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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of Representatives has finally concurred in the following Senate OF THE Concurrent Resolutions: SENATE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11— OF THE BY SENATORS ALLAIN, TARVER, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JACKSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA JOHNS, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, _______ ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, PETERSON, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK AND SEVENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS REPRESENTATIVES ST. BLANC, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, _______ BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, Forty-Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Legislature BRYANT, BUTLER, CARPENTER, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, Under the Adoption of the DAVIS, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, Constitution of 1974 ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM, FIRMENT, _______ FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GAINES, GAROFALO, GLOVER, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, HENRY, Senate Chamber HILFERTY, HODGES, HOLLIS, HORTON, HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS State Capitol JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, KERNER, LACOMBE, LANDRY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, Wednesday, October 7, 2020 DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, NELSON, NEWELL, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, The Senate was called to order at 3:20 o'clock P.M. by Hon. ROBERT OWEN, PHELPS, PIERRE, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SELDERS, STAGNI, Patrick Page Cortez, President of the Senate. STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, WRIGHT AND ZERINGUE Morning Hour A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences on behalf of the CONVENING ROLL CALL members of the Legislature of Louisiana, past and present, and the citizens of Louisiana to the family of Governor Murphy The roll being called, the following members answered to their James "Mike" Foster Jr., businessman and statesman. names: Reported without amendments. ROLL CALL Respectfully submitted, MICHELLE D. FONTENOT The roll was called with the following result: Clerk of the House of Representatives PRESENT Message from the House Mr. President Fields Mizell Abraham Foil Morris PASSED SENATE BILLS AND Barrow Harris Peacock JOINT RESOLUTIONS Bernard Henry Pope Boudreaux Hewitt Price October 6, 2020 Bouie Johns Reese Carter Luneau Smith To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: Cathey McMath Ward Cloud Milligan White I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of Connick Mills, F. Womack Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and Fesi Mills, R. Joint Resolutions: Total - 32 SENATE BILL NO. 14— ABSENT BY SENATORS JOHNS, MCMATH, REESE, SMITH AND WARD AN ACT Allain Lambert Tarver To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6016.1(B)(4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), Hensgens Peterson and (11) and to enact R.S. 47:6016.1(B)(12), relative to the Jackson Talbot Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax incentives; to add Total - 7 businesses impacted by Hurricane Laura to the eligible qualified active low-income community businesses; to provide an The President of the Senate announced there were 32 Senators effective date; and to provide for related matters. present and a quorum. Reported without amendments. Prayer SENATE BILL NO. 17— The prayer was offered by Senator Beth Mizell, following which BY SENATOR HEWITT the Senate joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United AN ACT States of America. To amend and reenact R.S. 37:682(4) through (15), 683(A), (B)(1), (2), and (3), and (C), 684, 686, 693(A) and (B), 695, 698(C), Reading of the Journal 700(C), and to enact R.S. 37:682(16), relative to the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board; to provide On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the reading of the Journal was for board membership and qualifications of members; to provide dispensed with and the Journal of October 6, 2020, was adopted. for licensure requirements of professional engineers; to provide for examinations; to remove provisions relative to professional naval architects and marine engineers; to provide for Message from the House disciplinary and enforcement actions by the board; to provide for terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for related CONCURRING IN matters. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS Reported without amendments. October 6, 2020 To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: 363 Page 2 SENATE 7th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS October 7, 2020 SENATE BILL NO. 33— Appointment of Conference Committee BY SENATORS FOIL, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FESI, HARRIS, HEWITT, on Senate Bill No. 29 JACKSON, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, ROBERT MILLS, MORRIS, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK AND REPRESENTATIVES GARY CARTER, ECHOLS, MCKNIGHT, ORGERON, The President of the Senate appointed the following members RISER AND THOMPSON to confer with a like committee from the House to consider the AN ACT disagreement on Senate Bill No. 29: To amend and reenact R.S. 12:1-1005(5) and 1-1105(A) and (C) and to enact R.S. 12:1-709(C) and 1-1105(D), relative to Senators Cortez, corporations; to provide for the holding of annual and special McMath shareholders' meetings solely by means of remote and Smith. communication; to provide relative to articles of incorporation; to remove certain corporate name change requirements; to Introduction of Senate Bills provide for additional provisions related to mergers between the and Joint Resolutions parent and subsidiary, or between subsidiaries; to provide for certain terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for Senator Peacock asked for and obtained a suspension of the related matters. rules to introduce and read Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions a first and second time and refer them to committee. Reported without amendments. SENATE BILL NO. 71— Respectfully submitted, BY SENATOR PEACOCK MICHELLE D. FONTENOT AN ACT Clerk of the House of Representatives To amend and reenact R.S. 42:17.1(A), relative to meetings of public bodies during a gubernatorially declared state of disaster or Privileged Report of the emergency; to provide requirements for meeting via electronic Legislative Bureau means; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. October 7, 2020 The bill was read by title and referred by the President to the To the President and Members of the Senate: Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. I am directed by your Legislative Bureau to submit the SENATE BILL NO. 72— BY SENATOR TALBOT following report: AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:6041, relative to income tax credits; to authorize an The following instruments are approved as to construction and income tax credit for certain businesses; to provide for the duplication. amount of the credit; to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for the claiming of credits; to provide for HOUSE BILL NO. 4— BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT, BACALA, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, applicability; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for EMERSON, FIRMENT, HODGES, HORTON, MIKE JOHNSON, MIGUEZ, related matters. NELSON, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, SCHAMERHORN, AND TARVER The bill was read by title and referred by the President to the AN ACT Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. To amend and reenact R.S. 29:724(B)(1) and 768(A) and to enact R.S. 29:768.1, relative to emergency declarations; to provide SENATE BILL NO. 73— relative to the renewal of emergency declarations; to provide for BY SENATOR BARROW legislative power and authority regarding renewal of emergency AN ACT declarations; and to provide for related matters. To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.41 and 100.44(B), (E), (K), and (Q), and to enact R.S. 39:100.42(17) and (18) and 100.44(R), Reported without amendments. relative to the Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program, and to provide for related matters. HOUSE BILL NO. 14— BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI The bill was read by title and referred by the President to the AN ACT Committee on Finance. To amend and reenact R.S. 27:417(A)(2)(introductory paragraph) and (B)(2) and to enact R.S. 27:417(B)(3) and (D), relative to SENATE BILL NO. 74— licensing requirements for qualified truck stop facilities; to BY SENATOR CLOUD provide relative to criteria and amenity requirements for AN ACT qualified truck stop facilities during a declared emergency; to To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1461.2(A)(2), (3), (5), and (6), relative provide relative to the suspension of operations of the criteria to election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or and amenity requirements; to provide relative to the operation forgery; to provide for absentee ballot offenses; to provide for of video draw poker devices; to provide relative to force an effective date; and to provide for related matters. majeure; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. The bill was read by title and referred by the President to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. Reported without amendments. SENATE BILL NO. 75— Respectfully submitted, BY SENATOR MILLIGAN FRED MILLS AN ACT Chairman To enact Chapter 61 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 51:3211 through 3213, relative to Adoption of Legislative Bureau Report the attorney general; to provide relative to certain transactions by certain countries or entities; to provide for responsibilities of On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the Bills and Joint Resolutions the attorney general; to provide for written notification of were read by title and passed to a third reading. certain transactions to state agencies; to provide for inspection of certain property; to provide for definitions; to provide for 364 7th DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Page 3 SENATE October 7, 2020 terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for related I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of matters.

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