Louisiana House of Representatives

Freeman McCormick Wright OFFICIAL JOURNAL Freiberg McFarland Zeringue Total - 105 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 105 members present HOUSE OF and a quorum. REPRESENTATIVES Prayer OF THE Prayer was offered by Rep. Coussan. STATE OF LOUISIANA Pledge of Allegiance Rep. James led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance THIRTY-FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS to the Flag of the United States of America. Victoria Hall sang "The National Anthem". Forty-seventh Regular Session of the Legislature Reading of the Journal Under the Adoption of the Constitution of 1974 On motion of Rep. Bourriaque, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. On motion of Rep. Bourriaque, the Journal of June 8, 2021, was House of Representatives adopted. State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana Petitions, Memorials, and Communications Wednesday, June 9, 2021 The following petitions, memorials, and communications were The House of Representatives was called to order at 10:48 A.M., received and read: by the Honorable Clay Schexnayder, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Conference Committee Appointment Morning Hour The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the ROLL CALL disagreement to House Bill No. 355: Reps. Bishop vice Rep. Wright. The roll being called, the following members answered to their Message from the Senate names: ASKING CONCURRENCE IN PRESENT SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS Mr. Speaker Frieman McKnight June 9, 2021 Adams Gadberry McMahen Amedee Gaines Miguez To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Bacala Garofalo Miller, D. Representatives: Bagley Geymann Miller, G. Beaullieu Glover Mincey I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Bishop Goudeau Moore adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate Bourriaque Green Muscarello Concurrent Resolutions: Brass Harris Nelson Brown Hilferty Newell Senate Concurrent Resolution Nos. 88 and 89 Bryant Hodges Orgeron Butler Hollis Owen, C. Respectfully submitted, Carpenter Horton Owen, R. Carrier Hughes Phelps Carter, G. Huval Pierre YOLANDA J. DIXON Carter, R. Illg Pressly Secretary of the Senate Carter, W. Ivey Riser Cormier James Romero Senate Concurrent Resolutions Coussan Jefferson Schamerhorn Lying Over Cox Jenkins Schlegel Crews Johnson, M. Seabaugh The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions contained in the Davis Johnson, T. Selders message were taken up and acted upon as follows: Deshotel Jones St. Blanc DeVillier Jordan Stagni SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 88— DuBuisson Kerner Stefanski BY SENATOR PEACOCK Duplessis LaCombe Tarver A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Echols Landry Thomas To commend Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker for his years of public Edmonds Larvadain Thompson service to the City of Bossier City, the state of Louisiana, and Edmonston Lyons Turner the United States. Emerson Mack Villio Farnum Magee Wheat Read by title. Firment Marcelle White Fontenot Marino Willard Lies over under the rules. 1521 Page 2 HOUSE 34th Day's Proceedings - June 9, 2021 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 89— convicted of non-capital felony offenses in Louisiana in order BY SENATORS PEACOCK AND MILLIGAN to best assure the fair administration of justice. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy on twenty-five Read by title. years of exceptional radio broadcasting. On motion of Rep. Villio, and under a suspension of the rules, Read by title. the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 199— Lies over under the rules. BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN A RESOLUTION Conference Committee Reports Received To request the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the House Committee on Judiciary to conduct a joint Conference Committee Reports were received for the following study of the use of facial recognition data, collection methods, legislative instruments: and usage by law enforcement in legal proceedings. Senate Bill No. 96 Read by title. The Conference Committee Reports for the above legislative On motion of Rep. Jordan, and under a suspension of the rules, instruments lie over under the rules. the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 200— Introduction of Resolutions, BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU House and House Concurrent A RESOLUTION To commend Armond Schwing on receiving the 2021 Distinguished The following members introduced the following entitled House Citizen Award from the Evangeline Area Council, Boy Scouts and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by of America. their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: Read by title. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 201— BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER On motion of Rep. Beaullieu, and under a suspension of the A RESOLUTION rules, the resolution was adopted. To direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study provisions of law HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 129— on partition of property owned in indivision and how partition BY REPRESENTATIVES DEVILLIER, BACALA, BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, impacts heirs' property in order to make recommendations CARRIER, CREWS, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM, regarding the rights and duties required by owners in indivision FREIBERG, GLOVER, HORTON, HUVAL, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, PHELPS, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, of property, and to report the findings to the House of STEFANSKI, AND TARVER AND SENATOR CLOUD Representatives of the Louisiana Legislature no later than A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION February 1, 2022. To commend the Louisiana State University at Eunice baseball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association Read by title. 2021 Division II National Championship. On motion of Rep. Gregory Miller, and under a suspension of Read by title. the rules, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. On motion of Rep. Devillier, and under a suspension of the House and House Concurrent Resolutions rules, the resolution was adopted. Lying Over Ordered to the Senate. The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions lying over were taken up and acted upon as follows: Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 197— BY REPRESENTATIVES GAINES, HUGHES, MACK, AND CHARLES The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions lying over were OWEN A RESOLUTION taken up and acted upon as follows: To create the Equal Justice Task Force for the purpose of formulating SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 85— a method to enable the judicial system of Louisiana and the BY SENATOR FOIL Department of Corrections to ensure the equal application of A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION laws as such laws relate to individuals who may have been To commend Debbie Roussel, executive assistant for the Legislative subjected to a miscarriage of justice due to the non-unanimous Fiscal Office, for a long and distinguished career and exemplary jury verdict law in Louisiana. public service to the state of Louisiana upon the occasion of her richly deserved retirement. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Gaines, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. On motion of Rep. Davis, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was concurred in. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 198— BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 86— A RESOLUTION BY SENATOR FOIL To request the House Committee on Administration of Criminal A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Justice, or a subcommittee thereof, to study non-capital felony To commend and congratulate Coach Paul Mainieri on his sentencing and evaluate the procedures, best practices, extraordinary accomplishments and achievements and for the transparency, and effectiveness of sentencing for those distinction and honor he has brought to LSU and to Louisiana 1522 Page 3 HOUSE 34th Day's Proceedings - June 9, 2021 on the occasion of his retirement as head coach of the LSU HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 174— Baseball Team. BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER A RESOLUTION Read by title. To urge and request that the chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the chairman of the House Committee On motion of Rep. Frieberg, and under a suspension of the rules, on the Administration of Criminal Justice form a joint the resolution was concurred in. subcommittee to receive testimony from certain parties with SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 87— relevant expertise for the purpose of studying means and best BY SENATOR PEACOCK practices for the coordination of care for persons receiving A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION mental health services in community-based and institutional To commend Brown Builders, Inc., upon the occasion of its fiftieth settings. anniversary. Read by title. Read by title. Rep. Gregory Miller sent up floor amendments which were read On motion of Rep. Seabaugh, and under a suspension of the as follows: rules, the resolution was concurred in. Conference Committee Appointment HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Amendments proposed by Representative Gregory Miller to Original The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of House Resolution No. 174 by Representative Gregory Miller the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to House Bill No. 188: Reps. Beaullieu, Illg, and AMENDMENT NO. 1 Gregory Miller. Conference Committee Appointment On page 4, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following: The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of "(34) The Department of Children and Family Services." the House to confer with a like committee

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