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Track 1,713 bills from the Louisiana 2020 legislative session. 500 bills have passed. View Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (1713)
Constitutional amendment to establish an ad valorem tax exemption for property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Provides for rural access to broadband high-speed internet service. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
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 evidence in personal injury claims
Sponsor: Richard Nelson
Provides relative to the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for the recognition of separate legal personalities among affiliated corporations and other business entities
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Provides relative to false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices and the award of certain costs and fees to the attorney general. (8/1/20) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Establishes a Payroll Incentive Program rebate for COVID-19-impacted businesses (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020. (1/1/21) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for reporting to and approval of all state contracts valued at twenty-five million dollars or more annually by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Creates and provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Establishes the Louisiana Tax Institute within the legislature and provides for the membership and the terms of membership of the governing board (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
To provide for the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products, and industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides relative to the election of State Central Committee members
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance device mechanic licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Provides relative to qualifications for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides for Revenue Sharing Distribution for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for membership of certain new hires of the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides for the regulation of commercial feed and use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Authorizes the sale of an office building owned by Nicholls State University in Terrebonne Parish
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative the composition of the election sections of the Second District of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Provides relative to the collection of hotel occupancy taxes levied by the Beauregard Tourist Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Charles Owen
Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Provides for the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses (EN +$148,869 SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides relative to the crime of unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for the funding of the operations of the Department of Revenue. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to funeral directors and embalmers
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides for the reinspection of voting machines and recounting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Provides relative to the Calcasieu Ship Channel public-private partnership
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides relative to a gubernatorial declaration of an abnormal economic disruption
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides relative to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Authorizes local hospital assessments in certain parishes to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs of health care provided in those parishes (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Wayne McMahen
Provides an exemption for certain contractors to the licensure requirements of the Horticulture Commission. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides relative to environmental education and litter reduction section of the State Department of Education. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
Provides relative to counting absentee and early voting ballots.
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Provides relative to the rehire of retired teachers in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as substitute classroom teachers (EN INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Limits liability of persons who provide relief or recovery equipment or services during a declared state emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for meetings of the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District Board of Commissioners. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Provides relative to the authority to regulate the manufacture, possession, or sale of firearms or ammunition during a declared emergency or disaster or public health emergency
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Provides relative to interagency data sharing
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the Charitable Raffles, Bingo, and Keno Licensing Law.
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides for the forfeiture of certain personal property following conviction of certain sex offenses. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
(Constitutional Amendment) Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for state costs associated with a federally declared disaster (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Provides relative to the regulation of battery-charged fences by parishes and municipalities. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides for forecasting of the Medicaid program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to the limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Authorizes the Louisiana Tax Commission to order the refund of statutory impositions declared invalid (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Carter
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides qualifications and licensing requirements for title insurance producers. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: John Morris
Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides for qualifications of volunteers to cyber response and recovery support efforts with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides penalties for simple burglary committed under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides for continuation of the weekly death benefit for the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty upon remarriage. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Prohibits public postsecondary education boards and institutions from disclosing certain student information
Sponsor: Mark Wright
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the methodology of valuation of oil and gas wells for the purpose of ad valorem assessment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to local sales and use tax adjudication. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to the Bethany Convention Center Development District. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Creates special funds for the deposit of certain federal monies in the state treasury. (gov sig) (EN +$811,178,704 SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mack White
Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Revises the Addictive Disorders Practice Act
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to the Health Care Consumer Billing and Disclosure Protection Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad. (See Act)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to "construction aggregates"
Sponsor: Chad Brown
Provides with respect to the Louisiana Health Plan. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for the amount of gross revenue the Lottery Corporation is to annually transfer to the state treasury. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides for repayment of personal contributions or loans. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides with respect to the practice of physician assistants
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to security for deposits required by certain entities
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to the maximum number of racing days
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Authorizes the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority to use a trade name
Sponsor: Larry Selders
Provides relative to unfair or deceptive methods, acts, and practices in the business of personal and commercial lines of insurance. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
(Constitutional Amendment) Increases the income threshold for purposes of qualifying for the special assessment level (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides relative to online auctions
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Provides relative to fiscal administrators of political subdivisions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Allows each recognized political party to determine the composition of its state central committee. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides relative to certain immunity from civil liability during state of emergencies. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Provides with respect to the salary of waterworks commissioners
Sponsor: Charles Owen
Provides relative to covered claims of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association
Sponsor: Gabe Firment
Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons who carry a concealed firearm during a mandatory evacuation
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides relative to the expansion of the Louisiana Public Livestock Market Charter Law. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides relative to the employment of superintendents of schools
Sponsor: Buddy Mincey
Provides for the boundaries and board membership of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to clerks of court
Sponsor: Les Farnum
Repeals the crime of vagrancy (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Pat Moore
Provides relative to addresses to where absentee by mail ballots are sent. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Crowley to levy a hotel occupancy tax
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides relative to abandonment of safety deposit boxes. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to claims for dental services made by healthcare providers
Sponsor: Chad Brown
Provides relative to the training requirements of certain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Provides relative to warranty agreements and claims involving the transfer recreational vehicles. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Establishes a parking fee exemption for disabled veterans at cruise terminals for the Port of New Orleans
Sponsor: Ed Larvadain
Provides relative to supported decisionmaking agreements as a less restrictive means to interdiction
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana for additional conditions and allows any state-licensed physician to recommend medical marijuana
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to gravity drainage districts in Calcasieu Parish
Sponsor: Les Farnum
Provides relative to students impacted due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to the execution of agreements between merchants and third-party delivery services
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides relative to partitions by private sale
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides relative to the Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Sponsor: Scott McKnight
Provides for the suspension of certain time periods, limitations, and delays in declared states of disaster, emergency, or public health emergency
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides for a proposition election to determine whether sports wagering activities and operations will be permitted in a parish. (See Act)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Provides relative to behavioral health services delivered via telehealth
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to hunting and fishing license fees for Purple Heart recipients (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides for TOPS-Tech award eligibility for certain military veterans. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Provides relative to data security for persons regulated by the commissioner of insurance
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Creates the Forest Oak Windsor Place Crime Prevention, Improvement, and Beautification District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Sponsor: Edward James
Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Creates and provides for a retired volunteer dental hygienist license (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Requires certain public trusts to obtain approval of a parish or municipal governing authority under certain circumstances prior to undertaking an authorized public function or purpose (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Buddy Mincey
Provides relative to nonconsensual pelvic or rectal examinations by health care providers and medical students
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to the Sulphur Industrial Development District
Sponsor: Les Farnum
Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides relative to donors or prospective donors of an organ or tissue
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Revises membership and provides relative to powers and duties of the Louisiana Fire and Emergency Training Commission
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for health insurance coverage of cancer treatments.
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Establishes the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers and repeals the termination of the Children's Cabinet (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to a card indicating licensing and certification of an offender prior to his release. (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Authorizes the La. Board of Pharmacy to charge fees for permitting of pharmacy benefit managers and provides for the frequency with which the board may assess other fees (RE +$20,000 SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Provides relative to occupational license and examination fee waiver and payment plan for qualified individuals
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party
Sponsor: John Illg
Increases the daily compensation paid to jurors in civil cases. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides with respect to purchasing by school boards
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides for coverage of healthcare services provided through telehealth or telemedicine (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission
Sponsor: Ed Larvadain
Provides relative to the authorized uses of funds in the Crime Victims Reparations Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Larry Selders
Provides relative to the presumption of paternity
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides with respect to promotions within certain local police departments
Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau
Establishes an economic development district in Morehouse Parish
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides for the administration, enforcement, and adjudication of state and local taxes and for the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides for driver education to include instruction relative to accessible parking and access aisles. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for child support judgments
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to access to dual enrollment (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides relative to security for deposit of funds (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Provides for the notification process for ad valorem reappraisal (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to the post-conviction veterans mentor program. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to documentation required for certain driver's licenses
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to the occupational licenses of military families
Sponsor: Charles Owen
Defines "final determination" for purposes of reporting federal income tax adjustments. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Authorizes the lieutenant governor and the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to designate a person to serve in their stead on certain boards and commissions
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Provides relative to the suspension of benefits of members of the Firefighters' Retirement System upon reemployment (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to membership and benefits of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Provides for a temporary restraining order upon application by a peace officer under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for state costs associated with a federally declared disaster (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides for expansion of working conditions afforded to fire service employees employed by nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district, municipality, or other political subdivision. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
To change the name of the Slidell City Court
Sponsor: Robert Owen
Provides relative to overtime compensation of Department of State employees for election-related activities during certain time periods (EN +$271,605 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Lance Harris
Provides relative to the election of judges for the 2nd JDC
Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson
Provides relative to Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to credit for reinsurance
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to the frequency of plan experience studies for the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN DECREASE FC SG EX)
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to board appointments and powers and duties of the Harbor Center District. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requires that information be provided to students about high-demand, high-wage jobs during the development and revision of their individual graduation plans. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides relative to the filing of oaths and bonds by registrars of voters
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides for payment of supplemental compensation from nonpublic sources for certain personnel at the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides relative to financial institutions
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Provides relative to audit requirements for recipients of state funds. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Glen Womack
Prohibits disclosure by registrars of voters, clerks of court, and the Department of State of information related to voter registration and election management computer systems
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to hotel occupancy taxes levied by certain tourist commissions and convention and visitors bureaus (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to certify "organizations involved in charitable hunting and fishing activities" and waives license fees for such organizations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits and qualifying subsequent examination (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to group health insurance for retired district attorneys
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport
Sponsor: Cedric Glover
Provides relative to successions
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides that domicile of the Department of State is in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Recreates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to advertisements for legal services. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides for insurance coverage of step therapy or fail first protocols
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to postsecondary education management board sick leave policies. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to reports by executive branch agencies
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides for insurance coverage for acupuncture (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Chad Brown
Provides that the contributions to the state retirement systems for the unfunded accrued liability shall be contained in the executive budget and as an exhibit to the general appropriation bill. (7/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Creates the crime of adulterating a food product (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Buddy Mincey
Authorizes clerks of court to have law enforcement officers at polling places on election day to enforce law and authorizes law enforcement officers to enter voting location in an emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides for board membership and authority of certain state museums.
Sponsor: Barry Milligan
Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Sponsor: Chad Brown
Authorizes a health insurance issuer to provide policy information electronically
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Requires certain offices to report cyber incidents to secretary of state. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides relative to the recordation of birth certificates of children born to armed forces members. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Exempts interior blueprints and floor plans of public school buildings and facilities from the definition of "public records". (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to fees charged by the clerk of court for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District Court. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Provides relative to the submission of nominees for the offices of president and vice president
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Amends the crime of battery of a police officer to include the throwing of water, other liquids, or human waste
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Requires that three members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission be affiliated with the horse racing industry. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to continuing tutorship. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides for sales and use tax collection by marketplace facilitators. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the time for filing pretrial motions
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Requires licensure for insurance producers acting on behalf of fraternal benefit societies
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides relative to methods of service of process regarding actions objecting to candidacy and contesting an election
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Provides relative to physical and mental health information of an offender appearing before the committee on parole
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Establishes a driver's license designation for a person with autism spectrum disorder (EN +$75,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to requirements for permitting a solid waste incineration facility
Sponsor: Dewith Carrier
Authorizes an exemption from local sales taxes for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides a limitation of liability for donating certain wild game
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for the ratification of certain executive orders relative to notarial acts
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides relative to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides for certain fees to be dedicated to the operational costs of the office of coroner in Concordia Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Travis Johnson
Provides relative to notice and appeal rights for over-age dependent coverage by any health plan offered under the purview of the Office of Group Benefits and designated as "Arielle's Law". (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to a motion to expunge a record of arrest that did not result in a conviction
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides relative to contempt proceedings when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Provides for the functions of the jury commission in Tangipahoa Parish and Jackson Parish
Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello
Authorizes the coroner to issue a permit for cremation after completion of coroner's investigation of death when under suspicious circumstances or the reasonable probability of the commission of a crime. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Reestablishes the Louisiana Toxic Mold Task Force
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Provides relative to the Dedicated Fund Review Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to state banks and credit unions providing financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to seed testing and labeling
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Provides for the mandatory training in cybersecurity awareness for all state and local employees, officials, and contractors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg
Provides relative to minimum training requirements for law enforcement officers
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages.
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of fines and penalties assessed by the state licensing board for contractors
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides relative to "contract limit" in the public works law. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides that a mandatory reporter of child abuse has cause to suspect abuse if a child under the age of thirteen is pregnant. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Authorizes the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Beouf Levee Districts to exchange property in Avoyelles Parish
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides for the enforcement of electronic signatures by financial institutions
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Expands the authorized uses of monies in the State Emergency Response Fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to grain buyers within the agricultural commodity dealer and warehouse law and to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Monroe Housing Authority
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Provides relative to special restrictions on lamps for certain vehicles
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Provides relative to requirements for reporting and advertising unclaimed property (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides relative to immunity from prosecution for medical marijuana
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides relative to the supervision and reporting requirements of persons on probation or parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides relative to the content of the notice of intent of an agency's intended action regarding administrative rules
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Adopts daylight saving time as the standard time
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Provides relative to the waiver of certain court costs and fees (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides for an increase in commissioner fees in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to noncompete agreements. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to contributions to and the administration of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to motions to modify disposition
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to a defendant's appearance at certain proceedings by audio-visual transmission
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to certain homicide offenses
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to local sales tax administration. (1/1/21) (RE NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the qualifications of the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Baton Rouge
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides for the release of a body for disposition by a coroner.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to fantasy sports contests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Prohibits the disclosure of addresses and telephone numbers of election commissioners
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Provides relative to the procedure for independent administration of successions
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to certain types of contributions and records required to be maintained relative thereto (EN +$4,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Provides relative to exemptions related to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to compensation for members of the Washington Parish planning commission
Sponsor: Malinda White
Provides relative to the election of judges in the 14th JDC
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides for the suspension of prescription
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to criminal history record information for the Louisiana Department of Education
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Provides relative to letters of incarceration
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for legislative determination of priorities in the final construction program. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the State Forestry Commission's comprehensive management plan for the Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides for collection of certain fees by the commissioner of insurance from property and casualty insurers. (7/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the use of court costs and fees for services by constables and marshals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Provides a limited authorization for DCFS to obtain copies of birth and death certificates of certain children and adults
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to emergency medical services protocols in certain life-threatening situations
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to servitudes of drainage. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Grants the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism the power to make personnel decisions
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Creates the "LSU National Champions" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Requires the uniform reporting by entities that assess, collect, or receive revenue from pre- or post-adjudication costs, fines, and fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to certain expungement forms
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Allows the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to incur debt or issue bonds
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to timber harvest season permits
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Provides relative to a property exchange between the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to the crime of battery of a police officer (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Provides for the lease of certain state property in Jefferson Parish
Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Provides for the commissioner's authority to regulate cooperative agreements within the Louisiana Forestry Productivity Program
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Prohibits vaping in motor vehicles under certain circumstances
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Removes requirement for telephone numbers in an application for registration of certain contract providers filed with the secretary of state. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Creates an exemption for members of the armed services to avoid a penalty for lapse of automobile coverage. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides relative to the nature of production payments
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to expungement of records
Sponsor: Edward James
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risk classifications due to the fact that the insured is deployed in the military in excess of six months. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Reinstates the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund and program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides for premium discounts on motor vehicle insurance when an insured consents to have data provided to third parties
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources. (6/30/20)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides relative to certain conditions to expunge a record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to the form of payment for expungement of a record
Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello
Provides relative to articles of incorporation and qualifications of registered agents of certain corporations. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides for Medicaid policies and procedures concerning telehealth services
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to exemptions for steam heating boilers
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to the disqualification of commercial motor vehicle drivers
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Provides relative to legislative approval of Education Excellence Fund expenditure plans. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for the Louisiana Automotive Insurance Plan. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Removes a specific function of the office of forestry and certain authority of the Louisiana Forestry Commission related to production and prices of forest tree seedlings grown by the department
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides relative to the Louisiana Folklife Commission and the Louisiana Tourism Development Commission
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Talent Initiative Fund for the purpose of funding degree and certificate programs in cybersecurity fields and creates the Cybersecurity Education Management Council to advise relative to the fund. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Establishes the Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration. (gov sig)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the re-creation of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to disbursement of funds from START savings accounts. (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to the suspension or deferral of sentence and probation in felony cases (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Extends cooperative endeavor agreements for use of surface waters
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Authorizes and directs the executive branch agencies that submit statutorily required reports to the House Committee on Health and Welfare to continue to submit such reports as required by law
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Directs state agencies and licensing boards to suspend the imposition of sanctions against licensees and permittees for a violation of COVID-19 executive orders
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Requests La. Economic Development to provide certain information relative to loans and grants distributed utilizing federal and state funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Provides for tax filing and payment extensions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Clarifies terminology. (6/30/20) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Urges and requests removal of public and private sector barriers to accelerate the expansion of broadband in the state
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations relative to the cannabis industry projected workforce demands
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to the penalty for second degree rape. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Continues the Comite River Diversion Canal Project Task Force
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to the capital outlay application process. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
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
Re-creates the income tax checkoff donation for Dreams Come True, Inc. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides relative to enrollment of employees in the Firefighters' Retirement System or the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to entities that are employers covered by the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides technical changes in references to federal law regarding health insurance. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Requests the Department of Insurance to study and report on the status of health insurance benefits relative to postpartum diastasis recti, pelvic floor dysfunction, and breast reduction
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Authorizes CASA to receive FBI records on potential CASA volunteers
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to Louisiana broadband maps to identify access and activation gaps
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides relative to the signing of civil pleadings
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides for ownership in bond for deed contracts for purposes of homestead exemptions
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides that the annual amount of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College shall match the annual award amount at other technical community colleges (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Wayne McMahen
Requests that the state Department of Education, Louisiana Workforce Commission, and Board of Regents jointly report on the status of data sharing agreements for the purpose of evaluating the Jump Start program
Sponsor: Scott McKnight
Provides an exception to allow immediate family members of a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Requests a study of the adequacy of health services provided to persons incarcerated in state correctional facilities
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to the use of facility dogs in court
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to the allocation of receipts and expense to income and principal
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides for additional rights and powers of certain port commissions regarding economic and industrial growth. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to the mandatory age limitation for certain elected officials (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Requests a study concerning a voluntary registry of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities for use by law enforcement professionals
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Adds certain substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Edward James
Removes certain limitations on the exemption from local match requirements for certain rural water system projects (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Health
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the authority of the Insurance Committee of the Assessors' Insurance Fund to contract for group insurance. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides for the continuous revision of succession law
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Requests the La. Department of Health to implement certain reforms in the nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation component of the Medicaid managed care program
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Commends the Pontchartrain Conservancy, formerly known as the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, on thirty years of working towards environmental sustainability and stewardship of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin through scientific research, education, and advocacy
Sponsor: William Wheat
Provides relative to tests for suspected drunken drivers. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Requires a notice to be posted upon the withdrawal or disqualification of a candidate's name that remains on the ballot. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides for continuous revisions to the Trust Code
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides relative to termination of the Louisiana Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Extends the Lake Providence Watershed Council
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Authorizes and directs suspension of licensing fees imposed on businesses by state agencies and licensing boards (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act"
Sponsor: Edward James
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Louisiana Department of Health, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the barriers that impede successful reintegration of offenders back into society
Sponsor: Pat Moore
Provides relative to the purchase of an automobile by the Livingston Parish Clerk of Court
Sponsor: Buddy Mincey
Amends rules relative to participation in the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education study the compensation schedule for school bus operators
Sponsor: Malinda White
Urges and requests the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to pilot a regional approach for the delivery of commercial driver's license training and certification
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Provides relative to actions of Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget relative to the forty-five day close period. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mack White
Requests the Workforce Investment Council and Occupational Forecasting Conference to immediately work with private sector experts to assess short-term and long-term workforce implications and opportunities resulting from COVID-19
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Commends Krispy Kreme Baton Rouge on its reopening and commitment to the community
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide clear, consistent, and easily accessible explanations of unemployment benefits and potential ramifications
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to study and report on the matter of racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates in this state
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for an extension of court costs collected by the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Requests the study of homicide offenses in Louisiana with respect to the offender's prior criminal history
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides that the court may order a clinical assessment for a person who has two or more DWI convictions. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Requests the governor to ensure that individual liberty and rights are protected as the state administers contact tracing
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Re-creates the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides relative to House Legislative Services employees and duties of the Clerk of the House
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Authorizes the board to deduct certain monthly insurance premiums from benefits payable to members or other beneficiaries. (6/30/20) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Provides relative to the refund of employee contributions to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Requires the office of state examiner to develop online testing for entrance firefighter and entrance police officer applicants. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: John Morris
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to divorce by authentic act
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides relative to evidence from criminalistics laboratories in Certificates of Analysis in juvenile court proceedings of a noncriminal nature. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides relative to certain recordkeeping by the clerks of court
Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello
Recreates the Louisiana Commission on Justice System Funding
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. (gov sig) (EN -$32,500 LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Requests the Board of Regents, Department of Revenue, Louisiana Workforce Commission, and office of student financial assistance to collaborate to study the trajectory of Louisiana's postsecondary graduates
Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg
Extends the False River Watershed Council
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides relative to premium costs for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to benefit payments if an eligible member of the Firefighters' Retirement System dies prior to retirement (EN INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Urges and requests the division of administration, office of community development, to consider funding the Darlington Reservoir
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Suspends the lower tier of the corporation franchise tax levied on domestic and foreign corporations and the initial tax levied on certain business entities subject to the corporate franchise tax (EN -$5,800,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to review the restrictions on possession of exotic and invasive species
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to exceptions to the crime of political payroll padding by a sheriff (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Adds Morgan City and Berwick housing authorities to system membership. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/20) (EN INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Requests an update from the Louisiana Department of Health and the division of administration on efforts to establish an application or system to track the incidence and spread of COVID-19
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Creates a task force to study how to best capitalize on Louisiana's international trade potential
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Directs the governor to ensure that individual liberty and rights are protected as the state administers contact tracing
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Requests the House and Senate governmental affairs committees to meet and function as a joint committee to review the process of rulemaking by state agencies and the Louisiana Administrative Code and make recommendations relative thereto
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study certain impacts as a result of COVID-19
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Requests the office of juvenile justice to study the impacts of COVID-19 on its operations
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Continues the Vera Institute of Justice's study of eligibility and qualification requirements for jurors
Sponsor: Edward James
Creates the Clean Slate Task Force
Sponsor: Edward James
Memorializes Congress to appropriate additional money for increased seafood testing
Sponsor: Timothy Kerner
Suspends certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to financial obligations of criminal offenders
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Expresses condolences on the death of Judge Andrew Brutton Gallagher
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Requests the governor and the legislature to take such actions as are necessary to observe Juneteenth as a state holiday
Sponsor: Edward James
Creates and provides for the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Commends the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association top-ranked powerlifting teams
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to study and develop a remote patient monitoring initiative in the state Medicaid program
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
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
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the use of solitary confinement in Louisiana
Sponsor: Edward James
Urges the Conservative Care Program as a pilot program among healthcare providers and health insurers to address opioid misuse
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Creates the Task Force on Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Reform.
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Requests that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and Board of Regents study and report relative to changes needed for community and technical colleges in response to COVID-19
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Commends the Louisiana Tumor Registry for its contributions to the fight against cancer
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Requests Louisiana Economic Development to study the impact COVID-19 has had on the Small Business Administration and the Louisiana Guaranty Program's loans and grants
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Expresses condolences on the death of Freddie Williams, Sr.
Sponsor: Edward James
Expresses condolences on the death of the Honorable Henry Garland Sullivan, Jr.
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Requests the La. Department of Health to issue regular reports of data on Medicaid enrollees with private insurance or offers of employer-sponsored health coverage
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend its administrative rule relative to the geographic location of a hospice provider
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Memorializes Congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Requests DOTD to determine which of its assets are available for broadband internet lines and to implement a "Dig Once" policy allowing broadband internet operators to install cable in the ground.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Expresses condolences upon the passing of former Louisiana State Senator Ron Landry.
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Directs the executive branch agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Expresses condolences upon the death of Ravi Zacharias.
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Expresses condolences on the death of Terrebonne Parish educator and pioneer, Dr. James Edward Charles.
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requests appointment of a committee to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Expresses condolences on the death of Dr. Bobbie Deshotel
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Designates May 2020 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Urges and Requests the House Ways and Means and the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committees to study the need to provide for enhanced ad valorem property tax relief for property owners serving in or retired from the military
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to reserves for insurers (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Larry Frieman
Directs certain executive branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary B until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Commends St. Mary's Lady Tigers on winning the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Division IV state basketball championship for 2020.
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Expresses condolences upon the death of Jesse Lee Wimberly IV.
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Establishes the One Call Agricultural Study Group.
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Expresses condolences upon the death of Charles "Charlie" Norman Woods Jr.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to the control and management of sewerage, water, and drainage facilities and services in the city of New Orleans
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and report on the matter of racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates in this state.
Sponsor: Troy Carter
To urge and request certain officials and local governments to dismiss coastal lawsuits.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Memorializes Congress to support the Social Security Fairness Act
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Recognizes May 2020 as Louisiana Abortion Recovery Awareness Month and commends pro-life groups for their service to women suffering from abortion related trauma.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requests appointment of a committee to notify the governor that the legislature is ready to adjourn sine die.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to collect data regarding the age, race, and gender of Louisiana residents who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or any future public health emergency.
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Dedication of unclaimed property funds and creation of Louisiana Unclaimed Property Permanent Trust Fund (RE -$20,900,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Requests naming the new Grand Bayou Floodgate in Lafourche Parish as the Reggie P. Bagala Floodgate.
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
Directs the executive branch agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Education to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requests CPRA and the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to cooperate in developing projects and programs to enhance the oyster industry.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requests that local governmental subdivisions consider manufactured home chassis elevation when setting requirements for freeboard purposes.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to the criteria and amenity requirements for qualified truck stops
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2021, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Invites Major League Baseball to consider locating a franchise in the New Orleans area on a temporary basis if the team is unable to play games in its home stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides relative to the availability of certain criminal justice system data to certain nonprofit entities
Sponsor: Edward James
Urges and requests the Division of Administration, office of community development, to disburse federal funds for project applications in round one of the Watershed Projects Grant Program to aid economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association to implement a lawyer advertisement review recognition program.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a task force to develop and oversee continuous learning outside of normal practices.
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Encourages further economic ties and friendship between Louisiana and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Suspends provision of law capping amount of revenue which can be spent on in-state advertising (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Commends University of Louisiana Monroe president, Nick J. Bruno, on the occasion of his retirement
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Henry Gremillion, Dean of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Designates May 2020 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana.
Sponsor: Edward Price
Requests the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards to adopt a flexible and holistic admissions policy for summer and fall 2020 semesters due to COVID-19.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement a traumatic injury response program in all public schools.
Sponsor: Barry Milligan
Provides relative to limitation of liability of governmental entities which require its employees to work during a declared state of emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to eligibility requirements to participate in the Enterprise Zone incentive
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
(Constitutional Amendment) Dedication of unclaimed property funds and creation of Louisiana Unclaimed Property Permanent Trust Fund (RE -$25,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides relative to qualified truck stop facilities
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Commends Coleen Temple, Noah Hawkins, Myra Richardson, and Mia Spears on organizing a peaceful protest of the killing of George Floyd and excessive police force against black men.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Commends Eric Stracener upon his retirement from the DeRidder Fire Department.
Sponsor: Mike Reese
To authorize and direct the Office of Group Benefits to study options for reducing state and participant premiums (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Request the La. Department of Health to implement certain reforms in the nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation component of the Medicaid managed care program
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Establishes and provides for the Louisiana Cyber Investigators Alliance.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Requests the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs to study the effects of a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Establishes the Closed Party Primary Task Force to study the necessary steps to develop a closed party primary election system applicable at the federal, state, and local levels beginning with the 2022 congressional elections.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Commends John Burkhardt for his exemplary leadership in criminal justice reform
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Request the governor to issue an executive order requiring certain persons to wear a face covering in public under certain conditions and authorizing businesses to deny admittance to persons without face coverings.
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Creates the Clean Slate Task Force (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Edward James
Commends the Certified Louisiana logo programs for their beneficial effects on the state's economy
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Commends the Booker T. Washington girls' basketball team on winning the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
To direct the executive branch agencies under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports.
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Directs certain executive and judicial branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary A until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Requests a joint study of the ability of members of the legislature to vote by video or other electronic means.
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Commends the Hathaway High School girls' basketball team on an outstanding 2020 season
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Requests that the Board of Regents, in consultation with the public postsecondary education management boards, study issues and compile data relative to faculty at public postsecondary education institutions
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Reconstitutes and extends the deadlines of the Task Force on Protecting Children from Exposure to Pornography.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Memorializes Congress to maintain funding to the Corporation for National and Community Service and its programs, including the LaVetCorps.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Directs state agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Insurance to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Requests a report on actions by the La. Dept. of Health and Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with federal rules on interoperability of health records and patient access to health information
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Commends Performance Contracting, Inc. on donating its services to the East Baton Rouge Parish-Wide Graduation Ceremony.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Calls for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to establish a limitation on terms for members of congress
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to the carryback provisions of the corporate income tax deduction for net operating losses
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Requests that CARES Act funding be made available to the state for testing and be distributed to healthcare systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the necessity to suspend all statewide assessments for the 2020-21 school year.
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Commends Stephen Robicheaux on the occasion of his retirement as head coach of the Destrehan High School Wildcat football program.
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Suspends certain laws relative to school closures due to COVID-19.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requests the governor to issue an executive order requiring persons over age two to wear a mask or cloth face covering and authorizes business operators and building owners to deny admittance to individuals over age two who fail to wear a mask or cloth face covering.
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to high net worth insureds (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides an option in the House Rules to limit the debate on legislative instruments on final passage or adoption by a majority vote of the elected members of the House
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to the operations of public colleges and universities (RE INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to the subject matter jurisdiction of certain courts
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Expresses the intent of the legislature to allocate $100,000,000 of the local government allocation and $100,000,000 from the state allocation from the CARES Act to small businesses, of which $12,500,000 from the local government allocation and $12,500,000 from the state allocation shall be used for minority and women owned businesses.
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in treating certain neurodegenerative diseases and conditions
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides for a proposition election to determine whether sports wagering activities and operations will be permitted in a parish. (6/10/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to third-party sellers on the online marketplace. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Adds chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides with respect to early childhood literacy (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Requires the Department of Revenue to create and manage a technology solution to centralize sales and use tax registration, filing, and remittance (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides for enforcement of the Coastal Zone Management Program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for an exception to the prohibition on political activity by members of civil service systems
Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Expresses condolences upon the death of Karen Tucker.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Congratulates the Class of 2020 graduates of the schools in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Prohibits use of a handheld wireless telecommunications device by a person when operating a motor vehicle upon any public roadway in this state. (8/1/20) (REF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Commends Reverend Anthony Bozeman upon the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of his ordination.
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Designates the week of May 17-23, 2020, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Expresses condolences upon the death of Melinda Waller Mangham.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Authorizes and directs the executive branch agencies that submit statutorily required reports to the House Committee on Appropriations to continue to submit such reports as required by law
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Expresses condolences upon the death of James Randall Goodwin.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Finance to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Mack White
Expresses condolences upon the death of former judge Henry Garland Sullivan Jr.
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Recognizes May 15, 2020, as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and May 10-16, 2020 as Police Week.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Directs the executive branch agencies under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Retirement to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Edward Price
Amends Senate rules to permit members to vote via video or other electronic means during a declared emergency.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Expresses condolences upon the death of Captain Scotty V. McCloud.
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Expresses condolences upon the death of Billy Seay, PhD.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Expresses condolences upon the death of Charles E. Severance.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Creates the Coroner Safety Task Force to develop policy recommendations that seek to enhance the prevention and mitigation of harm against a coroner and behavioral health facility personnel.
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Expresses condolences upon the death of Denver Loupe.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation services delivered through the Medicaid managed care program (RE +$154,188 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Authorizes public bodies to allow members to participate and vote electronically during certain states of emergency subject to certain conditions
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides for the suspension of all civil prescriptive, peremptive, filing, and other deadlines in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declared by the governor
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Adds two additional members to the Senate Executive Committee.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Expresses condolences on the death of former Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate member, the Honorable Dudley Anthony "Butch" Gautreaux Jr.
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Expresses condolences upon the death of Michael "Tubby" Lee Bergeron Sr.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Requests the Senate Committee on Judiciary A to study the advisability of creating a statewide business court.
Sponsor: Mack White
Requests the House Ways and Means and the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committees to study the feasibility of funding the ad valorem property taxes levied on business inventories
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Sponsor: Mack White
Requests the House Ways and Means and Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committees to study the fiscal impact and feasibility of eliminating state income taxes and the ad valorem tax assessed on certain inventories
Sponsor: Richard Nelson
Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for a hospital stabilization formula (EG +$113,459,367 SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for monies in the Budget Stabilization Fund to be available for appropriation in Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to the continuity of the legislature in times of emergency or disaster
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Provides relative to venue for certain actions
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for the re-basing of nursing homes (EG +$24,105,951 SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for the emergency suspension of time limitations in certain civil proceedings
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to transportation network companies
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Reduces the severance tax rate for oil over a certain period of time, clarifies the severance tax rate for oil produced from certain incapable wells, and authorizes the reduction of the severance tax rate on natural gas (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen materials for government funded levee projects (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Provides relative to forensic medical examinations of minors
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to requests made for medical examinations
Sponsor: Larry Frieman
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for laws relative to statutory dedications (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the use of a petty cash account
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides relative to court reporter fees
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Provides relative to nonemergency medical transportation services in Medicaid managed care
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Authorizes recommendation of medical marijuana by physicians for patients in hospice or palliative care
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Requests a study of the costs and benefits of setting Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services equivalent to Medicare rates for those services
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to the allocation of incarcerated persons for the purposes of redistricting
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to information contained in pre-parole reports (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Frederick Jones
Provides relative to certain offenses when the offender knowingly consumes quantities of a drug that exceed the prescribed or recommended dosage (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Exempts retired volunteer dentists from continuing education requirements
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Establishes the Louisiana Commission on Security for the Faith Community (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides relative to maximum penalties imposed for the violation of parish and municipal ordinances
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Reduces the expenditure limit for FY 2020-2021 (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides relative to the creation of and the levy of taxes by certain special districts
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to billing by noncontracted facility-based physicians
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Provides relative to the term of trusts
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include an extension of effectiveness and changes to eligibility requirements of the rehabilitation of historic structures tax credit
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Prohibits insurers from using certain criteria for rate setting. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides that neither the employer nor insurer is obligated to authorize an initial evaluation
Sponsor: Larry Frieman
(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes certain ad valorem property tax exemptions (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Prohibits the receipt of certain things of economic value by certain persons affiliated with a political subdivision's official journal and related persons subdivision
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Provides relative to licensing fees for vocational rehabilitation counselors
Sponsor: Larry Frieman
Adds chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Posthumously commends Janet Ravare-Colson, recognized in Louisiana as the mother of the Creole culture revitalization movement
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides relative to the fire insurance rating system for volunteer firefighters
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2021, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Designates the week of May 17-23, 2020, as Emergency Medical Services Week
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Urges and requests Attorney General Jeff Landry to ensure a swift, effective, and unified response to price gouging
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Provides relative to apprenticeships
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Requests the state retirement systems to provide information to the legislature regarding permanent benefit increases for retirees.
Sponsor: Lance Harris
Recognizes May 2020 as Mental Health Awareness Month
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Commends the Pleasant Hill boys' basketball team on winning the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class C state championship
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Suspends the provisions of Act 260 of the 2019 Regular Session relative to structured settlements.
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using wireless telecommunication devices
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to business interruption insurance. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Designates the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon as a "crime of violence". (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides for the membership of the pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory council
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Allows all registered voters to utilize voting by mail (OR +$1,397,845 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Requests a study concerning costs and benefits of Dept. of Children and Family Services and Louisiana Dept. of Health establishing or reestablishing parish offices
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Authorizes property insurance policies insuring commercial and residential buildings to cover cost of disinfecting fumigation. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for delictual actions
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Suspends the implementation of provisions relative to the payment of child support during incarceration
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Enacts the Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2020 (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Expresses support for the State and Municipal Aid for Recovery and Transition (SMART) Fund, proposed for the purpose of helping states and local governments respond to the current public health and economic crisis
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Recognizes March 26, 2020, as Y Day in Louisiana
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Limits the use of certain test scores in the school accountability system. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Commends the International Association of Drilling Contractors for 80 years of leadership in the oil and gas drilling industry.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Commends Justin Jefferson on an outstanding 2019 season with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team and on being the new record holder for receptions in a single season.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Commends Zion Williamson for his generosity and support of the Smoothie King Center workers during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Commends Shirley Wills on her many years of exemplary civic activism as a community leader and member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, and congratulates her on the occasion of her 75th birthday.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends the Jennings High School football team for an outstanding 2019 season
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Commends the Louisiana State University football team on winning the 2019 National Championship.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Creates the Infrastructure and Economic Development District in the city of New Orleans
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the student passage rate required by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Expresses condolences on the death of state representative Reggie Paul Bagala
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides relative to the calculation of average compensation of members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (RE INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Designates April 2020 as Organ Donation Awareness Month in Louisiana.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Commends Damien Lewis on an outstanding 2019 season with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Provides relative to unemployment compensation requirements
Sponsor: Jonathan Goudeau
Expresses condolences upon the passing of Ludia "Bea" Manogin Thomas.
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Expresses condolences on the death of pastor and civil rights activist Reverend Doctor Harry Blake
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Commends Madame Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson of the Louisiana Supreme Court on her retirement
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Commends Reverend Anthony M. Bozeman, SSJ, pastor of St. Raymond and St. Leo the Great Parish in New Orleans, on the 20th anniversary of his ordination
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Commends K'Lavon Chaisson on an outstanding 2019 season with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Provides for delivery of medical marijuana to patients by marijuana pharmacies
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Commends Jefferson Davis Parish assistant district attorney Bennett Lapoint on his retirement
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Commends the efforts of Melville Woman's Club to preserve the historic St. Nathaniel Episcopal Church in Melville, Louisiana
Sponsor: Rhonda Butler
Recognizes April 7, 2020, as "World Trade Day", celebrates the influence of international commerce on the state's economic health, vitality, and growth, and expresses support for the mission of the World Trade Center of New Orleans and trade policies that benefit American consumers and businesses, and ensures that the U.S. remains competitive in global commerce.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Captain Steve R. Robinson.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends Ed Orgeron, head coach of the LSU Fighting Tigers, on an undefeated 2019-2020 season, leading the Tigers to a national championship, and being the recipient of numerous coaching awards and accolades.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Provides relative to the composition of the La. State Board of Nursing
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Designates June 2020 as Post-traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month and June 27, 2020, as Post-traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day in Louisiana
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Expresses condolences upon the death of William F. "Willie" Staats.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Expresses condolences upon the death of G. Allen Penniman.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Commends Lisa Burns, principal of W. T. Lewis Elementary School, upon receipt of the 2020 Elementary Principal of the Year honor awarded by the Louisiana State Department of Education and recognizes her many contributions to the education profession.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends Ja'Marr Chase on an outstanding 2019 football season with the LSU Fighting Tigers.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Expresses condolences upon the death of Wilmot Sandlin "Sandy" McCain.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Urges and requests the state retirement systems to provide information to the legislature regarding permanent benefit increases for retirees.
Sponsor: Edward Price
Expresses condolences on the death of DeSoto Parish Deputy Donna Richardson-Below.
Sponsor: Barry Milligan
Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Ray P. Authement, former University of Louisiana at Lafayette president.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Commends Mr. Sammy J. Franklin for sixty-five years in the newspaper business and the celebration of his 80th birthday this year.
Sponsor: Glen Womack
Establishes a funding deposit account for the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and authorizes the board of trustees of the system to modify required employer contribution rates (RE DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Expresses condolences upon the death of Larry Goins.
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Requests a study of the various provisions of Louisiana law applicable to survivors of sexual assault and sexual assault cases
Sponsor: Pat Moore
Suspends the severance taxes levied on oil, natural gas, distillate, and condensate (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Commends Joe Burrow on his accomplishments as quarterback of the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers and on being the recipient of the 2019 Heisman Trophy and numerous awards and accolades.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association on their 90th anniversary
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Restricts spending of the state general fund (direct) from recurring money to 98% of the official forecast (EG -$196,000,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Commends Lloyd Cushenberry III on an outstanding 2019 season with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
To extend the termination date for the Lower Pearl River Basin task force until April 1, 2022.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Commends Leadership Northshore and welcomes the 2020 Class.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Commends Carl Jones on the occasion of his retirement after a career of military and law enforcement service
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Expresses condolences upon the death of Don Scoggins.
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Requests BESE to suspend statewide standardized assessments for the 2019-2020 school year due to COVID-19.
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Expresses condolences upon the death of James Thomas "Tommy" Poe Jr.
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Commends Derek Stingley Jr. on an outstanding season with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Commends Armand "Mondo" Duplantis former Louisiana State University track athlete on setting new world indoor records for the pole vault.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Suspends certain provisions of Title 29 of the La. Revised Statutes relative to public emergencies
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Commends Grant Delpit on an outstanding 2019 football season with the LSU Fighting Tigers.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Expresses condolences on the death of Melinda Mangham.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Commends the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Team upon its receipt of the 2019 4-H National Championship Shooting title.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Expresses condolences upon the death of Reverend Dr. Harry Blake.
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Suspends from March 11, 2020, until September 30, 2020, the provisions of law applicable to mineral leases maintained in production in paying quantities
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Expresses condolences on the death of Steven L. Schoonover
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Commends Rashad Lawrence for an outstanding career and on being a member of the 2019 LSU national championship team.
Sponsor: John Morris
Expresses condolences on the death of Alvenia Clare
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Expresses condolences upon the death of Captain Vincent Nat Liberto in the line of duty and posthumously recognizes his many years of dedicated service to the United States, St. Tammany Parish, and the citizens of Mandeville.
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Commends Joseph Michael Srofe Jr on earning the rank of Eagle Scout.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Recognizes May 24, 2020, as Sammy J. Franklin Day
Sponsor: Gabe Firment
To urge and request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study the use of bowfishing in Louisiana.
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the use of tax increment financing in Rapides Parish
Sponsor: Ed Larvadain
Provides relative to residential leases and eviction requirements
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to confidentiality of certain information contained in contracts with the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Prohibits certain advertising costs from being passed on to clients or customers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for screening, diagnosis, and intervention with respect to students with dyslexia (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Increases the "contract limit" for certain public work related drainage projects completed by regular maintenance employees of any governing authority (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Authorizes transportation network companies to provide nonemergency medical transportation services through the state Medicaid program and all other publicly and privately issued health insurance plans (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Prohibits OMV authorized third party vendors from requiring only cash for transactions and authorizes a convenience fee for credit and debit card transactions. (7/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requests a study of the effects of legalizing recreational cannabis usage
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Provides relative to direct to consumer laboratory services for patients
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Suspends franchise fees and compensation on promotional play wagers. (OR -$29,300,000 RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for immunity from prosecution and post-conviction relief for victims of human trafficking. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for the Louisiana Timber Transportation and Safety Act. (8/1/20) (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Amends Senate rules to permit members to vote via video or other electronic means during a declared emergency.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Memorializes congress to require that consumer-oriented information be included in vaccine package inserts
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to minimum requirements for annual vacation and sick leave for the employees of the city of Westwego Police Department.
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Directs the Louisiana Workforce Commission to review unemployment claims to determine whether benefits are properly due for COVID-19 reasons.
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of converting US Hwy 65 to a four-lane highway
Sponsor: Travis Johnson
Requests a study concerning means by which to ensure that autopsies are conducted in all cases of maternal deaths occurring in hospitals
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to requirements for establishing a solid waste incineration facility
Sponsor: Dewith Carrier
Provides relative to financial security for survivors of law enforcement officers. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Designates the Gulf Fritillary as the official state butterfly. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for the repeal of certain inactive or obsolete laws. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Authorizes the secretary of state to refer matters involving the damaging, altering, tampering, or of falsifying records to certain agencies for investigation. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Requests that data on timeliness of provider payments be included in the Healthy Louisiana Claims Report
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Suspends individual and corporate income taxes; income taxes on estates or trusts; corporation franchise taxes, including the initial tax levied on certain corporations and entities; state sales and use taxes; severance taxes; and state excise taxes levied on alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, gasoline, diesel fuels, and special fuels for a certain period of time
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to qualifications for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to prohibit attorneys from the use of billboard advertisements on highways that are unrelated to a campaign for public office
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the composition of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Commends Elizabeth Drennan on being named a Distinguished Finalist in Louisiana for the 2020 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Designates March 26, 2020, as "Y Day in Louisiana".
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Commends John White for his years of service as Superintendent of Education.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Commends the Honorable James R. "Jim" Fannin for his many years of public service.
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Commends and congratulates Airline High School senior Bhavani Tivakaran upon being selected as the 2019 Governor of Louisiana Girls State and to recognize her extraordinary accomplishments.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Designates Act No. 492 of the 2014 Regular Session as "Leyna's Law"
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Designates March as Brain Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month in Louisiana.
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Commends Warren "T-Notchie" Taylor for his distinguished public service as Parish Councilman for District 1 on the Iberville Parish Council.
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Expresses sincere appreciation for a lifetime of dedicated public service provided by the late William Gary Loftin, former Clerk of Court for Caddo Parish.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Expresses condolences upon the death of Clifton Russell "Clif" Richardson, former Justice of the Peace and legislator, community leader, and businessman.
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides for promotional play wagers. (gov sig) (EG -$29,300,000 RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends the Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs and volunteers and recognizes May 26, 2020, as CASA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Commends Meagan Crews upon winning the title of Miss Louisiana 2019.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson on a distinguished career as a jurist and a life of public service to Louisiana.
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Expresses condolences on the passing of Roy Edward Brown.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and fellowship of postal workers of Antonio Deshon Williams.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Requests the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards to adopt a flexible and holistic admissions policy for summer and fall 2020 semesters due to COVID-19.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Commends the Basile High School wrestling team on winning the school's second consecutive state title at the 2020 Division III State Wrestling Championship
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Creates a task force to study issues related to teacher shortages in Louisiana.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Commends the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association on its seventy-fifth anniversary of protecting property ownership rights and unifying real estate professionals across Central Louisiana
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Commends Jessica Borland of South Grant Elementary School on being named 2020 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year
Sponsor: Gabe Firment
Provides relative to sports wagering. (See Act) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Requests the study of the designation of a business as non-essential
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides that the Gulf Fritillary butterfly, also referred to as the passion butterfly, shall be the official state butterfly
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Expresses the intent of the legislature that the exercise of religious freedom shall be protected during a state of emergency
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Establishes a Digital Content and Curriculum Fund to provide classrooms with digital content and curriculum (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Provides with respect to sick leave benefits
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides relative to the magistrate judge position of the 14th JDC
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Commends Joe Burrow on winning the 2019 Heisman Memorial Trophy
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides consent for the adjournment of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature for a period longer than three days
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Recognizes Beau Porto Special Tuesday on its twenty-fifth anniversary and commends its founder and director, Bobbie Blanchard
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Recognizes March 18, 2020, as Gideon Day in Louisiana
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Designates March 2020 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Louisiana and commends the Mary Bird Perkins -- Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Recognizes March 11, 2020, as Louisiana Association of Health Plans Day at the state capitol
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Commends LSU on winning the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Expresses condolences on the death of Judge Dianne Marie Mayo
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Recognizes April 1, 2020, as the thirty-sixth annual Red and White Day at the legislature
Sponsor: Edward James
Commends the Pinkie C. Wilkerson Life Development Center and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for remembering former state representative Pinkie C. Wilkerson on the twentieth anniversary of her death
Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson
Provides relative to the purchase of concrete. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to the licensing of foreign and alien insurers
Sponsor: Paul Hollis
Extends authority of public postsecondary education institutions to exercise certain operational autonomies
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to examination and licensing fees assessed by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Rhonda Butler
Provides for ownership of a decedent's immovable property and entitlement to claim homestead exemption
Sponsor: Randal Gaines
Requires the issuance of certain identification to qualified law enforcement officers retired from the office of juvenile justice
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Provides for an exception for certain applicants for employee permits seeking to work in locations permitted by the office of alcohol and tobacco control as a restaurant. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for an African-American military service members monument in the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Jefferson Parish.
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to restrictions on the quantity of controlled substances dispensed, (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Suspends certain legal requirements as a result of emergency health measures relative to the COVID-19. (gov sig)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides relative to the regulation of cannabis
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Provides relative to the divisions of the 14th JDC
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides for notice regarding the impact of administrative rules on businesses (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to health insurance coverage for breast cancer screening and diagnosis
Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson
Provides for purse supplements from video poker devices at OTBs and live racing dates affected due to force majeure. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides for drug testing requirements for recipients of cash assistance in the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Provides relative to rural hospitals. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides relative to the training, registration, and certification of fire-stopping material applicators
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides relative to the enforcement of orders to pay child support
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Provides relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides with respect to post-emergency procurement (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides for the COVID-19 Business Recovery and Growth Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides additional penalties for certain persons during a gubernatorial declared public health or state of emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides relative to professional and occupational licensing boards and commissions during declared emergencies. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Requires that mitigation funding associated with the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project be used to compensate commercial fishermen for losses associated with that project
Sponsor: Timothy Kerner
Provides relative to the practice of medicine. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to the regulation of financial institutions during a declared emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides for an affirmative defense to the crime of trespass when engaged in commercial trespass. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to a presumption of compensability under workers' compensation
Sponsor: Randal Gaines
Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Scott to levy an additional one cent sales tax, subject to voter approval. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides relative to student loans
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides an ethics exception to allow legislators, statewide elected officials, specified public servants, immediate family members, and related legal entities to enter into contracts to be a public defender
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides for increasing the jury trial threshold
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Allows the use of blowguns for hunting
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Requires actuaries to submit uniform reports of actuarial assumptions to the Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee
Sponsor: Richard Nelson
Provides relative to independent medical examinations
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Requires certain disclosures by healthcare providers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to child support obligations
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Requests public school governing authorities to explore how schools approach teaching mathematics
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides relative to treatment facilities for mental health patients
Sponsor: Wayne McMahen
Provides relative to charges collected by public license tag agents (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Provides relative to the annexation of property by the city of Baton Rouge. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to limitation of civil liability for medical personnel and healthcare providers during public health emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides that end-of-course testing shall not be required for any subject as a prerequisite to high school graduation
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Creates a duty to warn on certain professionals and treating institutions and limits liability for disclosure when a patient's referral to a coroner for a mental status examination. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Provides relative to the payment of claims for motor vehicle accidents involving multiple injured parties
Sponsor: Randal Gaines
Provides relative to performance audits of charter schools in certain school systems. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Creates a special treasury fund for purposes of drug testing and treatment of recipients of certain public assistance
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Establishes an optional hybrid retirement plan for members of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the disposition of dogs and other animals used in dogfighting. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Establishes requirements and regulations relative to Louisiana price schedule contracts (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides relative to the duties of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission police
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Creates and provides for the Northwest Louisiana Promise Program, a scholarship program for students at Bossier Parish Community College
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Changes the composition of the Avoyelles Parish Port Commission
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides relative to the acceptance of digitized identification cards by financial institutions and persons engaged in trade or commerce
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides for "Flexible Work for All Act of 2020". (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides for limited liability for medical services rendered during a state of emergency
Sponsor: Debbie Villio
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the retirement and insurance benefits of elected officials (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn
Requires the availability of a mechanical chest compression device at athletic events at certain public postsecondary education institutions
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Requires purchase from Louisiana vendors in certain circumstances (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides relative to substance use disorder treatment for pregnant women
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Appropriates money to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Sponsor: Timothy Kerner
Provides relative to workers' compensation claims filed by essential workers in the workplace. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Glen Womack
Establishes and provides for the Purple Star School Award Program. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Provides relative to telecommunication services to persons incarcerated in a correctional facility (OR -$6,000,000 SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to payment of initial unfunded accrued liabilities to the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana by the Legislature of Louisiana (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Establishes an optional hybrid retirement plan for members of the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the selection of certain optional survivor benefits for members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Requires the Lafitte, Crown Point, and Barataria levee projects to be completed prior to the completion of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project
Sponsor: Timothy Kerner
Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Requests the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Revenue to develop an incentive package that will make Louisiana the domestic prescription drug manufacturing leader for the United States.
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for the use and exemptions applicable to payments, grants, and loans made by governmental entities to persons resulting from the occurrence of an extraordinary emergency event. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Provides relative to extended sick leave for school bus operators and school employees
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Allows registered voters to utilize voting by alternative methods. (gov sig) (OR +$1,397,845 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the authority to regulate the manufacture, possession, or sale of firearms or ammunition during a declared emergency or disaster
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Requests a study to determine if individuals who modify motor vehicles from standard vehicle specifications should be required to obtain certification in defensive driving.
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Creates the "New Orleans Pelicans" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Charles Henry
Provides relative to the juvenile and domestic relations division of the 14th JDC
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Suspends the severance taxes levied on oil, natural gas, distillate, and condensate (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Temporarily suspends the payment of video draw poker device operation fees due to the closure of licensed establishments as a result of COVID-19 (OR -$2,454,000 SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Provides an exception to prohibited CBD products and creates civil penalties
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to the "Fair Chance Hiring Act". (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the use of solitary confinement in Louisiana
Sponsor: Edward James
Exempts the Iberia Parish Airport Authority from the public lease laws applicable to certain properties
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Provides relative to the payment of certain expenses
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to healthcare fraud
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Authorizes each public school board to provide for an annual student voter registration drive and to create a task force to organize such registration drives
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Creates a new category of early childhood care facility, the early learning home provider, and requires licensure by the state Department of Education as a condition of operation
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides for the certification of disability by medical psychologists. (7/1/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Requires that mitigation monies associated with the funding for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion integrated coastal protection project shall be allocated to the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District and used to complete levee improvements
Sponsor: Timothy Kerner
Amends the definition of excavation in the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to installation standards for manufactured and modular homes. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to limitations of liability in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Requires automobile insurance companies to provide reasons for the cancellation of insurance policies to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
Removes the employees of the Monroe Housing Authority from state civil service. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol products. (CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides that certain graduate students shall be exempt from mandatory student fees
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides relative to the rights of sexual assault victims
Sponsor: Pat Moore
Creates the State and Parish Coastal Zone Recovery Authority. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Memorializes the U.S. Congress to adopt requirements that motor vehicles or child restraint safety systems come equipped with sensor technology to alert the driver about the presence of child
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Relative to the Wild Louisiana Guide License (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Robert Owen
Relative to renewal of stop-loss policies. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mark Abraham
Authorizes parishes and municipalities to provide relative to employee leave benefits
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to penalties for the crime of simple assault (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Charles Henry
Provides relative to criteria for a student's receipt of a State Seal of Biliteracy on his high school diploma or transcript
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Provides relative to the return to work of retired certified classroom teachers (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the Red River Parish Tourism Commission
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Memorializes Congress to call a convention to amend the constitution to establish term limits for members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides with respect to the early release of certain offenders under certain circumstances
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides with respect to service of process in certain circumstances
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the publication of the official state map by the Department of Transportation and Development
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides for the dedication of certain revenues to transportation. (gov sig) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to the approval of the annual capitol and operating budgets of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides for issuance of statewide handgun permits to veterans. (8/1/20) (OR -$30,713 SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides for the limitation of liability during a declaration of a state of public health emergency
Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Provides relative to the mandatory imposition of criminal fines upon conviction of certain offenses (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Suspends the corporation franchise tax levied on domestic and foreign corporations and the initial tax levied on certain business entities subject to the corporation franchise tax (OR -$412,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Provides for manufacturers or brewers in the state selling products at its permitted brewing facilities. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides for the reemployment of retired teachers. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Provides relative to the licensure of pharmacies dispensing therapeutic marijuana. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to the secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Shreveport
Sponsor: Cedric Glover
Provides relative to the licensure of hospice providers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to airport facilities
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Temporarily suspends video draw poker device operation fees due to mandatory closure of establishments in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Authorizes certain individuals licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners to administer naloxone and other opioid antagonists
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Requests the State Civil Service Commission to adopt a rule requiring that military veterans be interviewed when they apply for employment with state government
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Prohibits the restraint of the practice of medicine in contracts or agreements
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to the disposition of human remains
Sponsor: Neil Riser
To provide for "Early Learning Home Centers" and require licensing. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to the appointment, vacancies, and removal of members for the governing board of the Cypress Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Urges and requests certain officials and local governments to dismiss coastal lawsuits
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Urges and request the Department of Transportation and Development to submit the salaries of all employees
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Allows a voter to request his absentee by mail ballot be rescinded in the event an election is delayed as a result of a declared state of emergency. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides with respect to instruction and training relative to the safety of students, including suicide and violence prevention
Sponsor: Barbara Freiberg
Requires implementation of a traumatic injury response program in all public schools. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Milligan
To rededicate a portion of certain sales and use taxes levied in East Baton Rouge Parish to fund the office of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defender (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Edward James
Suspends corporate franchise tax for the 2021 tax year. (OR -$412,600,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to authorizations for coastal protection annual and master plans
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Provides relative to e-liquid and vapor products
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to rehiring of retirees. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Requires early learning centers to provide for the installation and operation of cameras as a condition of state licensure
Sponsor: John Illg
Provides relative to the terms of the members of the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to marijuana pharmacies
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Authorizes the use of golf carts to cross certain highways in the city limits of the town of Lake Arthur
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Provides relative to suspensions and expulsions of public school students
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides for the use of federal funds for workforce training (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides for transfer on death securities
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides relative to a marketplace for consumers seeking healthcare services and procedures
Sponsor: Robert Owen
Creates the "En français S.V.P" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Authorizes administration of medical marijuana to a student by a parent, guardian, or authorized school employee at a public school
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Amends the definition of marijuana
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Suspends legal requirements to ensure the continued operation of local government.
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for eligibility for military honor license plates for members of the Louisiana National Guard. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Provides relative to guidelines for granting coastal use permits
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Creates the Related Services Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations relative to educational services for students with special needs and exceptionalities
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides relative to offices of trust companies
Sponsor: Polly Thomas
Extends authority of public postsecondary education institutions to exercise certain operational autonomies
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Creates the "Utility Lineman" special prestige license plate. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides for the Peace Officer and Public Safety Personnel Peer Support and Mental Health and Wellness Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for an economic development district in the city of Baton Rouge. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Requires a two person crew on trains transporting freight
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides relative to reprisal under workers' compensation
Sponsor: Patrick Jefferson
Creates the Business Compensation Fund. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for acceptance of powers of attorney by financial institutions. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Provides with respect to unemployment insurance benefits
Sponsor: Larry Frieman
Provides relative to qualifications of professional engineers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Authorizes assessors in the state to increase their annual salary compensation up to five percent annually for the next four years. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Suspends deadline for withdrawing appropriations from preceding fiscal year from state treasury. (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides relative to state agencies during a declared emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Requires reporting of contagious or infectious diseases to first responders. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Provides for the definition of domestic abuse
Sponsor: Malinda White
Provides relative to business interruption claims due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Authorizes a registrar of voters to set the days of early voting at a branch office
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides relative to the regulation of business entities during a public health emergency. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Directs the Dept. of Revenue to develop data on the projected impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on Louisiana business revenue in 2020 and on net operating loss carry forward tax deductions for future tax filings (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Creates a divisible load permit for drivers hauling multiple materials
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year. (OR +$148,964,427 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Authorizes registered voters to vote by mail in certain circumstances. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Prohibits a statewide elected official from receiving compensation from outside employment while in office. (gov sig)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Designates March 2020 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness month in Louisiana and commends Mary Bird Perkins - Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center on the achievement of attaining the designation of National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Expresses condolences upon the passing of Shreveport philanthropist and art advocate, Ollie Delton Harrison Jr.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to the time by which a voter must be registered as affiliated with a particular political party to be eligible to vote for candidates for membership on that party's committees
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Expresses condolences upon the death of former legislator, community leader, and Shreveport businessman, Don Williamson.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends The Shreveport Sun on the celebration of its one hundredth anniversary.
Sponsor: Gregory Tarver
Commends Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, on its annual Red and White Day.
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Expresses condolences on the passing of Audrey Mae Caudgest Simon.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Isaac "Ike" Muslow of Shreveport.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Commends The Shreveport Sun on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary.
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Designates April 7, 2020, as FFA Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and commends the state officers of the Louisiana FFA Association.
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Commends Sergeant Major Anazia M. Andrus-Sam on 31 years of active federal service in the United States Army and United States Army Reserve.
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Expresses condolences upon the death of William A. Oliver.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to temporarily prohibit energy and water companies from disconnecting services
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to reviews conducted of textbooks and other instructional materials
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides relative to curriculum, instruction, and training in the area of early literacy
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Suspends laws regarding legal deadlines, including prescription and preemption
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to the coastal management program, designees of the secretary, and prohibition of certain contracts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to the illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Revises the membership of the Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides relative to employment, education, and related service for FITAP participants. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Exempts certain activities performed by a levee district, a levee and drainage district, or a drainage district from the requirements for a coastal use permit. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides with respect to the definition of "first responders"
Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn
Suspends certain legal requirements as a result of emergency health measures relative to the Coronavirus.
Sponsor: Patrick Cortez
Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2020-2021 school year (OR +$148,964,427 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides for awards in actions enforcing provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for a hospital stabilization formula
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Recognizes Ponchatoula as a Purple Heart City
Sponsor: William Wheat
Commends the 2020 Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival on its twelfth anniversary
Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello
Commends Tangipahoa Parish Library on its seventy-fifth anniversary
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Expresses condolences on the passing of Rose Borne Alexander
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Commends Ronald R. "Ronnie" Anderson, Louisiana Farm Bureau president, on his retirement
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Commends Woody's Home for Veterans
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Commends Sally Katherine Pattison Bagley on her ninetieth birthday
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the appointment of an agent for service of process for certain nonresident litigants
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Posthumously commends Angelle Deshautelles for her service to the Ascension Parish Library
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Commends Adolf Wesselhoeft for his service to the United States
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Increases certain fees and establishes a new fee for radioactive disposal processing
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to increase hazardous waste fees
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Creates an individual income tax checkoff for four-year state colleges or universities (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Requests the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to adopt certain rules and standards for bulletproof vests for peace officers
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Requires that any communication issued to students or parents relative to immunization requirements include information on exemptions from compliance with such requirements
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Provides relative to ATC permitting licenses with multiple outlets. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Memorializes Congress to prohibit access to online pornography by persons under the age of 18.
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Directs the Bd. of Regents to include recommended funding distributions for each public postsecondary education system and institution in the funding formula report that it is required to submit to the legislature by March 31st
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Requests Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Dept. of Natural Resources to study the feasibility of using waste tire material in flood protection and coastal restoration projects.
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Provides for an increase in compensation of certain election commissioners
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to $500,000 limitation on general damages. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Repeals reporting requirements related to commercial motor vehicle policies. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for an experience study. (6/30/20) (OR DECREASE FC SG EX)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Provides for calling a constitutional convention
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Removes certain reporting requirements (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to automobile medical payment coverage
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides relative to immunization waivers for employees
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Relative to passing a parked emergency vehicle. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to occupant restraint systems on school buses
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Repeals the prohibition on medical marijuana in raw or crude form
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to involuntary dismissals with prejudice
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides with respect to wage secrecy and pay discrimination. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the judges of the 14th JDC
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides relative to the maximum age limitation for constables
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides for membership. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to age qualifications for justices of the peace
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to inmate visitation
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to character opinion evidence
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Provides relative to actions involving insured defendants
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Authorizes the creation of cooperative economic development districts affiliated with Louisiana public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to submission of certain bids in public contracts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Resolves that a committee be appointed to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened and organized and is prepared to transact business.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to the implementation of the requirement that a state correctional facility be equipped with suitable accommodations for breastfeeding and lactation. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Prohibits political subdivisions from certain regulation of property offered for long term rent or lease and the owners thereof. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides relative to amber warning lamps; vehicles hauling forest products. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Mike Reese
Provides for criminal penalties for the illegal disposal of waste tires. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Provides relative to opioid prescriptions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
. Provides for reporting and notification of releases of certain materials that cause an emergency condition. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to local funding of the clerk of court's office of the Criminal District Court in Orleans Parish. (6/15/20) (OR NO IMPACT LF See Note)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides for criminal penalties for violations of the waste tire program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (OR DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Requires air monitoring systems in certain facilities. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides for penalties for violation of the Environmental Quality Act. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to an increase in the state minimum hourly wage.
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to ignition interlock devices for DWI offenders (OR +$480,101 SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides relative to final default judgments
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides relative to labor organizations for teachers and other school employees
Sponsor: Charles Owen
Provides disclosure procedures for asbestos and silica claims
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Invites the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on Monday, March 9, 2020, at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Requires course material and testing on recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking as part of commercial motor vehicle written knowledge test. (See Act)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides relative to registration of Class 1 trucks and trailers
Sponsor: Vincent Pierre
Provides relative to workers' compensation benefits for hearing loss for classified fire service. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the prohibition of recovery from collateral sources
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to the booking information of an arrested person
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides with respect to in forma pauperis proceedings
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides for principals to be appointed by the school board instead of the superintendent
Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
Provides relative to medical parole eligibility for prisoners who are terminally ill or permanently disabled. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Authorizes transfer of permits. (8/1/20) (OR DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides for requirements to participate in the waste tire program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Provides relative to motor vehicle crash reports
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides relative to the practice of cosmetology. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to funding for a Jimmie Davis Bridge (LA511) construction project (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Cedric Glover
Provides for the decriminalization of marijuana possession and distribution (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to the authority to host private events at breweries
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to the Mid-City Security District
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to deceptive or unfair trade practices regarding electronic health records. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Requires the presiding officers to provide for and maintain a public internet site related to redistricting activities of the legislature
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Resolves that a committee be appointed to act with a similar house committee to notify the governor that the legislature has convened and organized and is prepared to receive his communications.
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to reports required after an abortion. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to the sale and lease of immovable property by the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Sponsor: Richard Nelson
Provides relative to prescription. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Eddie Lambert
Creates and provides for the Task Force on Opioid Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to screenings of students' sight
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Requires all real property within a parish to be reassessed in the same year for purposes of statewide reassessment (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes an ad valorem tax exemption for certain property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to fees for pretrial programs in DeSoto Parish
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Authorizes and provides for an ad valorem tax exemption that allows cooperative endeavor agreements between taxing authorities and non-residential property owners that require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the LSU National Champions special prestige license plate. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Provides relative to procedures for removal of permanent school bus operators. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides for transfer of stationary weight enforcement to DOTD. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Exempts persons from jury duty who have been interdicted or are under a continuing tutorship. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to unemployment insurance
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides relative to certain court fees for victims of domestic violence
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to family and in-home child care providers
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Provides relative to the expenditure limit (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to annual mental health screenings in schools. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to the expungement of records for victims of human trafficking
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Authorizes the creation of cooperative economic development districts affiliated with certain Louisiana public postsecondary education institutions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to the minimum age for the distribution, sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to collaborative practice agreements between advanced practice registered nurses and licensed physicians or dentists. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
To provide for the collection of local sales and use tax and local automobile rental tax on the lease or rental of a motor vehicle or automobile from lease facilitators
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Establishes the licensed profession of art therapist
Sponsor: Stuart Bishop
Requires daily recess for public school students in grades kindergarten through eight
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
(Constitutional Amendment) Requires all property within a parish to be reassessed in the same year for purposes of statewide reassessment (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to admissibility of certain evidence regarding failure to wear a safety belt. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to motions for summary judgment
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Prohibits use of a hand-held telecommunications device by a person when operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
To extend the maximum term for a lease or sublease entered into by the Office Facilities Corporation and to remove legislative oversight for certain leases (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides procurement preference for goods manufactured and services performed by individuals with disabilities through supported employment providers (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Authorizes certain parishes to perform work inside the boundaries of certain municipalities located within the parish
Sponsor: Daryl Adams
Provides relative to investments of domestic insurers (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Paul Hollis
Prohibits elective surgical, medical, and dental procedures for prison inmates. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for a proposition election regarding the decriminalization of marijuana (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to the authority to bring enforcement actions under the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides relative to facial recognition software
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
To provide for the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products, and industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products
Sponsor: Clay Schexnayder
Establishes the Opioid Restitution Fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a voluntary environmental self-audit program
Sponsor: Jean-Paul Coussan
Provides relative to commissioners for the 19th JDC
Sponsor: Edward James
Creates the "West Feliciana Parish Schools" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Daryl Adams
Provides relative to the regulation of cannabis
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to sessions of the Revenue Estimating Conference. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Increases amount paid for a person who has been wrongfully convicted (OR +$435,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to private and agency adoptions
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Provides relative to the levy of hotel occupancy taxes for tourism purposes
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides for insurance coverage and liability relative to condominium units
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to treatment of students with seizure disorders and training of school employees
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Provides relative to medical expenses paid in workers' compensation claims. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for an affirmative defense to the crime of trespass when certain property is not properly posted
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides a non-DNA-based factually innocent standard for seeking post conviction relief. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to the dedication of proceeds from slot machines at the pari-mutuel live racing facility in Orleans Parish
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for testing certain drinking water systems. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Eliminates the state inspection sticker requirement for certain vehicles (OR -$15,898,169 SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides for the defense and indemnification of public officials and employees
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to the Research Park Corporation
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to coroner duties involving the death of an offender in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides for disclosure of prescription drug cost information
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Provides relative to the regulation of gates across waterways in the coastal areas (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides for certain penalties imposed by the Department of Revenue and provides for the disposition of the monies collected from penalties and the self-generated revenue of the department
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Creates the Dyslexia Commission
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides for technical corrections and revision of provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Revenue to act as the central tax collector for local sales and use taxes and occupational license taxes
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides that the homestead exemption is the amount authorized in the constitution (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to remote patient monitoring
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Provides relative to nonconsensual pelvic or rectal examinations by healthcare providers and medical students (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to provide criminal history information regarding employees or potential employees to juvenile detention facilities. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Creates the Louisiana Innovation Infrastructure Registry
Sponsor: Richard Nelson
Provides for the registration of short-term rental dwellings with the office of state fire marshal
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides for personal delivery devices. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the expenditure limit (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides for vocational rehabilitation for injured employees
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to body-worn cameras (OR +$423,017 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides for health insurance coverage for maternity services provided by doulas
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides an exception to certain offenses of illegal carrying of weapons for persons with a concealed handgun permit
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Requires law enforcement officers have reasonable belief of a weight violation prior to checking the weight of certain vehicles
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides relative to the dedication of state tax revenues generated in Orleans Parish from slot machine proceeds
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides for the regulation of legal advertising in the field of medical alerts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides with respect to the procedure of arrest
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to jury trials in criminal cases
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to the parties to a crime (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to compensation of collegiate student athletes for use of their name, image, or likeness
Sponsor: Cedric Glover
Provides relative to the sale and distribution of marine products. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 758 in St. Landry, Louisiana, as the "Faquetaique Highway"
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides relative to enforcement of local ordinances
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for ad valorem tax exemptions for certain property (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to the form of audit reports by the legislative auditor
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Authorizes the use of electronic signatures when transferring certificates of title in certain situations
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides relative to the reporting of certain information to the victim notification system after a firearms purchase denial
Sponsor: Larry Selders
Provides relative to the preservation and microfilming of certain records
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to juvenile court-ordered physical and mental care and exam fees
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to fees charged by clerks of court for real estate mortgage certificates and lien certificates. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to $500,000 limitation on general damages
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Creates and provides for a redistricting study and advisory commission
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Allows public employees of a political subdivision that operates parks and recreational facilities to rent facilities at a discounted rate subject to certain conditions
Sponsor: Larry Selders
Provides relative to the protection of personally identifiable information (OR +$304,137 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to mandatory drug court participation for certain first or second time offenders. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for the therapeutic use of marijuana. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Authorizes the update of a driver's permanent address online
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides with respect to maintaining voter registration lists
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides with respect to fiscal intermediary services contracts in state information technology procurement
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Requires the addition of a member with aviation experience to airport authorities
Sponsor: Raymond Crews
Provides relative to prescriptions for opioids. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to coroner reports on vaccine adverse events
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Requires course material and testing on recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking as a part of the commercial motor vehicle written knowledge test
Sponsor: Rhonda Butler
Provides relative to the distribution of kratom products (OR +$1,286,784 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Buddy Mincey
Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides for a special identification card for persons over the age of 60. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for revisions to the fee structure and oversight of the in-service training and educational programs for state employees by the Department of State Civil Service. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to tobacco products
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the regulation of battery-charged fences by parishes and municipalities
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
(Constitutional Amendment) To provide for ad valorem tax exemptions for certain property (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to financial aid
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides for ad valorem tax exemptions for certain property. (See Act)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to the dismissal of a petition for families in need of services
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Prohibits the Dept. of Transportation and Development from using Transportation Trust Fund monies for certain expenses (OR +$54,690,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides standards for the counting and tabulation of irregularly marked paper ballots
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides for penalties for unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides relative to liens and perfection of claims in the Public Works Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for coverage of certain services and procedures performed by pharmacists
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Provides relative to requiring each hospital or free-standing birthing center in the state of Louisiana to perform a comprehensive systematic analysis for each maternal death that occurs
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to collection and reporting of data regarding jail facilities (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides for consistency in the Domestic Abuse Assistance Act
Sponsor: Malinda White
Provides relative to compensation of student athletes for use of their name, image, and likeness
Sponsor: Edward James
Requires the issuance of a written warning when certain vehicles have minor maintenance issues
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides relative to the regulation of small wireless facilities by parishes and municipalities
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides relative to the Department of Children and Family Services child support employer reporting program. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides for hospital payment reform based on diagnosis-related groups
Sponsor: Polly Thomas
Requires local governing authority to implement a permitting process for individuals and businesses who open a home which serves six or more individuals. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides for the seizure of firearms from persons who pose a risk of imminent injury to self or others
Sponsor: Gary Carter
Provides relative to family and parental leave for state employees
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
To provide for the disposition of severance tax collections
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides for an automobile expense allowance for the assessor in East Feliciana parish
Sponsor: Daryl Adams
Requires school principals to provide an opportunity on the first Tuesday in May for high school seniors to register to vote
Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
Provides for health insurance coverage for midwifery services
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides relative to liberative prescription
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Prohibits the Dept. of Transportation and Development from using Transportation Trust Fund monies for benefits for retired employees (OR +$8,220,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides for an amnesty day for persons to pay reduced fees to OMV for insurance violations. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to the use of student test scores and diploma types in calculations of performance scores for the school and district accountability system
Sponsor: Kenny Cox
Reduces the oyster seed ground vessel permit fee and creates associated gear fees (OR -$25,750 SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mack Cormier
Provides relative to the practice of advanced esthetics
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides for reporting requirements for training on human trafficking awareness and prevention. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Provides relative to the protection of personally identifiable information
Sponsor: Francis Thompson
Prohibits financial incentives or penalties to encourage healthcare providers to administer vaccinations
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the collection and sharing of certain student information
Sponsor: Scott McKnight
Provides relative to reporting requirements for the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to the hotel and lodging exception permit
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides relative to the reduction of commercial automobile insurance rates under certain circumstances
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides relative to universal occupational or professional licensing recognition
Sponsor: Julie Emerson
Provides relative to administration of medication in public schools
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides relative to juvenile court fees (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the composition of a state central committee of a recognized political party. (gov sig)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to evidence of failure to wear a safety belt
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 31 in Iberia Parish as the "Paul Victor Featherston Memorial Highway"
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Provides relative to drug courts
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to the gender of members of school athletic teams
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Requires the recording of grand jury proceedings
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age for judges and to prohibit a mandatory retirement age for public office holders and public employment.
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides for calculation of Medicaid per diem rates for certain intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities (OR +$748,890 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Polly Thomas
Provide for penalties for violations of the "Right-to-Know" law. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Prohibits physicians whose licenses have been suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted from treating members of certain vulnerable populations
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Requires that the state Department of Education develop a program to train and certify volunteers to assist school counselors. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to eating disorder prevention in schools
Sponsor: Tammy Phelps
Sets standards for Medicaid reimbursement rates for health services furnished by midwives
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain persons (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides with respect to broadband service providers access to railroad right of way
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Provides relative to student discipline
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides that certain persons are eligible for parole after serving twenty or thirty years. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Increases the maximum age limitation for constables
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to immunizations. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Creates the "Educator Pipeline to Success Program". (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Requires the provision of certain information to patients or parents of patients prior to administration of an immunization or a vaccine (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides for fees imposed for waste tire disposal (OR +$2,893,975 SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 9 and Louisiana Highway 2 in Claiborne Parish the "Pat Garrett Trail". (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Repeals the assessment of a ten percent collection fee of the division of probation and parole (OR -$413,858 SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Revises the lapse time with automobile insurance before persons can be penalized for failure to maintain security on a vehicle to 15 days. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to private market flood insurance
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to private student loans
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for health insurance coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to race for discrimination purposes. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to motions for summary judgment
Sponsor: Scott McKnight
Provides relative to the photo identification issued to an offender prior to his release
Sponsor: Scott McKnight
Provides for the authorization of fantasy sports. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Dedicates monies in the Deepwater Horizon Economic Damages Collection Fund for certain infrastructure projects. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Sponsor: John Morris
Adds to the set of debilitating conditions qualifying a patient for a recommendation of medical marijuana by a physician
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to the disposition of human remains
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Requires program to cover treatment of severe obesity. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides for an increase in the administrative penalties assessed for the misclassification of employees (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to the application of local ordinances to integrated coastal projects
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to criminal procedure. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Establishes the State Budget Authority Shortfall Trust for exclusive use by agencies who experience budget shortfalls during the course of the fiscal year (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to admitting privileges for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides relative to the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the amount of severance tax collected by the state and remitted to parishes (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides for video poker amenity requirements. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides for health insurance coverage for participants in clinical trials
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Provides relative to liability to third parties of members and managers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Repeals certain prostitution-related offenses
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Prohibits the collection or harvest of turtle eggs and diamondback terrapins
Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Requires the state Department of Education to implement a program to increase the number of meals provided to students. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Designates venue for any challenge to the authority of the legislature or a legislative entity or any challenge to the issuance or enforcement of a legislative subpoena. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Establishes a minimum generic dispensing rate requirement in Medicaid managed care (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Establishes the State Cybersecurity and Information Technology Fund and dedicates revenues to the fund
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to registration and voting by a person convicted of a felony
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Provides relative to hearsay exceptions in domestic abuse cases
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to post-sentence statements, documents, and procedures
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Provides for documentation and verification of certain information submitted by applicants for marriage licenses. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for a technical changes to the abuse and neglect of adults statute and Adult Protective Services Act. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Requires all wholesale dealers to file reports on certain tobacco products
Sponsor: Paul Hollis
Provides relative to venue and jurisdiction in adoption
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Provides for certain records and transcripts to be provided to the inmate upon release from incarceration. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Authorizes certain universities to conduct research and testing of state-regulated industrial hemp, CBD, and medical marijuana products (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides for the prescriptive period for bad faith insurance claims
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Revises procedures relative to students investigated for making threats of violence or terrorism
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Exempts active duty members and reserve members of the armed forces of the United States residing in Louisiana from fees associated with concealed carry permits.
Sponsor: Heather Cloud
Provides relative to workers' compensation. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides relative to discipline of a teacher or employee arrested for sexual offenses affecting a minor. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to utilization reviews for health insurance policies. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to the maximum time for appearance before a judge
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Provides relative to procurement by certain institutions of higher education
Sponsor: Paula Davis
(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to provide by law for the central collection of sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to statewide appointment of deputy constables
Sponsor: Beryl Amedee
Provides relative to the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
(Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits Dept. of Transportation and Development from using Transportation Trust Fund monies for benefits for retired employees (OR +$8,220,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides relative to pleas of guilty or nolo contendere in felony cases
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to underground utilities
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board may waive the fuel sales requirement under certain conditions at a video poker truck stop facility. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the recorded statements of protected persons
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Creates the crime of adoption deception (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Creates the offense of misrepresentation of entitlement to assistance animals. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Rogers Pope
Provides relative to the role of the Department of Children and Family Services as an indispensable party in certain domestic matters
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Provides relative to group insurance expenses for certain clerks of court. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to automatic voter registration. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for comprehensive school counseling program.
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Requires annual testing of drinking water at certain child care facilities and schools. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to payments under public contracts. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to the enforcement of claims under public contracts
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a commission for remote sellers to remit local sales and use taxes to local tax collectors (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to prohibitions on certain health insurance cost-sharing practices. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Establishes reporting requirements for businesses and governmental entities using service providers. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (1/1/21)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to medical expenses paid by a collateral source. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides relative to the governance of fire protection districts created by certain parishes. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to state group insurance for certain former employees. (8/1/20).
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the payment of court costs and first offender pardons
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides for parent participation after adjudication of a delinquent act committed by their juvenile child. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Prohibits the sale of vapor products with a characterizing flavor. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides for an increase in the administrative penalties assessed for the misclassification of employees. (2/3 - CA10s18)(8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for the continuous revision of the Children's Code. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Provides eligibility for retired law officer's special license plates to law officers who retire due to injures sustained in the line of duty regardless of the length of employment. (8/1/2020)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides for the Save Women's Sports Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for certain ecological tours traversing wildlife management areas. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for health insurance coverage of cancer treatments (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Jeremy LaCombe
Changes the date the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may allow for the taking of gulf bait menhaden when the quota has not been met
Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Authorizes an additional payroll rebate for certain new direct jobs created pursuant to the Quality Jobs Program
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to safety deposit boxes that are deemed abandoned
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides for campaign contribution limit reductions. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Defines "freestanding children's hospital" for purposes of the Hospital Licensing Law
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to ignition interlock device requirement for DWI offenders to be issued a restricted driver's license. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides relative to the liberative prescription of actions on loans for payment of certain costs of postsecondary education
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides relative to public comment on agenda items at meetings of public bodies
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Extends prescriptive period for delictual actions from one to two years, but except medical malpractice. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to sexual assault victims and certain residential lease agreements
Sponsor: Aimee Freeman
Provides relative to sewerage systems and districts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides for the adjustment of ad valorem tax millages. (See Act)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the purchase of lottery tickets (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
(Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits Dept. of Transportation and Development from using Transportation Trust Fund monies for certain expenses (OR +$54,690,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages
Sponsor: Randal Gaines
Provides for the regulation of pharmacy services administrative organizations
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to balance or "surprise" billing. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Randal Gaines
Provides relative to immunizations administered by pharmacists. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Changes the frequency of mullet stock assessments
Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Provides relative to the dedication and use of certain monies to be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the amount an attorney can advance to his client
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to beverages in children's meals. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Authorizes three separate additional lottery games with proceeds from each dedicated to veterans, senior citizens, and persons with special needs. (See Act)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Requires a contractor for a state capital outlay project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to parole violations (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Creates the crime of the illegal throwing of hate-related objects during a parade or demonstration. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Allows a local police department to use certain electronic forms. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides relative to industrial hemp research (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Troy Romero
Provides for the name of the organization sampling cigars or pipe tobacco on the premises of certain convention facilities (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to medical consent for forensic medical examinations
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides for reasonable accommodations for employees temporarily disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions in the workplace. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Requires that data relative to college and career opportunities be compiled and distributed to high school students
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Provides relative to annuities. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides for initiative measures for use by the electorate to propose and adopt or reject laws and constitutional amendments. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Allows a towing company to avoid certain penalties based on good-faith reliance on statements of the person contracting the company. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rogers Pope
Requires notice of reinstatement of a previously canceled casualty insurance policy. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Requires the state Office of Group Benefits to cover bariatric surgery techniques for the treatment of severe obesity. (7/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
(Constitutional Amendment) Limits the amount of the increase in the assessed value of certain immovable property in Orleans Parish following reassessment of property for purposes of ad valorem taxes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Matthew Willard
(Constitutional Amendment) Establishes the State Cybersecurity and Information Technology Fund and dedicates revenues to the fund
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Changes the interest rate on refunds of state tax overpayments. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to rebates to certain businesses domiciled in certain parishes for use of certain bridges and tunnels. (8/1/20) (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for notice requirements related to the Small Business Protection Act. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to manufacturers or brewers of alcohol
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides for certain data and other material to be included in the Healthy Louisiana Claims Report
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides for a $100,000 death benefit for a DOTD employee who is killed in a hazardous situation in the course and scope of his employment. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Removes the sunset provision for the authorization of use of therapeutic marijuana. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Provides relative to compensation of collegiate student athletes for use of their name, image, or likeness
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to advanced client costs by an attorney
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides for La. State Board of Cosmetology and the practice of natural hair braiding. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides for the disbursement of monies received in settlements from opioid manufacturers (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Requires the Board of Regents to include recommended funding distributions for each public postsecondary education system and institution in the annual funding formula report that it submits to the legislature
Sponsor: Candace Newell
Requires each public postsecondary education institution to implement an opioid overdose response plan. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to compensation for student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics. (See Act) (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides for access to certain student information with parental permission. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides relative to the funding of bulletproof vests for peace officers (OR -$8,500,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Removes requirements for use of a value-added assessment model with regard to school and district accountability and teacher evaluations. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Provides relative to elective participation by school boards in the La. Optical Network Infrastructure (LONI) and for LONI's inclusion in the statewide educational technology plan. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Allows the occupant of a watercraft traveling on state waters and engaged in any lawful activity to remain on those waters unless forbidden to do so by the owner. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the public water system, the public sewerage system, and the public drainage system of the city of New Orleans. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Provides relative to dental insurance coverage of preexisting conditions
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides with respect to the assignment of wireless cell phone numbers to minors
Sponsor: Daryl Deshotel
Constitutional amendment to establish and provide for the gradual increase in the state minimum hourly wage. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Prohibits certain collateral source benefits from being claimed as set-offs of damages for civil liability purposes. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides for the issuance of bonds by the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for Litigation Reduction Act. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides for the enforcement of coastal use permits. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Requires a judge to keep a domestic abuse victim's address confidential under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Requires scrap metal recyclers to follow certain guidelines when purchasing and processing certain items
Sponsor: Michael Echols
(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes local governing authorities to call an election for the purpose of allowing the sale, possession, distribution, and use of marijuana
Sponsor: Cedric Glover
Enacts a Foster Youth's Bill of Rights for youth ages fourteen through eighteen in foster care. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to interpreters for non-English-speaking persons in civil protective order cases. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Prohibits the raffle or giving away of certain animals as a novelty or prize at a carnival or fair. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to information contained in alcoholic beverage permits. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Prohibits the disclosure of information regarding the membership of, volunteers of, or donors to a nonprofit organization (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Constitutional amendment to provide relative to the ad valorem tax exemption for certain manufacturing facilities. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Sponsor: Mack White
Constitutional amendment to provide for the taxing authority of levee districts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to public elementary and secondary school fund accounts of certain schools. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Constitutional amendment to provide for the adjustment of ad valorem millages. (2/3 - CA13S1(A))
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Requires certain landfills to close when they exceed capacity. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on gender. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to medical necessity determinations related to substance use disorders. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
Provides relative to benefits for permanent hearing loss. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to court costs and fees in domestic abuse cases. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides relative to Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans for persons dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid (OR GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to capital outlay (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Requires judges to file personal financial disclosure forms as a public record. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Increases the amount of supplemental pay for eligible law enforcement and fire protection officers (OR +$59,526,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Adds local government to the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website known as Louisiana Checkbook (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Raymond Garofalo
Provides relative to the official journal of parishes, municipalities, school boards, and other political subdivisions (OR DECREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn
Provides relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability security, failure to comply, and limitation of damages
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Authorizes levee boards to spend funds generated from one or more levee districts in another district that benefits an entire levee authority. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to sentencing (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides for an increase in per diem for the commissioners of the Vermilion Waterworks District No. 1. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Constitutional amendment to establish certain ad valorem property tax exemptions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides with respect to policies relative to benefits for teachers at facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice
Sponsor: Foy Gadberry
Requires that any communication issued to students or parents relative to immunization requirements include information on exemptions from compliance with such requirements
Sponsor: Kathy Edmonston
Provides relative to health care emergency visit alternative treatment reimbursement. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Limits monies deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund from being used to pay for certain Dept. of Transportation and Development expenses (OR +$32,870,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Authorizes the Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board to issue subpoenas (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Provides relative to illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile
Sponsor: Mary DuBuisson
Provides for investment authority of the Treasurer for the Millennium Trust, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Trust and Protection Fund, and the Russell Sage or Marsh Island Trust Fund. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to expungement. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Requires certain employers who receive state economic development incentives for construction projects to hire a certain number of registered apprentices to complete the project. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the theft of metals (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides for the registration and regulation of short-term rental dwellings by the state fire marshal. (1/1/21) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to fraud protection requirements for retail motor fuel devices. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 563 in Lincoln Parish as the "Johnny Lynn Cole Memorial Highway"
Sponsor: Travis Johnson
Provides relative to authorized payroll withholdings for professional organization dues and certain contracts with school boards
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Appropriates funds for payment of the judgment against the State of Louisiana, DOTD, in "Jean Boudreaux and the Victims of the Flood on April 6, 1983 on the Tangipahoa River v. The State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation, et al"
Sponsor: William Wheat
Provides relative to renewal of real estate licenses and timeshare registrations
Sponsor: Polly Thomas
Provides for an exception for certain applicants for employee permits seeking to work in locations permitted by office of alcohol and tobacco control as a restaurant. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to participation in Office of Group Benefits programs by certain classes of participants
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Sets standards for Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services (OR +$65,398,811 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Michael Echols
Provides relative to the investigation of traffic accidents in the municipalities over three hundred thousand in population
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to the cancellation of a dental policy
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Restricts the allocation of cash line of credit capacity for certain projects and provides for the recommendation of projects for lines of credit
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Provides with respect to the availability of jury trials in certain civil matters
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Allows for the state and private landowners to enter into boundary agreements concerning disputed property. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Adds statewide civilian emergency dispatchers to the definition of "first responders" for certain purposes
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides uniform procedures for issuance of tax clearances. (gov sig)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Regulates consumer credit loans and transactions
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides relative to cooperative local government incentives. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cameron Henry
Creates the crime of infliction of serious injury or death on a vulnerable road user and provides for penalties (OR INCREASE See Note)
Sponsor: Polly Thomas
Provides relative to the collateral source rule
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Provides for the creation, transfer, dedication, deposit, and use of certain funds in the state treasury. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Mack White
Adds mucopolysaccharidosis type I and glycogen storage disorder type II to the state's newborn screening panel
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides for availability of certain records and proceedings of the judiciary commission to the public
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides for school board information to be accessible on the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website known as the Louisiana Checkbook
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Provides relative to facility need review. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Exempts persons with disabilities from charges associated with obtaining medical records
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides for certain exceptions when hauling construction aggregates
Sponsor: Phillip DeVillier
Extends the authorization for ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the maximum permissible gross vehicle weight, under certain conditions, until 2022
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides for an increase in state minimum wage. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides for the marshal of the city court of Lafayette. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Requires all neighborhood crime prevention and security districts to submit a status report annually to the legislature. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides mandatory sentences for persons who commit burglary of a motor vehicle or solicit juveniles to commit burglary of a motor vehicle. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Provides for lease terms of airport facilities
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the appropriation of funds for postsecondary educational institutions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Repeals certain restrictions on the use of laser or infrared sights on guns while hunting
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Authorizes drivers of certain two-wheeled vehicles to proceed through a red light under certain conditions
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Requires testing by the state for secondary contaminants in privately operated community water systems
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides relative to evidence of failure to wear a safety belt
Sponsor: Jack McFarland
Constitutional amendment to authorize the state to enter into certain agreements with landowners concerning boundaries between state claimed and privately claimed water bottoms. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Provides relative to the certification requirements for concealed handgun permit safety and training course instructors
Sponsor: Blake Miguez
Authorizes creation of regional drainage and flood mitigation districts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to postconviction relief
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to the admissibility of evidence for failure to wear a safety belt
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Prohibits the restraint of the practice of medicine in contracts or agreements. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Defines hotel for purposes of occupancy taxes levied by local tourism commissions. (10/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Authorizes Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District to apply for designation as a foreign trade zone. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for certain exceptions from Code of Governmental Ethics. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for certain requirements to transfer or exchange state and local roads from the state highway system to a parish or municipality
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Increases nonresident penalties for hunting without a license (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to the Department of Economic Development and the Board of Commerce and Industry. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Mack White
Provides relative to meetings of public bodies
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Provides relative to projects participating in both the federal Opportunity Zones and Restoration Abatement programs. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Jimmy Harris
Provides relative to the jury trial threshold
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides relative to the prosecution of certain juveniles in adult criminal court for offenses involving a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Changes the composition of the election sections of the Fourteenth Judicial District and the assignment of judges and the magistrate judge to those election sections for election purposes
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Requires that student identification cards issued by certain postsecondary education institutions meet certain requirements
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Authorizes the acceptance of alternative proof of residency for certain applicants for hunting. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Provides relative to Missing Angel Certificates issued by the state registrar of vital records (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Provides relative to electric bicycles. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Provides relative to physician practice standards in a medical spa. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Requires school bus operators to be certified in CPR and first aid. (gov sig) (OR +$61,500 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Creates an individual income tax checkoff for the Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) organization (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Malinda White
Provides relative to direct actions by third parties against insurers
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to removal of supreme court jurisdiction over attorney advertisements
Sponsor: John Stefanski
Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Sponsor: Royce Duplessis
Provides relative to determination of area of groundwater concern
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Establishes the Commission for Identifying Risk Factors for Cortical Visual Impairment. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes local governments to increase the amount of the homestead exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to fees charged by the secretary of state
Sponsor: Paula Davis
Provides relative to the state medical assistance program
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Creates the "A.B.A.T.E" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Requires the use of video cameras in classrooms where special education services are provided to certain students with exceptionalities (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Requires any contractor who bids on or enters into a contract with a public entity to comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Provides relative to funding for postsecondary educational institutions. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requires classroom instruction regarding the Holocaust for high school students
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to certain exemptions from seizure during bankruptcy
Sponsor: Mandie Landry
Provides for statutory insurer deposits. (7/1/20)
Sponsor: Louie Bernard
Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Provides relative to rate determinations based on risks classified by the insured's credit score or rating
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to banks and banking
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides relative to the student passage rate required by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 90 in St. Mary Parish as the "Jeffrey Paul Curry, Jr. Highway"
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides for funeral director assistants.
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to out-of-state teacher certification, including provisions regarding notification to applicants and the certification to eligible military spouses
Sponsor: Charles Owen
Provides relative to required instruction in American history and civics in public schools
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Authorizes use of Parish Transportation Fund monies for mass transit in Tangipahoa Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Sponsor: Nicholas Muscarello
Provides relative to divorce
Sponsor: Robert Carter
Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by the gender or age of an insured
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Permits a candidate for elective office to withdraw from the election and have his name removed from the ballot up to five days before early voting begins. (7/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Provides for an increase in allowable attorney fees in cases of appeal taken by an employee in the municipal fire and police classified civil service. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Prohibits insurers from reducing the limits of property and casualty insurance policies to fund defense costs. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Provides relative to the development of cancer as a result of employment as a firefighter. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to the Early Childhood Care and Education Network. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Abolishes the Group Benefits Estimating Conference. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for the determination of the existence of control of an insurer
Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to the execution of a death sentence (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Prohibits salary schedules for teachers from including limitations based upon years of experience. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Prohibits certain restrictive agreements as to the practice of medicine. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides relative to the Louisiana Health Reinsurance Association. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides for the extension of state income taxes. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Requires Board of Regents to include recommended funding distributions for each public postsecondary education system and institution in annual funding formula report it submits to legislature and revises deadline
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Creates the "Classic Black" specialty license plate
Sponsor: Rick Edmonds
Amends the crime of filing or maintaining false public records
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to the allocation of incarcerated persons for the purposes of all redistricting by the legislature. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Increases the total number of credits that may be earned by an offender upon earning a bachelor's degree or master's degree
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to the payment of health insurance claims
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to real estate appraisal standards
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Provides for disposition of abandoned property at the Louisiana State Archives
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Requires each public postsecondary education institution to create a policy discussion program on campus (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides for a historically black college and university designation within the master plan for postsecondary education. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to the use of bed rails in nursing home facilities. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Limits monies deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund from being used to pay for certain Dept. of Transportation and Development expenses (OR +$32,870,000 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides financial security for surviving spouses and children of law enforcement officers whose death is caused by heart attack or stroke
Sponsor: Ken Brass
Provides for the creation of a workers' compensation pharmacy formulary. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides relative to alternative schools and alternative education programs. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Authorizes inclusion of notice on driver's license of health condition that may impede ability to communicate with a peace officer. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Glen Womack
Provides relative to the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Establishes certain requirements for financial disclosure statements filed by judges and judicial candidates and provides for the availability of such statements
Sponsor: Lance Harris
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the establishment of uniform leave policies by law (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Stephanie Hilferty
Prohibits parenting determinations based upon parental blindness
Sponsor: Christopher Turner
Re-dedicates a portion of the taxes collected on certain surplus lines of insurance (OR -$10,310,000 GF RV See Note)
Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
Provides for the payment of health insurance claims prior to the credentialing of a healthcare provider
Sponsor: Dustin Miller
Provides relative to rate determinations based on risks classified by the insured's credit information
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Requires certain assessments of a student prior to suspension from school.
Sponsor: Regina Barrow
Prohibits certain agreements restricting a physician from practicing medicine outside the parish of employment under certain conditions. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: John Morris
Requires certain employers to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeabale occupation to registered apprentices for certain construction projects
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Reduces the civil jury trial threshold amount incrementally over a period of two years
Sponsor: Gabe Firment
Provides for automatic voter registration when a person applies for a state issued identification or license
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to the coordination of data for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the early childhood care and education network and prioritizing the provision of related services and funds
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides relative to the Louisiana Check-Cashing Law.
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to the length of time certain applicants are required to wait before filing a subsequent application for a pardon or commutation of sentence after a denial (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Marcus Bryant
Provides bad-faith penalties for certain self insurers. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Constitutional amendment to provide relative to certain lotteries and certain disbursement of proceeds. (2/3 - CA13s1)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Constitutional amendment to reallocate severance tax to parishes for Parish Transportation Funds. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Sponsor: Rick Ward
Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hairstyles. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to first aid training for public school employees
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the political activity restrictions applicable to classified employees of a fire and police civil system
Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Provides relative to occupational diseases for members in the classified fire service
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Requires certain employers to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for certain construction projects
Sponsor: Neil Riser
Provides for the board of commissioners of the St. Mary Levee District. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Increases the speed limit for school buses on highways and interstates
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Adopts daylight saving time as the standard time
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the election and selection of judges
Sponsor: Lance Harris
Repeals requirements for the Department of Insurance to maintain a central database for contact information on life insurance policies in force in the state. (7/1/20)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Establishes election sections for election of judges to the City Court of Lake Charles
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Increases the documentation fee allowed to be charged between an automobile dealer and customer. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides for parish offices of the Dept. of Children and Family Services and the Dept. of Health
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides a person's credit score should not be used to determine their insurance rate. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to certain limitations on recovery of medical claims. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for limitation of liability of a landowner of property used for recreational purposes and award of attorney fees and court costs under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Allows governing authorities of certain parishes to adopt certain regulations related to firearms and ammunition
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Repeals provisions regulating dental referral plans. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
Provides for evaluations of attorney advertisements to be subject to the Public Records Law. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Requires reporting of misappropriation of public funds received or expended by a quasi-public entity to the legislative auditor and the district attorney. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for possession limits of red drum taken by means of bow and arrow. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Gary Smith
Increases the maximum civil penalties for violations of environmental laws
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Creates the office of the commissioner of the 22nd Judicial District Family Court. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Phases in the dedication of the temporary state sales tax levy to the Transportation Trust Fund. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Repeals the prohibition on releasing a defendant on his own personal undertaking or with an unsecured personal surety when charged with certain drug offenses
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides for a proposition election to determine whether sports wagering activities and operations will be permitted in a parish. (6/10/20)
Sponsor: Kirk Talbot
Provides relative to the promulgation of emergency rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for a student member on the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (See Act)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Requires the St. James Parish assessor to pay the cost of certain insurance premiums for certain retirees of the assessor's office (OR NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Ken Brass
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to documents and proceedings of the judiciary commission
Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by the gender of an insured over the age of twenty-five
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to the licensing of foreign and alien insurers
Sponsor: Paul Hollis
Provides relative to the recusal of judges
Sponsor: Tanner Magee
Provides relative to enrollment requirements for the TOPS-Tech Award. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stewart Cathey
(Constitutional Amendment) Adds aggravated battery committed with a firearm to the list of crimes for which special juvenile procedures are not required
Sponsor: Joseph Marino
Provides relative to written notice before the lapse of a life insurance policy. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Michael Fesi
Provides relative to pretrial procedures regarding the right to a speedy trial
Sponsor: Edward James
Provides relative to disclosure of automobile liability insurance coverage limits to a third party claimant
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provide with respect to the power, duties, functions of the Board of Regents. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Prohibits banks from charging a fee for cashing a check drawn on it against an account. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to health insurance claims
Sponsor: Joseph Stagni
Prohibits public officials and employees from requiring that payments to an official or public entity be made payable to a person by name
Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Grants public postsecondary education management boards the authority to set admission standards for member institutions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides relative to the funding formula and appropriations for postsecondary educational institutions. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
Provides for the removal and replacement of members on the Reentry Advisory Council
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Requires each full-time university or college police officer to carry a supply of opiate antagonists nasal spray in his official vehicle. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides relative to equal pay for women (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to business filings and NAICS codes. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to the term of office for justices of the peace
Sponsor: Kyle Green
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the term of office for district attorneys
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides for the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). (gov sig)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for the duties of the school superintendent when returning certain RSD schools to the transferring school board. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Joseph Bouie
Provides relative to enrollment preferences at certain charter schools returned to the transferring school system from the RSD. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Karen Peterson
Requires reports of elderly exploitation or extortion to be reported to local law enforcement agencies. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Reduces jury trial threshold from $50,000 to $20,000. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Creates the crime of aggravated distribution of a controlled dangerous substance. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the insurance business against certain pharmacies and pharmacists who are licensed and physically located in the state. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Creates the crime of infliction of serious injury or death on a vulnerable road user. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides relative to standard provisions for group life policies. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Robert Mills
Requires the use of video cameras in certain classrooms where special education services are provided to certain students with exceptionalities. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Franklin Foil
Provides relative to evidence of force of impact in personal injury cases
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Sulphur
Sponsor: Les Farnum
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 38 in Washington Parish as the "Lance Corporal Larry L. Wells Memorial Highway". (8/1/20) (OR +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Requires rather than authorizes that students be given the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag in public schools
Sponsor: Valarie Hodges
Provides relative to opioid treatment programs for pregnant women. (1/1/21)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to child and spousal support payments when a defendant has been found in contempt for disobeying an order for payment
Sponsor: Mike Johnson
Provides relative to evidence of compromise and offers to compromise
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides for an excused absence to allow students to vote
Sponsor: Edward James
Prohibits school membership in an athletic association that does not provide for third-party arbitration of eligibility rule violations
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Provides relative to the unlawful disruption of the operation of a school (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Stephen Dwight
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 38 inTangipahoa Parish the "Deputy R.A. Kent Memorial Highway". (8/1/20) (OR +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for gubernatorial succession
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Designates the Forked Island Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Louisiana Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish as the "Rose Ashy Broussard Bridge". (8/1/2020)
Sponsor: Bob Hensgens
Adds a second commissioner to the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court and authorizes commissioners to preside over domestic violence cases and civil matters. (8/1/20) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Revises procedures relative to a student's inability to pay for school meals and a student's meal debt
Sponsor: Jason Hughes
Provides relative to intensive assistance plans for ineffective teachers and administrators
Sponsor: Barbara Carpenter
Provides relative to contracts for fiscal intermediary services. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Establishes a state minimum wage rate (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (8/15/20)
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risks classified due to the fact that the insured is a widow or widower
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to authority of local governments to name public buildings
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Establishes an optional hybrid retirement plan for employees of charter schools (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by the insured's credit score/rating. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides relative to the requirements for a marriage license application
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Removes award of attorney fees in proceedings relative to the remediation of oilfield sites and exploration and production sites. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Authorizes modification of drug coverage for a drug costing over $300 per prescription or refill with an increase of at least 25% in the prior 365 days under certain circumstances if 30-day notice is given. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides relative to insurance rate determinations based on risk classifications due to the fact that the insured is deployed in the military in excess of six months
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 171 in Shreveport as the "Elbert W. 'Eddie' Giles Memorial Highway"
Sponsor: Samuel Jenkins
Provides relative to penalties for possession of marijuana (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Sponsor: Denise Marcelle
Eliminates the death penalty (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to the appointment and Senate confirmation of the state superintendent of education. (gov sig)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Provides relative to benefit payments. (6/30/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Edward Price
Repeals certain penalties for failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Wilford Carter
Provides relative to the maximum cost of prescription insulin drugs. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for an exception for certain applicants for employee permits seeking to work in locations permitted by ATC as a restaurant.
Sponsor: Troy Carter
Constitutional amendment to provide for the membership of one student on the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Sponsor: Cleo Fields
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the naming of public buildings by local governments
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Establishes an optional hybrid retirement plan for persons who are employed by a public postsecondary education management board (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Establishes an optional hybrid retirement plan for members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Names the new I-12 bridge over the Tchefuncte River the Patricia "Pat" Brister Memorial Bridge. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Patrick McMath
Provides relative to early learning center licensing. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA). (gov sig)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to the commissioners of Hospital Service Districts in St. Mary Parish. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the term of office for judges
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to certain licensing boards
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Prohibits membership in, and participation in competition sponsored by, an intrastate extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide equal opportunity to students to participate in sports by age, year of attendance, or gender. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to coverage of step therapy or fail first protocols. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for the creation of judicial nominating commissions for the merit selection of judges
Sponsor: Lance Harris
Provides for jury trial thresholds. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Authorizes the legislative auditor to access data from the Department of Revenue for the purpose of auditing programs
Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Provides relative to interment of military servicemen and women. (gov sig)
Sponsor: Gerald Boudreaux
Provides relative to evidence of past lost wages
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides for voting on Sunday during an early voting period (OR +$336,826 GF EX See Note)
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides relative to the penalties for obstruction of justice. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Allows hunting feral hogs, nutria, and beaver at night during deer season and repeals requirement for notification to the sheriff
Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn
Requires that agreements between an acquiring agency and a landowner for integrated coastal protection projects ensure public recreational access to waterways in the reclaimed lands
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Provides relative to the Ducks Unlimited special prestige license plate. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: John Morris
Provides relative to the mandatory retirement age for judges
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement age for judges
Sponsor: Lawrence Bagley
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified due to the fact that the insured is a widow or widower. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
Removes the requirement that a district attorney must be granted leave of court before amending a delinquency petition. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsor: Patrick Connick
Provides relative to the time period for filing a bill of information or indictment after an arrest
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Repeals certain reporting and notice requirements applicable to certain licensing boards and commissions (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Prohibits certain schools from being members of or participating in competitions sponsored by organizations that delay a student's eligibility to participate in sports under certain circumstances
Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Provides relative to members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides benefits for members hired on or after January 1, 2021. (6/30/20) (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for optional membership for persons first hired at a certain age, with additional restrictions. (7/1/20) (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Fred Mills
Provides for membership in the system. (2/3-CA 10s29(F)) (6/30/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: R. Bret Allain
Designates a portion of United States Highway 51 in Tangipahoa Parish as the "Deputy Ed Toefield Jr. Memorial Highway". (8/1/20) (OR +$1,100 SG EX See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides relative to expedited jury trials
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to retirement eligibility for certain members of state retirement systems. (6/30/20) (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides for the reemployment of retirees. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Ronnie Johns
Provides relative to reports by executive branch agencies
Sponsor: Gregory Miller
Provides relative to the carrying of a concealed weapon (OR DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides that the governor and lieutenant governor are elected jointly
Sponsor: Kyle Green
Provides for state and statewide retirement systems. (6/30/20) (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to public retirement systems. (6/30/20) (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by the gender of an insured over the age of twenty-five. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: W. Jay Luneau
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides that the governor and lieutenant governor are elected jointly
Sponsor: Mark Wright
Provides relative to the crime of aggravated flight from an officer
Sponsor: Bryan Fontenot
Provides for activities of certain entities or organizations involved in extracurricular student athletic activities which receive more than fifty percent of funding from public schools. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
(Constitutional Amendment) Limits the application of the guarantee of retirement benefits for state employees to certain types of benefits (OR NO IMPACT APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides relative to optional retirement plans for members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barry Ivey
Provides for the distribution of fees collected from the "Save the Honeybee" prestige license plate. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Provides for disability retirement. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/20) (OR INCREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to safety belts. (8/1/20)
Sponsor: Sharon Hewitt
Provides for definitions, including "employer" and "earnable compensation". (6/30/2020) (OR DECREASE APV)
Sponsor: Barrow Peacock
Provides relative to the carrying of concealed weapons
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Provides relative to membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System
Sponsor: Danny McCormick
Provides relative to marijuana pharmacies, creates the Medical Marijuana Affordable Access Council, and authorizes the regulation of medical marijuana prices
Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Provides relative to the admissibility of evidence for failure to wear a safety belt
Sponsor: Mike Huval
Provides relative to the execution of a death sentence
Sponsor: Sherman Mack
Sponsors (12)
Passed (500)
Constitutional amendment to establish an ad valorem tax exemption for property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative the composition of the election sections of the Second District of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal
Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms
Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance device mechanic licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Provides for the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses (EN +$148,869 SG EX See Note)
Provides for Revenue Sharing Distribution for Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Provides for membership of certain new hires of the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
To provide for the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products, and industrial hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the collection of hotel occupancy taxes levied by the Beauregard Tourist Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Establishes the Louisiana Tax Institute within the legislature and provides for the membership and the terms of membership of the governing board (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Creates and provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity
Provides relative to the limitations of liability due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Provides for the regulation of commercial feed and use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund
Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)
Provides relative to qualifications for Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships
Authorizes the sale of an office building owned by Nicholls State University in Terrebonne Parish
Provides relative to the election of State Central Committee members
Provides relative to the limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content. (8/1/20)
Re-creates the Department of Revenue (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the Calcasieu Ship Channel public-private partnership
Provides relative to the expansion of the Louisiana Public Livestock Market Charter Law. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for continuation of the weekly death benefit for the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty upon remarriage. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Provides relative to covered claims of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association
Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)
Provides for forecasting of the Medicaid program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides an exemption for certain contractors to the licensure requirements of the Horticulture Commission. (gov sig)
(Constitutional Amendment) Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for state costs associated with a federally declared disaster (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides qualifications and licensing requirements for title insurance producers. (1/1/21)
Provides relative to local sales and use tax adjudication. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Creates special funds for the deposit of certain federal monies in the state treasury. (gov sig) (EN +$811,178,704 SD EX See Note)
Provides with respect to the Louisiana Health Plan. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)
Requires that completion of qualifying forms for elected office include submission of valid identification. (1/15/21)
Provides for repayment of personal contributions or loans. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the Charitable Raffles, Bingo, and Keno Licensing Law.
Provides relative to the Health Care Consumer Billing and Disclosure Protection Act. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2. (gov sig)
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for the methodology of valuation of oil and gas wells for the purpose of ad valorem assessment (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to environmental education and litter reduction section of the State Department of Education. (gov sig)
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides penalties for simple burglary committed under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits public postsecondary education boards and institutions from disclosing certain student information
Establishes the Vernon Parish Economic Development District. (gov sig)
Provides relative to security for deposits required by certain entities
Authorizes the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority to use a trade name
(Constitutional Amendment) Increases the income threshold for purposes of qualifying for the special assessment level (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the rehire of retired teachers in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as substitute classroom teachers (EN INCREASE APV)
Provides with respect to the salary of waterworks commissioners
Provides relative to the employment of superintendents of schools
Provides for the funding of the operations of the Department of Revenue. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to online auctions
Provides relative to the crime of unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity. (8/1/20)
Provides for the boundaries and board membership of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District. (gov sig)
Provides for meetings of the Calcasieu-Cameron Navigation District Board of Commissioners. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the authority to regulate the manufacture, possession, or sale of firearms or ammunition during a declared emergency or disaster or public health emergency
Allows each recognized political party to determine the composition of its state central committee. (gov sig)
Revises the Addictive Disorders Practice Act
Provides relative to fiscal administrators of political subdivisions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides for the amount of gross revenue the Lottery Corporation is to annually transfer to the state treasury. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Provides relative to the maximum number of racing days
Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons who carry a concealed firearm during a mandatory evacuation
Provides for holding meetings electronically during certain emergencies or disasters. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to certain immunity from civil liability during state of emergencies. (gov sig)
Provides relative to unfair or deceptive methods, acts, and practices in the business of personal and commercial lines of insurance. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to "construction aggregates"
Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency
Limits liability for restaurants that provide food-to-go during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)
Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)
Authorizes the Louisiana Tax Commission to order the refund of statutory impositions declared invalid (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides with respect to the practice of physician assistants
Provides relative to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad. (See Act)
Provides relative to the Bethany Convention Center Development District. (gov sig)
Provides for qualifications of volunteers to cyber response and recovery support efforts with the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. (8/1/20)
Authorizes local hospital assessments in certain parishes to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs of health care provided in those parishes (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to a gubernatorial declaration of an abnormal economic disruption
Provides for the reinspection of voting machines and recounting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the regulation of battery-charged fences by parishes and municipalities. (8/1/20)
Provides for the forfeiture of certain personal property following conviction of certain sex offenses. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to interagency data sharing
Provides relative to funeral directors and embalmers
Provides relative to counting absentee and early voting ballots.
Provides relative to the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission
Limits liability of persons who provide relief or recovery equipment or services during a declared state emergency. (gov sig)
Provides for the city of St. George Transition District. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Allows nighttime hunting of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, and beaver on private property at any time of the year
Provides relative to security for deposit of funds (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans
Establishes the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers and repeals the termination of the Children's Cabinet (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to overtime compensation of Department of State employees for election-related activities during certain time periods (EN +$271,605 GF EX See Note)
Designates the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (8/1/20)
Provides for expansion of working conditions afforded to fire service employees employed by nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district, municipality, or other political subdivision. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission. (gov sig)
Requires that information be provided to students about high-demand, high-wage jobs during the development and revision of their individual graduation plans. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the Sulphur Industrial Development District
Provides for a temporary restraining order upon application by a peace officer under certain circumstances. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to donors or prospective donors of an organ or tissue
Provides relative to the post-conviction veterans mentor program. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to documentation required for certain driver's licenses
To change the name of the Slidell City Court
Provides relative to a card indicating licensing and certification of an offender prior to his release. (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Authorizes the La. Board of Pharmacy to charge fees for permitting of pharmacy benefit managers and provides for the frequency with which the board may assess other fees (RE +$20,000 SG RV See Note)
Provides relative to occupational license and examination fee waiver and payment plan for qualified individuals
Provides relative to warranty agreements and claims involving the transfer recreational vehicles. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the filing of oaths and bonds by registrars of voters
Provides relative to board appointments and powers and duties of the Harbor Center District. (gov sig)
Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana for additional conditions and allows any state-licensed physician to recommend medical marijuana
Provides for coverage of healthcare services provided through telehealth or telemedicine (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Provides relative to the occupational licenses of military families
Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission
Provides for the suspension of certain time periods, limitations, and delays in declared states of disaster, emergency, or public health emergency
Provides relative to the suspension of benefits of members of the Firefighters' Retirement System upon reemployment (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Provides relative to powers and duties of the commissioner of conservation. (8/1/20)
Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the frequency of plan experience studies for the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN DECREASE FC SG EX)
Provides relative to the authorized uses of funds in the Crime Victims Reparations Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides with respect to promotions within certain local police departments
Provides for the administration, enforcement, and adjudication of state and local taxes and for the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to group health insurance for retired district attorneys
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport
Provides relative to successions
Provides that domicile of the Department of State is in East Baton Rouge Parish. (gov sig)
Provides relative to advertisements for legal services. (1/1/21)
Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits and qualifying subsequent examination (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Authorizes the city of Central to expropriate property by declaration for the purpose of maintaining and improving drainage. (gov sig)
Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides for insurance coverage for acupuncture (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to credit for reinsurance
Provides for board membership and authority of certain state museums.
Provides for a child support obligor's right to claim children for tax purposes and provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations
Authorizes a health insurance issuer to provide policy information electronically
Requires certain offices to report cyber incidents to secretary of state. (8/1/20)
Exempts interior blueprints and floor plans of public school buildings and facilities from the definition of "public records". (gov sig)
Provides relative to postsecondary education management board sick leave policies. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Amends the crime of battery of a police officer to include the throwing of water, other liquids, or human waste
Provides relative to continuing tutorship. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the time for filing pretrial motions
Provides for a proposition election to determine whether sports wagering activities and operations will be permitted in a parish. (See Act)
Provides relative to addresses to where absentee by mail ballots are sent. (gov sig)
Repeals the crime of vagrancy (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
Provides for sales and use tax collection by marketplace facilitators. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Prohibits disclosure by registrars of voters, clerks of court, and the Department of State of information related to voter registration and election management computer systems
Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Requires that three members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission be affiliated with the horse racing industry. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Provides relative to the submission of nominees for the offices of president and vice president
Provides relative to fees charged by the clerk of court for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District Court. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides for the execution of electronic notarial acts
Authorizes clerks of court to have law enforcement officers at polling places on election day to enforce law and authorizes law enforcement officers to enter voting location in an emergency. (gov sig)
Creates the crime of adulterating a food product (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides that the contributions to the state retirement systems for the unfunded accrued liability shall be contained in the executive budget and as an exhibit to the general appropriation bill. (7/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for insurance coverage of step therapy or fail first protocols
Recreates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Authorizes the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to certify "organizations involved in charitable hunting and fishing activities" and waives license fees for such organizations (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Provides relative to hotel occupancy taxes levied by certain tourist commissions and convention and visitors bureaus (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to audit requirements for recipients of state funds. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the prescriptive period for child support judgments
Provides relative to financial institutions
Provides for payment of supplemental compensation from nonpublic sources for certain personnel at the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. (8/1/20)
Allows for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund for state costs associated with a federally declared disaster (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship
Authorizes the lieutenant governor and the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to designate a person to serve in their stead on certain boards and commissions
Provides for the notification process for ad valorem reappraisal (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Defines "final determination" for purposes of reporting federal income tax adjustments. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Provides for the acceptance of a notice of candidacy. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to membership and benefits of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
Provides for driver education to include instruction relative to accessible parking and access aisles. (1/1/21)
Establishes an economic development district in Morehouse Parish
Provides relative to the presumption of paternity
Provides with respect to purchasing by school boards
Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party
Provides for health insurance coverage of cancer treatments.
Revises membership and provides relative to powers and duties of the Louisiana Fire and Emergency Training Commission
Provides relative to the election of judges for the 2nd JDC
Creates and provides for a retired volunteer dental hygienist license (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides for TOPS-Tech award eligibility for certain military veterans. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to hunting and fishing license fees for Purple Heart recipients (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the execution of agreements between merchants and third-party delivery services
Provides relative to reports by executive branch agencies
Provides relative to supported decisionmaking agreements as a less restrictive means to interdiction
Provides relative to abandonment of safety deposit boxes. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
Provides relative to access to dual enrollment (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Provides relative to Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (gov sig)
Provides relative to nonconsensual pelvic or rectal examinations by health care providers and medical students
Increases the daily compensation paid to jurors in civil cases. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Crowley to levy a hotel occupancy tax
Provides relative to claims for dental services made by healthcare providers
Provides relative to the training requirements of certain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect
Provides relative to technology procurement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Establishes a parking fee exemption for disabled veterans at cruise terminals for the Port of New Orleans
Provides relative to gravity drainage districts in Calcasieu Parish
Provides relative to partitions by private sale
Provides relative to the donation of equipment and personnel between two political subdivisions
Provides relative to the Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Provides relative to clerks of court
Provides relative to behavioral health services delivered via telehealth
Provides for changes in the expenditure limit calculation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to data security for persons regulated by the commissioner of insurance
Creates the Forest Oak Windsor Place Crime Prevention, Improvement, and Beautification District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Requires each auditee of state government to provide the legislative auditor with electronic access to data (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Requires certain public trusts to obtain approval of a parish or municipal governing authority under certain circumstances prior to undertaking an authorized public function or purpose (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to students impacted due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the recordation of birth certificates of children born to armed forces members. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to physical and mental health information of an offender appearing before the committee on parole
Authorizes the coroner to issue a permit for cremation after completion of coroner's investigation of death when under suspicious circumstances or the reasonable probability of the commission of a crime. (8/1/20)
Provides for the mandatory training in cybersecurity awareness for all state and local employees, officials, and contractors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to immunity from prosecution for medical marijuana
Provides relative to special restrictions on lamps for certain vehicles
Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons
Provides relative to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program
Provides relative to grain buyers within the agricultural commodity dealer and warehouse law and to the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Authorizes an exemption from local sales taxes for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the board of commissioners of the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District
Provides relative to methods of service of process regarding actions objecting to candidacy and contesting an election
Provides for the ratification of certain executive orders relative to notarial acts
Limits liability of a nonprofit organization or employee for the disclosure of certain information. (8/1/20)
Provides for legislative determination of priorities in the final construction program. (gov sig)
Provides relative to a motion to expunge a record of arrest that did not result in a conviction
Provides for an increase in commissioner fees in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Prohibits the disclosure of addresses and telephone numbers of election commissioners
Provides relative to certain homicide offenses
Provides relative to local sales tax administration. (1/1/21) (RE NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to the qualifications of the members of the municipal fire and police civil service board in the city of Baton Rouge
Provides for the suspension of prescription
Provides relative to fantasy sports contests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to contributions to and the administration of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)
Provides relative to the delivery of alcoholic beverages.
Provides relative to requirements for reporting and advertising unclaimed property (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the procedure for independent administration of successions
Provides relative to the Dedicated Fund Review Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to contempt proceedings when the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the Monroe Housing Authority
Provides relative to notice and appeal rights for over-age dependent coverage by any health plan offered under the purview of the Office of Group Benefits and designated as "Arielle's Law". (8/1/20) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides for registration with secretary of state by managed service providers servicing public bodies. (See Act) (EN +$48,000 GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to seed testing and labeling
Establishes a driver's license designation for a person with autism spectrum disorder (EN +$75,000 GF EX See Note)
Provides for certain fees to be dedicated to the operational costs of the office of coroner in Concordia Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Reestablishes the Louisiana Toxic Mold Task Force
Provides relative to the waiver of certain court costs and fees (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to compensation for members of the Washington Parish planning commission
Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors
Provides relative to criminal history record information for the Louisiana Department of Education
Provides relative to state banks and credit unions providing financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers
Expands the authorized uses of monies in the State Emergency Response Fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides relative to the assessment, collection, and distribution of certain court costs and fees in the parish of Orleans (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to "contract limit" in the public works law. (7/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the supervision and reporting requirements of persons on probation or parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to a defendant's appearance at certain proceedings by audio-visual transmission
Expands the powers and authority of livestock brand inspectors
Provides relative to letters of incarceration
Provides relative to exemptions related to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. (gov sig)
Authorizes the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Beouf Levee Districts to exchange property in Avoyelles Parish
Provides relative to the judicial enforcement of fines and penalties assessed by the state licensing board for contractors
Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for the enforcement of electronic signatures by financial institutions
Provides relative to certain types of contributions and records required to be maintained relative thereto (EN +$4,000 GF EX See Note)
Adopts daylight saving time as the standard time
Provides relative to the election of judges in the 14th JDC
Provides for the functions of the jury commission in Tangipahoa Parish and Jackson Parish
Provides relative to minimum training requirements for law enforcement officers
Provides relative to requirements for permitting a solid waste incineration facility
Provides that a mandatory reporter of child abuse has cause to suspect abuse if a child under the age of thirteen is pregnant. (gov sig)
Requires licensure for insurance producers acting on behalf of fraternal benefit societies
Provides for the release of a body for disposition by a coroner.
Provides a limitation of liability for donating certain wild game
Provides relative to motions to modify disposition
Provides relative to noncompete agreements. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children
Provides relative to electric-assisted bicycles
Provides relative to the content of the notice of intent of an agency's intended action regarding administrative rules
Provides relative to the disqualification of commercial motor vehicle drivers
Creates the "LSU National Champions" specialty license plate
Provides for premium discounts on motor vehicle insurance when an insured consents to have data provided to third parties
Provides relative to the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Provides relative to payments under public contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Reinstates the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund and program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Provides for Medicaid policies and procedures concerning telehealth services
Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development
Establishes the Advisory Commission for Louisiana's Energy, Environment, and Restoration. (gov sig)
Allows the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to incur debt or issue bonds
Provides for carbon sequestration. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the Louisiana Folklife Commission and the Louisiana Tourism Development Commission
Provides for the commissioner's authority to regulate cooperative agreements within the Louisiana Forestry Productivity Program
Provides relative to the State Forestry Commission's comprehensive management plan for the Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek
Grants the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism the power to make personnel decisions
Provides relative to timber harvest season permits
Requires the uniform reporting by entities that assess, collect, or receive revenue from pre- or post-adjudication costs, fines, and fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to a property exchange between the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Removes a specific function of the office of forestry and certain authority of the Louisiana Forestry Commission related to production and prices of forest tree seedlings grown by the department
Provides relative to the form of payment for expungement of a record
Re-creates the Department of Natural Resources. (6/30/20)
Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office
Provides relative to the nature of production payments
Provides relative to expungement of records
Provides relative to the re-creation of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Prohibits vaping in motor vehicles under certain circumstances
Provides relative to certain conditions to expunge a record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
Provides a limited authorization for DCFS to obtain copies of birth and death certificates of certain children and adults
Provides relative to the suspension or deferral of sentence and probation in felony cases (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to exemptions for steam heating boilers
Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum
Provides relative to servitudes of drainage. (8/1/20)
Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Talent Initiative Fund for the purpose of funding degree and certificate programs in cybersecurity fields and creates the Cybersecurity Education Management Council to advise relative to the fund. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Provides relative to the use of court costs and fees for services by constables and marshals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to certain expungement forms
Extends cooperative endeavor agreements for use of surface waters
Provides for the lease of certain state property in Jefferson Parish
Provides relative to emergency medical services protocols in certain life-threatening situations
Provides relative to legislative approval of Education Excellence Fund expenditure plans. (gov sig)
Provides for collection of certain fees by the commissioner of insurance from property and casualty insurers. (7/1/20) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Provides relative to articles of incorporation and qualifications of registered agents of certain corporations. (gov sig)
Provides relative to disbursement of funds from START savings accounts. (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Provides for the Louisiana Automotive Insurance Plan. (1/1/21)
Creates an exemption for members of the armed services to avoid a penalty for lapse of automobile coverage. (8/1/20)
Removes requirement for telephone numbers in an application for registration of certain contract providers filed with the secretary of state. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the crime of battery of a police officer (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risk classifications due to the fact that the insured is deployed in the military in excess of six months. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the signing of civil pleadings
Creates a task force to study how to best capitalize on Louisiana's international trade potential
Urges and requests the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to pilot a regional approach for the delivery of commercial driver's license training and certification
Requests an update from the Louisiana Department of Health and the division of administration on efforts to establish an application or system to track the incidence and spread of COVID-19
Urges and requests the division of administration, office of community development, to consider funding the Darlington Reservoir
Authorizes and directs suspension of licensing fees imposed on businesses by state agencies and licensing boards (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Provides for continuous revisions to the Trust Code
Provides technical changes in references to federal law regarding health insurance. (8/1/20)
Extends the Lake Providence Watershed Council
Provides relative to certain recordkeeping by the clerks of court
Authorizes and directs the executive branch agencies that submit statutorily required reports to the House Committee on Health and Welfare to continue to submit such reports as required by law
Provides an exception to allow immediate family members of a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program
Provides relative to the authority of the Insurance Committee of the Assessors' Insurance Fund to contract for group insurance. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the refund of employee contributions to the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Commends the Pontchartrain Conservancy, formerly known as the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, on thirty years of working towards environmental sustainability and stewardship of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin through scientific research, education, and advocacy
Provides relative to the civil service status of employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority
Requests a study of the adequacy of health services provided to persons incarcerated in state correctional facilities
Requests that the state Department of Education, Louisiana Workforce Commission, and Board of Regents jointly report on the status of data sharing agreements for the purpose of evaluating the Jump Start program
Requests the study of homicide offenses in Louisiana with respect to the offender's prior criminal history
Removes certain limitations on the exemption from local match requirements for certain rural water system projects (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to study and report on the matter of racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates in this state
Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Requests the Department of Insurance to study and report on the status of health insurance benefits relative to postpartum diastasis recti, pelvic floor dysfunction, and breast reduction
Commends Krispy Kreme Baton Rouge on its reopening and commitment to the community
Provides that the annual amount of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College shall match the annual award amount at other technical community colleges (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for an extension of court costs collected by the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Continues the Comite River Diversion Canal Project Task Force
Adds certain substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to enrollment of employees in the Firefighters' Retirement System or the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
Provides relative to entities that are employers covered by the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations relative to the cannabis industry projected workforce demands
Requires a notice to be posted upon the withdrawal or disqualification of a candidate's name that remains on the ballot. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)
Provides for ownership in bond for deed contracts for purposes of homestead exemptions
Requests La. Economic Development to provide certain information relative to loans and grants distributed utilizing federal and state funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Preempts local regulation of the use of natural gas utility service. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to termination of the Louisiana Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Provides relative to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. (gov sig) (EN -$32,500 LF EX See Note)
Provides relative to evidence from criminalistics laboratories in Certificates of Analysis in juvenile court proceedings of a noncriminal nature. (gov sig)
Requires the office of state examiner to develop online testing for entrance firefighter and entrance police officer applicants. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Requests the La. Department of Health to implement certain reforms in the nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation component of the Medicaid managed care program
Provides for additional rights and powers of certain port commissions regarding economic and industrial growth. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the purchase of an automobile by the Livingston Parish Clerk of Court
Requests the Workforce Investment Council and Occupational Forecasting Conference to immediately work with private sector experts to assess short-term and long-term workforce implications and opportunities resulting from COVID-19
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide clear, consistent, and easily accessible explanations of unemployment benefits and potential ramifications
Provides for tax filing and payment extensions. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Requests the governor to ensure that individual liberty and rights are protected as the state administers contact tracing
Provides relative to premium costs for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act"
Provides that the court may order a clinical assessment for a person who has two or more DWI convictions. (8/1/20)
Exempts from seizure payments received under governmental entities as a result of an outstanding emergency event. (gov sig)
Provides relative to House Legislative Services employees and duties of the Clerk of the House
Extends the False River Watershed Council
Re-creates the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Urges and requests removal of public and private sector barriers to accelerate the expansion of broadband in the state
Provides relative to the capital outlay application process. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Makes revisions to the Louisiana Election Code
Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Health
Requests that the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education study the compensation schedule for school bus operators
Directs state agencies and licensing boards to suspend the imposition of sanctions against licensees and permittees for a violation of COVID-19 executive orders
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Louisiana Department of Health, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the barriers that impede successful reintegration of offenders back into society
Provides relative to benefit payments if an eligible member of the Firefighters' Retirement System dies prior to retirement (EN INCREASE APV)
Provides relative to exceptions to the crime of political payroll padding by a sheriff (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to review the restrictions on possession of exotic and invasive species
Provides relative to the mandatory age limitation for certain elected officials (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
Adds Morgan City and Berwick housing authorities to system membership. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/20) (EN INCREASE APV)
Amends rules relative to participation in the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to actions of Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget relative to the forty-five day close period. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Requests a study concerning a voluntary registry of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities for use by law enforcement professionals
Suspends the lower tier of the corporation franchise tax levied on domestic and foreign corporations and the initial tax levied on certain business entities subject to the corporate franchise tax (EN -$5,800,000 GF RV See Note)
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations relative to divorce by authentic act
Clarifies terminology. (6/30/20) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
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
Provides relative to the allocation of receipts and expense to income and principal
Provides relative to the penalty for second degree rape. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Authorizes the board to deduct certain monthly insurance premiums from benefits payable to members or other beneficiaries. (6/30/20) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Provides relative to Louisiana broadband maps to identify access and activation gaps
Requests the Board of Regents, Department of Revenue, Louisiana Workforce Commission, and office of student financial assistance to collaborate to study the trajectory of Louisiana's postsecondary graduates
Provides relative to the use of facility dogs in court
Provides for the continuous revision of succession law
Authorizes CASA to receive FBI records on potential CASA volunteers
Recreates the Louisiana Commission on Justice System Funding
Provides relative to tests for suspected drunken drivers. (gov sig)
Re-creates the income tax checkoff donation for Dreams Come True, Inc. (8/1/20) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Expresses condolences on the death of Freddie Williams, Sr.
Commends the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association top-ranked powerlifting teams
Urges the Conservative Care Program as a pilot program among healthcare providers and health insurers to address opioid misuse
Requests Louisiana Economic Development to study the impact COVID-19 has had on the Small Business Administration and the Louisiana Guaranty Program's loans and grants
Requests the governor and the legislature to take such actions as are necessary to observe Juneteenth as a state holiday
Requests the office of juvenile justice to study the impacts of COVID-19 on its operations
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study certain impacts as a result of COVID-19
Creates the Task Force on Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Reform.
Memorializes Congress to appropriate additional money for increased seafood testing
Requests that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges and Board of Regents study and report relative to changes needed for community and technical colleges in response to COVID-19
Requests the La. Department of Health to issue regular reports of data on Medicaid enrollees with private insurance or offers of employer-sponsored health coverage
Requests the House and Senate governmental affairs committees to meet and function as a joint committee to review the process of rulemaking by state agencies and the Louisiana Administrative Code and make recommendations relative thereto
Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to study and develop a remote patient monitoring initiative in the state Medicaid program
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the laws on default judgments and make recommendations for the repeal of provisions for preliminary defaults
Expresses condolences on the death of Judge Andrew Brutton Gallagher
Expresses condolences on the death of the Honorable Henry Garland Sullivan, Jr.
Commends the Louisiana Tumor Registry for its contributions to the fight against cancer
Creates the Clean Slate Task Force
Creates and provides for the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to study the use of solitary confinement in Louisiana
Suspends certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to financial obligations of criminal offenders
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend its administrative rule relative to the geographic location of a hospice provider
Continues the Vera Institute of Justice's study of eligibility and qualification requirements for jurors
Directs the governor to ensure that individual liberty and rights are protected as the state administers contact tracing
Commends St. Mary's Lady Tigers on winning the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Division IV state basketball championship for 2020.
Memorializes Congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions.
Establishes and provides for the Louisiana Cyber Investigators Alliance.
Reconstitutes and extends the deadlines of the Task Force on Protecting Children from Exposure to Pornography.
Directs state agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Insurance to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2021, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.
Requests DOTD to determine which of its assets are available for broadband internet lines and to implement a "Dig Once" policy allowing broadband internet operators to install cable in the ground.
Encourages further economic ties and friendship between Louisiana and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
To direct the executive branch agencies under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports.
Suspends provision of law capping amount of revenue which can be spent on in-state advertising (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards to adopt a flexible and holistic admissions policy for summer and fall 2020 semesters due to COVID-19.
Requests a report on actions by the La. Dept. of Health and Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with federal rules on interoperability of health records and patient access to health information
Requests that the Board of Regents, in consultation with the public postsecondary education management boards, study issues and compile data relative to faculty at public postsecondary education institutions
Requests that CARES Act funding be made available to the state for testing and be distributed to healthcare systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to the carryback provisions of the corporate income tax deduction for net operating losses
Memorializes Congress to maintain funding to the Corporation for National and Community Service and its programs, including the LaVetCorps.
Commends the Hathaway High School girls' basketball team on an outstanding 2020 season
Commends the Certified Louisiana logo programs for their beneficial effects on the state's economy
Directs certain executive and judicial branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary A until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Commends the Booker T. Washington girls' basketball team on winning the 2020 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship
Establishes the Closed Party Primary Task Force to study the necessary steps to develop a closed party primary election system applicable at the federal, state, and local levels beginning with the 2022 congressional elections.
Commends Eric Stracener upon his retirement from the DeRidder Fire Department.
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement a traumatic injury response program in all public schools.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Henry Gremillion, Dean of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry.
Commends University of Louisiana Monroe president, Nick J. Bruno, on the occasion of his retirement
Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association to implement a lawyer advertisement review recognition program.
Urges and requests the Division of Administration, office of community development, to disburse federal funds for project applications in round one of the Watershed Projects Grant Program to aid economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
Invites Major League Baseball to consider locating a franchise in the New Orleans area on a temporary basis if the team is unable to play games in its home stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions
Requests that local governmental subdivisions consider manufactured home chassis elevation when setting requirements for freeboard purposes.
Directs the executive branch agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Education to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Requests naming the new Grand Bayou Floodgate in Lafourche Parish as the Reggie P. Bagala Floodgate.
Recognizes May 2020 as Louisiana Abortion Recovery Awareness Month and commends pro-life groups for their service to women suffering from abortion related trauma.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Jesse Lee Wimberly IV.
Directs certain executive branch agencies to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports to the Senate Committee on Judiciary B until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Commends Coleen Temple, Noah Hawkins, Myra Richardson, and Mia Spears on organizing a peaceful protest of the killing of George Floyd and excessive police force against black men.
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Expresses condolences on the death of Terrebonne Parish educator and pioneer, Dr. James Edward Charles.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Ravi Zacharias.
Directs the executive branch agencies and entities under the jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to collect data regarding the age, race, and gender of Louisiana residents who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or any future public health emergency.
Requests appointment of a committee to notify the governor that the legislature is ready to adjourn sine die.
Establishes the One Call Agricultural Study Group.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Charles "Charlie" Norman Woods Jr.
Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and report on the matter of racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates in this state.
Requests appointment of a committee to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.
Requests CPRA and the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to cooperate in developing projects and programs to enhance the oyster industry.
Expresses condolences on the death of Dr. Bobbie Deshotel
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a task force to develop and oversee continuous learning outside of normal practices.
Designates May 2020 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana
Designates May 2020 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Louisiana.
Urges and requests that any proclamation convening an extraordinary session of the legislature in 2020 include changes to eligibility requirements to participate in the Enterprise Zone incentive
To authorize and direct the Office of Group Benefits to study options for reducing state and participant premiums (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Extends the reporting and termination deadlines of the Task Force on Benefits of Marriage and Incentives for Premarital and Pre-Divorce Counseling.
Commends John Burkhardt for his exemplary leadership in criminal justice reform
Request the governor to issue an executive order requiring certain persons to wear a face covering in public under certain conditions and authorizing businesses to deny admittance to persons without face coverings.
Memorializes Congress to support the Social Security Fairness Act
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the necessity to suspend all statewide assessments for the 2020-21 school year.
Commends Stephen Robicheaux on the occasion of his retirement as head coach of the Destrehan High School Wildcat football program.
Expresses condolences upon the passing of former Louisiana State Senator Ron Landry.
Commends Performance Contracting, Inc. on donating its services to the East Baton Rouge Parish-Wide Graduation Ceremony.
To urge and request certain officials and local governments to dismiss coastal lawsuits.
Suspends certain laws relative to school closures due to COVID-19.
Requests a joint study of the ability of members of the legislature to vote by video or other electronic means.
Expresses the intent of the legislature to allocate $100,000,000 of the local government allocation and $100,000,000 from the state allocation from the CARES Act to small businesses, of which $12,500,000 from the local government allocation and $12,500,000 from the state allocation shall be used for minority and women owned businesses.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Captain Scotty V. McCloud.
Creates the Coroner Safety Task Force to develop policy recommendations that seek to enhance the prevention and mitigation of harm against a coroner and behavioral health facility personnel.
Recognizes May 15, 2020, as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and May 10-16, 2020 as Police Week.
Requests the Senate Committee on Judiciary A to study the advisability of creating a statewide business court.
Directs the executive branch agencies under jurisdictional oversight of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to continue to submit statutorily mandated reports until such time as the mandate is specifically amended or repealed.
Commends Reverend Anthony Bozeman upon the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of his ordination.