2017 Regular Session

(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes an ad valorem property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a person who died while performing their duties as an emergency medical responder, technician, or paramedic (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Permits the governing authorities of certain parishes to employ their own attorneys to represent them generally. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Allows certain business records to be self-authenticated

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Terminates certain tax credits as of January 1, 2019. (gov sig) (EN +$27,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the allocation of expenditures of the state operating budget (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides for licensure and regulation of community-based care facilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Provides for the licensure of retired volunteer dentists

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Limits the permissible uses of monies in the Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Adds on track equipment as a railway vehicle considered for certain railroad crossing requirements

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides for changes to the highway priority program

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Removes the June 30, 2018, sunset provision and makes permanent reductions to certain income and corporation franchise tax credits. (gov sig) (EN +$12,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to regulations imposed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission on household goods carriers

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Authorizes an incarcerated defendant to appear at certain proceedings by way of simultaneous audio-visual transmission (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Repeals the provision tying the Oil Field Site Restoration Fund fee to the payment of severance tax (EN +$1,400,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Provides for free expression on college campuses

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides for criminal background checks relative to early learning centers, school employees, registered family child care providers and in-home providers (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for the disbursement of certain revenue from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund for hurricane protection purposes. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Designates portions of certain state highways in memory of certain police officers. (8/1/17) (EN +$4,400 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Provides for the appropriation of incentive expenditures. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Restores the sales and use tax exemption for medical devices. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to juvenile records and proceedings

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides for establishment of a pilot evidence-based budget proposal process for mental health programs administered by the Louisiana Department of Health. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides for ethical standards for public servants. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides for the allocation of the local avails of the automobile rental tax. (gov sig) (EN -$14,500 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Provides for the tax credit for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory by taxpayers included in one consolidated federal income tax return. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to funds and state funds. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Changes the rebate for donations to certain school tuition organizations to a nonrefundable income tax credit. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Renames the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts as the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the Motion Picture Tax Credit Program for the withholding of income tax for performance of services on a state-certified production. (7/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides with respect to legislative continuance

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Creates the Waterway Dredging and Deepening Priorty Program. (7/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Provides relative to terminology of court-ordered and other mandatory examinations in civil and administrative matters and claims. (gov sig) (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Amends the procedures for involuntary mental health treatment

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides benefits for firemen and law enforcement officers who suffer a catastrophic injury resulting in permanent and total disability caused by an individual with the specific intent to kill an officer while the officer is engaged in the performance of his official duties. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Creates the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (LaSTEM). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Sunsets the individual income tax education credit. (gov sig) (EN +$9,200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to disclosure of data maintained by the Louisiana Tumor Registry and for a cancer investigation initiative

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to the tax credit for certain medical providers (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Provides for free broadband Internet at public airports. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Expands requirements within driver education and prelicensing training courses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Chad Brown

Provides relative to the amount of the research and development tax credit and authorizes transferability of the credit under certain circumstances (EN +$300,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2017-2018

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Dedicates state sales and use taxes levied on hotel rooms in residences in Orleans Parish into the New Orleans Quality of Life Fund (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides relative to confidentiality of certain taxpayer information (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Extends the sunset and provides for the amount of the Angel Investor Tax Credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides relative to produce safety. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the state central registry for child abuse and neglect (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. (8/1/17) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Authorizes the state fire marshal to purchase a specified group insurance policy for the benefit of certain volunteer members of fire companies (EN +$500,000 SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides relative to the corporate income tax deduction for certain dividend income (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes an immediate family member of a qualified law enforcement officer to purchase his duty firearm upon death

Sponsor: Blake Miguez

Prohibits the use of tobacco products on school property

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Bossier Parish

Sponsor: James Morris

Provides with respect to for the "Animal Friendly" and "Krewe of NYX" prestige license plates. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Extends the Tax Free Shopping Program set to terminate on July 1, 2017. (gov sig) (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Establishes termination dates for certain tax credits and incentive programs administered by the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides for the boundaries and governance of the Opelousas Downtown Development District and authorizes the district to create economic development districts. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Authorizes the governing authorities of municipalities to regulate the accumulation of waste tires on residential property

Sponsor: John Bagneris

Provides for an independent claims review process within the Medicaid managed care program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Provides for a review of and recommendation on certain dedicated funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Requires a healthcare facility to provide notice of balance billing

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to payment of processing fee for certain garnishment proceedings (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tony Bacala

Requires each public postsecondary education management board to develop a centralization plan and a cooperative unification plan and submit them to the legislature (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Provides for the regulation of the practice of physical therapy (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Authorizes a referendum election on the lease of certain lands owned by the city of Lake Charles. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Provides relative to the membership of the Veterans' Affairs Commission

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Provides relative to electronic verification of compulsory motor vehicle insurance (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Edmond Jordan

Authorizes the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to sell its services to neighboring parishes. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the insurance premium tax credit (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Names a building at Lincoln Elementary School in Monroe in honor of Roy Neal Shelling, Sr.

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Provides relative to Tulane Legislative Scholarships. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides relative to the filing of requests for medical review panels

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Provides for an individual income tax credit for improvements made to the residences of individuals with certain disabilities (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for the classification of certain types of cancer as an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties of a firefighter. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Provides relative to sealing and delivering depositions

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides for a hotel occupancy tax in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

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

Sponsor: Sam Jones

Provides relative to the telecommunications tax for the deaf (EN +$4,700,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Establishes the Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board (EN INCREASE OF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides for term limits for members of the nominating committee of certain flood protection authorities

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Amends the Polysomnographic Practice Act

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Imposes certain requirements on transactions executing the transfer of certificates of title of certain movable property

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to drinking water standards (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Provides relative to the cleansing period for certain crimes applicable to habitual offender penalty enhancements. (11/1/17)

Sponsor: John Alario

Excludes from repairs to tangible personal property and fabrication certain preparation and painting of certain aircraft for purposes of sales and use tax aircraft having an FAA registration address outside the state. (7/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Provides relative to the registration and rights of crime victims

Sponsor: Stephen Dwight

Reinvests money from savings realized as a result of reforms to the criminal justice system and requires the collection of data in this regard (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to criminal justice. (11/1/17) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to penalties for certain offenses. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: John Alario

Eliminates restrictions on eligibility for certain public assistance for persons with prior drug convictions (RE1 +$25,000 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides for real property interests for integrated coastal restoration projects

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requires identification lettering on all school buses used to transport students to public schools in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commemorates the life of Robert Gregory Claitor Sr.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Allows the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to manage, regulate, and conserve flora in addition to fauna

Sponsor: Malinda White

Provides for physician assistants executing emergency certificates relative to alleged mental illness or substance abuse. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Provides relative to the Pointe Coupee Parish library

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Requires the state superintendent of education to report specified information annually pertaining to each public school, including charter schools

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides relative to the suspension of racing privileges. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Provides relative to the provision of transition courses to high school seniors who are not college ready. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides for the continuous revision of community property laws

Sponsor: George Cromer

Designates the new bridge across Goose Bayou on LA 45 in Jefferson Parish as the "Jules Nunez Bridge". (8/1/17) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: John Alario

Provides the procedures for the sale of certain school lands by a school board. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the procedure for designating certain crimes in the court minutes as crimes of violence

Sponsor: Robert Billiot

Authorizes a fee for the transfer of film tax credits (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides that certain educator provider programs are not proprietary schools and thus not subject to licensing by the Board of Regents

Sponsor: Scott Simon

Provides relative to a detailed descriptive list in an independent administration of estates

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Excludes Lawrason Act municipalities from certain provisions of the Local Government Budget Act

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Requires contractors to provide certain license, classification, and insurance information

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Authorizes the commissioner of conservation of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to enforce the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention (OneCall) law as it applies to pipelines (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Provides relative to the discharge of bail obligations

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Requires posting notification of mobile speed camera location. (8/1/17) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to sick leave granted to school bus operators, teachers, and other public school employees in certain instances (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet and the Child Poverty Prevention Council of Louisiana. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides free parking for disabled veterans at airports (EGF DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Authorizes the Regional Transit Authority to solicit and enter into public-private partnership contracts

Sponsor: John Bagneris

Provides for the elimination of contents coverage on residential properties following a declared disaster

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Extends the sunset for the Enterprise Zone Program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Development District. (See Act)

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Prohibits cutting, resection, excision, harvesting, or removal of a body part, organ, or tissue of an aborted unborn child for sale, commerce, transport, research, or profit. (gov sig)

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Requires a tax clearance from the Dept. of Revenue for certain licenses, permits, tax resale certificates, and state contracts (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons

Provides relative to scholarships for children of certain law enforcement officers and other investigative employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Provides relative to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Designates a portion of Highway 1 in Alexandria as the "Deputy Marshal Glen Denning DeVanie Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Provides relative to the licensing of insurance producers (EN +$500,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Provides relative to the personnel authority of the police chief in Amite City

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport as the "Deacon Cleophus Banks, Jr. Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Provides relative to per diem for the Rapides Parish Sewerage District No. 2. (8/1/17) (EN +$6,480 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides relative to conditions of providing a property bond for purposes of bail. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Eric LaFleur

Provides relative to the release of certain account information for the estate of a decedent

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Provides for the suspension and extension of prescription and peremption due to 2016 flooding disaster. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Provides for approval of rules and regulations of a game and fish commission. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides relative to revenue bonds of the Lafayette Parish School Board. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Cortez

Requests the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the CLEP battery pilot and the feasibility of implementation

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Designates portions of certain state highways. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Provides relative to the Kenilworth Improvement District in Orleans Parish

Sponsor: Jimmy Harris

Provides for animal shelter operating procedures and training requirements and authorizes animal shelters to post pictures of animals on a social media account or website. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Provides relative to law enforcement officers while under officer-involved incident investigations (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Edward James

Provides relative to birth certificates in certain cases of adoption

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Provides for limitations on the prescribing of opioids

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to fully fund the costs to providers of implementation of the electronic visit verification system that the department has mandated

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and determine the desirability and feasibility of implementing the health home option in the medical assistance program

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Provides relative to sales, leases, and subleases of immovable property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

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

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides relative to certain substances in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law

Sponsor: Kevin Pearson

Provides that economically disadvantaged students shall be included as a factor for purposes of teacher evaluations and requirements for enrollment of at-risk students in charter schools

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to devices authorized for use by the Right To Try Act

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to the per diem paid to board members of Hospital Service District No. 1 of St. Landry Parish (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to temporary restraining orders

Sponsor: John Schroder

Authorizes the disclosure of autopsy-related information to the Department of Children and Family Services at no charge (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Authorizes the sale of certain property in Tensas Parish. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Calls a special election on October 14, 2017, for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the state's electors (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Provides relative to payment of group insurance for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides relative to the St. Landry Parish central collection commission for sales and use taxes

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Authorizes the St. John the Baptist Sheriff to name a law enforcement training facility in honor of retired St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Lloyd B. Johnson

Sponsor: Gregory Miller

Provides relative to the use of employment contracts in hospital service districts. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides for technical corrections in Title 17 of the La. Revised Statutes

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Creates the Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides relative to termination of parental rights

Sponsor: A.B. Franklin

Provides relative to the stay of discovery in certain proceedings

Sponsor: John Schroder

Provides relative to the definition of ocean marine insurance. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: John Smith

Creates the crime of engaging in life safety and property protection contracting without authority. (8/1/17) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends Bossier Parish Community College, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, and Southern University at Shreveport upon their fiftieth anniversaries

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends Metairie Park Country Day School boys' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Division III State Championship

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Provides relative to the per diem paid to members of the board of commissioners of the Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Service District (EN +$12,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Commends the Sigma Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority at LSU for one hundred years of service and recognizes September 22-24, 2017, as Pink and Green Weekend in Louisiana

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to the board of commissioners of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the parish of Pointe Coupee

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Memorializes the United States Congress to investigate the current condition of economic development in the state of Louisiana concerning the RACER Trust's fulfillment of fiduciary obligations regarding the former General Motors Shreveport plant and operations

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends the Metairie Park Country Day School Lady Cajuns volleyball team upon winning 2016 Division V state championship

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Encourages closer economic relationship between the U.S. and the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the negotiation of a free trade agreement between the two countries

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Provides relative to extinction of rights relating to immovable property

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Revises terminology referring to the deaf and hard of hearing

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Provides relative to the sale of policies issued by the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: John Smith

Provides relative to the authority of the police chief in the city of Eunice

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Allows for the imposition of community service as a possible penalty for a violation of any parish ordinance (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Creates the Louisiana Human Trafficking Prevention Commission and Advisory Board. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 377 in Vernon Parish as the "Corporal Leonard Carroll Bond Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Provides relative to the functions of jury commissions in certain parishes

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Provides relative to emergency ground ambulance service providers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Increases the maximum hotel occupancy tax authorized to be levied by the West Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission (EN +$100,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Amends the definition of "auto-injector" for purposes of emergency medical services. (gov sig)

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Provides for an increase in certain fees and costs in the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides relative to the reemployment of retired school psychologists in positions covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides with respect to penalties for the offense of littering (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Provides relative to facilities providing housing to individuals referred by judicial agencies. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Allows the use of gill nets for taking of shad as bait fish with certain limitations. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Eddie Lambert

Provides relative to peace officer training requirements. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Requests collaboration among La. School Boards Assoc., La. Assoc. of School Superintendents, La. Federation of Teachers, La. Assoc. of Educators, and Associated Professional Educators of La. in ensuring equal access to membership in union and nonunion organizations

Sponsor: Beryl Amedee

Commends Barbara Franklin upon her 2017 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Recognizes the Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana as an Indian tribe of the state

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education take action relative to School Readiness Tax Credits with respect to the repeal of the Education Tax Credit

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Commends Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church upon its one hundredth anniversary

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Commends Sammy Nix upon his 2017 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends the Cedar Creek Cougars girls' softball team upon winning the Division IV state championship

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Urges and requests the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to cooperate in developing a solution to adaptively manage Mardi Gras Pass

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Directs Louisiana Sea Grant to facilitate the study of and make recommendations for the creation of a voluntary public recreation servitude of use of waterways

Sponsor: Jerry Gisclair

Commends Reverend James Mitchell upon receiving the North Star Award

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Commends Ed Huey upon his 2017 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Expresses support for legislation to name the I-49 Exit 11 at Louisiana Highway 93 near Sunset and Grand Coteau the "Armand J. Brinkhaus Interchange"

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Roger Cador upon his retirement as head coach of Southern University's baseball team

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Memorializes the United States Congress to develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that will enhance airport safety

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Expresses condolences upon the death of Eunice Mae Morris-Lister

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends David Thrash on being named Bossier Parish 2017-2018 High School Principal of the Year.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District on its fiftieth anniversary

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Commends Rosemary Grimm on being named Bossier Parish 2017-2018 Elementary School Teacher of the Year and a semifinalist in the statewide competition to name the 2018 Teacher of the Year for Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Requests the Louisiana School Boards Association, the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents, and the Louisiana Association of School Business Officials to jointly survey local school boards to determine the additional costs associated with certain audit requirements.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Expresses condolences upon the passing of Coach John Thompson of Bossier City.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Requests governing authorities of public schools and all nonpublic schools that participate in the voucher program to adopt policies with regard to student fees

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Requests the Department of Revenue to reevaluate the decision on certain BP settlements issued to certain oystermen and shrimpers.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends eighteen Louisiana nursing facilities on receipt of the American Health Care Association National Quality Bronze Award

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Recognizes the Scoliosis Research Society and designates June 2017 as National Scoliosis Awareness Month at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Creates the Louisiana Historical Archives Task Force.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, in conjunction with the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, to study methods of oversight for inmates participating in work release programs

Sponsor: Stephen Dwight

Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for FY 2017-18 (EN +$80,832,311 GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Directs the Dept. of Children and Family Services to study and develop a procedure by which parents who are awaiting a criminal trial or sentencing can develop a plan of care for their child

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Commends Dr. William Hansel, posthumously, for his many contributions

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

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

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the governor, legislature, and judicial branch to implement statewide deficit avoidance plans.

Sponsor: John Alario

Requests the commissioner of administration to prepare a reconciliation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report with certain other year-end financial reports

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Commends Stephanie Desselle on her retirement from the Council for A Better Louisiana.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Urges the La. Department of Health to convene a Disability Services Sustainability Committee

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for the examination of certain matters relative to the fiduciary duties of the RACER trust

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends The Walking Ladies of Opelousas for their fundraising efforts in support of downtown enhancements

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Designates the grounds surrounding the Old Arsenal Museum on the capitol grounds as The Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Creates the Task Force on Secure Care Standards and Auditing.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Requests state-level collaboration on cancer investigation and local public health notifications regarding cancer incidence

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Jackie and Bruce Blaney on their work as advocates for seniors and those with disabilities, with a focus on in-home supports for these Louisiana citizens.

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to take action relative to School Readiness Tax Credits with respect to the repeal of the Education Tax Credit.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to place a dedicated left turn traffic control signal in the north bound lane on Essen Lane at its intersection with Essen Park Avenue near the LSU Rural Life Museum

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Commends Michael Goss on being the 2017 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee champion and on competing in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Recognizes September 2017 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commends the LSU-Eunice Lady Bengals softball team upon winning the 2017 national championship

Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier

To request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study the possibility of state reciprocity in the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses for certain former members of the U.S. Armed Forces

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Creates the Lower Pearl River Basin task force to study the conditions, needs, issues, and funding relative to flood protection and preservation of the Lower Pearl River Basin, and to recommend any action or legislation that the task force deems necessary or appropriate.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends the state of Israel, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem, and designates June 7, 2017, as Jerusalem Day at the Senate.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Requests that CDBG--Disaster Recovery Program funds received by Louisiana relative to damages caused by the flooding in the state during 2016 be subject to legislative oversight.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends Robert "Andre" Ardeneaux of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office on being the recipient of the 2017 Deputy of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.

Sponsor: John Alario

Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission and the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs to study employment practices and professional licensing requirements to benefit veterans in the workforce

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Commends former Haughton High School and Mississippi State University star and Dallas Cowboys quarterback "Dak" Prescott on being named Rookie of the Year by two entities.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Susan G. Komen Louisiana Affiliates and recognizes Tuesday, June 6, 2017, as Susan G. Komen Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Provides for the Louisiana Law Enforcement Body Camera Implementation Task Force.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends Cloteil Matthews upon her one hundred fourth birthday

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Commends Darryl Joseph "Big Chief Mut-Mut" Montana upon his retirement and for his many contributions

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Commends Stephanie Desselle upon her retirement from the Council for A Better Louisiana

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Commends and expresses appreciation to Michael David Edmonson for 36 years of dedicated and distinguished law enforcement service, including nine years as Superintendent of Louisiana State Police.

Sponsor: John Alario

Posthumously commends East Baton Rouge Parish Deputy Bradford Allen Garafola, Sr., recipient of the 2017 Deputy Valor Award

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Commends Dr. Kyle Machen on being named the 2017-2018 Bossier Parish Middle School Principal of the Year.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Danny Wuerffel, Heisman trophy winner at the University of Florida and holder of seventeen National Collegiate Athletic Association and University of Florida football records, on his immeasurable service in supporting spiritual and community development, particularly by his service with Desire Street Ministries.

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Requests DCFS to remove the names of individuals determined to pose no risk to children from the state central registry for abuse and neglect.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

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 posthumously Kevin Patrick Kane, president and founder of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Commends the Episcopal High School Knights girls' and boys' track and field teams upon winning the 2017 Class 2A outdoor state championships

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Expresses condolences upon the passing of Coach John Thompson of Bossier City.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Requires instruction in litter prevention and awareness for public school students in certain grades (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Prohibits investment fund managers from investing the state's special funds monies in companies and in nations that support terrorism. (7/1/17) (REF NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Authorizes West Ascension Recreation Facilities District No. 1 to levy a sales tax (REF INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Provides relative to health insurance for certain retired district attorneys. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends Nichole Nuccio on being named the 2017-2018 Bossier Parish High School Teacher of the Year.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Expresses condolences upon the death of Nancy Meyers Marsiglia

Sponsor: Helena Moreno

Commends Barry Wilson, Athletic Director of Holy Cross School of New Orleans, upon the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Jack Donahue

Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to evaluate feral hog toxicants and seek opportunities to cooperate

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Requests that legislation allowing school boards and local governing authorities be authorized to go into executive session when discussing economic development projects be included in the call for any special legislative session in 2017.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Expresses condolences on the passing of Peter Douglas Broussard.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends David Wayne Toms on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Expresses condolences upon the death of Madison Claire Peco.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Expresses condolences on the passing of Dorothy Perot Cahee.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Urges and requests the La. Dept. of Health to finalize plans for implementing hospital payment reform within the Medicaid program

Sponsor: Polly Thomas

Requests the Department of Natural Resources to study potential solutions that may mitigate spoil banks created as a result of the construction and maintenance of pipelines.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests that the Board of Regents study jointly with their respective management boards the possibility of revising the classification and admission standards of the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans.

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Requests the Department of Transportation and Development, in consultation with other state agencies, to study construction or maintenance impacts, including channelization, dredging, and clearing and snagging activities, upon river basins and water transmission, and provide recommendations to establish, implement, and enforce floodplain management plans for each watershed in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Mack White

Requests a study and report on tax-related and health-related issues associated with vapor products and electronic cigarettes

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends the LaSalle High School softball and baseball teams for winning the LHSAA Class 1A state championships.

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Commends the Scotlandville High School Hornets boys basketball team on becoming the 2017 LHSAA Division I state champions.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Constitutional amendment to authorize local economic development authorities or districts to enter into contracts to exempt offshore vessels from ad valorem taxation. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Revises license fee amounts for facilities and providers licensed by the La. Department of Health (EG +$265,060 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Dr. Ken Ward upon his retirement as legislative ethicist for the Louisiana House of Representatives

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Requests certain state agencies to study the feasibility of using federal Community Development Block Grant funds and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds for completion of the Comite River Diversion Project

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, former president of Dillard University.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to provide certain data on able-bodied Medicaid recipients.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Memorializes Congress to pass legislation or adopt policies allowing Louisiana to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to two hundred nautical miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Provides for unregulated services within the Louisiana Cosmetology Act

Sponsor: Julie Emerson

Memorializes the U.S. Congress to authorize investigation and prosecution of Medicaid recipient fraud by state Medicaid fraud control units

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Requests BESE to reconvene the MFP task force.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (EN +$60,654,368 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Expresses condolences on the death of Shirley Slaughter Young.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

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

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process for approval of online courses offered to students

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends the Central High School Wildcats baseball team and its coaches upon winning the Class 5A boys' state baseball championship.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends the Riverside Academy boys baseball team upon winning the LHSAA Division III state championship.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Expresses sincere condolences on the passing of Ronald L. Nolan Jr.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health take all necessary steps to bring attention to the need to eliminate pain as the fifth vital sign and a determinant of quality patient care

Sponsor: Malinda White

Requests the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission to examine its interpretation of statutes applicable to recreational products dealer license for certain marine product dealers.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Authorizes the St. Martin Parish Assessment District to provide for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor. (gov sig) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Requests an evaluation and report concerning prospective implementation of a "baby box" program as a means of reducing infant mortality

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Requests Louisiana medical schools, prescriber licensing boards, and prescriber trade associations to take all necessary steps to eliminate pain as the fifth vital sign and to increase prescriber education and awareness on assessing, identifying, and treating the symptom of pain.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Designates May 31, 2017, as 4-H Day at the legislature and commends the state 4-H officers.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Requests the Senate Fiscal Affairs staff to report annually information relative to certain statutory dedications.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends the administrators, faculty, and students of Lakeside Junior-Senior High School on their achievements and accomplishments during the 2016-2017 school year.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study providing notifications to residents and the feasibility of providing free medical monitoring after the release of toxic air emissions from certain facilities.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

(Constitutional Amendment) Eliminates certain constitutional dedication of revenue and certain treasury funds (RE +$49,265,454 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Designates Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Edward Earl Reed Jr. on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study speed limit policies for certain motor vehicles

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Recognizes Thursday, June 1, 2017, as the 33rd annual Red and White Day at the Louisiana Legislature.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Urges and requests the Institute for Public Health and Justice and the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to study behavioral health issues in the criminal justice system

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends Caleb Collins, posthumously, for his selfless act of bravery

Sponsor: Joseph Bouie

Commends Pastor Johnnie Davis and the participants of the twenty-fifth annual Five-Fold Ministries International Conference

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends the administrators, faculty, and students at Parkway High School on their accomplishments and achievements during the 2016-2017 school year.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the desirability and feasibility of increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to twenty-one

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends Eddie Joseph Kennison III on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study state laws governing domestic abuse, domestic violence, and stalking

Sponsor: Malinda White

Commends Norman C. Ferachi for his dedicated service and to congratulate him on a well-deserved retirement.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Requests the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to consider alternative training and certification options for pharmacy technicians.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Establishes the Commission on Assessment Review and Use in Public Schools

Sponsor: Bernard LeBas

Provides right of oral argument in contradictory proceedings. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Designates the week of May 21 through May 27, 2017, as Emergency Medical Services Week.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Allows the continued employment of a cadet or graduate of the state police training academy in the classified state police service under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to the registration of investment adviser representatives. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Provides relative to the execution of performance based energy efficiency contracts. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Mack White

Amends provisions of law regarding co-operative marketing associations

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to the designation of a third party administrator of the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Decreases the amount of college credit required for certification and licensing of agricultural consultants

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides relative to animal health and food safety for commercial feeds

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Adds the House and Governmental Affairs Committee as an entity eligible to receive criminal history record information

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Provides relative to the regulation of turtles

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Provides licensing exception for specialty vehicle dealers who manufacture armored personnel carriers for sale to law enforcement agencies and modifies certain requirements regarding sales or offers to sell motor vehicles directly to a consumer. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Mack White

Repeals provision that prohibits a commissioner of the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage and Conservation District, whose term is expired, from continuing to serve or vote. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Provides relative to compensation for members of the Livingston Parish planning commission for attending meetings

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Provides relative to the offset of disability retirement benefits of members of the Firefighters' Retirement System based on receipt of workers' compensation benefits (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter

Provides relative to retirement options in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides for revisions to the Business Corporations Act

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Provides for review of fees charged for external review

Sponsor: George Cromer

Provides relative to earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Provides for certain form requirements imposed on financial institutions relative to the cancellation of mortgages

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Provides relative to Back-DROP benefits of the Assessors' Retirement Fund (EN INCREASE APV)

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to membership on the Sweet Potato Advertising and Development Commission

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Provides for the acceptance of a child surrendered for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Provides relative to meetings, election of officers, and per diem for members of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Provides relative to donations received by public servants for the purposes of disaster aid or relief to provide aid or to offset losses resulting from a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency

Sponsor: Michael Danahay

Prohibits certain coverings and devices from obstructing a license plate. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides for a mayor's court in the village of Athens

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Provides for identification of dental benefit plan coverage

Sponsor: John Anders

Allows employees of insurance companies that are not licensed claims adjusters to adjust certain losses that do not exceed five hundred dollars

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Commends Kevin R. George upon receiving the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's 12th Annual Administrator Award for Distinguished Support of Music Education

Sponsor: Randal Gaines

Requires legislative instruments with a fiscal cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more to be recommitted to the House Committee on Appropriations

Sponsor: Cameron Henry

Provides relative to the Prairie Road Water District in Ouachita Parish

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the laws governing paternity and birth certificates

Sponsor: Stephen Dwight

Provides for when a motion picture production tax credit is earned by a motion picture production company (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Provides relative to bullying. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: John Milkovich

To express support for the annual Gulf Hypoxia Mapping Cruise conducted by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and to memorialize congress to provide continued funding

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to implement the Medicaid health home option for persons with serious mental illness (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Commends Blaine S. Kern upon his 90th birthday

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Requires prior approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget of requests for proposals, contracts, and cooperative endeavor agreements over a specified dollar amount (EG1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Memorializes Congress to extend or eliminate the currently expired ratification time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides with respect to sales tax holidays (EG -$645,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Requests a study and recommendations concerning reporting of child abuse and neglect in military families

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Provides for the approval of independent review organizations

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Levies a flat tax on business income and provides relative to business entities subject to the tax (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides with respect to the classification and valuation of property and local option relative to certain exemptions (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides relative to appraisal management company license applications and renewals (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Provides relative to the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise Commission

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan

Provides relative to group insurance benefits of the Madison Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides for group insurance benefits for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office

Sponsor: Rogers Pope

Provides relative to the West Baton Rouge Parish Tourist Commission

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Expresses condolences upon the death of Ronald "Ronnie" Nolan, Jr.

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Requests the Public Service Commission to promote the deployment of advanced transmission technologies

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Urges and requests the La. Board of Pharmacy to recognize more than one accredited pharmacy technician certification program

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Designates Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends Jimmy Von Shaver upon his induction into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to post information concerning bone marrow donations on the department's website

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends Ascension Episcopal School on winning the 2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Baseball State Tournament-Division IV

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Commends the city of Baton Rouge as host of the 2017 United States Bowling Congress' Women's Championships and welcomes participants and guests

Sponsor: Edward James

Commends the Home Care Association of Louisiana for its achievements and designates Thursday, May 25, 2017, as Home Care Association of Louisiana Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Recognizes Friday, June 2, 2017, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Requests the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to adopt rules requiring kayak fishermen to display a safety flag

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Memorializes congress and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to continue appropriate funding for the National Sea Grant College Program

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Repeals the state income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid for purposes of calculating corporate income tax (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

(Constitutional Amendment) Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for the state costs associated with a declared disaster (EG SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Provides with respect to financial security for survivors of federal law enforcement officers (EG1 INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Edward Price

Creates an additional tax on motor fuels and requires the tax on gasoline, diesel fuels, and special fuels to be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (EG +$551,600,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides for a flat tax rate for purposes of calculating individual income tax, increases the amount of the earned income tax credit, and modifies other income tax credits and deductions (RE +$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides for effectiveness and applicability of the state sales and use tax exemption for purchases and leases by qualifying radiation therapy treatment centers (EG +$173,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Edward James

Establishes a tax credit pilot program for certain Louisiana-based manufacturing industries (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commends the Cecilia High School boys' track and field team upon winning the 2017 Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Mike Huval

Provides with respect to the ad valorem tax exemption for certain property of manufacturing establishments (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Requests study of the safety of pets riding inside of motor vehicles without proper restraint.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides for the creation of a workers' compensation pharmacy formulary

Sponsor: Kirk Talbot

Provides relative to the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Sponsor: Neil Abramson

Establishes the La. Rural Jobs Act Tax Credit Program (RE -$90,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Establishes the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website as a source of information for state expenditures (RE INCREASE OF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Expresses condolences upon the death of former mayor of Welsh and former state representative James Paul "Jimmy" Martin

Sponsor: John Guinn

Changes the dedication of a portion of the truck and trailer fees collected in certain parishes and creates the Regional Maintenance and Improvement Fund (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Patrick Connick

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the desirability and feasibility of increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to twenty-one

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides with respect to the ad valorem property tax exemption for certain manufacturers (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Commends Dr. Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller for his many accomplishments and outstanding service as president and CEO of The National WWII Museum

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides with respect to income and corporation franchise tax credits (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Provides with respect to the rate and base for the state tax on certain natural resources severed from the soil or water (EG -$89,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Expresses condolences upon the death of Al Ater, who formerly served as a member of the La. House of Representatives and as secretary of state

Sponsor: John Anders

Provides for membership of the Louisiana Deferred Compensation Commission (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides for time limitations for prosecution of bank fraud

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for flat income tax rates and eliminates the income tax deduction for federal income taxes paid for purposes of calculating corporate income tax liability (RE SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Modifies the allocation of funding for the Support Our Troops special prestige license plate

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Establishes the Louisiana Military Medics and Corpsmen Pilot Program

Sponsor: James Armes

Requests the Louisiana District Attorneys Association to study the procedure of the constructive surrender of a defendant and the "reasonable costs" associated therewith

Sponsor: John Schroder

Requires adoption of administrative rules relative to continuity of patient care for certain publicly funded healthcare facilities and providers

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Commends the Riverside Academy Rebels baseball team upon winning the 2017 Division III Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA State Baseball Championship

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to entities that are exempt from the corporation franchise tax. (1/1/18) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends Hershel "Woody" Williams for his achievements and efforts to commemorate military service members

Sponsor: James Armes

Commends the Holden High School girls' softball team upon winning the 2017 Class B state championship

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

(Constitutional Amendment) Dedicates revenue to fund the inspector general's office (EG -$2,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Designates Wednesday, May 31, 2017, as 4-H Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Provides relative to the outcomes-based funding formula for public postsecondary education (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Affirms the need for civility in political debate as a fundamental requirement for effective representative democracy and governing.

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Commends the Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and St. Bernard parish chapters of the Alliance for Good Government and recognizes May 24, 2017, as Alliance for Good Government Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends the Edna Karr High School girls outdoor track & field team for winning the 2017 Class 4A state championship and recognizes Coach Tonya Allen for her achievements.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends L.B. Landry-O.P. Walker College & Career Preparatory High School on its numerous achievements and recognizes the Charging Buccaneers football and boys basketball teams on winning the Class 5A state championships.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends Peyton Theriot on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 1A state championship in the discus event.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Provides for a study relative to postsecondary education services for current and former foster youth

Sponsor: Nancy Landry

Commends Sara "D-D" Breaux on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends Delhi High School boys and girls powerlifting teams for each winning second place in the 2017 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division V, Class 1A State Powerlifting Championship.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Increases the maximum amount of parole supervision fees and provides relative to the use of the funds (RE1 INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Lance Harris

Commends the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women and welcomes its members to the state capitol.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Commends the Burnaman Family Association on its many accomplishments.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends the Scotlandville High School Hornets boys basketball team on becoming the 2017 LHSAA Division I state champions.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Increases charges collected by public license tag agents (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Reid Falconer

Commends the Reverend Frances Duron for her lifetime of dedicated and selfless gospel ministry.

Sponsor: John Milkovich

Provides relative to the governing board of the Alexandria Central Economic Development District

Sponsor: Jeff Hall

Provides with respect to special license plates for firefighters with twenty years of service (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Barbara Norton

Commends posthumously C.A. Core on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Recognizes the Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana as an Indian tribe of the state (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Commends Reid Didier upon attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Coach Angi Butler of Destrehan High School on being named girls basketball Coach of the Year.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Commends Mary Alice Rountree on the occasion of her retirement from the Caddo Council on Aging.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Dr. Linnea Eitmann upon earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health Management and Policy from Tulane University.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Kim Sport of the United Way of Southeast Louisiana for her accomplishments, contributions, and service to her community and state

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Expresses support for the Louisiana Geological Survey

Sponsor: Franklin Foil

Provides relative to the disposition of timber severance taxes (RE NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

Provides relative to the Statewide Flood-Control Program

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Designates May 20 through 26, 2017, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Stuart Bishop

Designates Wednesday, May 17, 2017, as Louisiana Housing Council Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Commends the Elizabeth High School Bulldogs boys' baseball team upon winning the 2017 State Championship

Sponsor: Dorothy Hill

Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the laws on default judgments and make recommendations for the repeal of provisions for preliminary defaults.

Sponsor: Robert Carter

Recognizes Monday, May 22, 2017, as LUMCON at the Capitol Day

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Requests study of the feasibility of renaming the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility in Baton Rouge to the "Willie F. Hawkins Emergency Care Center".

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Authorizes flood protection authority spending across the various levee districts

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue

Requires certain publicly funded healthcare facilities and providers to institute policies relative to continuity of patient care (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Marcus Hunter

Establishes safety, reliability, and access requirements for Transportation Network Companies (RR INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Establishes the domicile of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3-CAs2.1)(8/1/17) (EG +$195,406 EX See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends Amos Johnson on the occasion of his one hundred-fourth birthday

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Provides relative to marriage license applications

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Commends Louisiana's pregnancy resource centers, adoption agencies, maternity homes, and pro-life citizen leaders and recognizes Thursday, May 11, 2017, as Pro-Life Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Designates Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as Louisiana Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Commends Israel upon the fiftieth anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Recognizes Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as School Choice Day at the state capitol and encourages all Louisianians to learn more about school choice programs

Sponsor: Rick Edmonds

Recognizes Thursday, May 18, 2017, as March of Dimes Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Commends the Washington-Marion boys' basketball team upon winning the Class 4A title

Sponsor: A.B. Franklin

Commends Buck Vandersteen, Ray Young, and the late James D. Graugnard, Sr., the 2017 Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction inductees

Sponsor: John Anders

Commends the Madison Preparatory Academy boys' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Class 2A state championship

Sponsor: Patricia Smith

Commends the Zwolle High School Hawks boys' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Boys Basketball Championship, Class B

Sponsor: Frank Howard

Provides relative to boards and commissions and disciplinary adjudications. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE OF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to the definition of hotel for purposes of certain sales and hotel occupancy taxes. (7/1/17) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides an exemption from sales and use tax for fuel used for farming. (gov sig) (RE -$796,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: R. Bret Allain

Extends the applicability of certain sales and use tax exemptions to local sales and use taxes (EG -$39,300,000 LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

(Constitutional Amendment) Relative to management of public postsecondary education, abolishes the Board of Regents and the management boards and transfers their powers, duties, and responsibilities to a newly created Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Stephen Pugh

Authorizes the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides relative to corporate income tax deductions (EG +$16,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Increases charges and clarifies contract requirements relative to public license tag agents (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Recognizes Tuesday, May 9, 2017, as Ports Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Commends Calvin Borel on being named to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides for the state sales and use tax exclusion for pollution control machinery and equipment (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jack McFarland

(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a parish local option concerning the amount of assessed value at which the homestead exemption shall apply (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Paula Davis

Commends posthumously Maurice L. "Bud" Mapes upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends James C. "Jim" Beam upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends the North DeSoto Lady Griffins softball team on winning the 2017 LHSAA Class 4A state championship

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends Alton Ralph "Red" Sims on his many years of public service.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

Repeals the three-year sunset of certain eligibility provisions for the tax credit for taxes paid to other states and authorizes the credit for certain individual partners or members of entities (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Commends Judge Jimmy N. Dimos upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Provides for applicability of the sales and use tax exclusions for certain tangible personal property purchased for lease or rental (EG -$4,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends posthumously Rev. Dr. T. J. Jemison Sr. upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Long

Commends John J. Finan Jr. upon receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends the DeSoto Parish school system for its many accomplishments

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends Kaylee Lopez on being the 2017 Class 3A Most Valuable Player of the state championship game.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Establishes the Louisiana Headquartered Motion Picture Production Cooperative Endeavor Program and the Louisiana Headquartered Motion Picture Production Fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Sponsor: Christopher Broadwater

Commends the Florien Lady Blackcats girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Class B Championship

Sponsor: Frank Howard

Commends Stanley High School for receiving an "A" rating and Top Gains status

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends Mackenzie Kay Andrews upon being selected for a Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Designates May 14 through 20, 2017, as Tracheostomy Tube Awareness Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Eliminates the inspection sticker requirement for certain vehicles (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley

Commends Delhi Charter School boys powerlifting team on winning the 2017 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division V, Class 1A State Powerlifting Championship.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Recognizes Monday, May 22, 2017, as LUMCON Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and commends the members of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Expresses condolences on the death of Robert Godwin Sr.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Designates the month of May 2017 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Commends Jon Christian Walden on his extraordinary accomplishments as a high school wrestler and student.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Lillian Bernard LeBlanc on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commends Coach Brice Brown on his many accomplishments and recognizes the Edna Karr High School football team on winning the LHSAA District 4A 2016 State Championship.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Designates May 8 through 12, 2017, as Louisiana Charter Schools Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Michael Walsworth

To commend Shubhneet Warar on being selected to receive a High School Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Expresses condolences upon the death of G. Frank Purvis.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Commends Tamiko Terraz Stroud on being selected to receive a High School Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides relative to recall elections (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Recognizes May 2017 as Building Safety Month.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Designates May 14-20, 2017, as Police Week in the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends Mayther "Ray" Young on his induction into the 2017 Louisiana Agricultural Hall of Distinction and recognizes his outstanding contributions to the agricultural community in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Randall Bertrand, head coach of the girls' basketball team at Gueydan High School, upon the occasion of being named Louisiana Class 1A Coach of the Year for the 2016-2017 season.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Designates May 9, 2017, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.

Sponsor: Dale Erdey

Commemorates the Bicentennial Anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Baton Rouge and encourages civic participation in its year-long celebration, BR200.

Sponsor: Mack White

Commends Reverend Borgia Aubespin, SVD, for his 52 years of service in the priesthood.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Malori Dawn Dupree upon being selected for a Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Requires the Louisiana Deferred Compensation Plan to provide a voluntary option investment, provides for commission membership, and requires reporting

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Commends posthumously James Graugnard Sr. on his induction into the 2017 Louisiana Agricultural Hall of Distinction and recognizes his outstanding contributions to the agricultural community in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Commends Harold Clay Jr. on his many accomplishments.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Commends Madison Elise Nelson for being named Louisiana's 2017 Middle School Student of the Year by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Recognizes May 4, 2017, as Dental Hygiene Day at the Louisiana Senate.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Expresses condolences upon the death of former New Orleans police superintendent, Richard Pennington.

Sponsor: Troy Carter

Provides relative to civil actions and remedies in matters involving domestic abuse. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Gregory Tarver

Commends Bossier High School on its Centennial celebration.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Expresses the condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Sergeant Charles Eddie Voisin Jr.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Commemorates the eightieth anniversary of the American System of Conservation Funding.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Provides relative to the board of directors of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Establishes maximum speed limits for certain motor vehicles on interstate highways

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Provides for the incorporation of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System into the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. (7/1/17) (EG SEE BELOW)

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Union General Hospital for its program, "It's A Girl Thing

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Commends the Holy Cross wrestling team upon winning the 2017 All-State Sugar/LHSAA Division I state wrestling championship

Sponsor: Lowell Hazel

Designates Wednesday, May 10, 2017, as House District 44 Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Vincent Pierre

Commends Thomas P. Willmott for his many accomplishments and upon winning the 2017 Louisiana Right to Life Leadership for Life Award

Sponsor: Joseph Stagni

Phases out the corporate franchise tax over a 10-year period (EG -$416,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty

Provides for security deposits and evictions involving residential leases. (1/1/18)

Sponsor: Rick Ward

Exempts certain Louisiana residents from the crime of illegal carrying of weapons when the firearm is legally obtained, manufactured, and possessed

Sponsor: Barry Ivey

Suspends child support while a parent is incarcerated

Sponsor: Joseph Marino

Provides relative to suspension or extension of prescription, peremption, and certain legal deadlines

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Requests the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study and make recommendations concerning the use of body worn cameras by law enforcement agencies in this state

Sponsor: Denise Marcelle

Designates May 2017 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Expresses condolences upon the death of Louis "Pat" Miramon, Jr., of Slidell

Sponsor: George Cromer

Provides relative to service of a notice of warrant for arrest when a defendant fails to appear in court

Sponsor: Terry Brown

Commends the efforts of The Links, Incorporated, and designates May 8, 2017, as Louisiana Links Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Authorizes civilian traffic control officer to investigate certain traffic accidents in certain parishes. (8/1/17) (EG +$992,000 LF EX See Note)

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Designates Wednesday, May 3, 2017, as National Multiple Sclerosis Society Louisiana State Action Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

(Constitutional Amendment) Eliminates the deduction for federal income taxes paid for purposes of calculating individual and corporate income tax (OR SEE FISC NOTE)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

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

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Directs the House Committee on Commerce to further investigate the current condition of economic development in this state concerning the RACER Trust's fulfillment of fiduciary obligations regarding the former General Motors Shreveport plant and operations

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act, designates April 27, 2017, as FFA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol, and commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association.

Sponsor: Francis Thompson

Recognizes October 2017 as Dyslexia Awareness Month and requests schools and state and local educational agencies to address the significant educational implications of dyslexia.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Commends the Public Administration Institute Student Association (PAISA) at Louisiana State University and recognizes April 13, 2017, as the 19th annual PAISA Day at the Louisiana Legislature.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Adriana Martin on her new record for the rendition of the numerical quotient of Pi set on March 14, 2017, National Pi Day.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for antique airplanes. (7/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the Louisiana Association for the Blind on its Ninetieth Anniversary.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Recognizes April 27, 2017, as Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Norby Chabert

Designates May 17, 2017, as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Eric Schimpf upon his accomplishments.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Recognizes May 2, 2017, as Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Gary Smith

Expresses condolences on the passing of Lucille Trahan Picard.

Sponsor: Jonathan Perry

Expresses sincere condolences upon the passing of former legislator, Ralph R. Miller.

Sponsor: John Alario

Recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Sponsor: Daniel Martiny

Expresses condolences upon the death of Willie F. Hawkins.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Commends Bill Capo for his outstanding service to the people of Louisiana and beyond.

Sponsor: Conrad Appel

Provides relative to immunizations required prior to enrolling in school. (gov sig)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the Bossier Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Exempts Louisiana residents from the assessment of penalties for noncompliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsor: Paul Hollis

Designates Thursday, May 4, 2017, as "NASA Day" at the state capitol and extols the accomplishments of NASA and the technical and scientific contributions made to the state and nation.

Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt

Commends XS Martial Arts Dojo and Save One Now for presenting the 10th Annual Crescent City Kumite being held on May 20, 2017.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Recognizes and commemorates the bicentennial of the incorporation of the city of Baton Rouge

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and recognizes Thursday, May 11, 2017, as FFLIC's Mother's Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Designates Thursday, May 4, 2017, as NASA Day at the state capitol and commends NASA

Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo

Designates Thursday, May 4, 2017, as Dental Hygiene Day and commends the Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Designates Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as School-Based Health Care Awareness Day in Louisiana

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Commends the Gueydan High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Recognizes May 2017 as Building Safety Month

Sponsor: Thomas Carmody

Expresses condolences upon the death of Daniel Phillip Ieyoub of Lake Charles

Sponsor: Mark Abraham

Establishes the medical furlough program. (8/1/17) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Provides relative to foods and beverages sold to students in public schools

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Exempts flood or tornado victims from paying state individual income tax for the 2017 tax year. (gov sig) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Provides for liability for violation of certain federal detainer orders under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh

Provides relative to advising an enrolled attorney of a court filing

Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins

Commends Vivian United Methodist Church upon the celebration of its one hundred thirteenth anniversary

Sponsor: James Morris

Designates Wednesday, May 3, 2017, as LMA Municipal Day at the state capitol

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Recognizes the week of May 6 through 12, 2017, as National Nurses Week in Louisiana

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends several Tulane University students upon winning NASA's BIG Idea Challenge competition

Sponsor: Gary Carter

Commends Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of New Iberia on its one hundred forty-second anniversary

Sponsor: Terry Landry

Commends UPS driver James Joseph for receiving the 2017 Jim Casey Community Service Award and for his contributions to his community

Sponsor: Major Thibaut

Commends Dr. Johnny Cox, mayor of Coushatta, on his many accomplishments and contributions to Red River Parish

Sponsor: Kenny Cox

Expresses condolences on the death of the Reverend John Ezekiel Claiborne of Opelousas

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Charles W. Ross for his many accomplishments and recognizes the April 29, 2017, observance of Charles W. Ross Day in Opelousas

Sponsor: Dustin Miller

Commends Deborah Bradford Young for her many accomplishments and upon her retirement

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Provides for the payment of wages

Sponsor: Edward Price

Prohibits sanctuary policies (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsor: Valarie Hodges

Provides relative to the crime of improper supervision of a minor with respect to off-road vehicles and golf carts (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Tanner Magee

Exempts diapers and feminine hygiene products from state and local sales and use tax. (See Act) (EG -$13,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Provides relative to fees imposed by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology (EG +$370,710 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Sherman Mack

Constitutional amendment to exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales and use tax. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the heroic actions taken by Daniel Wesley of Central during a dangerous medical emergency.

Sponsor: Dan Claitor

Commends Dr. Seborn Woods on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Commends Patrick Fontenot for his induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends the 2016-2017 UNO Privateers Men's Basketball team.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends LSU Health New Orleans' Sunyoung Kim, PhD, for her work in developing a life-saving screening test for premature babies.

Sponsor: Karen Peterson

Recognizes April 19, 2017, as University of Louisiana System Day at the Louisiana Legislature.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for its thirty-six years of exceptional community service performed on behalf of the special needs of youth residing in the parishes of Caddo and Bossier.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Expresses condolences upon the death of Johnny Joseph Gauthier of Mansura

Sponsor: Robert Johnson

Expresses condolences upon the death of Don Martin Whittington.

Sponsor: Ryan Gatti

Commends Clifton Lemelle Sr. for induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Marion Overton White on his induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Express condolences upon the death of Daniel Phillip Ieyoub.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Authorizes certain employees of Plaquemines Parish government to remain in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR SEE BELOW)

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Commends Gloria Nye, PhD on her induction into the St. Landry Parish Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends Fairfield Elementary Magnet School of Shreveport on receipt of the 2016-2018 National Parent Teacher Association School of Excellence Award.

Sponsor: Barrow Peacock

Provides for the time periods for no-fault divorce and interim spousal support

Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson

Commends Mayor Randy Roach for his years of public service to the city of Lake Charles and to the state of Louisiana.

Sponsor: Ronnie Johns

Commends Grambling State University Head Football Coach Broderick Fobbs for his leadership in the Tigers' capture of the 2016 SWAC Championship and 2016 HBCU National Football Championship.

Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau

Commends the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge for successfully utilizing litter abatement in lieu of imprisonment in certain circumstances of unpaid child support and requests courts across the state to exercise this option when appropriate.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Designates October as Eczema Awareness Month in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Dan Morrish

Recognizes April as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month in Louisiana and designates April 19, 2017, as Sarcoidosis Awareness Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Regina Barrow

Commends the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry's Summer Enrichment Program.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends Coach Michael Lotief on his 700th career victory as the UL Lafayette softball coach.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Expresses condolences upon the death of Ralph R. Miller, former state representative

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Commends the Lafayette Christian Academy Knights boys' basketball team on winning the Division IV state championship.

Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux

Commends the coaches, gymnasts, and staff of the LSU Women's Gymnastics team for a record-setting season.

Sponsor: John Alario

Commends the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 60 upon the celebration of its 125th Anniversary of service and leadership in the community on April 22, 2017.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Commends the Louisiana Physical Therapy Association for its outstanding achievements and recognizes Tuesday, April 18, 2017, as Louisiana Physical Therapy Association Day.

Sponsor: Fred Mills

Declares May 26, 2017, as John Wayne Day at the Legislature.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell

Amends provisions of law regarding divorce

Sponsor: Malinda White

Expresses condolences upon the death of Caramitter Carter-Warren.

Sponsor: Wesley Bishop

Memorializes Congress to create a reliable and predictable stream of resources to address deferred maintenance needs in the National Park System and designates April 15 through April 23, 2017, as National Park Week in Louisiana.

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends LSU employees, students, and leadership and designates Tuesday, April 18, 2017, as LSU Day at the state capitol.

Sponsor: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb

Provides an additional tax credit for expenditures at a state-certified motion picture infrastructure project

Sponsor: Cedric Glover

Commends Team Gleason and the Gleason Initiative Foundation for advocacy on behalf of persons with ALS and other neuromuscular conditions

Sponsor: Julie Stokes

Commends G.W. Carver Primary School in Ascension Parish upon receipt of the 2017 TAP Founder's Award from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Sponsor: John Berthelot

Recognizes Wednesday, April 19, 2017, as University of Louisiana System day at the state capitol

Sponsor: Taylor Barras

Provides relative to the annual notary public filing fee (OR +$410,000 SG RV See Note)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Abolishes the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (8/1/17)

Sponsor: Jean-Paul Morrell

Commends the Riverside Academy football team upon winning the 2016 Division III state championship

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Commends the 2016-2017 University of New Orleans Privateers Men's Basketball team upon winning the 2017 Southland Conference Title, commends the UNO Privateers Head Basketball Coach, and commends the UNO Privateers Player of the Year

Sponsor: Stephen Carter

Commends the Lutcher High School Bulldogs football team upon winning the 2016 Class 3A state championship

Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder

Levies an insurance surcharge and dedicates the revenue to the Emergency Management Assistance Trust Fund (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Sponsor: Eugene Reynolds

Authorizes the city of Monroe to create road lighting and video monitoring districts (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Levies the Louisiana Business Tax (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Kenneth Havard

Commends the organizers and volunteers of the 2017 Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival, Orange Queen, and Teen Orange Queen

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Recognizes October 2017 as Dyslexia Awareness Month

Sponsor: Frank Hoffmann

Imposes a state ad valorem tax and provides for the dedication of the avails of the tax to the TOPS Fund for the support of higher education (OR +$233,000,000 SD RV See Note)

Sponsor: Robert Shadoin

Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends the organizers and volunteers of the 2017 Plaquemines Parish Heritage and Seafood Festival and its Seafood Queen

Sponsor: Christopher Leopold

Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Provides an individual income tax credit for certain medical expenses paid by certain state employees. (1/1/18) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Sponsor: Neil Riser

Changes certain refundable tax credits to nonrefundable

Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews

Designates Wednesday, April 19, 2017, as New Orleans Day at the legislature

Sponsor: Walt Leger

Commends the Gueydan High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Bob Hensgens

Commends Sgt. Scott Bullitt on his service and sacrifice to the state of Louisiana