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Emerson Leger OFFICIAL JOURNAL Falconer Leopold Total - 103 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 103 members present HOUSE OF and a quorum. REPRESENTATIVES Prayer OF THE Prayer was offered by Rep. Pylant. STATE OF LOUISIANA Pledge of Allegiance Rep. Gisclair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. TWENTY-FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Reading of the Journal On motion of Rep. White, the reading of the Journal was Forty-fourth Regular Session of the Legislature dispensed with. Under the Adoption of the Constitution of 1974 On motion of Rep. White, the Journal of April 17, 2018, was adopted. Petitions, Memorials, and House of Representatives Communications State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana The following petitions, memorials, and communications were received and read: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Message from the Senate The House of Representatives was called to order at 2:28 P.M., by the Honorable Taylor Barras, Speaker of the House of SENATE BILLS Representatives. April 18, 2018 Morning Hour To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of ROLL CALL Representatives: The roll being called, the following members answered to their I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has names: finally passed the following Senate Bills: PRESENT Senate Bill Nos. 457, 539, 540, 560, and 561 Mr. Speaker Foil Lyons Respectfully submitted, Abraham Franklin Mack Abramson Gaines Magee GLENN A. KOEPP Amedee Garofalo Marcelle Secretary of the Senate Anders Gisclair Marino Armes Glover McFarland Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Bacala Guinn Miguez on First Reading Bagley Hall Miller, D. Bagneris Harris, J. Miller, G. The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on first reading Berthelot Harris, L. Morris, Jim were taken up, read, and placed upon the calendar for their second Billiot Havard Muscarello reading: Bishop Hazel Norton Bouie Henry Pearson SENATE BILL NO. 457— Brass Hensgens Pierre BY SENATOR WALSWORTH Brown, C. Hilferty Pope AN ACT Brown, T. Hodges Pugh To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1300.2(C)(1) and 1300.5(A), relative Carmody Hoffmann Pylant to elections; to provide for information relative to recall Carpenter Hollis Reynolds petitions; to require further identification of the chairman and Carter, G. Horton Richard vice chairman of the recall; to provide for related matters. Carter, R. Howard Schexnayder Carter, S. Hunter Seabaugh Read by title. Chaney Huval Shadoin Connick Ivey Simon SENATE BILL NO. 539— Coussan Jackson Smith BY SENATORS LAMBERT AND ERDEY Cox James Stagni AN ACT Crews Jefferson Stefanski To amend and reenact R.S. 38:3304(A) and to enact R.S. Cromer Jenkins Stokes 38:3304(C), relative to the Amite River Basin Drainage and Danahay Johnson Talbot Water Conservation District; to provide for meetings of the Davis Jones Thibaut board; to require compliance with the Open Meetings Law; to DeVillier Jordan Thomas provide for the location of the meetings; and to provide for Duplessis Landry, N. White related matters. Dwight Landry, T. Wright Edmonds LeBas Zeringue Read by title. 779 Page 2 HOUSE 25th Day's Proceedings - April 18, 2018 SENATE BILL NO. 540— the findings of the study to the House Committee on Ways and BY SENATOR RISER Means and the House Committee on Health and Welfare. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 8:454, the introductory paragraph of R.S. 8:456(A)(1) and (B), and 457(B) and to enact R.S. 8:456(C), Read by title. relative to the Louisiana Cemetery Board; to provide for the creation of a master trust fund; to provide for requirements of a Lies over under the rules. master trust fund; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for certain terms and conditions; and to provide for HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 110— related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES A RESOLUTION Read by title. To memorialize the United States Congress to pass legislation that supports efforts to build, modernize, and maintain the United SENATE BILL NO. 560 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 434 by States' infrastructure with consideration of certain principles. Senator Mizell)— BY SENATOR MIZELL Read by title. AN ACT To enact Part IV of Chapter 2 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 24:121, relative to the Lies over under the rules. dairy industry; to create the Dairy Stabilization Study Commission; to provide for the membership of the commission; HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 111— to provide for the duties of the commission; to provide relative BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON to meetings and per diem; to authorize public hearings; to A RESOLUTION provide relative to public entity records, data, and information; To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the to require a committee report; to provide for termination of the death of Mother Evelyn Jewel "Tina" Jones. commission; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Jackson, and under a suspension of the rules, SENATE BILL NO. 561 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 455 by the resolution was adopted. Senator Barrow)— BY SENATOR BARROW House and House Concurrent Resolutions AN ACT Lying Over To enact Chapter 5 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 51:1055 through 1058, relative to The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions lying empowering families to live well; to create the Empowering over were taken up and acted upon as follows: Families to Live Well Louisiana Council; to provide for a state strategic plan; to provide for membership and duties of the HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 104— council; to provide for the Live Well Louisiana Fund; and to BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER provide for related matters. A RESOLUTION To urge the governor to declare a state of emergency concerning the Read by title. quality of drinking water in Louisiana. Suspension of the Rules Read by title. On motion of Rep. Duplessis, the rules were suspended in order to take up and consider Introduction of Resolutions, House and Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the House Concurrent at this time. Committee on Health and Welfare. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 107— Introduction of Resolutions, BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN House and House Concurrent A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to continue The following members introduced the following entitled House to study the desirability and feasibility of increasing the and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Louisiana to their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: twenty-one, and to report findings of the study effort. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 108— Read by title. BY REPRESENTATIVES DUPLESSIS AND JAMES A RESOLUTION Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the To commend champion boxer Regis "Rougarou" Prograis for his Committee on Health and Welfare. many accomplishments. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 49— Read by title. BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION On motion of Rep. Duplessis, and under a suspension of the To urge the governor to declare a state of emergency concerning the rules, the resolution was adopted. quality of drinking water in Louisiana. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 109— Read by title. BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN A RESOLUTION Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to continue Committee on Health and Welfare. to study certain tax-related and health-related issues associated with electronic cigarettes and other vapor products, and to report 780 Page 3 HOUSE 25th Day's Proceedings - April 18, 2018 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 50— SENATE BILL NO. 25— BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES BY SENATOR MILLS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AN ACT To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health and the To amend and reenact R.S. 24:56(F), relative to prohibited conduct stakeholders listed herein to identify means by which to enable by state employees and agencies; to prohibit state employees the collection of comprehensive information, prepared and and agencies from contracting for lobbying services; to provide compiled in connection with the death of an individual who for termination of authority for lobbying services contracts; to suffered a violent death. provide for the termination of existing lobbying services contracts; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the Read by title. Committee on Judiciary. Under the rules, the above bill was referred to the Committee on HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 51— House and Governmental Affairs. BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SENATE BILL NO. 29— To create and establish the Ancestors Burial Ground and Cemetery BY SENATOR MILLS Preservation Commission to study and develop measures to AN ACT preserve and protect unmarked and historic burial grounds, To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1006.1(A)(4) and (B) and R.S. graves, and cemeteries of slaves in Louisiana. 46:460.33 and to enact R.S. 22:1006.1(C), (D), and (E), relative to a single uniform prescription drug prior authorization form; Read by title. to provide for applicability to health insurance issuers and Medicaid managed care organizations; to provide for Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the promulgation of the form by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; to provide for the authority to impose sanctions pursuant to current Senate Concurrent Resolutions regulatory and contract authority; to provide for an effective Lying Over date; and to provide for related matters. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions lying over were Read by title.