2016 Regular Session

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)) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

(16RS) Prohibits the granting of increases in pay for state executive branch officials and employees during a certain period of time and provides for personal liability for the aggregate amount of such increases for a period of three years

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides relative to transporters of hazardous material

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides for certain commercial filings to be submitted electronically

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Prohibits the trafficking in human remains. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Repeals the warrant recall fees collected to fund a misdemeanor jail in East Baton Rouge Parish (EN -$722,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides for types of tires and penalties for failure to comply with the Waste Tire Program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides relative to indigent defense services in certain city courts

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to the assessment of a license fee imposed by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry for the production of marijuana for therapeutic use (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Revises provider fees assessed on nursing homes by the Department of Health and Hospitals (EN +$16,928,449 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to notice to policyholders of policy changes at renewal

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides that the manner of appointment and qualifications of the registrar are to be provided by law

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Establish notification and reporting requirements relative to retail sales made in Louisiana by remote retailers (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides a limitation of liability for certain persons mentoring an offender on probation

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 4 as the "Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Henderson Memorial Bridge" (EN +$3,360 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Provides relative to distribution of alcoholic beverages (EN +$150,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to issue an economic hardship license under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides relative to Ascension Parish Court. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides sanctions for violations of drug division probation programs (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Lopinto

Provides relative to applicable fees and costs incurred for the production of records

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides relative to contracts for additional housing for individuals in the custody of the DPS&C

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Amends certain definitions for purposes of sex offender registration and notification requirements

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to entities authorized to provide services related to motor vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Reamortizes the initial unfunded accrued liability (IUAL) of the Clerks of Court Retirement and Relief Fund as a level-dollar payment over the remaining life of the original IUAL amortization schedule (EN INCREASE FC LF)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes a total ad valorem property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces of the Unites States, the La. National Guard, the La. State Police, or a law enforcement or fire protection officer killed in the line of duty (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides relative to court reporter fees on appeal matters and transcript contracts (EN LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides relative to retirement eligibility and benefits for new hires in the Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund in the city of New Orleans (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Requires public bodies to make certain information concerning the custodian of records publicly available

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to facilities of public postsecondary education institutions

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides a three-year liberative prescriptive period for actions arising from cases of rape

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Authorizes the use of human biological matter for purposes of training cadaver dogs

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides relative to instruction in personal financial education

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Revises and reorganizes Code of Criminal Procedure articles and Revised Statutes relative to bail. (1/1/17)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Allows for dual leasing of water bottoms for oyster cultivation and harvest

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides for the disposition and reporting on fees and self-generated revenues by state agencies and the state treasurer. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Provides with respect to fuel sales at qualified truck stop facilities which operate video draw poker devices. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Creates the Parkwood Terrace Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Changes the composition of the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides that Smart Growth Developments include amenities which enhance the quality of life for its residents. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requires the Board of Regents to conduct a comprehensive review of the postsecondary needs of the state and each of its regions. (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides for boundaries, board membership and tax authority of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District and a hotel occupancy tax in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requires publication of certain contracts and reports on the Internet and and creates task force which is authorized to study and make annual assessments of state contracts. (7/1/16) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Provides penalties for persons operating early learning centers without a valid license (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Provides for mandatory meetings of the Health and Social Services Estimating Conference for purposes of developing budget recommendations for the Medicaid program. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to sustainable energy financing districts

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Authorizes certain parish governing authorities to enact ordinances relative to the removal of deleterious growths, trash, debris, and other noxious matter

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Authorizes the Lafourche Parish School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (EN +$13,000,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Provides relative to release of legislative audits

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Limits costs for pharmacists services. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to reports on special funds in the state treasury. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Provides for the transmission of documents, including ballots and petitions, to and from members of the legislature

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Prohibits certain Wi-Fi "hotspot" blocking. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Requires POST certification of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism security officers. (1/1/17) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Changes the time period in which cigarettes must be stamped

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Provides relative to requirements of auto title companies (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Howard

Authorizes and provides for behavioral health intervention and stabilization units (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides for the percentage of total evaluation points awarded to certain veterans in requests for proposals for state procurements and public contracts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Armes

Provides with respect to illegal carrying of weapons

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides relative to the disclosure of information regarding certain contracts with the state or political subdivisions for the purposes of Tier 3 annual financial disclosure statements

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides relative to the deadlines for the payment of certain taxes and the time and place for the filing of certain income tax returns (RE1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides for the establishment of an unmanned aerial system registration and licensing fees

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides with respect to indigent defense

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Limits the amount required to be spent per project under the Percent for Art Program (EN DECREASE OF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to certain regulations affecting boilers (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Replaces the chairman of the House Committee on Retirement with a member of the House Committee on Retirement appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives as trustee on each state and statewide retirement system board (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to the per diem paid to members of the board of commissioners of waterworks districts located in certain parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides for revenue sharing distribution for Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to marine products. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to the organization of the Tax Exemption Budget (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans (EN +$56,500 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Increases the membership of the Port of South Louisiana Commission

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Provides for application by certain military personnel to be certified as a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate License Law. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides relative to leases or subleases of immovable property owned, leased or controlled by a public benefit corporation. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Requires birthing centers, hospitals, and licensed midwives to offer information to parents of newborns on shaken baby syndrome and sudden unexpected infant death

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015-2016

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Creates a procedure for designating certain crimes in the court minutes as a crime of violence and provides relative to the benefits and restrictions based on such designation

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes creation of special districts within certain cities and provides for the governance and the powers and duties of the district, including tax increment finance authority. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Provides relative to the use of student growth data in teacher evaluations. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to reduction of TOPS award amounts of TOPS recipients in the event of insufficient funding. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides for the issuance of REAL ID compliant special identification cards (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides relative to state content standards and related tests and assessments. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Creates the Juvenile Justice Accountability and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2016. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for legislation relative to the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides for persons authorized to sign forms for issuance of special license plates or hang tags for mobility impaired persons. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to student data privacy. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to appeals by tobacco permit holders. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Names a certain complex of state buildings and area in the city of Lafayette the Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr. Sports and Entertainment Plaza. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Authorizes changes in the factors used in professional services selection committee decisions. (7/1/16)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides for the attorney general to provide legal representation to parish judges. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Requires the Dept. of Education to collect and report certain special education data. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides relative to children conceived through gamete donation

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Creates the Ambulance Transfer Alternatives Task Force. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides for the Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (LaPOST) form. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to underground storage tanks and the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. (8/1/16) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides relative to unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of 21. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Requires approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget before certain salary increases to unclassified employees in the executive branch are effective in the last ninety days of an administration. (7/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides for workers' compensation insurance premium reductions to certain employers. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Provides an exception for an attorney serving on a civil service commission. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to agreements for drilling units. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides that it is the legal duty of the attorney general to represent deputy constables. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Adds members to the Saline Lake Game and Fish Preserve Commission and to the Northwest Louisiana Game and Fish Preserve Commission. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends April Mitchell Wade upon earning a doctorate of education degree

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Requests a study regarding the need for civil legal aid

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Requests the La. State Board of Nursing and the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners to study and report on a prospective merger of the two boards

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Adds two ex officio members affiliated with the La. District Attorneys Association to the council of the Louisiana State Law Institute

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Requires certain public entities to provide a secure electronic interactive system for submission of competitive sealed bids and proposals as an alternative bidding option (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Authorizes night movement of permitted vehicles on interstate highways

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides relative to the reduction of teacher salaries under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Provides relative to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Creates the crime of homestead exemption fraud (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides for the reporting of information concerning persons prohibited from possessing firearms

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Provides relative to background checks of certain persons who perform services relative to motor vehicles

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides relative to Deferred Retirement Option Plan accounts in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System and interest on such accounts (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides with respect to reporting requirements of the legislative auditor regarding public retirement systems

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides for an automobile expense allowance for the assessors in Assumption, Iberville, and Pointe Coupee parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Repeals the sunset provision applicable to the Louisiana Scrap Metal Recyclers Law

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Requires lobbyists to report certain information (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to the calculation of child support when the parents have shared or split custody

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to nonprofit water utility cooperatives wholly owned by water users

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Amends provisions of law regarding domestic abuse battery (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Malinda White

Authorizes the use of electronic signatures on temporary restraining orders and protective orders

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to the disposition of land acquired by the Department of Transportation and Development

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services through telehealth

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides relative to extensions of time for filing Louisiana individual income tax returns (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Authorizes an increase in fees collected by the Department of Environmental Quality (EN +$9,400,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides relative to the maximum benefits for members of the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System hired on or before December 31, 2012 (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Requires high schools to keep automated external defibrillators on their premises (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Requires certain test results to be submitted to OMV electronically

Sponsor: Malinda White

Provides relative to tuition and fees applicable to nonresident students

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Requires the electronic filing of certain claims for refunds (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Requires the executive director of each of the state and statewide retirement systems to file annual financial disclosure statements

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to the Lafourche Basin Levee District

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Changes the requirements for transferring ownership of a motor vehicle, which is declared a total loss, to an insurance company

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides an exemption for certain information concerning the fitness of a person to be certified by the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Provides relative to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Directs the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to study and make recommendations concerning a potential tiered approach for placing physicians on probation and a best practice for the reporting of the probationary status of a physician to patients

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for methods of payment for debts owed to the office of motor vehicles (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Requests local, parish, and state law enforcement agencies to implement special training for officers who encounter military veterans in crisis

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes certain local and private entities to accept electronic payments for local charges

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Recognizes the month of September as suicide prevention awareness month in La. and urges greater awareness of the problem of suicide among military veterans

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes certain honorably discharged active-duty military personnel to receive benefits through the La. Military Family Assistance Fund

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Prohibits certain questions regarding criminal history during the employment process for certain positions

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the prevalence and use of student fees in public schools

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Requests the Department of State Civil Service to review the span of control of supervisors in state government and to report to specified legislative committees no later than August 15, 2016

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Directs the division of administration to review the historical purchasing of state agencies in the last two months of the fiscal year and report its findings and any recommendations for efficient purchasing practices to the House of Representatives no later than 30 days prior to the convening of the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education reconvene a Minimum Foundation Program task force to determine the actual cost of public education and identify potential funding mechanisms

Sponsor: Edward Price

Commends the Woodlawn Lion Dance Team upon induction into the 2016 Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study levying additional taxes on gasoline

Sponsor: Edward James

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study establishing two-way dual language programs in public schools

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Expresses condolences upon the death of former heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Commends Bob Tompkins upon receiving the 2016 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends the River Region Caucus and its member parishes and designates Thursday, June 2, 2016, as River Region Caucus Day at the capitol

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends Shane Anderson upon recognition for classical instrument by the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Lieutenant Douglas Foreman of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office on winning the 2016 Deputy Sheriff of the Year Award.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends Coach Brooks Donald Williams of McNeese State University upon the occasion of her resignation as the winningest head coach in McNeese Cowgirl basketball history.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requests all civil service systems to utilize electronic methods of testing.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Designates the month of September 2016 as Pain Awareness Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Urges and requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to develop and maintain on the internet a list of behavioral health facilities and other pertinent information for persons seeking behavioral healthcare services

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Commends E'myri Crutchfield for her role in the historic remake of the series, Roots, and her other supporting roles.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends the St. Thomas More High School Soccer Team and Head Coach Casey Friend on winning the Division II State Championship for the 2015-2016 season.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests DOTD to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with Tangipahoa Parish or the Manchac Volunteer Fire Department for a new location for a fire station.

Sponsor: Mack White

Expresses support for the people of Israel

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Memorializes congress to reimburse the state of Louisiana for expenditures used to comply with federal mandates related to illegal immigration

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Commends Lt. Heather A. Sylve of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office on being the recipient of the 2016 Deputy Sheriff Valor Award presented by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.

Sponsor: John Alario

Request the Louisiana State Police study the feasibility of regulating ignition interlock device companies.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Urges the Dept. of Health and Hospitals not to establish freestanding emergency departments as a type of licensed facility in this state

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Requests a study of practices used in adopting actuarial assumptions and reporting standards for the state and statewide retirement systems and an investigation of potential legislative improvements for the increased sustainability of the systems

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Commends Edgar "Dooky" Chase, Jr., and Leah Chase upon the seventy-fifth anniversary of their Dooky Chase Restaurant and recognizes Leah Chase upon her receipt of the 2016 James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Urges and requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the issue of preferences for Louisiana contractors for public works contracts

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Expresses condolences upon the death of Richard S.F. Lehrberg.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Requests a study relative to contractors' insurance policies and whether such policies should insure claims against contractors' workmanship

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Lieutenant Douglas Foreman of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office on being named the 2016 Deputy Sheriff of the Year

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Requests study of regulation and operation of self-storage units.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Benton Elementary School on winning the NASP/IBO 3D challenge national crown at the 2016 National Archery in Schools Program National Tournament.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to repurpose certain congressional earmarked funds for the planning, design, and construction of the widening and improvement of certain portions of LA 30.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Recognizes the month of October 2016 as Audiology Awareness Month in LA.

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Jennifer Belton for her service and involvement in the Deputies Making a Change youth mentoring program

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Commends jockey Kent Desormeaux, trainer Keith Desormeaux, and Exaggerator on winning the 141st Preakness Stakes.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study penalties for failure to pay child support.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs to study strategies and best practices for suicide prevention among veterans

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Fort Polk Heritage Families and the Heritage Family Association on their 10th year anniversary celebration of the Heritage Family Day Reunion.

Sponsor: John Smith

Commends Billy Roy Wayne upon his sixty-fifth birthday

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Congratulates Rose Long upon receipt of the 2016 Grassroots Advocacy Award presented by the National Friends of Public Broadcasting.

Sponsor: John Alario

Designates June 2016 as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Commends the Catholic High School of Baton Rouge football team on winning the state championship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Melanie R. Rowton upon her retirement after a distinguished military career.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Requests a study of means by which to enhance access to health services in health professional shortage areas

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Commends Kevin Lawrence Mills, II, for his courage, determination, and perfect school attendance

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Expresses condolences upon the death of Lester "Rocky" Stroud of New Iberia

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Commends Dan Borné upon his retirement.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Designates Tuesday, May 31, 2016, as abstinence day in the state of Louisiana

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Expresses condolences on the death of Carroll E. Guilbeau.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Provides relative to contracts for procurement processing company rebates (EG1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Recognizes the 2016 Men's Tennis Team at Xavier University of Louisiana for a record setting season and Alan Green as ITA/NAIA National Coach of the Year.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Requests the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs to study and make recommendations regarding procedures that can be implemented to address the failure of local governmental subdivisions to make timely payments on public works contracts

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Commends Dr. Victor Ukpolo on his leadership and service as Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends and expresses appreciation to Mary F. Quaid upon her retirement as executive director of House Legislative Services of the La. House of Representatives

Sponsor: James Morris

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature regarding state law post-Obergefell v. Hodges.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends Benton Middle School for earning the first-ever national championship in the 2016 National Archery in Schools Program national tournament.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends the Cecilia High School boys' track and field team upon winning the 2016 Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Recognizes Thursday, June 2, 2016, as Omega Psi Phi Day at the capitol

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Commends the organizers of the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminars and designates June 1, 2016, as Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Day

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Encourages retail establishments with public areas to dedicate five percent of seating to chairs with arms to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or limited mobility

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Requests certain legislative committees to meet jointly to develop a plan of action concerning the decline of buildings and facilities at Southern University campuses.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends Dr. Julian Bailes Jr. on receiving the 2016 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award and being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests that state agencies not contract with any contractor that does not certify that it is not engaged and will not engage in a boycott

Sponsor: Edward James

Expresses support for the U.S. Land and Water Conservation Fund

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the removal of certain Reid vapor pressure requirements in certain parishes.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Authorizes development of a plan for citywide delivery of health services in New Orleans

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Requests law enforcement and governmental agencies to avoid and suspend contacts and outreach activities with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Commends the Phi Kappa Psi Louisiana Alpha Chapter upon the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary at Louisiana State University

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Creates the Special Permit Task Force

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Commends Archbishop/Dr. Joyce Turner Keller upon her accomplishments.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Requests that the Louisiana State Law Institute examine the rules of discovery in the Code of Civil Procedure

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Financing Corporation to study the feasibility of employing financing techniques to convert future BP settlement payments into current assets to be deposited in and credited to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to create a Medicaid transformation plan

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

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

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the division of administration to provide a report of all of the reports required of the executive branch by statute or resolution.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Requests that the Governor's Advisory Council on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in conducting its ESSA review, study and report to the governor relative to its impact on school and district accountability

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Directs treasurer to make debt service payments of the full faith and credit obligations of the state from state general fund (direct) dollars.

Sponsor: John Alario

Provides relative to the reemployment of retired school nurses in positions covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (EG1 DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Extends the sunset of the Lake Providence Watershed Council until December 31, 2018

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the Division of Administration to study the feasibility of contracting with the United States Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center for payroll and personnel services. (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to the motion to lay on the table

Sponsor: John Morris

Directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on prospective models for improving care management in the Bayou Health program

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Commends Ralph Garr for his legendary baseball career with the Atlanta Braves and upon his selection as the guest of honor at the Grambling State University National Alumni Association Scholarship Gala

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Requests steps be taken to preserve the State Capitol Building.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct a fiscal impact study prior to making a determination relative to a Type 2 charter school proposal.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides an exception for Jefferson Parish from certain time limitations on submission of information with public bids

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Authorizes the insurance commissioner to appoint employees of the Department of Insurance as ex officio notaries

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides with respect to representation of indigent or absent parents

Sponsor: John Schroder

Provides relative to judicial review of administrative decisions rendered by the La. State Board of Dentistry

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Adds Livingston Parish president to the Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides relative to sucessors of alcoholic beverage suppliers, importers, brokers, or wholesalers. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides that an appeal of an evaluation of a registrar of voters is conducted by the State Board of Elections Supervisors

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides relative to admissions by emergency certificate of persons suffering from mental illness and substance abuse. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for designated seating in a courtroom. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for the organization of the Department of Environmental Quality. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Prohibits the use of tobacco products on school property

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Increases the maximum per diem authorized to be paid to members of the board of commissioners of gas utility districts located in certain parishes (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides with respect to the possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of 21 years

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides an exception to the prohibition on closed specification of products for construction of certain integrated coastal protection projects

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the maximum permissible gross vehicle weight, under certain conditions, until 2018

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Provides for administration, disposition, enforcement, and adjudication of state and local taxes under the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals (EN -$32,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides for placing "100% DAV" designation on Louisiana driver's license and special identification card. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Repeals certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure declared unconstitutional. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Prohibits local governmental entities and other local governing authorities from regulating the registration, distribution, sale, or planting of seeds. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the application of certain limitations on the admissibility of character evidence in civil cases

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides relative to the storing and dispensing of naloxone and other opioid antagonists

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Establishes procedure if immediate jeopardy violation is identified in a nursing home survey. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requires local school boards to require students in grades four through six to recite a specified passage from the Declaration of Independence (EG NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to incorporation petitions

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides for an extension of driving privileges pending hearing by a court

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to court costs in Mayor's Courts (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Requests the governor of La. to take action to restore voting rights to those in the state who are under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony and to work with all stakeholders to ensure more accessibility to voting for those persons who are incarcerated and eligible to vote

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Increases the earnings allowed in the Teachers' Retirement System of La. for retirees who are reemployed as substitute classroom teachers to fill certain vacancies (EGF INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Provides for the Louisiana Health Insurance Premium Payment Program. (gov sig) (EGF DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides for a limitation relative to certain appropriations for hospitals asssociated with the LSU Health Sciences Center of Shreveport, the LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, and the LSU Health Care Services Division. (7/1/17) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Prohibits entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding for any purpose (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides relative to certain purchases of service credit. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/16) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides for a benefit for survivors of members of the Sheriff'sPension and Relief Fund killed in the line of duty by an intentional violent act. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/16) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Requires landowner notification when an operator transfers an oil or gas well and provides for orphaned oilfield sites. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides relative to behavioral health services. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to contributions of members out of service for five years. (6/30/16) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Requires healthcare services providers to conduct background checks on prospective employees

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides relative to valuation of life insurance reserves

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides relative to redispensing of drugs in correctional facility pharmacies

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides for appointment of ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Repeals the Pest Control Compact. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Amends definition of autocycle applicable to operator's helmet exemption and driver's license endorsement requirement. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides for the issuance and requirement of a Class "E" temporary instructional permit for driver's education students

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Provides relative to postsecondary education services for homeless and foster youth (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: James Armes

Provides relative to revocation or suspension of a video draw poker device license for certain violations

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides for licensing and regulation of insurance consultants by the commissioner of insurance (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides relative to firearm-free zones. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Requires posting of notification of red light camera locations. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to the official logo for state products and authorizes civil penalties. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Removes certain provisions regarding prosecution of the possession of a firearm with obliterated, removed, changed or altered number or mark which were declared unconstitutional. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides with respect to certain electronic tracking devices (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Repeals the expungement fee assessed by Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Prohibits charter schools from requiring disclosure of certain student information and provides for the submission of petitions by certain students with exceptionalities. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Requires contracts to comply with local public school board policy. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides for the filiation of children

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Repeals certain requirements relative to home service contract providers. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Requires approval by the governing board for any salary adjustments or cost of living adjustments for employees or board members of certain boards under the authority of the Department of Health and Hospitals and employees of certain human service districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Provides for the confidentiality of records disclosed to or by the commissioner of insurance during the course of an insurance receivership. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Proposes response to federal directive on Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 related to gender identity by the state and local school boards.

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Proposes response to federal directive on Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 related to gender identity by the state and local school boards.

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Creates the Louisiana Workplace Wellness Study Commission to study the importance of healthy vending on state-operated properties.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Creates annual permits for ready-mix concrete trucks (RE1 INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides relative to payment of group health insurance premium costs for retirees of Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Provides for exceptions from the retail seafood dealer's license. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Crowley

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Creates the Capital Heights Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to annexation ordinances adopted by municipalities

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides for two additional assistant district attorneys for the the Ninth Judicial District. (8/1/16) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Changes the annual royalty fee for the "Lung Cancer Alliance" special prestige motor vehicle license plate

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to the Central Louisiana Regional Infrastructure Beltway Commission

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of 18 (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Provides relative to the regulation of used motor vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Requests the state Department of Education to establish a task force to study the state's school and district accountability system.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends the Reverend Willie Laws on his retirement after twenty-six years of faithful service to the Lord and the Methodist Church in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Della Gary for 60 years of dedicated service at the CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

To commend Stonewell Serrett for his service and dedication to the United States Navy and the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Expresses condolences upon the passing of B. Lehman Williamson.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the feasibility of revising state law regarding standing for private associations to seek injunctive relief for a zoning violation and also to study present penalties for zoning violations.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Provides relative to clerks of court as ex officio recorders

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Requests the Department of Education to establish a task force to study student transportation and school bus passenger safety.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to the funding of the operations of the Department of Revenue (RE +$110,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Expresses condolences upon the death of former Lieutenant Governor Bobby Freeman.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends the Louisiana Supreme Court on the successful implementation of specialty drug courts and requests information on implementation and expansion of other specialty courts.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to maintain region-wide leasing in the Gulf of Mexico in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program without any further exclusions or restrictions.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends Arthur Leonard "Red" Swanson Sr. on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends the Benton High School golf team on winning its fifth consecutive District II state championship.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Steve Wilson upon receipt of the 2016 Stewardship Award presented by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, to study and make recommendations relative to fees and payment methods for driver education courses.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends John Mamoulides upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Designates May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Expresses intent of Legislature of Louisiana for enforcement of laws regulating glass tinting on all private passenger vehicles.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Commends Anthony Thomas on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends the LSU women's gymnastics team on an outstanding 2016 season.

Sponsor: John Alario

Creates a task force to study the installation and maintenance of lighting on the Sunshine Bridge and the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Gramercy.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Recognizes May 24, 2016, as Louisiana Athletic Trainers Association Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Commends Summer Elgourani on winning first place in the 2016 ALS Association Essay contest.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of an enforceable mediation or arbitration provision in a testament or trust.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated upon the celebration of its one hundred tenth anniversary as an organization and recognizes Tuesday, May 24, 2016, as Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Provides relative to tax increment financing in certain parishes

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Designates Thursday, May 26, 2016, as Girl Scouts of the USA Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Urges and requests the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to study and make recommendations regarding multijurisdictional funding of flood protection projects

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Commends LSU Eunice upon winning the 2016 NJCAA Division II softball championship

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Commends Logansport and the Logansport Lions Club for their Christmas fundraiser and Christmas Pageant Tour

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Designates Tuesday, May 24, 2016, as Suicide Prevention Day in the state

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Expresses condolences upon the death of Rufus C. Johnson, Jr.

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Commends Plantation Athletic Club of New Orleans' U17 Lightning upon winning the 2016 Louisiana Soccer Association State Cup Trophy

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Urges and requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, to make any necessary improvements to the system by which records of information are received from security providers

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Designates June 1, 2016, as 4-H Day and commends the state officers of 4-H

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Expresses condolences upon the death of former state representative and lieutenant governor Robert L. "Bobby" Freeman

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Scenic Lafayette and its committee, the Azalea Trail Revitalization Group, for their efforts to revitalize the Lafayette Azalea Trail

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Requires provision of certain claims information to insureds

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to transmittal of certain notices required pursuant to medical malpractice law

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Expands crime of human trafficking to specific elements regarding trafficking of persons under the age of twenty-one engaged in commercial sexual activity. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides for the legislative intent of Act No. 451 of the 2015 Regular Session (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Approves the Fiscal Year 2017 annual plan for integrated coastal protection and restoration

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the State Board of Cosmetology. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Mack White

Provides relative to the distribution of forfeitures of criminal bail bonds. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Specifies that insurance producers may not be required to provide certain information regarding insurance coverage

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Changes the deadline for the House Executive Committee to set the vouchered allotment for members of the House of Representatives

Sponsor: George Cromer

Permits vehicles operated by engines fueled wholly or partially with compressed or liquefied natural gas to exceed gross vehicle weight limits and axle weight limits

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Adds alligator in the Louisiana Catch and Cook Program

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to evidence of compulsory motor vehicle insurance. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Discontinues the White Lake Property Advisory Board. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Limits the judge's discretion with regard to mandatory sentences for certain offenses involving the possession, use, or discharge of a firearm when the felony results in a fatality. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides for certain penalties regarding the unauthorized practice of law. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Provides that a member of the Firefighters' Retirement System is not eligible for disability retirement benefits if his disability is indirectly a result of a preexisting condition (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Creates the "Louisiana The Energy State" prestige license plate

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Institutes a moratorium on new pediatric day health facility licenses

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Prohibits certain forms of untrue or misleading advertisements. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides with respect to insurance premium finance companies. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Provides relative to a deferred presentment or small loan transaction. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides for pharmacist dispensing exceptions. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to requirements imposed on temporary housing

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Provides relative to group insurance premiums for retirees of the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides for calling a limited constitutional convention for fiscal purposes and preparations therefor (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Authorizes the operation of golf carts on roadways within Lake Fausse Pointe State Park

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides for limited lines licensing to sell property coverage for property that is self-stored in self-storage facilities

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain state property in Webster Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Repeals the provision in the Vital Records Law regarding allegations of paternity for child support purposes

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides for the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Prohibits certain contractual provisions in provider contracts with health insurance issuers

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Creates "100% DAV" military honor license plate. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides for the application of a premium, if any, in connection with the issuance of bonds. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Authorizes certain district courts to establish reentry courts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Extends the cooperative endeavor program for use of the state's surface water resources

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the membership of the child support review committee

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the liability of certain persons for the actions of persons with developmental disabilities

Sponsor: Reid Falconer

Provides relative to servitudes of natural drainage. (gov sig)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Designates the interchange of I-10 (Exit 54) with LA 99 in Welsh, LA, as the "SP4 Donald C. Gillett Memorial Interchange" and a portion of LA 14 on Abbeville, LA as a Blue Star Memorial Highway. (8/1/16) (EN +$6,676 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Makes changes to judicial building fund as it relates to juvenile court matters and certain child welfare proceedings. (7/1/16) (RE +$45,800 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Authorizes private employers to provide employment preferences for veterans. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Adds certain prohibitions relative to fraud by vendors or by the purchaser in the sale of certain food

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides with respect to eligibility requirement for concealed carry permits

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Provides with respect to probation violations (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Authorizes an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in Livingston Parish (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides with respect to the use of the judicial building fund for city courts

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Re-creates the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Prohibits the inclusion of the value of certain federal tax credits and special financing provisions when determining the fair market value of certain property for purposes of tax assessment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides relative to eligibility and requirements of the Veterans Court program

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Provides for the dismissal of certain criminal charges upon completion of the Veterans Court program

Sponsor: Stephen Dwight

Provides relative to savings accounts

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to the Louisiana Architecture Education and Research Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Sponsor: Reid Falconer

Requires that the state child protection toll-free hotline number be posted on the website of every public school (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides relative to the powers and authority of the Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Reid Falconer

Repeals provision that any person entering an alcoholic beverage outlet is deemed to consent to a search which was declared unconstitutional. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides for the crime of aggravated assault upon a peace officer (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Establishes an application fee for a new marijuana pharmacy permit and limits eligibility for the permit

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Authorizes the Beauregard Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor. (gov sig) (EG1 INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides with respect to discrimination regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to parole for persons convicted of crimes of violence and provides for the creation and administration of the Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Creates the Cypress Point Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Expresses the support of the legislature for the MyOldMeds campaign to promote safe storage and in-home disposal of prescription medications

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for the conduct of early voting on the Sunday during the early voting period from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Bagneris

Creates a pilot program (Statewide Motor Vehicle Theft and Uninsured Motorists Identification Program) involving the use of license plate recognition devices for certain purposes. (8/1/16) (RE1 INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Requests the Department of Economic Development provide certain data regarding the award of tax incentives to the Legislature.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Urges and requests the secretary of state to establish policies to provide elections division employees within the Department of State who have received CERA certification with a pay increase relative to such certification

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

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

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Urges continued support for the efforts in the Mississippi River Basin to achieve the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requests that the secretary of state and registrars of voters take certain actions with respect to a toll-free number that the public can use to report election issues and problems

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Commends Taylor Nicole Bush upon being selected for a 2016 Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends the St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church on moving into its new church on May 22, 2016.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Requests the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and the House Health and Welfare Committee to convene for a hearing to study the SR 29 of 2014 work group report on strategies to decrease primary care utilization in emergency rooms in hospitals across Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Creates a study group to examine issues related to port facilities, activities, and development in the city of Kenner and other parts of Jefferson Parish

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Commends Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon being selected to receive a Women of Excellence Award in the category of Louisiana Hero of Excellence from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

To urge and request the secretary of the Department of Economic Development to provide advance notice to legislators on projects within their districts.

Sponsor: Troy Brown

Encourages the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, public school districts, and public schools to develop guidelines for content standards and curricula relative to religious issues

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Commends Rachel Christina Oatis upon being selected for a 2016 Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Exempts motor carriers of nonhazardous oil field waste, nonhazardous industrial solid waste and hazardous waste from proving public convenience and necessity. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Commends Mrs. Lillie Goff Jones on the celebration of her 90th birthday.

Sponsor: Mack White

Expresses condolences on the death of Kevin G. Guidry.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends the Lutcher High School Bulldogs football team on its 2015 Class 3-A State Championship.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

To urge and request the governor to reconsider pay raise freezes.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides with respect to the membership of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Provides relative to money transmission and customer safety. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (EN +$22,003,442 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Commends Edmonia Tatman Bernard upon the celebration of her one hundred first birthday

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Pastor Charles Bradford upon his selection as bishop-elect of the Church of God Pentecostal, Incorporated

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends the University Laboratory School boys' tennis team upon winning the Division III state championship

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Expresses condolences upon the death of Elmer "Bigg Nokey" Henderson

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends Maggie Grace Loper upon her selection as a representative of Louisiana at the Hugh O'Brian World Leadership Congress

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Commends Jackie Lynn Phillips Lansdale for twenty years of service to the teachers and school employees of northwest Louisiana

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Commends Alexandria Senior High School Trojans softball team upon winning the 2016 Class 5A state championship

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Creates the Feral Hog Management Advisory Task Force

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Commends Ophelia "Tootsie" Dumars upon the celebration of her eightieth birthday

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Expresses condolences upon the death of David Louis Kimball

Sponsor: Stephen Dwight

Prohibits certain persons from preventing or limiting communication, visitation, or interaction with others

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to an extension of the time period for coroners to report traffic fatalities

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Requires employers to report pending lump-sum payments to employees to appropriate enforcement agencies

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Provides for disclosure of information to property owners whose property is subject to expropriation

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides with respect to facsimile filings

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the Business Corporation Act

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to military honor license plates for "Bronze Star Medal" recipients

Sponsor: Mike Johnson

Provides for continuous revisions to the Code of Civil Procedure and related provisions of the Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides relative to the Legislative Youth Advisory Council. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides relative to the authority of the Public Service Commission regarding pass-through charges (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Extends the mandatory waiting period between certain required pre-abortion procedures and the performance of an abortion

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for the granting of educational leadership certification by the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Extends the territorial jurisdiction of the City Court of the town of Franklin

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Provides with respect to court costs collected on civil filings to fund the Judicial College (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Designates interchange of I-10 with US 171 in Calcasieu Parish as "Louisiana State Master Trooper Stephen H. Gray Memorial Interchange". (8/1/16)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides for changes to procedures for continuing tutorships

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to payable on death accounts. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to motor vehicle rental insurers. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Housing Authority of the Town of Oil City (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides for actuarial determinations and application of funds. (6/30/16) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Includes reptile and amphibian wholesale/retail dealers in the trip ticket program

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Authorizes LTA to undertake state-designated priority "A" or "B" projects in Statewide Transportation Plan. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides for the designation of a portion of Louisiana Highway 27 in Cameron Parish as the "Terry Cox Memorial Highway" (EN +$3,360 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Provides relative to promotional seniority in the Lake Charles Police Department for officers who have been deployed. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Adds the Iberia Parish Levee, Hurricane and Conservation District to the system. (7/1/16) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Exempts the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, from the provisions of law relative to adjudications by the division of administrative law

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides relative to the registration of securities

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes payments funded by state systems' experience accounts to certain retirees and beneficiaries. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/16) (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the status of private entities that contract with the Algiers Development District. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to additional default remedies by certain debtors under certain secured transactions. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to qualifications of physicians who perform elective abortions

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides for powers of the estate of a deceased or incompetent member of a limited liability company. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Permits local public school boards to assign students to charter schools under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Creates a task force to recommend means by which the state may better facilitate permanency for foster children

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides relative to venue in certain proceedings involving abuse

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Adds to the membership of the Child Protection Representation Commission

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides for actuarial notes on prefiled bills. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to rights and requirements of certain persons authorized to arrange the disposition of human remains

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Grant Parish

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Provides relative to required coverage for reconstructive surgeries following mastectomies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 86 in Iberia Parish as the "Albert "Al" Broussard Memorial Highway" (EN +$6,720 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides for the payment of certain system administrative expenses. (6/10/16) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides for the frequency of meetings of the board of trustees. (6/30/16) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Authorizes public school governing authorities to require at least one coach for each sport offered by a public school to be certified in CPR, first aid, and use of an automated external defibrillator

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides relative to the dissolution of limited liability companies

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Authorizes two or more parishes to create a game and fish preserve when the preserve is located in multiple parishes. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Revises route designations for certain byways (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Expands the uses of the Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Provides relative to state assessments as a requirement for student promotion and graduation (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Schroder

Creates a task force to study the delivery of integrated physical and behavioral health services for Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

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

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Increases medical malpractice cap for certain child brain injuries. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends the 2016 Florien High School Lady Blackcats softball team upon winning its fourth consecutive Class B state championship

Sponsor: Frank Howard

Provides relative to transactions involving wrecked or repairable motor vehicles

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes and directs the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to study the desirability and feasibility of requiring veterinarians to provide a copy of prescriptions to animal owners and to provide notice of the availability of generic medicines

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides for public school choice within a public school system

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to gender identification discrimination. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends Addison Green upon being named an Outstanding Young Citizen by the Crowley Chamber of Commerce

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Commends Azariya McClendon upon her graduation from both high school and college on May 13, 2016

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends Micah Samari Minter upon his achievement of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides for telehealth access. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides debt amnesty program to individuals for excessive debt due the office of motor vehicles. (8/1/16) (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

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

Sponsor: John Morris

Provides relative to freestanding emergency medical care facilities. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Peter Louis Gitz, III, upon his retirement as mayor of Madisonville

Sponsor: John Schroder

Allows for a use of a portion of the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund when there is a projected deficit (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Recognizes Monday, May 9, 2016, as Louisiana Gray Day to increase awareness of brain cancer and to encourage everyone to wear gray on that day.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Designates May 2016 as Missions Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Recognizes Janice Joseph-Richard on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Offers condolences upon the death of Felix Simoneaux Jr., the oldest man in the United States.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on increasing access to vital records at parish health units.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends David Julius Malarcher on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Approves the Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Commends Paul Loren Kedinger upon the occasion of his retirement following a remarkable fifty year career in journalism.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends Jim Hightower on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

(Constitutional Amendment) Requires a certain portion of the monies in the Transportation Trust Fund to be used on certain projects (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Designates May 21 through 27, 2016, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Commends the Kaplan High School Lady Pirates softball team for winning the LHSAA Class 3A championship title.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends Alexandria Senior High School Trojans softball team on winning the 2016 Class 5A state championship.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends Ben M. Sheets on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends Adriana Martin of the Southfield School on her mathematical aptitude and her Pi Day Challenge achievements.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the applicability of "possessory action" as provided in the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Commends Kenneth Tramble for his service and involvement in the Deputies Making a Change youth mentoring program

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides relative to evidence admissible in certain civil actions involving domestic abuse and also provides relative to interspousal immunity. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Designates Tuesday, May 3, 2016, as Susan G. Komen Day at the legislature and commends Susan G. Komen and its La. affiliates

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends Marcus Jackson upon being named the 2015 Class A Boys State Coach of the Year

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Recognizes May 2016 as Building Safety Month

Sponsor: Bryan Adams

Recognizes Wednesday, May 11, 2016, as Ports Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Urges the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to provide stricter enforcement of shrimping laws and regulations

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Commends Marvin McFarland for his service and involvement in the Deputies Making a Change youth mentoring program

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Acknowledges the common bond and mutual interests between Quebec and Louisiana and welcomes the Honorable Jacques Chagnon, president of the Quebec National Assembly, to the state capitol

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Commends the Catholic of Pointe Coupee High School softball team upon winning the Class 1A state championship

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Commends Bettye Smith Dixon upon the celebration of her ninetieth birthday

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Expresses condolences upon the death of former state representative John Dean Travis

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends Janice Williams upon her induction into the Louisiana State University College of Engineering Hall of Distinction

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Commends Cloe Woods for remarkable heroism in saving her grandmother from a fire at their home

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Creates a task force to review provisions of law regarding work release programs and funding received from such programs

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides for return of certain RSD schools to the transferring school board. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Provides with respect to parole eligibility of juvenile offenders for certain offenses (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Provides relative to the regulation of regional notification centers

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Provides relative to types of motor vehicles that are required to be covered by an automobile liability policy pursuant to the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability Security Law

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Repeals certain provisions of the Sale of Checks and Money Transmission Act. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Prohibits communication among a quorum of the members of a public body unless such communication is contemporaneously visible or audible to the public unless the public body is in an executive session authorized by law

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to implement the Medicaid health home option for persons with serious mental illness (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Provides relative to parole eligibility. (8/1/16) (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Creates a study group to make recommendations concerning the prospective establishment of an independent health professions scope of practice review committee

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for requirements for training early learning center employees on recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides relative to state banks' accounting for immovable property. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides for cancellation of judgments in favor of the state. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Allows a public servant to accept complimentary admission to a fundraising event held by or for the benefit of certain educational institutions or programs, excluding professional, semi-professional, or collegiate sporting events

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides with respect to the disposition of sensitive criminal evidence

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides with respect to Medicaid fraud

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides with respect to a corporation's juridical personality at the termination of corporate existence

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides for public school choice within a public school system

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides relative to the administrative responsibility of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association.

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides with respect to the imprescriptible reservation of mineral rights

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Places a monetary limitation on the amount of certain debt owed to the office of motor vehicles in certain circumstances (EG DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides relative to deposits payable upon the depositor's death

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides for notification and effectiveness of a material change in a contract between a health insurance issuer and a producer

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Establishes a legal holiday in Union Parish

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to time limits for institution of prosecution of certain sex offenses

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Provides relative to penalties for failure to provide records of petroleum products sold

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Establishes a legal holiday in Grant Parish

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Provides relative to the use of student growth data in teacher evaluations. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Adds additional members to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends the Shiloh Community of Bienville Parish for its triannual gathering of community and kin

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Establishes a fee for conducting pardon investigations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Authorizes the transfer of state property in Morehouse Parish

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to the division of diversity and opportunity and the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends the employees of the Louisiana House of Representatives for their public service and recognizes Wednesday, May 4, 2016, as State Employee Recognition Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provide relative to certificates of creditable coverage

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the state soil and water conservation commission

Sponsor: Charles Chaney

Provides relative to the mayor's court for the city of Kenner

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Adds the creation of a reentry court in the 4th JDC

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Expresses condolences upon the death of Travis Hardy Bagley

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Requires insurance for persons handling explosives. (8/1/16) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Provides relative to the placement of advertisement signs on state-owned property

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides for exceptions to consumer loan licensing requirements

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes the imposition of certain fees for rental of automobiles

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Designates May 11, 2016, as Louisiana Housing Council Day at the Louisiana Legislature.

Sponsor: John Alario

Re-creates the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (6/30/16)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Prohibits public servants from engaging in certain activities with public funds and assets

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Declares May 4, 2016, as Child Care Provider Appreciation Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Expresses condolences on the death of Lorelia Jean Henry.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Janet Burks on the occasion of her retirement as Bossier Parish Registrar of Voters after 45 years of service.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Provides with respect to correctional facilities

Sponsor: Steve Pylant

Designates May 1 - 7, 2016, as "Arson Awareness Week" in the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Designates portions of certain highways in Vernon Parish (EN +$3,360 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: James Armes

Designates May 3, 2016, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dick Walther, DVM.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Adds requirements to qualify for a commissioned police officer special prestige license plate (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Designates May 15 - May 21, 2016, as Police Week in the state of Louisiana and commends the service of law enforcement officers.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to a certain special prestige license plate for motorcycles

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Recognizes Wednesday, May 11, 2016, as Ports Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requires health insurance coverage for temporal mandibular joint disorders. (8/1/16) (OR +$154,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to fees by clerks of court

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Authorizes the public postsecondary education management boards to increase tuition and fee amounts under certain circumstances (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides that the state treasurer and the commissioner of administration, or their designees, serve as voting members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System board of trustees (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to certain definitions in the Insurance Code used in regulation of health insurance

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Recognizes Thursday, April 28, 2016, as Workers' Memorial Day in recognition of workers killed, injured, and disabled on the job.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Robert "Bob" C. Israel upon his retirement as president of the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the maintenance of electronic records by domestic insurers and to the maintenance of their records outside the state

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Requires adult residential care providers to disseminate educational information on influenza

Sponsor: George Cromer

Commends Porter May of Shreveport on being named as Private School Middle School Student of the Year for 2016.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Expresses condolences upon the death of Maury Drummond

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Commends Emily LaBorde Stoma upon being named Humanitarian of the Year by the Crowley Chamber of Commerce

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Recognizes the common interests and experiences of The Netherlands and Louisiana and welcomes Jeanne Jenniskens Van Maarseveen and Nicole Jenniskens to the state capitol

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Commends the Chackbay Volunteer Fire Department upon its fiftieth anniversary

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Commends Lawrence A. Libby, Jr., upon being named Business Person of the Year by the Crowley Chamber of Commerce

Sponsor: Jack Montoucet

Designates Wednesday, May 4, 2016, as Teacher Appreciation Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Designates Thursday, May 5, 2016, as Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Designates Wednesday, April 27, 2016, as Liquefied Natural Gas Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Urges the office of behavioral health to raise awareness of addictive disorders involving abuse of inhalants

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides for the establishment of a pilot program in Orleans Parish for providing early childhood education (OR GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides relative to judicial treatment of certain arbitration awards. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Provides relative to the Dairy Industry Promotion Law

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides relative to required qualifications for members of public postsecondary education boards

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Authorizes the state Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Reduces the fee charged to the Department of Children and Family Services and district public defender's offices for each tax offset claim (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides relative to certain juveniles sentenced to life without parole. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Revises fee amounts for facilities and providers licensed by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals (OR +$1,358,540 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to the Louisiana Aquatic Chelonian Research and Promotion Board

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides with respect to the Agricultural Commodities Dealer and Warehouse Law

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides relative to the legislative auditor's access to information held by entities that provide services to public retirement systems

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Authorizes persons obtaining a protective order to carry a concealed handgun without a permit for a limited period of time (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to the Medicaid recovery audit contractor program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Authorizes principals and local superintendents to request waivers of laws and regulations from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides relative to the legislative intent regarding Act 379 of the Regular Session of 2014.

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Provides relative to fees assessed for certain functions performed by the office of public health (EG +$6,526,835 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Commends Judy Crow upon receiving the 2016 Louisiana Association for Play Therapy Lifetime Achievement Award and recognizes her work as a registered play therapist

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Commends Summerfield High School and its coach, Randy Carlisle, on winning both the 2016 LHSAA Class C boys' and girls' basketball state championships

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends Dr. Barry Ancelet upon his retirement from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and recognizes his contributions to preserve the Cajun French culture

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Expresses condolences upon the death of Jerry Barksdale Byrd, Sr.

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Prohibits the creation of new employment positions in state government from August 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018 (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Prohibits sex offenders from conducting sales door-to-door

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Commends Dr. Raymond Youngblood, Jr., for being an international gold miner and international business expert, philanthropist, inventor, scientist, and author

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides that certain fees assessed by the office of motor vehicles for failure to maintain automobile liability insurance become final delinquent debt sixty days after receipt of notice by the owner (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Carter

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to regular legislative sessions

Sponsor: Jerome Richard

Designates the month of April as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Designates April 28, 2016, as Future Farmers of America (FFA) Day at the legislature and commends the state officers of FFA

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Requires public school students entering kindergarten and sixth grade to provide documentation of completion of a wellness evaluation

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dick Walther, D.V.M., of Houma

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Commends Jacqueline Marie Richard Johnson upon the celebration of her sixty-seventh birthday

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Stephen Lutz, of Lafayette, for being a member of the World Champion Team USA Physically Challenged baseball team

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Expands juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency cases to include seventeen-year-olds

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Commends the Reverend Ernest Jackson, Sr., upon the celebration of his one hundredth birthday

Sponsor: Thomas Willmott

Commends Terrance Simien for his musical accomplishments

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Commends the Merryville High School girls' basketball team upon reaching the 2015-2016 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 1A championship game

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Creates Lake Bistineau Recreation and Water Conservation District. (8/1/16)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Frank and Margie Coliston upon the celebration of their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends the members of the United States Army War College team participating in the Eisenhower Series College Program and welcomes them to Louisiana in April of 2016

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Designates April 20, 2016, as "Forest Products Day" at the legislature and commends the forest products industry.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends D.C. Machen Jr. on his many accomplishments in public education and on his retirement from the Bossier Parish School Board.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock