Northpark Bridge"

Sponsor: Lenar Whitney

Creates an ALS special prestige license plate

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Commends Jennifer Barnes Maggio upon her receipt of a 2015 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Modifies certain powers of the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Amends the requirements for dental license applicants

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Provides exceptions in the GRAD Act relative to remedial education course offerings by certain public universities

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Designates Friday, May 15, 2015, as a significant date in the history of black law enforcement officers with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: Dalton Honore

Commends Kirstyn Marie Torres upon her receipt of a 2015 High School Woman of Excellence Award and scholarship from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Commends B. Ronnell Nolan, a Baton Rouge businesswoman, upon her receipt of a 2015 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Requests the Institute on Public Health and Justice to study the issue of raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction to include seventeen-year olds

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Naomi Maria Smith upon her receipt of a 2015 High School Woman of Excellence Award and scholarship from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Commends Tabitha Ann Kearns upon her receipt of a 2015 High School Woman of Excellence Award and scholarship from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to legislative sessions convening in even- and odd-numbered years (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Harold Ritchie

Commemorates the centennial anniversary of the Armenian genocide

Sponsor: Darrell Ourso

Commends Madeline Joan Janney upon her receipt of a 2015 Women of Excellence Award and Scholarship from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Expresses condolences upon the death of Richard Hall, chief training officer for the Monroe Fire Department

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Commends the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society for its contributions to the legal profession and community and designates Thursday, May 21, 2015, as Louis A. Martinet Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends The Cinderella Project, a nonprofit organization, upon its receipt of a 2015 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

Sponsor: Karen St Germain

Provides relative to exemptions from the requirements for school instructional time under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Requests study of the impact of and penalties for texting or using social media while driving in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests all state agencies in the executive branch of state government to provide for a crisis leave pool and requests the Department of State Civil Service to report progress to the legislature

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Designates Tuesday, May 19, 2015, as Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Commends the Fairview High School baseball team upon reaching the 2015 Class B state championship game in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association State Baseball Tournament

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Commends Miller's Funeral Home, Inc., for 80 years of service

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends the Elizabeth High School baseball team upon winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class C state championship

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Designates Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Louisiana School Psychological Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides relative to the Louisiana Oilfield Site Restoration Law. (8/1/15) (OR DECREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to school membership in associations that prescribe eligibility to participate in athletics

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the collection of certain evidence from victims of rape offenses

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Provides for higher education liability payments. (6/30/15) (OR NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Prohibits the construction of schools on former waste sites

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Provides relative to the authority of the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District to perform public works on streams and bayous in other parishes (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Ortego

Provides relative to the powers of the Legislative Audit Advisory Council (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides that a hunting license is not required when hunting outlaw quadrupeds

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to the membership of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay

Sponsor: John Morris

Requires public school governing authorities in Orleans Parish to offer sex education instruction to students in certain grades (EG +$500,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Requires the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay to approve line of credit recommendations for nonstate entity projects (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Authorizes the use of certain summary proceedings in small claims court

Sponsor: Alfred Williams

Requests that the office of conservation enforce plug and abandon policies to prevent subsidence and erosion in the coastal zone

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Commends the 2nd Bomb Wing of Barksdale Air Force Base on being awarded the 2014 Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle Award for best bomber wing in Air Force Global Strike Command.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Leonard Augustus Jr. for his contributions to the fine arts.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Maxine Roge' Johnson on fifty years of service to Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends Caroline Broussard of Abbeville upon being named a member of the Tiger Twelve Class of 2015 by the Louisiana State University Office of the Dean of Students.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends Mary Grace Brister Jackson on the celebrated occasion of her 87th birthday.

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Provides for the practice of chiropractic. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Brad Richard as the recipient of the 2015 Louisiana Culture Award for Artist of the Year.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the Volunteer Louisiana Commission for its support of national service and volunteerism in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commend commercial real estate developer James E. Maurin for being honored as Tulane's Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year.

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Expresses condolences on the death of James Dawson Harrison, D.D.S.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Commends the St. Charles Parish Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness on being granted full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Recognizes May 18, 2015, as Forum 35 Day at the State Capitol and commends the members of Forum 35.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Frank Brothers on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Declares October 1, 2015, as World Peace Day in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Recognizes May 5, 2015, as Bankers Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Otis Washington on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends the students and faculty of the Lafayette Parish School System for their first-overall placement in the Louisiana Governor's Games 23rd Annual Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Commends Pat Collins on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Recognizes and acknowledges the efforts of the employees of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services, office of juvenile justice (OJJ).

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Avery Johnson on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Expresses condolences on the passing of Dardanella Gabrielle Darensbourg Hamilton.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Requests the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Education, and local school boards to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Judge Charles Scott.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Loretta Lynch on becoming the first African-American woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Recognizes May 11, 2015, as Louisiana Association of Chambers of Commerce Executives (LACCE) Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Commends The Gideons International for its contributions and the role it has played in Louisiana and in supporting the Louisiana Gideons.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Expresses condolences upon the death of Emilo Joseph "Monk" Dupre'.

Sponsor: Edwin Murray

Commends John L. Bennett for more than thirty years of outstanding accomplishments in education, particularly as principal of St. Aloysius Catholic School, and for his dedicated public service as a member of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Express sincere and heartfelt condolences for the death of Irwin Richard "Dick" Schneider.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends the Hackberry High School softball team for earning the 2015 Class C state high school softball championship for the fifth consecutive year.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Commends the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association and recognizes Tuesday, May 12, 2015, as Louisiana Orthopaedic Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Commends Shirley Lee Davis Holliday upon the occasion of her seventieth birthday.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Commends Jason Journet for his dedication and hard work in the Special Olympics Louisiana Program and as a basketball athlete in the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Designates Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as Louisiana Housing Alliance Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Urges the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to examine the issue of a wild-caught crawfish fishing season

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Requests the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to erect a statue memorializing Peter Press "Pistol Pete" Maravich at the entrance of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Sponsor: John Alario

Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to maintain and to share confidential information with other state, federal, and international entities

Sponsor: Nicholas Lorusso

Provides relative to domestic abuse (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides an exception under certain circumstances to the exemption from seizure of life insurance proceeds

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides for the investigation and adjudication of violations by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides for an incentive expenditure forecast (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Limits the amount of motion picture investor tax credits which may be awarded on state-certified productions approved during a fiscal year to $300 million, but rolls over any credits not awarded to future fiscal years. (7/1/15)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends Lieutenant Colonel Chris Sylvia upon his retirement from the Natchitoches Central High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Limits all claims against income tax for motion picture investor tax credits filed during each fiscal year to $300 million, but rolls over any remaining balance to future fiscal years. (7/1/15)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Changes requirements for approval of capital outlay priority changes and project descriptions

Sponsor: Edward Price

Designates May 4 through May 8, 2015, as Teacher Appreciation Week at the state capitol

Sponsor: John Edwards

Requests that the U.S. Postal Service consider assigning a new zip code to the town of Richwood in Ouachita Parish

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Recognizes Wednesday, April 22nd as Southern University Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends Kenny Hilliard on being drafted into the NFL by the Houston Texans

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Provides for tax expenditure reporting and for tax expenditures to be appropriated (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Morris

Establishes and provides for the Task Force on a New Mississippi River Bridge to study the practicality, feasibility, and development of a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River located between West Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Recognizes Monday, May 11, 2015, as La. Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (LACCE) Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Erich Ponti

Designates Tuesday, May 12, 2015, as Y Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Requires corporations subject to Louisiana income or franchise tax which have either corporate gross revenues everywhere of $8 billion or $8 million of assets everywhere to file combined returns and limits their NOL deduction to 50% of tax liability. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Increases the salary cap in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana retire-rehire law for retirees employed as substitute classroom teachers (RE INCREASE FC SG EX)

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Requires passage of a test identical to the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test to earn high school credit in Civics. (6/30/15) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Authorizes surveys of public school students in Orleans Parish regarding risk behaviors

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

(Constitutional Amendment) Removes ability for the legislature to opt out of a veto session (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to establish a subcommittee to study at-risk energy infrastructure in the coastal area

Sponsor: Gordon Dove

Provides for the qualifications of professional engineers. (8/1/15)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the Community and Technical College System to enter into contracts with private nonprofit corporations for certain services

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Program. (8/1/15) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Sherri Cheek

Repeals provisions for the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center Commission

Sponsor: Lenar Whitney

Provides relative to courses of study or programs eligible for TOPS-Tech awards for certain students (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Designates June 3, 2015, as 4-H Day at the legislature and commends the state officers of 4-H

Sponsor: John Anders

Commends Bo Myers for his heroic actions in saving his nephew's life using the CPR procedure he learned at Zachary High School

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Commends Klara and Drago Cvitanovich for receiving the Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Jessica Sprout upon her selection as a Top 20 finalist in the McDonald's Sound Off competition

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Recognizes May 2015 as Building Safety Month

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

To designate Monday, May 4, 2015, as Kehoe-France School Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Commends Jessica Jane't Brock upon winning the McDonald's Sound Off

Sponsor: Richard Burford

Provides benefits for members hired on or after January 1, 2016. (6/30/15) (RE DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Cox Communications for its Connect2Compete Internet-adoption program

Sponsor: Edward James

Prohibits the release and importation and restricts the transportation of feral hogs

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Suspends the income tax deduction for net operating loss (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Commends the Haynesville High School football team upon winning the Class 1A state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Memorialize Congress to support the America's College Promise proposal.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Dedicates a certain amount of mineral revenues from oil and gas production in and around Lake Bistineau to weevil production for control of giant salvinia in the lake (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Provides with respect to the expungement and destruction of criminal records

Sponsor: Edward Price

Suspends exemptions to the state sales and use tax (EG +$177,400,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Patricia Jones for her years of service with the Allen Parish Council on Aging

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Limits the amount of motion picture investor tax credit applications certified by the office each year (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Commends the Summerfield High School girls' basketball team upon winning the Class C state championship

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Limits eligibility for incentives available through the enterprise zone program and establishes a dedication of savings associated therewith for deposit into the Go Grants Fund (EG +$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for the carryforward rather than the refund of a certain portion of the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory (EG +$13,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Expresses condolences upon the death of Gus Joseph Talamo

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides for a bounty on feral hogs (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Howard

Accelerates the sunset of the solar energy systems tax credit (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides with respect to the net operating loss deduction for purposes of the corporate income tax (EG +$3,200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Reduces the expenditure limit for FY 2015-2016 (OR SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides relative to insurance producers

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides relative to the Budget Stabilization Fund. (See Act) (EG +$25,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Benjamin Maxey on earning the perfect ACT score and being selected as Louisiana Nonpublic School Student of the Year

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides with respect to voter eligibility (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Expresses condolences upon the death of William Thomas "Bill" Bailey

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Urges and requests the Office of Group Benefits to study the cost for certain school boards to terminate participation in the program

Sponsor: Joseph Harrison

Provides for the liberative prescriptive period applicable to certain actions

Sponsor: Patrick Williams

Constitutional amendment to provide relative to the Budget Stabilization Fund. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Designates Tuesday, May 5, 2015, as AARP Louisiana Caregiver Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Requires the Dept. of Education to pay the cost of certain postsecondary remedial and developmental coursework required of public high school graduates. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ben Nevers

Commends NASA on its significant accomplishments, both technical and scientific, and the Michoud Assembly Facility for its contributions to these advances which have positively impacted both the nation and the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: A.G. Crowe

Commends the service and contributions of The Links, Incorporated and recognizes Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Louisiana Links Day at the State Capitol.

Sponsor: Sharon Broome

Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guardsman Travis Scott Bordelon.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Extends the Louisiana Legislature's condolences on the death of former state Senator Erle Edwards Barham.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Designates Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as American Rose Society Day at the state capitol and commends the American Rose Society

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Designates the month of April 2015 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of United States Army Sergeant Justin M. Kling.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Commends University of Louisiana at Monroe cheerleading team for their fourth place national ranking at the 2015 Universal Cheerleaders Association National Competition.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company upon its 25th anniversary.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Specialist Chase McRay Reynolds.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Commends Grady Gaubert on his election as chairman of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Designates Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as Healthy Start Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Melanie Benit for her time as Chairwoman of the Louisiana Federation of College Republicans.

Sponsor: Elbert Guillory

Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of United States Air Force Master Sergeant Sheilah Jeannine Player.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Specialist Justin Allen Blaze.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Designates May 2015 as Building Safety Month.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends David "Wayne" Petrus for being named one of the top ten 2014 pilots for Pilots for Patients.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Philip Mark Thomas for being named one of the top ten 2014 pilots for Pilots for Patients and for being named the 2013 Pilot of the Year for Pilots for Patients.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Extends condolences of the Louisiana Senate on the death of U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Andrew T. Weathers in combat in Afghanistan.

Sponsor: Robert Adley

Expresses condolences upon the death of Norman Alton Leggette.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Commends Viona Lapeyrouse Chabert on the occasion of her eightieth birthday.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Expresses condolences upon the death of Christine Bannister.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Designates April 28, 2015, as FFA Day at the legislature and commends the state officers of FFA.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Patricia Colbert-Cormier, recipient of the Louisiana Association of Educators' 2015 Human and Civil Rights Award

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends the service and contributions of Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment, known as MY LIFE and recognizes May 7, 2015, as MY LIFE Youth Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.