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Contents About Us House Shining STARs Key House Bills Legislative Champions Key Senate Bills STAR at the Capitol Senate Scorecard Snapshot Methodology House Scorecard Snapshot Senate Scorecard Details Senate Shining STARs House Scorecard Details ABOUT US STAR® is a non-profit organization committed to serving survivors of sexual trauma. We have branches in Alexandria, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. MISSION To support survivors of sexual trauma, improve systems response, and create social change to end sexual violence. VISION To build a community free from oppression and sexual trauma. SERVICES We provide services to individuals and families seeking to heal from sexual trauma at no cost. We also provide comprehensive prevention education to youth and adults in our community. Survivor Support Community Services 24/7 Hotline Adult Education 24/7 Hospital Accompaniment Community Engagement Case Management Community Outreach Criminal Justice Accompaniment Youth Education Legal System Accompaniment Business and Organization Services Individual & Group Therapy Technical Support Safety Planning Training Legal Representation GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED STAR® has offices in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Our service area covers the following parishes: Ascension, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Grant, Iberville, Livingston, Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Tammany, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. 1 KEY HOUSE BILLS Louisiana Legislature, 2019 Regular Session HB 9 HB 294 Rep. Joseph Marino, Gretna, LA Rep. Barbara Carpenter, Baton Rouge, LA This bill revised current law on expungement This bill would require public postsecondary fees. When an application for an expungement institutions to administer anonymous sexual of a record includes two or more offenses assault climate surveys to students once every arising out of the same arrest, then the applicant three years. STAR supported HB 294. would only be required to pay one fee. This bill Status: Signed by the Governor would help survivors of sex trafficking who are often arrested for prostitution and financial HB 489 crimes. STAR supported HB 9. Rep. Mary DuBuisson, Slidell, LA Status: Signed by the Governor This bill amends current law to provide that statements made by sexual assault victims to HB 197 healthcare providers during the course of a Rep. Franklin Foil, Baton Rouge, LA forensic medical examination are not hearsay if This bill prohibits the use of non-disclosure they are documented in writing during the exam. agreements in settlements with public funds for STAR supported HB 489. sexual harassment or sexual assault. STAR Status: Signed by the Governor supported HB 197. Status: Signed by the Governor Amendment 3540 to SB 172 Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, New Orleans, LA This amendment was proposed on the House HB 268 floor during final passage of SB 172. The Rep. Barbara Norton, Shreveport, LA amendment raised the minimum age of marriage This bill amended the prescriptive period to to 17. At the point of the amendment the provide additional time to prosecute sexual minimum age was 16 with an age difference of no offenses committed against minors. STAR greater than two years. supported HB 268. Status: Passed the House by a vote of 63-31, Status: Passed the House, but did but then was deleted with the adoption of not come up for a final vote in the Amendment 3623 by Rep. Amedee. Senate before Sine Die. Amendment 3623 to SB 172 HB 279 Rep. Beryl Amedee, Houma, LA Rep. Joseph Marino, Gretna, LA This amendment was proposed on the House This bill amended current law on divestiture of floor during final passage of SB 172. The firearms for individuals subject to domestic amendment raised the minimum age of marriage violence protection orders, or those convicted of to 17. certain domestic violence crimes, to make many Status: Passed the House by a vote of 63-31, technical changes and to also mandate certain but then was deleted with the adoption of penalties. STAR supported HB 279. Amendment 3623 by Rep. Amedee. Status: Signed by the Governor 2 KEY SENATE BILLS Louisiana Legislature, 2019 Regular Session SB 71 SB 156 Sen. Troy Carter, New Orleans, LA Sen. Neil Riser, Columbia, LA This bill amends current law regarding requests This bill amends current law to allow access to and payment to interpreters for protection order criminal history information in civil cases of hearings. The new law allows a petitioner to domestic abuse, dating violence, human request an interpreter before the court hearing trafficking, and sexual assault. STAR supported and for the costs associated to be paid directly to SB 156. the interpreter from the court fund. The new law Status: Signed by the Governor further allows for the costs of the interpreter to be assessed against the abuser, but reimbursed to the court rather than to the interpreter. STAR supported SB 71. SB 172 & SB 172 Conference Status: Signed by the Governor Committee Report Sen. Yvonne Colomb, Baton Rouge, LA SB 146 This bill amends current law to provide a minimum age for marriage. Under the new law a minor under Sen. Jean-Paul Morrell, New Orleans, LA the age of 16 will no longer be allowed to marry, and This bill amends current law on material witness minors ages 16 and 17 may be permitted to marry warrants. This law limits the ability of a party to someone no older than three years with parental incarcerate victims of domestic violence or sex consent and judicial authorization. Note: The offenses when they do not want to testify against original introduction of the bill set 18 years old as their abusers. STAR supported SB 146. the minimum age to marry. The final version of the bill was adopted from the conference committee Status: Signed by the Governor report. STAR supported SB 172. Status: Signed by the Governor Loren Lampert of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, Representative Royce Duplessis, and Morgan Lamandre (STAR) testify in from of the House Committee. 3 Louisiana Senate Alario, John 90% Long, Gerald 70% Allain, R.L. Bret 100% Luneau, Jay 100% Appel, Conrad 90% Martiny, Daniel R. 100% Barrow, Regina 100% Milkovich, John 67% Bishop, Wesley T. 100% Mills, Fred H. Jr. 100% Boudreaux, Gerald 100% Mizell, Beth 100% Carter, Troy 100% Morrell, Jean-Paul 100% Chabert, Norby 100% Morrish, Dan 100% Claitor, Dan 100% Peacock, Barrow 90% Colomb, Yvonne 100% Peterson, Karen Carter 100% Cortez, Page 89% Price, Edward 100% Donahue, Jack 100% Riser, Neil 80% Erdey, Dale 78% Smith, Gary L. Jr. 100% Fannin, James R. 80% Smith, John 88% Gatti, Ryan 80% Tarver, Gregory 100% Hensgens, Bob 89% Thompson, Francis 90% Hewitt, Sharon 89% Walsworth, Michael 80% Johns, Ronnie 90% Ward, Rick III 100% LaFleur, Eric 100%* White, Mack "Bodi" 90% Lambert, Eddie J. 89% THE SCORECARD SNAPSHOT *Senators absent for more than half the votes. 4 House of Representatives Abraham, Mark 70% Falconer, Reid 78% Lyon, Rodney 100% Abramson, Neil 89% Foil, Franklin 100% Mack, Sherman 73% Adams, Roy Daryl 91% Franklin, A.B. 100% Magee, Tanner 100% Amedée, Beryl 67% Gaines, Randal 100% Marcelle, Denise 100% Anders, John "Andy" 82% Garofalo, Raymond 50% Marino, Joseph 100% Armes, James K. 100% Gisclair, Jerry 86% McFarland, Jack 57% Bacala, Tony 73% Glover, Cedric 100% McMahen, Wayne 73% Bagley, Larry 90% Guinn, John 70% Miguez, Blake 67% Bagneris, John H. 100% Harris, Jimmy 100% Miller, Dustin 100% Barras, Taylor 90% Harris, Lance 73% Miller, Gregory 100% Berthelot, John A. 82% Henry, Cameron 91% Moore, Pat 82% Billiot, Robert E. 73% Hilferty, Stephanie 100% Morris, James "Jim" 90% Bishop, Stuart J. 75% Hill, Dorothy Sue 89% Morris, John "Jay" 90% Bouie, Joseph 100% Hodges, Valarie 73% Moss, Stuart 100% Bourriaque, Ryan 100% Hoffmann, Frank 70% Muscarello, Nicholas 91% Brass, Ken 100% Hollis, Paul 100% Norton, Barbara 100% Brown, Chad 100% Horton, Dodie 67% Pearson, J. Kevin 70% Brown, Terry R. 80% Howard, Frank 73% Pierre, Vincent 100% Carmody, Thomas 73% Huval, Mike 70% Pope, J. Rogers 73% Carpenter, Barbara 100% Ivey, Barry 80% Pugh, Stephen 73% Carter, Gary 89% Jackson, Katrina 100% Pylant, Steve 88% Carter, Robby 71% James, Edward "Ted" 91% Richard, Jerome 100%* Carter, Stephen F. 82% Jefferson, Patrick 100% Schexnayder, Clay 82% Chaney, Charles R. 91% Jenkins, Sam 100% Seabaugh, Alan 67% Connick, Patrick 73% Johnson, Mike 82% Simon, Scott 67% Coussan, Jean-Paul 90% Johnson, Robert A. 100% Smith, Patricia Haynes 100% Cox, Kenny 100% Jones, Sam 78% Stagni, Joseph 91% Crews, Raymond 70% Jordan, Edmond 91% Stefanski, John 100% Davis, Paula 100% LaCombe, Jeremy 100% Stokes, Julie 100% DeVillier, Phillip 100% Landry, Nancy 80% Talbot, Kirk 90% DuBuisson, Mary 73% Landry, Terry 100% Thomas, Polly 73% Duplessis, Royce 100% Larvadain, Ed III 100% Turner, Christopher 91% Dwight, Stephen 100% LeBas, H. Bernard 100% White, Malinda 100% Edmonds, Rick 70% Leger, Walt III 100% Wright, Mark 100% Emerson, Julie 90% Leopold, Christopher 73% Zeringue, Jerome 100% THE SCORECARD SNAPSHOT *Representatives absent for more than half the votes. 5 SHINING STARS R.L. Bret Allain Regina Barrow Wesley Bishop Gerald Boudreaux Troy Carter Norby Chabert Dan Claitor Yvonne Colomb Jack Donahue Jay Luneau Danny Martiny Fred H. Mills, Jr. Beth Mizell JP Morrell Dan Morrish Karen Carter Peterson Ed Price Gary L. Smith, Jr. Gregory Tarver Rick Ward 6 SHINING STARS James Armes John Bagneris Joseph Bouie Ryan Bourriaque Ken Brass Chad Brown Barbara Carpenter Kenny Cox Paula Davis Phillip DeVillier Royce Duplessis Stephen Dwight Franklin Foil AB Franklin Randal Gaines Cedric Glover Jimmy Harris Stephanie Hilferty Paul Hollis Katrina Jackson Patrick Jefferson Sam Jenkins Robert Johnson Jeremy LaCombe Terry Landry Ed Larvadain, III H. Bernard LeBas Walt Leger Rodney Lyons Tanner Magee Denise Marcelle Joseph Marino Dustin Miller Gregory Miller Stuart Moss Barbara Norton Vincent Pierre Patricia Smith John Stefanski Julie Stokes Malinda White Mark Wright Jerome Zeringue 7 LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS Senator Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb Yvonne Colomb has served in the Louisiana State Senate since January 2008 and represents Senate District 14.