Edmonds Leopold OFFICIAL JOURNAL Emerson Lyons 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 The Very Reverend Emile "Buddy" Noel - Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church - Westwego. STATE OF LOUISIANA Pledge of Allegiance THIRTY-SIXTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Rep. Terry Brown led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. Reading of the Journal Forty-fifth Regular Session of the Legislature Under the Adoption of the On motion of Rep. Hill, the reading of the Journal was Constitution of 1974 dispensed with.
On motion of Rep. Hill, the Journal of June 4, 2019, was House of Representatives adopted. State Capitol Conference Committee Appointment Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Wednesday, June 5, 2019 the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to House Bill No. 208: Reps. Brass, Nancy Landry, and The House of Representatives was called to order at 10:23 A.M., Wright. by the Honorable Taylor Barras, 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. 218: Reps. Marcelle, Jackson, and McFarland. The roll being called, the following members answered to their names: Conference Committee Appointment PRESENT The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Mr. Speaker Falconer Mack disagreement to House Bill No. 225: Reps. Edmonds, Nancy Landry, Abraham Foil Magee and Bacala. Abramson Franklin Marcelle Adams Gaines Marino Amedee Garofalo McFarland Conference Committee Appointment Anders Gisclair McMahen Armes Glover Miguez The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Bacala Guinn Miller, G. the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Bagley Harris, J. Moore disagreement to House Bill No. 331: Reps. Leger, Abramson, and Bagneris Harris, L. Morris, Jay Jimmy Harris. Berthelot Henry Morris, Jim Billiot Hilferty Moss Conference Committee Appointment Bishop Hill Muscarello Bouie Hodges Norton The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Bourriaque Hoffmann Pearson the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Brass Horton Pierre disagreement to House Bill No. 454: Reps. Zeringue, Schexnayder, Brown, C. Howard Pope and Magee. Brown, T. Huval Pugh Carmody Ivey Pylant Conference Committee Appointment Carpenter Jackson Richard Carter, G. James Schexnayder The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Carter, R. Jefferson Seabaugh the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Carter, S. Jenkins Simon disagreement to House Bill No. 466: Reps. Davis, Abramson, and Chaney Johnson, M. Smith Jimmy Harris. Connick Johnson, R. Stagni Coussan Jones Stefanski Conference Committee Appointment Cox Jordan Stokes Crews LaCombe Talbot The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Davis Landry, N. Thomas the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the DeVillier Landry, T. Turner disagreement to House Bill No. 596: Reps. Stefanski, Abramson, and DuBuisson Larvadain White DeVillier. Duplessis LeBas Wright Dwight Leger Zeringue
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Conference Committee Appointment him on the occasion of his well-deserved retirement on June 12, 2019. The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Read by title. disagreement to Senate Bill No. 109: Reps. Marcelle, Hoffmann, and Jackson. On motion of Rep. Bishop, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was concurred in. Conference Committee Appointment Senate Instruments on Second Reading The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Returned from the Legislative Bureau the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 182: Reps. Foil, Gregory Miller, and The following Senate Instruments on second reading, returned Mack. from the Legislative Bureau, were taken up and acted upon as follows: Conference Committee Appointment SENATE BILL NO. 203— BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, GATTI AND THOMPSON The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of AN ACT the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the To amend and reenact the Title of Chapter 20-H of Title 17 of the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 223: Reps. Stefanski, Abramson, and Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 17:3050.1, DeVillier. 3050.2(A) and the introductory paragraph of R.S. 17:3050.2(B)(1), 3050.3, and 3050.4(D), relative to the Grant Conference Committee Appointment Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program; to provide relative to the program's purpose, tuition grants, eligibility, The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of administration, and funding; and to provide for related matters. the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 242: Reps. Jim Morris, Bishop, and Read by title. Schexnayder. Reported with amendments by the Committee on Education. Petitions, Memorials, and Communications The committee amendments were read as follows: The following petitions, memorials, and communications were HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS received and read: Amendments proposed by House Committee on Education to Re- Message from the Senate Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 203 by Senator Walsworth ASKING CONCURRENCE IN AMENDMENT NO. 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS On page 1, line 2, between "reenact the" and "of Chapter" change June 5, 2019 "Title" to "heading" To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of AMENDMENT NO. 2 Representatives: On page 1, line 3, between "1950" and "R.S. 17:3050.1," delete "and" I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has and insert a comma "," adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate Concurrent Resolutions: AMENDMENT NO. 3 On page 1, line 3, between "3050.2(A)" and "the introductory" delete Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 139 "and" and insert a comma "," Respectfully submitted, AMENDMENT NO. 4 GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate On page 1, at the beginning of line 4, change "R.S. 17:3050.2(B)(1)," to "3050.2(B)(1)," Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over AMENDMENT NO. 5 On page 1, line 8, between "The" and "of Chapter" change "Title" to The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions contained in the "heading" message were taken up and acted upon as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 6 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 139— BY SENATORS ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB, CORTEZ, On page 1, line 9, between "1950" and "R.S. 17:3050.1," delete "and" DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JOHNS, and insert a comma "," LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PETERSON, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, AMENDMENT NO. 7 WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION On page 1, line 9, "3050.2(A)" and "the introductory" delete "and" To commend Executive Director Danny Wilson upon his forty-five and insert a comma "," years of exemplary service to AT&T, Inc. and to congratulate
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AMENDMENT NO. 8 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics outdoor track and field championships. On page 1, at the end of line 9, delete "R.S." Read by title. AMENDMENT NO. 9 On motion of Rep. Gaines, and under a suspension of the rules, On page 1, at the beginning of line 10, change "17: 3050.2(B)(1)," to the resolution was adopted. "3050.2(B)(1)," HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 300— AMENDMENT NO. 10 BY REPRESENTATIVE STOKES A RESOLUTION On page 2, at the beginning of line 11, delete "undergraduate" To designate Tuesday, June 4, 2019, as Girl Scouts of the United States of America Day at the state capitol and to recognize the AMENDMENT NO. 11 one hundred seventh anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouting. On page 2, line 19, between "baccalaureate" and "degree" delete "undergraduate" Read by title. AMENDMENT NO. 12 On motion of Rep. Stokes, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. On page 3, delete line 26 in its entirety HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 301— BY REPRESENTATIVES GAINES, BAGNERIS, BOUIE, BRASS, Reported without amendments by the Legislative Bureau. CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, COX, DUPLESSIS, FRANKLIN, GLOVER, JIMMY HARRIS, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JORDAN, On motion of Rep. Nancy Landry, the amendments were TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, DUSTIN MILLER, adopted. MOORE, NORTON, PIERRE, AND SMITH A RESOLUTION On motion of Rep. Nancy Landry, the bill, as amended, was To commend Calvin Mills, Jr., on being recognized as the 2019 Lew ordered passed to its third reading. Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year by the National Small Business Association. Suspension of the Rules Read by title. On motion of Rep. Gaines, the rules were suspended in order to On motion of Rep. Gaines, and under a suspension of the rules, take up and consider Introduction of Resolutions, House and House the resolution was adopted. Concurrent at this time. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 302— Introduction of Resolutions, BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE House and House Concurrent A RESOLUTION To commend Brooke Battiste for her numerous academic The following members introduced the following entitled House accomplishments. and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: Read by title. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 297— On motion of Rep. Marcelle, and under a suspension of the BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES rules, the resolution was adopted. A RESOLUTION To commend the Southern University Lady Jaguars basketball team Suspension of the Rules upon winning the 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships. On motion of Rep. Nancy Landry, the rules were suspended in order to take up and consider Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on Read by title. Third Reading and Final Passage at this time. On motion of Rep. Gaines, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on Third Reading and Final Passage HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 298— BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on third A RESOLUTION reading and final passage were taken up and acted upon as follows: To commend the Southern University baseball team upon winning the 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division SENATE BILL NO. 203— championship. BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, GATTI AND THOMPSON AN ACT Read by title. To amend and reenact the Title of Chapter 20-H of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 17:3050.1, On motion of Rep. Gaines, and under a suspension of the rules, 3050.2(A) and the introductory paragraph of R.S. the resolution was adopted. 17:3050.2(B)(1), 3050.3, and 3050.4(D), relative to the Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program; to provide relative HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 299— to the program's purpose, tuition grants, eligibility, BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES administration, and funding; and to provide for related matters. A RESOLUTION To commend the Southern University at New Orleans women's track Read by title. and field team upon winning four national titles in the 2019
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Motion with developmental disabilities for the purpose of Medicaid reimbursement rate calculation for those facilities. Rep. Nancy Landry moved the House consider Senate Bill No. 203 on third reading and final passage after the fifty-seventh calendar Read by title. day of the session. Rep. Thomas moved the adoption of the resolution. A record vote was asked for and ordered by the House. ROLL CALL By a vote of 88 yeas and 0 nays, the resolution was adopted. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 283— The roll was called with the following result: BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES A RESOLUTION YEAS To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a Mr. Speaker Emerson Marcelle review and study of Louisiana's in forma pauperis and related Abraham Falconer Marino laws as applied by Louisiana courts in civil judicial proceedings Abramson Foil McFarland for possible revision to clarify and limit misinterpretation of Adams Gaines McMahen existing law to ensure consistent application in all Louisiana Amedee Gisclair Miller, D. courts and report its findings to the House of Representatives by Anders Glover Miller, G. January 1, 2020. Bacala Harris, J. Moore Bagley Harris, L. Morris, Jay Read by title. Berthelot Hilferty Moss Bishop Hill Muscarello Motion Bouie Hoffmann Norton Bourriaque Hollis Pearson On motion of Rep. Carpenter, the resolution was returned to the Brass Horton Pierre calendar. Brown, C. Howard Pope Brown, T. Huval Pugh HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 291— Carmody Jackson Pylant BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS Carpenter Jefferson Richard A RESOLUTION Carter, G. Jenkins Schexnayder To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the Carter, R. Johnson, M. Seabaugh changes necessary to increase access to outpatient substance use Carter, S. Johnson, R. Simon treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), as Chaney Jones Smith well as recommendations for creating sustainable incentives and Coussan Jordan Stagni supports for providers to serve as office-based opioid agonist Cox LaCombe Stefanski treatment providers and to report the findings of the study to the Crews Landry, N. Talbot House Committee on Health and Welfare on or before March 1, Davis Landry, T. Thomas 2020. DeVillier Larvadain Turner DuBuisson Leger White Read by title. Duplessis Lyons Zeringue Dwight Mack Rep. Davis moved the adoption of the resolution. Edmonds Magee Total - 88 By a vote of 91 yeas and 0 nays, the resolution was adopted. NAYS HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 294— Total - 0 BY REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY HARRIS ABSENT A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to take Armes Guinn Leopold immediate action to address 3 racial disparity in maternal and Bagneris Henry Miguez child health outcomes and the alarming rate of 4 mortality for Billiot Hodges Morris, Jim African American infants and mothers in Louisiana. Connick Ivey Stokes Franklin James Wright Read by title. Garofalo LeBas Total - 17 Rep. Jimmy Harris moved the adoption of the resolution. The motion to consider, having received a two-thirds vote of the By a vote of 95 yeas and 0 nays, the resolution was adopted. elected members, was adopted. Suspension of the Rules House and House Concurrent Resolutions on Third Reading for Final Consideration On motion of Rep. James, the rules were suspended in order to take up and consider House and House Concurrent Resolutions on The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions on third reading for final consideration at this time. third reading for final consideration were taken up and acted upon as follows: House and House Concurrent Resolutions on HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 282— Third Reading for Final Consideration BY REPRESENTATIVES THOMAS, BILLIOT, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, FALCONER, MARINO, STEFANSKI, WHITE, AND WRIGHT The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions on A RESOLUTION third reading for final consideration were taken up and acted upon as To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to establish follows: a four-bed peer group for intermediate care facilities for people
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 283— 2019, on page 1, line 4, after "State Police," insert "the Justice BY REPRESENTATIVES JAMES AND LEGER Accountability Center of Louisiana," A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a AMENDMENT NO. 2 review and study of Louisiana's in forma pauperis and related laws as applied by Louisiana courts in civil judicial proceedings In Senate Committee Amendment No. 3, proposed by the Senate for possible revision to clarify and limit misinterpretation of Committee on Judiciary C and adopted by the Senate on June 4, existing law to ensure consistent application in all Louisiana 2019, on page 1, line 8, after "State Police," insert "the Justice courts and report its findings to the House of Representatives by Accountability Center of Louisiana," January 1, 2020. AMENDMENT NO. 3 Called from the calendar. On page 2, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following: Read by title. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this study shall be Rep. James moved the adoption of the resolution. completed prior to the commencement of the 2020 Regular Session of the legislature." By a vote of 93 yeas and 0 nays, the resolution was adopted. Rep. James moved that the amendments proposed by the Senate House Concurrent Resolutions Returned be concurred in. from the Senate with Amendments ROLL CALL The following House Concurrent Resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments to be concurred in by the House were taken The roll was called with the following result: up and acted upon as follows: YEAS HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 106— BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES Mr. Speaker Emerson Lyons A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Abraham Foil Mack To urge and request the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, in Adams Franklin Magee conjunction with the Louisiana Supreme Court and other courts Amedee Gaines Marcelle in Louisiana, the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Armes Glover Marino Louisiana Public Defender Board, and the Louisiana Sheriffs' Bacala Guinn Miller, D. Association, to study and evaluate the process and procedure for Bagley Harris, J. Miller, G. automatic criminal record-clearing for individuals who remain Bagneris Harris, L. Moore free from convictions for a certain period of time. Berthelot Henry Moss Billiot Hilferty Muscarello Read by title. Bishop Hill Norton Bourriaque Hodges Pearson The above resolution was taken up with the amendments Brass Hoffmann Pierre proposed by the Senate. Brown, C. Howard Pope Brown, T. Huval Pylant SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Carmody Ivey Schexnayder Carpenter Jackson Simon Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Carter, R. Jefferson Smith Original House Concurrent Resolution No. 106 by Representative Carter, S. Jenkins Stagni James Chaney Johnson, M. Stefanski Connick Johnson, R. Stokes AMENDMENT NO. 1 Coussan Jones Talbot Cox Jordan Thomas On page 1, line 4, after "Board," delete "and" Davis LaCombe Turner DeVillier Landry, N. White AMENDMENT NO. 2 DuBuisson Landry, T. Wright Duplessis Larvadain Zeringue On page 1, line 5, after "Association," insert "Louisiana State Police, Dwight LeBas and Voice of the Experienced" Edmonds Leopold Total - 85 AMENDMENT NO. 3 NAYS On page 2, line 13, after "Board," delete "and" and after "Sheriffs' Total - 0 Association," insert "Louisiana State Police, and Voice of the ABSENT Experienced" Abramson Gisclair Miguez SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Anders Hollis Morris, Jay Bouie Horton Morris, Jim Amendments proposed by Senator Bishop to Original House Carter, G. James Pugh Concurrent Resolution No. 106 by Representative James Crews Leger Richard Falconer McFarland Seabaugh AMENDMENT NO. 1 Garofalo McMahen Total - 20 In Senate Committee Amendment No. 2, proposed by the Senate Committee on Judiciary C and adopted by the Senate on June 4,
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The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by Rep. Steve Carter moved that the amendments proposed by the the House. Senate be concurred in. House Bills and Joint Resolutions ROLL CALL Returned from the Senate with Amendments The roll was called with the following result: The following House Bills and Joint Resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments to be concurred in by the House were YEAS taken up and acted upon as follows: Mr. Speaker Emerson Leger HOUSE BILL NO. 62— Abraham Falconer Leopold BY REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CARTER Adams Foil Lyons A JOINT RESOLUTION Amedee Franklin Mack Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 10.8(C)(3)(b), (c), and (g) Anders Gaines Magee of the Constitution of Louisiana and to repeal Article VII, Armes Gisclair Marcelle Section 10.8(C)(3)(d) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative Bacala Glover Marino to the Education Excellence Fund; to provide for appropriations Bagley Guinn McMahen from the Education Excellence Fund for the Louisiana Bagneris Harris, J. Miller, D. Educational Television Authority, Thrive Academy, and Berthelot Harris, L. Miller, G. laboratory schools operated by public postsecondary education Billiot Henry Moore institutions; to provide for submission of the proposed Bishop Hilferty Morris, Jim amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters. Bourriaque Hill Moss Brass Hodges Muscarello Read by title. Brown, C. Hoffmann Norton Brown, T. Horton Pearson The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by Carmody Howard Pierre the Senate. Carpenter Huval Pope Carter, G. Ivey Pylant SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Carter, R. Jackson Richard Carter, S. James Schexnayder Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Chaney Jefferson Simon Engrossed House Bill No. 62 by Representative Steve Carter Connick Jenkins Smith Coussan Johnson, M. Stagni AMENDMENT NO. 1 Cox Johnson, R. Stefanski Crews Jones Stokes On page 1, line 7, after "institutions;" and before "to provide" insert Davis Jordan Talbot "to repeal the appropriation from the Education Excellence Fund for DeVillier LaCombe Thomas the Louisiana Special Education Center in Alexandria;" DuBuisson Landry, N. Turner Duplessis Landry, T. Wright AMENDMENT NO. 2 Dwight Larvadain Zeringue Edmonds LeBas On page 2, at the end of line 6, delete "the" Total - 95 NAYS AMENDMENT NO. 3 On page 2, at the beginning of line 7, delete "Louisiana Special Total - 0 Education Center in Alexandria," ABSENT AMENDMENT NO. 4 Abramson McFarland Seabaugh Bouie Miguez White On page 2, line 16, delete "approved by the State" and on line 17, Garofalo Morris, Jay delete "Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and" Hollis Pugh Total - 10 AMENDMENT NO. 5 The amendments proposed by the Senate, having received a On page 3, line 21, change "institutions?" to : two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in by the House. "institutions, and to repeal the appropriation from the Education Excellence Fund for the Louisiana Special Education Center in HOUSE BILL NO. 100— Alexandria?" BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR AN ACT SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS To amend and reenact R.S. 17:71.2(A), relative to the size of school boards; to provide with regard to the maximum and minimum Amendments proposed by Senator Appel to Engrossed House Bill size of school boards; and to provide for related matters. No. 62 by Representative Steve Carter Read by title. AMENDMENT NO. 1 Delete Senate Committee Amendment Nos. 1 through 5 proposed by The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and adopted by the Senate on May the Senate. 27, 2019.
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SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS parish with a population of between ninety thousand and one hundred thousand persons according to the most recent decennial census shall, Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Education to by majority vote of the board as presently constituted, reestablish Engrossed House Bill No. 100 by Representative Gisclair itself with not less than five nor more than nine members. Whenever the size of a school board is to be changed by reapportionment, the AMENDMENT NO. 1 school board may submit the proposition of size to the people." On page 1, line 2, after "R.S. 17:71.2(A)" delete the remainder of the Rep. Gisclair moved that the amendments proposed by the line, and delete line 3, and insert "and 1381(I)(1) and (J) , relative to Senate be rejected. school boards; to provide with regard to the maximum and minimum size of school boards; to provide with respect to a certain school ROLL CALL board and system consolidation study commission and its reporting and termination dates; and to provide for" The roll was called with the following result: AMENDMENT NO. 2 YEAS On page 1, line 6, after "R.S. 17:71.2(A)" delete "is" and insert "and Mr. Speaker Falconer Mack 1381(I)(1) and (J) are" Abraham Foil Magee Adams Franklin Marcelle AMENDMENT NO. 3 Amedee Gaines Marino Anders Gisclair McMahen On page 1, after line 14, insert the following: Armes Glover Miller, D. Bacala Guinn Miller, G. "§1381. Washington Parish and Bogalusa City school systems; Bagley Harris, J. Moore consolidation study commission; creation; membership; Bagneris Harris, L. Morris, Jim duties and responsibilities Berthelot Hilferty Moss Billiot Hill Muscarello * * * Bishop Hodges Norton Bourriaque Horton Pearson I.(1) The commission shall submit a written report of its Brass Howard Pierre findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Bogalusa City Brown, C. Huval Pope School Board and the Washington Parish School Board not later than Brown, T. Ivey Pugh August 31, 2019 2020. Carmody Jackson Pylant Carpenter James Richard * * * Carter, G. Jefferson Schexnayder Carter, R. Jenkins Seabaugh J. The commission shall terminate on September 1, 2019 2020." Carter, S. Johnson, M. Simon Chaney Johnson, R. Smith SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Connick Jones Stagni Coussan Jordan Stefanski Amendments proposed by Senator Chabert to Engrossed House Bill Cox Landry, N. Stokes No. 100 by Representative Gisclair Davis Landry, T. Talbot DeVillier Larvadain Thomas AMENDMENT NO. 1 DuBuisson LeBas Turner Dwight Leger White Delete Committee Amendment Nos. 1 through 3 proposed by the Edmonds Leopold Wright Senate Committee on Education and adopted by the Senate on May Emerson Lyons Zeringue 31, 2019. Total - 93 NAYS AMENDMENT NO. 2 Total - 0 On page 1, line 2, after "To" delete "amend and reenact R.S. ABSENT 17:71.2(A)" and insert "enact R.S. 17:71.2(D)" Abramson Garofalo LaCombe AMENDMENT NO. 3 Bouie Henry McFarland Crews Hoffmann Miguez On page 1, line 3, between "size of" and "school" insert "certain" Duplessis Hollis Morris, Jay Total - 12 AMENDMENT NO. 4 The amendments proposed by the Senate were rejected. On page 1, line 6, after "Section 1." delete the remainder of the line and insert "R.S. 17:71.2(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:" Conference committee appointment pending. AMENDMENT NO. 5 HOUSE BILL NO. 181— BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS On page 1 delete lines 8 through 14, and insert the following: AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 32:295.1(A)(1), (3), and (B), relative to "* * * safety belt use in passenger trucks; to increase the weight limit for vehicles required to use safety belts; and to provide for D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (A) of this related matters. Section or any law to the contrary, in accomplishing the reapportionment authorized by this Subpart, a school board in a Read by title.
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The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by Bourriaque Howard Pearson the Senate. Brown, C. Huval Pierre Brown, T. Ivey Pope SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Carmody Jackson Pugh Carpenter James Pylant Amendments proposed by Senator Hewitt to Reengrossed House Bill Carter, G. Jefferson Richard No. 181 by Representative Brass Carter, R. Jenkins Schexnayder Carter, S. Johnson, M. Simon AMENDMENT NO. 1 Connick Johnson, R. Smith Coussan Jones Stagni Delete the set of Senate Floor Amendments, proposed by Senator Crews Jordan Stefanski Hewitt and adopted by the Senate on June 1, 2019, designated as Davis LaCombe Stokes SFAHB181 JONESJO 2417. DeVillier Landry, N. Talbot DuBuisson Landry, T. Thomas SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Duplessis Larvadain Turner Dwight LeBas Wright Amendments proposed by Senator Hewitt to Reengrossed House Bill Edmonds Leger Zeringue No. 181 by Representative Brass Emerson Leopold Total - 89 AMENDMENT NO. 1 NAYS
On page 1, line 2, after "(3)," delete the remainder of the line and Total - 0 insert ABSENT
"(B) and (E), relative to safety belt use; to provide relative to safety Abramson Garofalo Moore belt use in" Bouie Glover Morris, Jay Brass Hoffmann Seabaugh AMENDMENT NO. 2 Chaney Hollis White Cox McFarland On page 1, line 4, after "belts;" insert "to provide relative to failure Falconer Miguez to wear a safety belt;" Total - 16 AMENDMENT NO. 3 The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by On page 1, line 6, delete "and (B)" and insert "(B) and (E)" the House. AMENDMENT NO. 4 HOUSE BILL NO. 196— BY REPRESENTATIVE FALCONER On page 2, after line 6 insert AN ACT To enact R.S. 37:21(C), relative to professions and occupations; to "E. In any action to recover damages arising out of the provide for exceptions to time limitations after which ownership, common maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle, disciplinary proceedings shall not be instituted by professional failure to wear a safety belt in violation of this Section shall not may or occupational boards and commissions; to provide with be considered as evidence of comparative negligence fault or to respect to complaint notification and hearing time limitations; mitigate damages. The admissibility of such evidence shall be to provide with respect to the Louisiana Professional determined by the court out of the hearing of the jury. Failure to wear Engineering and Land Surveying Board; to provide with respect a safety belt in violation of this Section shall not be admitted to to the State Board of Architectural Examiners; and to provide mitigate damages. for related matters. * * *" Read by title.
Rep. Brass moved that the amendments proposed by the Senate The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by be concurred in. the Senate.
ROLL CALL SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS The roll was called with the following result: Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs to Reengrossed House YEAS Bill No. 196 by Representative Falconer Mr. Speaker Foil Lyons Abraham Franklin Mack AMENDMENT NO. 1 Adams Gaines Magee Amedee Gisclair Marcelle On page 1, line 2, after "21" delete "(C)" and insert "(B)(1) and (2) Anders Guinn Marino and (C)" Armes Harris, J. McMahen Bacala Harris, L. Miller, D. AMENDMENT NO. 2 Bagley Henry Miller, G. Bagneris Hilferty Morris, Jim On page 1, line 7, after "Examiners;" insert "to provide certain Berthelot Hill Moss exceptions;" Billiot Hodges Muscarello Bishop Horton Norton
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AMENDMENT NO. 3 AMENDMENT NO. 4 On page 1, line 10, after "21" delete "(C) is" and insert "(B)(1) and On page 1,delete line 10 and insert (2) and (C) are" "Section 1. R.S. 37:21(A)(5) and (B)(1) and (2) are hereby AMENDMENT NO. 4 amended and reenacted and R.S. 37:21(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:" On page 1, between lines 13 and 14, insert AMENDMENT NO. 5 "B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the following: On page 1, between lines 13 and 14 insert (1) A physician licensed to practice medicine. The Louisiana "A. Unless a special law is applicable, no proceeding of any kind State Board of Medical Examiners. may be initiated by a professional or occupational board or commission as follows: (2) A dentist, dental hygienist, or any person practicing dentistry or dental hygiene with or without a license. The Louisiana State * * * Board of Dentistry. (5) In all cases where a complaint is filed with a professional or * * *" occupational board or commission, the board or commission shall notify the licensee who is specifically named in the complaint as the AMENDMENT NO. 5 subject of the complaint in writing of the complaint within six months after the filing of the complaint or be barred from further On page 1, line 14, after "Section" insert "with respect to the time of action thereon. The board or commission shall hold any required hearing only" hearing within six months after the notice of the hearing, but this period may be interrupted by the filing of procedural motions." LEGISLATIVE BUREAU AMENDMENTS Rep. Falconer moved that the amendments proposed by the Amendments proposed by Legislative Bureau to Reengrossed House Senate be concurred in. Bill No. 196 by Representative Falconer ROLL CALL AMENDMENT NO. 1 The roll was called with the following result: In Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 proposed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International YEAS Affairs and adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2019, on page 1, line 2, following "line 2, after" delete the remainder of the line and insert Mr. Speaker Emerson Magee ""To" and before "enact" insert "amend and reenact R.S. 37:21(B)(1) Abraham Falconer Marcelle and (2) and to" Abramson Foil Marino Adams Franklin McFarland AMENDMENT NO. 2 Amedee Gisclair McMahen Anders Glover Miller, D. In Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 proposed by the Senate Armes Guinn Miller, G. Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Bacala Harris, J. Moore Affairs and adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2019, on page 1, line Bagley Harris, L. Morris, Jim 6, following "line 10, after" delete the remainder of the line and insert Bagneris Henry Moss ""To" and before "enact" insert "amend and reenact R.S. 37:21(B)(1) Berthelot Hilferty Muscarello and (2) and to" Billiot Hill Norton Bishop Hodges Pearson SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Bourriaque Horton Pierre Brass Howard Pope Amendments proposed by Senator Cortez to Reengrossed House Bill Brown, C. Huval Pugh No. 196 by Representative Falconer Brown, T. Ivey Pylant Carmody Jackson Richard AMENDMENT NO. 1 Carpenter James Schexnayder Carter, G. Jefferson Seabaugh Delete Senate Committee No. 1 proposed by the Senate Committee Carter, R. Jenkins Simon on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs and Carter, S. Johnson, M. Smith adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2019. Connick Johnson, R. Stagni Coussan Jones Stefanski AMENDMENT NO. 2 Cox Jordan Stokes Crews LaCombe Talbot Delete Senate Committee No. 3 proposed by the Senate Committee Davis Landry, N. Thomas on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs and DeVillier Landry, T. Turner adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2019. DuBuisson Larvadain White Duplessis LeBas Wright AMENDMENT NO. 3 Dwight Lyons Zeringue Edmonds Mack On page 1, line 2, after "To" insert "amend and reenact R.S. Total - 95 37:21(A)(5) and (B)(1) and (2) and to" NAYS Total - 0
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ABSENT agencies may not execute a procurement contract with a vendor if that vendor is engaging in a boycott of Israel. Bouie Hoffmann Miguez Chaney Hollis Morris, Jay (2) Executive branch agencies shall reserve the right to Gaines Leger terminate any procurement contract with a vendor that engages in a Garofalo Leopold boycott of Israel during the term of the contract. Total - 10 C.(1) A vendor shall certify in writing, when a bid is submitted The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by or when a procurement contract is awarded, that: the House. (a) It is not engaging in a boycott of Israel. HOUSE BILL NO. 245— BY REPRESENTATIVES HODGES, ABRAHAM, ADAMS, AMEDEE, ARMES, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, (b) It will, for the duration of its contractual obligations, refrain STEVE CARTER, COX, CREWS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, from a boycott of Israel. GAROFALO, LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HOFFMANN, HORTON, HOWARD, JAMES, JEFFERSON, LEBAS, MACK, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, POPE, RICHARD, (2) All competitive sealed bids and proposals issued for SEABAUGH, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE procurement contracts with executive branch agencies shall include AN ACT the text of the following certification: To enact R.S. 39:1602.1; relative to state procurement contracts; to authorize public entities to reject bids from certain groups under “By submitting a response to this solicitation, the bidder or proposer certain circumstances; to provide for an effective date; and to certifies and agrees that the following information is correct: In provide for related matters. preparing its response, the bidder or proposer has considered all proposals submitted from qualified, potential subcontractors and Read by title. suppliers, and has not, in the solicitation, selection, or commercial treatment of any subcontractor or supplier, refused to transact or The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by terminated business activities, or taken other actions intended to limit the Senate. commercial relations, with a person or entity that is engaging in commercial transactions in Israel or Israeli-controlled territories, with SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS the specific intent to accomplish a boycott or divestment of Israel. The bidder also has not retaliated against any person or other entity Amendments proposed by Senator Long to Reengrossed House Bill for reporting such refusal, termination, or commercially limiting No. 245 by Representative Hodges actions. The state reserves the right to reject the response of the bidder or proposer if this certification is subsequently determined to AMENDMENT NO. 1 be false, and to terminate any contract awarded based on such a false response.” Delete Senate Floor Amendment SFAHB245HESSM Nos. 1 through 3, proposed by Senator Appel and adopted by the Senate on May 30, D.(1) The commissioner of the division of administration or his 2019. designee shall oversee this Section to ensure implementation as quickly and efficiently as practicable. AMENDMENT NO. 2 (2) The commissioner or his designee may promulgate On page 1, delete lines 7 through 13, and insert the following: regulations to implement the provisions of this Section so long as they are consistent with this Section and do not create any exceptions "§1602.1. Prohibition of discriminatory boycotts of Israel in state to it. procurement E. This Section shall not operate to modify any obligations of A. The legislature finds all of the following: executive branch agencies under state or federal law. (1) Israel is a faithful friend of the United States and the state of F. This Section does not apply to procurement contracts with a Louisiana. value of less than one hundred thousand dollars and for vendors with fewer than five employees. (2) The state of Louisiana does not support boycott-related tactics that are used to threaten the sovereignty and security of allies G. The commissioner of the division of administration or his and trade partners of the United States. designee may waive application of this Section on a procurement contract if he determines that compliance is not practicable or in the (3) In 2005, a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) best interests of the state. campaign was initiated against Israel that pressured companies to sever commercial ties with Israel for the purpose of economically Section 2. If any provision or item of this Act, or the application isolating the country. thereof, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of the Act which can be given (4) Israel and the state of Louisiana enjoy a robust trading effect without the invalid provision, item, or application and to this relationship that is in the best interests of the people of Louisiana. end the provisions of this Act are hereby declared severable." (5) The refusal by a company operating in Louisiana to do AMENDMENT NO. 3 business with Israel with the goal of advancing the BDS campaign harms the Israel-Louisiana relationship and the Louisiana economy. On page 1, line 14, change "Section 2." to "Section 3." (6) The state of Louisiana unequivocally rejects the BDS SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS campaign and stands firmly with Israel. Amendments proposed by Senator Appel to Reengrossed House Bill B.(1) Consistent with existing Louisiana non-discrimination No. 245 by Representative Hodges provisions and regulations governing purchases, executive branch
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by the House. On page 1, at the end of line 3, after "provide for" delete "an", and insert "the promulgation of rules; to provide for an" HOUSE BILL NO. 295— BY REPRESENTATIVES HILL, DWIGHT, AND MOSS AMENDMENT NO. 2 AN ACT To enact R.S. 13:589, relative to the Fourteenth Judicial District On page 1, at the beginning of line 8, insert "A." Court; to provide for the creation of a magistrate judge position; to provide relative to the election, term, salary, and duties of the AMENDMENT NO. 3 magistrate judge; to provide for qualifications; and to provide for related matters. On page 1, between l lines 13 and 14, insert the following: Read by title. "B. The Division of Administration is authorized and directed to adopt, promulgate, and enforce such rules and regulations as are The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by necessary and appropriate to implement the provisions of this the Senate. Section. The regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq." SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Rep. Hodges moved that the amendments proposed by the Amendments proposed by Senator Johns to Engrossed House Bill Senate be concurred in. No. 295 by Representative Hill ROLL CALL AMENDMENT NO. 1 The roll was called with the following result: On page 2, after line 15, insert the following: YEAS "Section 2. For the purposes of Section 22 of Article V of the Constitution of Louisiana, the judgeship created by this Act shall be Mr. Speaker Emerson Marino deemed to be established as of January 1, 2021. However, all of the Abraham Franklin McFarland applicable provisions of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of Abramson Gaines McMahen 1950, as amended, related to qualifying for office and conducting the Adams Garofalo Miller, D. election shall be applicable to allow for the election of the magistrate Amedee Gisclair Miller, G. judge at the regularly scheduled election for judges in 2020." Anders Harris, J. Moore Armes Harris, L. Morris, Jim Rep. Hill moved that the amendments proposed by the Senate Bacala Henry Moss be concurred in. Bagley Hilferty Muscarello Bagneris Hill Norton ROLL CALL Berthelot Hodges Pearson Billiot Howard Pope The roll was called with the following result: Bishop Huval Pugh Bouie Ivey Pylant YEAS Brass James Richard Brown, C. Jefferson Schexnayder Mr. Speaker Foil Magee Brown, T. Johnson, M. Simon Abraham Franklin Marcelle Carmody Johnson, R. Smith Abramson Garofalo Marino Carpenter Jones Stagni Adams Gisclair McFarland Carter, S. Jordan Stefanski Amedee Harris, J. McMahen Connick LaCombe Stokes Anders Harris, L. Miller, G. Coussan Landry, N. Talbot Armes Henry Moore Cox Landry, T. Thomas Bacala Hilferty Morris, Jim Davis Larvadain Turner Bagley Hill Moss DeVillier LeBas White Berthelot Hodges Muscarello DuBuisson Leger Wright Billiot Horton Norton Duplessis Mack Zeringue Bishop Huval Pierre Dwight Magee Bouie Ivey Pope Edmonds Marcelle Brass Jackson Pugh Total - 85 Brown, C. James Pylant NAYS Brown, T. Jefferson Richard Carmody Jenkins Schexnayder Total - 0 Carpenter Johnson, M. Seabaugh ABSENT Carter, G. Johnson, R. Simon Carter, S. Jones Smith Bourriaque Glover Leopold Connick Jordan Stagni Carter, G. Guinn Lyons Coussan LaCombe Stefanski Carter, R. Hoffmann Miguez Cox Landry, N. Stokes Chaney Hollis Morris, Jay Crews Landry, T. Talbot Crews Horton Pierre Davis Larvadain Thomas Falconer Jackson Seabaugh DeVillier LeBas Turner Foil Jenkins DuBuisson Leger White Total - 20 Duplessis Leopold Wright
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Dwight Lyons Zeringue AMENDMENT NO. 1 Emerson Mack Total - 89 On page 1, line 2, after "R.S. 40:1046(A)(1)," insert "(2)(b)," NAYS AMENDMENT NO. 2 Total - 0 ABSENT On page 1, line 15, after "R.S. 40:1046(A)(1)," insert "(2)(b)," Bagneris Gaines Miguez AMENDMENT NO. 3 Bourriaque Glover Miller, D. Carter, R. Guinn Morris, Jay On page 2, between lines 12 and 13 insert the following: Chaney Hoffmann Pearson Edmonds Hollis "(2)(a) * * * Falconer Howard Total - 16 (b) No physician shall recommend medical marijuana for treatment of any condition associated with autism spectrum disorder The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by for a patient who is under the age of eighteen unless the physician the House. complies with the provisions of this Section and consults with a pediatric subspecialist. For purposes of this Subparagraph a pediatric HOUSE BILL NO. 358— subspecialist is an individual licensed to practice medicine in any BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES state in the United States who provides care to patients with autism AN ACT spectrum disorder." To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1046(A)(1), (3), (4), and (H)(1)(a) and to repeal R.S. 40:1046(A)(2)(d), (e), and (5) and Sections 2 and Rep. James moved that the amendments proposed by the Senate 4 of Act No. 96 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature be concurred in. of Louisiana, relative to marijuana for therapeutic use, known also as medical marijuana; to provide relative to the ROLL CALL authorization for physicians to recommend medical marijuana to a patient; to provide for the forms of medical marijuana The roll was called with the following result: which a physician may recommend; to provide relative to administrative rules for medical marijuana production; to repeal YEAS laws that refer to the prescribing of medical marijuana; to repeal laws that are contingent upon federal approval of marijuana for Mr. Speaker Emerson Leger medical use; to repeal a requirement that the Louisiana State Abraham Foil Leopold Board of Medical Examiners report to the legislature concerning Adams Franklin Lyons potential additions to the list of diseases or conditions qualifying Amedee Gaines Mack a patient for treatment with medical marijuana; and to provide Anders Gisclair Marino for related matters. Armes Glover McMahen Bagley Guinn Miller, G. Read by title. Berthelot Harris, J. Moore Billiot Harris, L. Moss The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by Bishop Henry Muscarello the Senate. Bouie Hilferty Norton Bourriaque Hodges Pierre SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Brass Howard Pope Brown, C. Huval Pugh Amendments proposed by Senator Mills to Engrossed House Bill No. Brown, T. Ivey Richard 358 by Representative James Carmody James Schexnayder Carpenter Jefferson Simon AMENDMENT NO. 1 Carter, G. Jenkins Smith Carter, R. Johnson, M. Stagni On page 2, at the end of line 12, insert "Nothing in this Paragraph Carter, S. Johnson, R. Stokes shall be construed to prevent the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy from Connick Jones Talbot permitting by rule, medical marijuana in a form to be administered Coussan Jordan Thomas by metered-dose inhaler. For purposes of this Section, "metered-dose Cox LaCombe Turner inhaler" means a device that delivers a specific amount of medication DeVillier Landry, N. White to the lungs, in the form of a short burst of medicine that is usually DuBuisson Landry, T. Wright self-administered by the patient via inhalation." Duplessis Larvadain Zeringue Dwight LeBas SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Total - 80 NAYS Amendments proposed by Senator Claitor to Engrossed House Bill No. 358 by Representative James Total - 0 ABSENT AMENDMENT NO. 1 Abramson Hill Miller, D. On page 2, line 10, after "except for" insert "inhalation, and" Bacala Hoffmann Morris, Jay Bagneris Hollis Morris, Jim SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Chaney Horton Pearson Crews Jackson Pylant Amendments proposed by Senator Mills to Engrossed House Bill No. Davis Magee Seabaugh 358 by Representative James Edmonds Marcelle Stefanski
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Falconer McFarland on May 29, 2019, on page 1, line 8, change "twenty-five" to Garofalo Miguez "eighteen and one-half" Total - 25 AMENDMENT NO. 3 The amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in by the House. In Senate Committee Amendment No. 7 proposed by the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate HOUSE BILL NO. 600— on May 29, 2019, on page 1, line 16, change "twenty-five" to BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT "eighteen and one-half" AN ACT To enact R.S. 27:302(3) and (4), 306, and 307, relative to the AMENDMENT NO. 4 taxation of fantasy sports contests; to levy a state tax on certain fantasy sports contests; to authorize a fee for issuance of certain In Senate Committee Amendment No. 7 proposed by the Senate licenses or permits; to provide for definitions; to provide for Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate certain requirements and limitations; to provide for certain on May 29, 2019, on page 1, line 18, change "twenty-five" to conditions; to provide for the disposition of the avails of certain "eighteen and one-half" taxes, fees, and fines; to provide for certain penalties; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 5 Read by title. In the set of Senate Committee Amendments proposed by the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by on May 29, 2019, delete Amendments No. 1 the Senate. AMENDMENT NO. 6 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Delete the set of Senate Floor Amendments proposed Senator Cortez Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to (SFAHB600 WATSOND 3220) and adopted by the Senate on June Reengrossed House Bill No. 600 by Representative Talbot 3, 2019 AMENDMENT NO. 1 AMENDMENT NO. 7 Delete Amendment No. 4 proposed by the Senate Committee on Delete the set of Senate Floor Amendments proposed Senator Cortez Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate on May 29, (SFAHB600 PRATHERT 3312) and adopted by the Senate on June 2019. 3, 2019 AMENDMENT NO. 2 AMENDMENT NO. 8 In Senate Committee Amendment No. 7 proposed by the Senate Delete Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 proposed by Senator Gary Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate Smith and adopted by the Senate on June 3, 2019. on May 29, 2019, on page 1, line 16, change "twenty-five" to "fifteen" AMENDMENT NO. 9 AMENDMENT NO. 3 On page 1, delete line 2, and insert "To amend and reenact R.S. 27:15(D) and (E), 29.1(D) and (E), 29.2(A) and (B), 29.3(A)(1) and In Senate Committee Amendment No. 7 proposed by the Senate (2), and 29.4(D), and to enact R.S. 27:29.2.1, 92(D), 302(3), 306, Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate 307, 609, and 610, relative fees, taxes, and fines for sports gaming; on May 29, 2019, on page 1, line 18, change "twenty-five" to to provide for fantasy sports" "fifteen" AMENDMENT NO. 10 LEGISLATIVE BUREAU AMENDMENTS On page 1. line 3, after "sports contests;" insert "to levy a tax on Amendments proposed by Legislative Bureau to Reengrossed House certain sports wagering;" Bill No. 600 by Representative Talbot AMENDMENT NO. 11 AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, line 9, after "penalties" and before the semi-colon ";" On page 2, line 27, delete "* * *" insert "and their distribution; to create a subfund" SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT NO. 12 Amendments proposed by Senator Cortez to Reengrossed House Bill On page 2, delete lines 7 through 9, and insert: No. 600 by Representative Talbot "B.(1) The initial fee for a fantasy sports contest license or AMENDMENT NO. 1 permit for an operator who has not been licensed at any time prior in Louisiana shall be five thousand dollars. Delete Amendments 1 through 3 proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and adopted by the Senate on May 31, 2019 (2) The annual renewal fee for a fantasy sports contest license or permit shall be submitted to the division on the anniversary date AMENDMENT NO. 2 of the issuance of the license or permit. The annual renewal fee shall be as follows: In Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 proposed by the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate
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(a) If the licencee's annual revenue is less than one hundred §29.2. Gaming supplier permits thousand dollars, the annual fee shall be five thousand dollars. A. The board shall issue a gaming supplier permit to suitable (b) If the licencee's annual revenue is one hundred thousand persons who supply, sell, lease, or repair, or contract to supply, sell, dollars or more, but less than three hundred thousand dollars, the lease, or repair gaming devices, equipment, and supplies to the holder annual fee shall be fifteen thousand dollars. of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44(14), R.S. 27:353(5) R.S. 27:44 and 353, or the casino gaming operator, or the sports wagering (c) If the licencee's annual revenue is more than three hundred service provider as defined in R.S. 27:602. A person shall not thousand dollars, the annual fee shall be forty thousand dollars." supply, sell, lease, or repair or contract to supply, sell, lease, or repair gaming devices, equipment, and supplies unless they possess a valid AMENDMENT NO. 13 gaming supplier permit. On page 3, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following: B. Gaming devices, supplies, or equipment may not be distributed to the holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44(14), "Section 2. R.S. 27:15(D) and (E), 29.1(D) and (E), 29.2(A) and R.S. 27:353(5) R.S. 27:44 and 353, or a casino gaming operator, the (B), 29.3(A)(1) and (2), and 29.4(D are hereby amended and sports wagering service provider as defined in R.S. 27:602, or reenacted and R.S. 27:29.2.1, 92(D), 609 and 610 are hereby enacted supplier unless such devices, equipment, or supplies conform to rules to read as follows: adopted by the board for such purpose. §15. Board's authority; responsibilities * * * * * * §29.2.1. Sports wagering service provider permits D. In addition to or in lieu of the revocation or suspension of a license, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the A. The annual fee for a sports wagering service provider permit Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control issued under the provisions of this Section shall be fifty thousand Act, the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation dollars. This fee shall be submitted to the division at the time of Act, the Pari-mutuel Live Racing Facility Economic Redevelopment application and on the anniversary date of the issuance of the permit and Gaming Control Act, the Sports Wagering Control Act, and this thereafter. Chapter, the board may impose upon the casino gaming operator, the holder of a sports wagering certificate as defined in R.S. 27:602, or B.(1) The board shall issue a sports wagering service provider the holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44 or 353, or a permittee permit to any suitable person who desires to contract to manage, a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for each administer, and control sports wagers for a holder of a license as violation of any provision of the Louisiana Riverboat Economic defined in R.S. 27:44(15) or 353(5) or the casino gaming operator. Development and Gaming Control Act, the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act, the Louisiana Pari- (2) A person shall not contract to manage, administer, or control mutuel Live Racing Facility Economic Redevelopment and Gaming sports wagers unless the person possesses a sports wagering service Control Act, the Sports Wagering Control Act, this Chapter, or any provider permit. rule or regulation of the board. Payment of the civil penalty shall be C. A sports wagering service provider shall keep books and a requirement for the retention of any permit, certificate, or license records for the management, administering, and controlling of sports held by the entity which violated any such provisions. If the licensee, wagering authorized under this Title and for services for which it is certificate holder, or permitee contests the imposition of the civil contracted by a licensee or operator. The keeping of books and penalty, the penalty shall be imposed only after an adjudicatory records shall be separate and distinct from any other business the hearing is conducted pursuant to R.S. 27:25 and a basis for sports wagering service provider might operate. A sports wagering imposition of the penalty is determined to exist. service provider shall file a quarterly return with the board listing all E. The board by rule may adopt a schedule of penalties for of its contracts and services related to sports wagering authorized violations of the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and under this Title. Gaming Control Act, the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act, the Pari-mutuel Live Racing Facility §29.3. Non-gaming supplier permit Economic Redevelopment and Gaming Control Act, the Sports A.(1) The division shall issue a non-gaming supplier permit to Wagering Control Act, this Chapter, or any rule or regulation of the suitable persons who furnish services or goods and receive board. Any such rules shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative compensation or remuneration for such goods or services to the Procedure Act and as otherwise provided in this Chapter. holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44 and 353, or the casino gaming operator, or the sports wagering service provider as defined * * * in R.S. 27:602. The board shall promulgate rules establishing the §29.1. Manufacturer; permits threshold amount of goods and services for which a non-gaming supplier permit is required. Such services include but are not limited * * * to industries offering goods or services whether or not directly related to gaming activity, including junket operators and limousine services D. The annual fee for a manufacturer of slot machines, sports contracting with the holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44 and wagering systems, and video draw poker devices permit issued under 353, or the casino gaming operator, or the sports wagering service the provisions of this Section is fifteen thousand dollars. This fee is provider as defined in R.S. 27:602, suppliers of food and required to be submitted at the time of application and on the nonalcoholic beverages, gaming employee or dealer training schools, anniversary date of the issuance of the permit thereafter. garbage handlers, vending machine providers, linen suppliers, or maintenance companies. Any employee or dealer training school, E. The annual fee for a manufacturer of gaming equipment other than employee or training schools conducted by a licensee, or other than slot machines, sports wagering systems, and video draw the casino gaming operator, shall be conducted at an institution poker devices permit issued under the provisions of this Section is approved by the Board of Regents or the State Board of Elementary seven thousand five hundred dollars. This fee is required to be and Secondary Education. submitted at the time of application and on the anniversary date of the issuance of the permit thereafter.
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(2) Any person who, directly or indirectly, furnishes services or A. There is hereby levied a thirteen percent tax upon the net goods to the holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44 and 353, or sports wagering proceeds offered to consumers within this state. the casino gaming operator, or the sports wagering service provider as defined in R.S. 27:602, regardless of the dollar amount of the B. The division shall collect all fees, fines, and taxes imposed goods and services furnished or who has a business association with or assessed under the provisions of this Section. the holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44 and 353, or the casino operator, or the sports wagering service provider as defined in R.S. C. All fees, fines, revenues, taxes, and other monies collected 27:602, may be required by the board or division, where applicable, by the division pursuant to this Section, shall be forwarded upon to be found suitable or apply for a non-gaming supplier permit. receipt to the state treasurer for immediate deposit into the state Failure to supply all information required by the board or division, treasury. Funds deposited into the treasury shall first be credited to where applicable, may result in a finding of unsuitability or denial of the Bond Security and Redemption Fund in accordance with Article a non-gaming supplier permit. VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana. * * * D. After complying with the provisions of Subsection C of this Section, each fiscal year, the state treasurer shall disburse the tax §29.4. Key and non-key gaming employee permit levied pursuant to Subsection A of this Section from sports wagering service providers or sports wagering certificate holders as follows: * * * (1) One thirteenth of avails of the tax levied in Subsection A of D. The holder of a key or non-key gaming employee permit this Section, not to exceed $750,000 shall be credited to the issued under this Title shall be authorized to work in the capacity for Compulsive and Problem Gaming Fund established by R.S. 28:842, which permitted for the holder of a license as defined in R.S. and the remainder of the avails shall be credited to the Louisiana 27:44(14), R.S. 27:353(5), R.S. 27:44 and 353, or the casino gaming Early Childhood Education Fund as established by R.S. 17:407.30. operator, or the sports wagering service provider as defined in R.S. 27:602. (2) Ten thirteenth of avails of the tax levied in Subsection A of this Section shall be credited to the Louisiana Early Childhood * * * Education Fund as established by R.S. 17:407.30. §92. Collection and disposition of fees (3) Two thirteenth of avails of the tax levied in Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted to each parish governing authority in * * * proportion to the amount of proceeds derived from the taxable conduct occurring in that parish." D.(1) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special subfund in the Riverboat Gaming Enforcement Fund to be known as AMENDMENT NO. 14 the "Sports Wagering Enforcement Subfund", hereafter in this Section, the "subfund". On page 3, delete line 7, and insert the following: (2) The monies in the subfund shall be withdrawn only pursuant "Section 3. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of to appropriation by the legislature and shall be used solely for the Section 1 of this Act and the provisions of the Act which originated following: as House Bill No. 459 of the 2019 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the provisions of this Act shall supersede those of the (a) For the expenses of the Department of Public Safety and Act which originated as House Bill No. 459. Corrections and the Department of Justice, including regulatory, administrative, investigative, enforcement, legal, and such other Section 4. Section 1 of this Act shall become effective July 1, expenses as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 2019; however, those provisions shall not be implemented until rules Chapter and Chapter 10 of this Title and the rules and regulations of and regulations regarding fantasy sports contest including fees, fines, the board. and penalties are promulgated and effective by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. (b) For the expenses of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for the regulation of gaming activities authorized by Chapter 10 of Section 5. Section 2 of this Act shall become effective if the Act this Title. which originated as HB 459 of this 2019 Regular Session is enacted and includes an election on the authorization of sports wagering in * * * Louisiana. §609. Sports wagering certificate fee Section 6. Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Act and this Section shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by A. The initial application fee for a sports wagering certificate the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law shall be fifty thousand dollars and shall be nonrefundable. without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and B. A sports wagering certificate shall be issued to an applicant subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become upon approval by the board of the application and payment of the effective on the day following such approval." sports wagering certificate fee. The fee shall be one hundred thousand dollars and the certificate shall be for a term of five years. SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS C. The division shall collect all fees, fines, and taxes imposed Amendments proposed by Senator Gary Smith to Reengrossed House or assessed under the provisions of this Section and those fees related Bill No. 600 by Representative Talbot to sports wagering activities in Chapter 1 of this Title and deposit the fees into the Sports Wagering Enforcement Subfund as established AMENDMENT NO. 1 in R.S. 27:92(D). Delete Amendment No. 6 proposed by the Senate Committee on §610. State tax; levy Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and adopted by the Senate May 29, 2019.
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AMENDMENT NO. 2 Bouie Huval Pope Bourriaque Ivey Pugh On page 2, delete lines 7 through 9, and insert: Brass Jackson Pylant Brown, C. James Richard "B. The annual fee for a fantasy sports contest license or permit Brown, T. Jefferson Schexnayder shall be submitted to the division on the anniversary date of the Carmody Jenkins Seabaugh issuance of the license or permit. The annual fee shall be as follows: Carter, G. Johnson, M. Simon Carter, R. Johnson, R. Smith (1) If the licencee's annual revenue is less than one hundred Carter, S. Jones Stagni thousand dollars, the annual fee shall be five thousand dollars. Connick Jordan Stefanski Coussan LaCombe Stokes (2) If the licencee's annual revenue is one hundred thousand Cox Landry, N. Thomas dollars or more, but less than three hundred thousand dollars, the Crews Landry, T. Turner annual fee shall be fifteen thousand dollars. Davis Larvadain White DeVillier LeBas Wright (3) If the licencee's annual revenue is more than three hundred DuBuisson Leger Zeringue thousand dollars, the annual fee shall be forty thousand dollars." Duplessis Leopold Dwight Lyons SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Total - 85 NAYS Amendments proposed by Senator Cortez to Reengrossed House Bill No. 600 by Representative Talbot Total - 0 ABSENT AMENDMENT NO. 1 Abramson Glover McFarland On page 3, after line 7, insert the following: Bagley Harris, J. Miguez Carpenter Henry Miller, D. "Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall not be implemented Chaney Hoffmann Morris, Jay until rules and regulations regulating fantasy sports contest including Edmonds Hollis Pearson fees, fines and penalties are promulgated by the Louisiana Gaming Falconer Horton Talbot Control Board." Garofalo Marcelle Total - 20 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS The amendments proposed by the Senate were rejected. Amendments proposed by Senator Cortez to Reengrossed House Bill No. 600 by Representative Talbot Conference committee appointment pending. AMENDMENT NO. 1 HOUSE BILL NO. 618 (Substitute for House Bill No. 167 by Representative Lance Harris)— On page 3, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following: BY REPRESENTATIVE LANCE HARRIS AN ACT "Section 2. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of To amend and reenact R.S. 17:7(6)(h)(introductory paragraph) and this Act and the provisions of the Act which originated as House Bill (10), 15(A)(1)(b)(i)(aa) and (ii) and (2)(a)(i) and (c), (C), (F)(1), No. 459 of the 2019 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the and (G), and 3991(E)(5)(a)(ii)(aa) and (iii) and (b) and to enact provisions of this Act shall supersede those of the Act which R.S. 17:7(6)(h)(iii), relative to teachers and other school originated as House Bill No. 459." employees; to revise requirements pertaining to criminal history with respect to the certification, hiring, and dismissal of teachers AMENDMENT NO. 2 and other school employees; to provide for the powers, duties, and rules of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary On page 3, at the beginning of line 7, change "Section 2." to "Section Education with respect to these processes; and to provide for 3." related matters. Rep. Talbot moved that the amendments proposed by the Senate Read by title. be rejected. The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by ROLL CALL the Senate. The roll was called with the following result: SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS YEAS Amendments proposed by Senator Mizell to Engrossed House Bill No. 618 by Representative Lance Harris Mr. Speaker Emerson Mack Abraham Foil Magee AMENDMENT NO. 1 Adams Franklin Marino Amedee Gaines McMahen On page 1, delete line 2, at the beginning of line 3 delete "and (ii)", Anders Gisclair Miller, G. and insert "To amend and reenact R.S. 17:7(10), 15(A)(1)(b)(ii)" Armes Guinn Moore Bacala Harris, L. Morris, Jim AMENDMENT NO. 2 Bagneris Hilferty Moss Berthelot Hill Muscarello On page 1, line 4, change "R.S. 17:7(6)(h)(iii)" to "R.S. Billiot Hodges Norton 17:7(6)(f)(viii) and 7.1.1 and to repeal R.S. 17:7(6)(h) and (i)" Bishop Howard Pierre
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AMENDMENT NO. 3 (b) The board has received a request from the person for a formal appeal and has conducted a review of the person's background On page 1, delete line 11, at the beginning of line 12 delete "(ii)", and and the person has provided letters of recommendation to the board, insert the following: all in accordance with board policies. "Section 1. R.S. 17:7(10), 15(A)(1)(b)(ii)" B. A person who has been found to have submitted fraudulent documentation to the board or the state Department of Education as AMENDMENT NO. 4 part of an application for a teaching certificate or other teaching authorization, or who has been found to have facilitated cheating on On page 1, line 13, change "R.S. 17:7(6)(h)(iii) is" to "R.S. any state assessment as determined by the board may be issued a 17:7(6)(f)(viii) and 7.1.1 are" teaching certificate or other teaching authorization if all of the following conditions apply: AMENDMENT NO. 5 (1) Five years have passed from the date of receipt of On page 2, delete lines 1 through 9, and insert the following: notification from the board of its determination that he submitted fraudulent documentation or facilitated cheating on a state (f) * * * assessment. (viii) Not later than December thirty-first of each year, the board (2) The board has received a request from the person for a shall submit a written report to the Senate Committee on Education formal appeal and has conducted a review of the person's background and the House Committee on Education detailing the number of and the person has provided letters of recommendation to the board, appeals filed with the board for the calendar year, the offense upon all in accordance with board policies. which the appeal is based, the disposition of each appeal, and the number of teacher certifications or other authorizations to teach AMENDMENT NO. 10 issued as the result of all successful appeals. The information in the report shall be reported in aggregate and by individual school and On page 3, line 6, between "in" and "R.S. 15:587.1(C)" insert "R.S. school system. 14:2(B) or" AMENDMENT NO. 6 AMENDMENT NO. 11 On page 2, line 20, after "contendere to a" delete the remainder of the On page 3, line 23, after "any" delete remainder of the line and insert line and insert "felony criminal" "felony offense, or any crime listed in" AMENDMENT NO. 7 AMENDMENT NO. 12 On page 2, at the end of line 21, delete the comma "," and insert the On page 3, at the beginning of line 24, insert "R.S. 14:2(B) or" following: AMENDMENT NO. 13 "shall: On page 4, line 2, change "R.S. 14:2" to "R.S. 14:2(B) or a crime (a) Not issue a teaching authorization to any person that has listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any crime listed in R.S. 14:2(B) or R.S. 15:587.1(C)." AMENDMENT NO. 14 On page 5, delete lines 9 and 10, and insert "from the class of any AMENDMENT NO. 8 teacher who has a felony conviction and placed in another class" On page 2, at the beginning of line 22, delete "in" and insert "(b) In" AMENDMENT NO. 15 AMENDMENT NO. 9 On page 5, line 23, between "listed in" and "R.S. 15:587.1(C)" insert On page 2, between line 26 and 27 insert the following: "R.S. 14:2(B) or" "§7.1.1. Prohibited Certification or Authorization of Certain Persons AMENDMENT NO. 16 to Teach On page 6, line 2, between "is" and "otherwise" insert "not" A.(1) In carrying out its responsibilities to provide for the certification and authorization to teach as provided in R.S. 17:7(6), AMENDMENT NO. 17 the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall not issue a certification or authorization to any applicant who has been On page 6, after line 12, insert the following: convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a crime of violence listed in R.S. 14:2(B) or a criminal offense listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) even "Section 2. R.S. 17:7(6)(h) and (i) are hereby repealed. if adjudication was withheld or a pardon or expungement was Rep. Lance Harris moved that the amendments proposed by the granted. Senate be rejected. (2) A person who has been convicted of or has pled nolo ROLL CALL contendere to a crime that is not a felony or is not prohibited in Paragraph 1 of this Subsection may be issued a teaching certificate The roll was called with the following result: or other teacher authorization by the board if all of the following conditions apply: YEAS (a) Five years have passed from the date of entry of the person's Mr. Speaker Duplessis LeBas final conviction or the date of entry of his plea of nolo contendere. Abraham Dwight Leger
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Adams Emerson Lyons I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Amedee Foil Mack refused to concur in the proposed House Amendments to Senate Anders Franklin Magee Concurrent Resolution No. 129 by Sen. White, and ask the Speaker Armes Gaines Marino to appoint a committee to confer with a like committee from the Bacala Gisclair Miller, G. Senate on the disagreement. Bagley Guinn Moore Bagneris Harris, J. Morris, Jim Respectfully submitted, Berthelot Harris, L. Moss Billiot Hilferty Muscarello GLENN A. KOEPP Bishop Hill Norton Secretary of the Senate Bourriaque Hodges Pierre Brass Howard Pope Message from the Senate Brown, C. Huval Pugh Brown, T. Ivey Pylant RELATIVE TO CONSIDERATION Carmody Jackson Richard th Carpenter James Schexnayder AFTER THE 57 CALENDAR DAY Carter, G. Jefferson Seabaugh Carter, R. Jenkins Simon June 5, 2019 Carter, S. Johnson, M. Stagni Connick Johnson, R. Stefanski To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Coussan Jones Stokes Representatives: Cox Jordan Thomas I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate, by a Crews LaCombe Turner record vote of two-thirds of its elected members, has adopted a Davis Landry, N. White motion for the House to consider Senate Bill No. 203 on third reading DeVillier Landry, T. Wright and final passage after the 57th calendar day. DuBuisson Larvadain Zeringue Total - 84 Respectfully submitted, NAYS Total - 0 GLENN A. KOEPP ABSENT Secretary of the Senate Abramson Henry McMahen Message from the Senate Bouie Hoffmann Miguez Chaney Hollis Miller, D. DISCHARGE OF Edmonds Horton Morris, Jay CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Falconer Leopold Pearson Garofalo Marcelle Smith June 5, 2019 Glover McFarland Talbot Total - 21 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: The amendments proposed by the Senate were rejected. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Conference committee appointment pending. discharged the Conference Committee on the disagreement to Senate Bill No. 109. Recess Respectfully submitted, On motion of Rep. Leger, the Speaker declared the House at recess GLENN A. KOEPP until 2:00 P.M. Secretary of the Senate After Recess Conference Committee Reports Received Speaker Barras called the House to order at 2:36 P.M. Conference Committee Reports were received for the following House Business Resumed legislative instruments: House Bill No. 208 Petitions, Memorials, and Communications The conference committee reports for the above legislative instruments lie over under the rules. The following petitions, memorials, and communications were received and read: Conference Committee Appointment Message from the Senate The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE CONCURRENT disagreement to House Bill No. 148: Reps. Henry, Foil, and Dustin RESOLUTION Miller. June 5, 2019 Conference Committee Reports for Consideration To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of The following Conference Committee Reports were taken up and Representatives: acted upon as follows:
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SENATE BILL NO. 109— Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on BY SENATORS BARROW, ALARIO, BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB, CORTEZ, ERDEY, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS, Third Reading and Final Passage LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON AND WALSWORTH The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on third AN ACT reading and final passage were taken up and acted upon as follows: To amend and reenact the chapter heading of Chapter 3 of Title III of the Children's Code, the heading of Children's Code Art. 303 SENATE BILL NO. 203— and R.S. 46:56(F)(7)(c) and 1403.1, to enact Children's Code BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, GATTI AND THOMPSON Art. 303(12) and Subpart D-4 of Part II of Chapter 3 of the AN ACT Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. To amend and reenact the Title of Chapter 20-H of Title 17 of the 46:288.1 through 288.10, and to repeal R.S. 46:286.24, relative Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 17:3050.1, to youth in the foster care program; to provide for exclusive 3050.2(A) and the introductory paragraph of R.S. court jurisdiction; to provide for the release of certain 17:3050.2(B)(1), 3050.3, and 3050.4(D), relative to the Grant information regarding the foster child; to provide for extended Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program; to provide relative stay in foster care while in a transitional placing program; to to the program's purpose, tuition grants, eligibility, provide for an extended foster care program; to provide for administration, and funding; and to provide for related matters. definitions; to provide for program eligibility; to provide for a voluntary placement agreement; to provide for a written court Read by title. report; to provide for court jurisdiction; to provide for internal administrative reviews; to provide for program participation Rep. Nancy Landry moved the final passage of the bill. termination; to provide for extension of an adoption or guardianship subsidy; to provide for rulemaking; to provide for ROLL CALL the repeal of extended foster care for high school students; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. The roll was called with the following result: Read by title. YEAS Motion Mr. Speaker Foil Lyons Abraham Franklin Mack Rep. Marcelle moved to discharge the Committee on Adams Gaines Magee Conference from further consideration of Senate Bill No. 109, which Anders Gisclair Marcelle motion was agreed to. Armes Glover Marino Bagley Guinn Miller, D. Bagneris Harris, J. Miller, G. Suspension of the Rules Berthelot Harris, L. Moore Billiot Hilferty Morris, Jay On motion of Rep. Gaines, the rules were suspended in order to Bishop Hill Morris, Jim take up and consider House and House Concurrent Resolutions on Bouie Hodges Moss Third Reading for Final Consideration at this time. Bourriaque Hoffmann Muscarello Brass Hollis Norton House and House Concurrent Resolutions on Brown, C. Horton Pierre Third Reading for Final Consideration Brown, T. Howard Pope Carmody Huval Pugh The following House and House Concurrent Resolutions on Carpenter Ivey Pylant third reading for final consideration were taken up and acted upon as Carter, G. Jackson Schexnayder follows: Carter, R. James Seabaugh Carter, S. Jefferson Simon HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 233— Chaney Jenkins Smith BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES Connick Johnson, M. Stagni A RESOLUTION Coussan Johnson, R. Stefanski To urge and request the Department of Environmental Quality to Cox Jones Stokes study the feasibility of and identify potential funding sources for Crews Jordan Talbot expanding the testing of child-occupied facilities for lead and Davis LaCombe Thomas mercury and report its findings to the House Committee on DeVillier Landry, N. Turner Natural Resources and Environment on or before February 1, DuBuisson Landry, T. White 2020. Duplessis Larvadain Wright Dwight LeBas Zeringue Called from the calendar. Emerson Leger Falconer Leopold Total - 94 Read by title. NAYS Rep. Gaines moved the adoption of the resolution. Total - 0 ABSENT By a vote of 92 yeas and 0 nays, the resolution was adopted. Abramson Garofalo Miguez Suspension of the Rules Amedee Henry Pearson Bacala McFarland Richard On motion of Rep. Nancy Landry, the rules were suspended in Edmonds McMahen order to take up and consider Senate Bill No. 203 at this time. Total - 11 The Chair declared the above bill was finally passed.
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Rep. Nancy Landry moved to reconsider the vote by which the Bagneris Guinn Marino above bill was finally passed, and, on her own motion, the motion to Berthelot Harris, J. Miller, G. reconsider was laid on the table. Billiot Harris, L. Moore Bishop Henry Morris, Jay Conference Committee Reports for Consideration Bouie Hilferty Morris, Jim Bourriaque Hill Moss The following Conference Committee Reports were taken up Brass Hodges Muscarello and acted upon as follows: Brown, C. Hoffmann Norton Brown, T. Hollis Pearson HOUSE BILL NO. 82— Carmody Horton Pierre BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER Carpenter Howard Pope AN ACT Carter, G. Huval Pugh To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1292 and to enact R.S. Carter, R. Ivey Pylant 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), relative to bond, debt, and tax elections; to Carter, S. Jackson Schexnayder require the publication of costs for such elections; and to Chaney James Seabaugh provide for related matters. Connick Jefferson Simon Coussan Jenkins Smith Read by title. Cox Johnson, M. Stagni Crews Johnson, R. Stefanski CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Davis Jones Stokes DeVillier Jordan Talbot June 4, 2019 DuBuisson LaCombe Thomas Duplessis Landry, N. Turner To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Dwight Landry, T. White Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Emerson Larvadain Wright Senate. Falconer LeBas Zeringue Total - 93 Ladies and Gentlemen: NAYS We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Total - 0 between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 82 by ABSENT Representative DeVillier recommend the following concerning the Engrossed bill: Abramson Edmonds McMahen Amedee Garofalo Miguez 1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments by the Bacala Leopold Miller, D. Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (#2532) be rejected. Bagley McFarland Richard Total - 12 2. That the set of amendments by the Legislative Bureau (#2717) be rejected. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. 3. That the following amendment to the Engrossed bill be adopted: HOUSE BILL NO. 119— BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP AMENDMENT NO. 1 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1053(A) and (D) and On page 1, line 13, after "Title" delete the period "." insert the 1060.2(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 22:1053(E) following: and 1060.2(4), relative to the coverage of prescription drugs through a formulary; to require an insurer to provide a "and actual costs of similar elections." prescriber with a list of the alternative comparable formulary medications; and to provide for related matters. Respectfully submitted, Read by title. Representative Phillip DeVillier Representative Gregory Miller CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Representative Julie Emerson Senator Jay Luneau June 4, 2019 Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell Senator Gregory Tarver To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Rep. DeVillier moved to adopt the Conference Committee Senate. Report. Ladies and Gentlemen: ROLL CALL We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement The roll was called with the following result: between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 119 by Representative Bishop recommend the following concerning the YEAS Reengrossed bill: Mr. Speaker Foil Leger 1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments by the Senate Abraham Franklin Lyons Committee on Insurance (#2237) be adopted. Adams Gaines Mack Anders Gisclair Magee 2. That the following amendment be adopted: Armes Glover Marcelle
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 HOUSE BILL NO. 127— BY REPRESENTATIVES PIERRE AND MARCELLE In Amendment No. 2 by the Senate Committee on Insurance (#2237), AN ACT on page 1, line 6, after "health" and before "plan" change "coverage" To amend and reenact R.S. 48:191(A)(introductory paragraph), (B), to "benefit" and (C) and 228 and to enact R.S. 48:191(A)(1)(g) and (2)(g), relative to the state highway system; to provide two additional classifications to the state highway system; and to provide for Respectfully submitted, related matters. Representative Stuart Bishop Read by title. Representative Kirk Talbot Representative John Stefanski Senator John R. Smith Motion Senator Gary L. Smith, Jr. On motion of Rep. Franklin, the bill was returned to the Senator Dan "Blade" Morrish calendar. Rep. Bishop moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. HOUSE BILL NO. 133— BY REPRESENTATIVES HOFFMANN, BAGLEY, CHANEY, COX, ROLL CALL JACKSON, LEBAS, MOORE, POPE, STAGNI, AND TURNER AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2175.3(1), relative to abortion; to The roll was called with the following result: revise the definition of abortion in the Outpatient Abortion Facility Licensing Law; and to provide for related matters. YEAS Read by title. Mr. Speaker Emerson Leger Abraham Foil Lyons CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Adams Franklin Mack Anders Gaines Magee June 4, 2019 Armes Gisclair Marino Bagley Glover Miller, D. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Bagneris Guinn Miller, G. Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Berthelot Harris, J. Moore Senate. Billiot Harris, L. Morris, Jim Bishop Hilferty Moss Ladies and Gentlemen: Bouie Hill Muscarello Bourriaque Hodges Norton We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Brass Hoffmann Pearson between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 133 by Brown, C. Hollis Pierre Representative Hoffmann recommend the following concerning the Brown, T. Horton Pope Engrossed bill: Carmody Howard Pugh Carpenter Huval Pylant 1. That Senate Floor Amendments Nos. 1 through 4 by Senator Carter, G. Ivey Schexnayder Walsworth (#2242) be rejected. Carter, R. James Seabaugh Carter, S. Jefferson Smith Respectfully submitted, Chaney Jenkins Stagni Connick Johnson, M. Stefanski Representative Frank A. Hoffmann Coussan Johnson, R. Stokes Representative J. Rogers Pope Cox Jones Talbot Representative Charles R. Chaney Crews Jordan Thomas Senator Fred Mills Davis LaCombe Turner Senator Regina Barrow DeVillier Landry, N. White Senator Michael Walsworth DuBuisson Landry, T. Wright Duplessis Larvadain Zeringue Rep. Hoffmann moved to adopt the Conference Committee Dwight LeBas Report. Total - 89 NAYS ROLL CALL Total - 0 The roll was called with the following result: ABSENT YEAS Abramson Henry Miguez Amedee Jackson Morris, Jay Mr. Speaker Emerson Leger Bacala Leopold Richard Abraham Falconer Lyons Edmonds Marcelle Simon Adams Foil Mack Falconer McFarland Amedee Franklin Magee Garofalo McMahen Anders Gaines Marino Total - 16 Armes Gisclair Miller, D. Bacala Glover Miller, G. Bagley Guinn Moore The Conference Committee Report was adopted. Bagneris Harris, J. Morris, Jay Berthelot Harris, L. Morris, Jim Billiot Hilferty Moss
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Bishop Hill Muscarello We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Bouie Hodges Norton between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 250 by Bourriaque Hoffmann Pearson Representative Davis recommend the following concerning the Brown, C. Hollis Pierre Reengrossed bill: Brown, T. Horton Pope Carmody Howard Pugh 1. That Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 by the Committee on Carpenter Huval Pylant Health and Welfare (#1958) be adopted. Carter, R. Ivey Schexnayder Carter, S. Jackson Seabaugh 2. That Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 by the Committee on Chaney Jefferson Stagni Health and Welfare (#1958) be rejected. Connick Johnson, M. Stefanski Coussan Johnson, R. Stokes 3. That the set of amendments by the Legislative Bureau (#2065) Cox Jones Talbot be rejected. Crews Jordan Thomas 4. That the set of Senate Floor Amendments by Senator Luneau Davis LaCombe Turner (#2241) be rejected. DeVillier Landry, N. White DuBuisson Landry, T. Wright 5. That the following amendments to the Reengrossed bill be Dwight Larvadain Zeringue adopted: Edmonds LeBas Total - 89 AMENDMENT NO. 1 NAYS On page 2, at the beginning of line 16, change "A." to "A.(1)" Marcelle Total - 1 AMENDMENT NO. 2 ABSENT On page 2, line 17, delete "which" and insert in lieu thereof "that" Abramson Henry McMahen Brass James Miguez AMENDMENT NO. 3 Carter, G. Jenkins Richard Duplessis Leopold Simon On page 2, at the beginning of line 19, change "(1)" to "(a)" Garofalo McFarland Smith Total - 15 AMENDMENT NO. 4 The Conference Committee Report was adopted. On page 2, at the beginning of line 21, change "(2)" to "(b)" Consent to Correct a Vote Record AMENDMENT NO. 5 Rep. Chaney requested the House consent to record his vote on On page 2, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following: adoption of the Conference Committee Report to House Bill No. 133 as yea, which consent was unanimously granted. "(2) For purposes of this Section, "onsite access" shall mean delivery of the treatment to the patient at the location of the HOUSE BILL NO. 250— residential substance use disorder facility. "Onsite access" shall not BY REPRESENTATIVES DAVIS, BILLIOT, TERRY BROWN, FOIL, mean that the residential substance use disorder facility is required to GUINN, HOFFMANN, LEBAS, MCFARLAND, STAGNI, STOKES, WHITE, maintain stock of the medication-assisted treatment at the facility. AND ZERINGUE AN ACT (3) A residential substance use disorder facility shall not be To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2156(B)(introductory paragraph) and found to be in violation of this Section if prior authorization from a (6) and to enact R.S. 40:2153(15) and 2159.1, relative to patient's health insurer, including a Medicaid program, is required behavioral health services providers; to provide relative to and the preapproval request is denied by the patient's health insurer." licensure and regulation of such providers by the Louisiana Department of Health; to establish requirements for residential Respectfully submitted, facilities licensed as behavioral health services providers which provide treatment for opioid use disorder; to prohibit certain Representative Paula Davis actions against behavioral health services provider licenses prior Representative Frank A. Hoffmann to a specific date; to require the Louisiana Department of Health Representative Dustin Miller to furnish technical assistance to certain providers relative to Senator Fred Mills opioid use disorder treatment; to require certain providers to Senator Gerald Boudreaux submit reports to the Louisiana Department of Health Senator Jay Luneau concerning such treatment; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Rep. Davis moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. Read by title. ROLL CALL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT The roll was called with the following result: June 4, 2019 YEAS To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Mr. Speaker Emerson LeBas Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Abraham Foil Leger Senate. Adams Franklin Lyons Anders Gaines Mack Ladies and Gentlemen: Armes Gisclair Magee Bagley Glover Marcelle
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Bagneris Guinn Marino Representative Royce Duplessis Berthelot Harris, J. Miller, G. Senator Gary L. Smith, Jr. Billiot Harris, L. Moore Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell Bishop Hilferty Morris, Jay Senator Norby Chabert Bouie Hill Morris, Jim Bourriaque Hodges Moss Rep. Lyons moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. Brass Hoffmann Muscarello Brown, C. Hollis Pearson Brown, T. Horton Pierre ROLL CALL Carmody Howard Pope Carpenter Huval Pugh The roll was called with the following result: Carter, G. Ivey Pylant Carter, R. Jackson Schexnayder YEAS Carter, S. James Seabaugh Chaney Jefferson Stagni Mr. Speaker Emerson Leger Connick Jenkins Stefanski Abraham Foil Lyons Coussan Johnson, M. Stokes Adams Franklin Mack Cox Johnson, R. Talbot Anders Gaines Magee Crews Jones Thomas Armes Gisclair Marcelle Davis Jordan Turner Bagley Glover Marino DeVillier LaCombe White Bagneris Guinn Miller, D. DuBuisson Landry, N. Wright Berthelot Harris, J. Miller, G. Duplessis Landry, T. Zeringue Billiot Harris, L. Moore Dwight Larvadain Bishop Hilferty Morris, Jay Total - 89 Bouie Hill Moss NAYS Bourriaque Hodges Muscarello Brass Hoffmann Norton Total - 0 Brown, C. Hollis Pearson ABSENT Brown, T. Horton Pierre Carmody Howard Pope Abramson Henry Norton Carpenter Huval Pugh Amedee Leopold Richard Carter, G. Ivey Pylant Bacala McFarland Simon Carter, R. Jackson Schexnayder Edmonds McMahen Smith Carter, S. James Seabaugh Falconer Miguez Chaney Jefferson Smith Garofalo Miller, D. Connick Jenkins Stagni Total - 16 Coussan Johnson, M. Stefanski Cox Johnson, R. Stokes The Conference Committee Report was adopted. Crews Jordan Talbot Davis LaCombe Thomas HOUSE BILL NO. 277— DeVillier Landry, N. White BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS DuBuisson Landry, T. Wright AN ACT Duplessis Larvadain Zeringue To amend and reenact R.S. 26:91(B), relative to permits for alcoholic Dwight LeBas beverages; to require the suspension or revocation of retail Total - 89 dealer's permits under certain circumstances; to provide for an NAYS effective date; and to provide for related matters. Total - 0 Read by title. ABSENT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Abramson Henry Morris, Jim June 4, 2019 Amedee Jones Richard Bacala Leopold Simon To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Edmonds McFarland Turner Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Falconer McMahen Senate. Garofalo Miguez Total - 16 Ladies and Gentlemen: The Conference Committee Report was adopted. We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 277 by HOUSE BILL NO. 326— Representative Lyons recommend the following concerning the BY REPRESENTATIVES HILL AND ROBERT JOHNSON Engrossed bill: AN ACT To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to 1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments by the Senate authorize the transfer of certain state property in Rapides Parish; Committee on Judiciary B (#1885) be rejected. to provide for the property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; Respectfully submitted, to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Representative Rodney Lyons Read by title. Representative Katrina Jackson
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ABSENT June 4, 2019 Abramson Leopold Miller, G. Anders Marcelle Simon To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Billiot McFarland Smith Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Henry McMahen Talbot Senate. James Miller, D. Total - 14 Ladies and Gentlemen: The Conference Committee Report was adopted. We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 326 by HOUSE BILL NO. 425— BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, Representative Hill recommend the following concerning the AMEDEE, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, Engrossed bill: BERTHELOT, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, GAROFALO, 1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments by the Senate GISCLAIR, LANCE HARRIS, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, Committee on Natural Resources (#2839) be rejected. HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, LEBAS, MAGEE, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, MOSS, PUGH, RICHARD, Respectfully submitted, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE Representative Dorothy Sue Hill A JOINT RESOLUTION Representative Stuart Bishop Proposing to add Article I, Section 20.1 of the Constitution of Representative Malinda White Louisiana, to provide that nothing in the constitution shall be Senator Jay Luneau construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the Senator Norby Chabert funding of abortion; to provide for submission of the proposed Senator Eddie Lambert amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. Rep. Hill moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ROLL CALL June 4, 2019 The roll was called with the following result: To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of YEAS Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Senate. Mr. Speaker Emerson LeBas Abraham Falconer Leger Ladies and Gentlemen: Adams Foil Lyons Amedee Franklin Mack We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Armes Gaines Magee between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 425 by Bacala Garofalo Marino Representative Jackson recommend the following concerning the Bagley Gisclair Miguez Engrossed bill: Bagneris Glover Moore Berthelot Guinn Morris, Jay 1. That the set of Senate Committee Amendments by the Senate Bishop Harris, J. Morris, Jim Committee on Judiciary A (#1634) be rejected. Bouie Harris, L. Moss Bourriaque Hilferty Muscarello 2. That the following amendment to the Engrossed bill be adopted: Brass Hill Norton Brown, C. Hodges Pearson AMENDMENT NO. 1 Brown, T. Hoffmann Pierre Carmody Hollis Pope On page 1, at the end of line 14, delete "October 12," and delete line Carpenter Horton Pugh 15 in its entirety and insert "November 3, 2020." Carter, G. Howard Pylant Carter, R. Huval Richard Respectfully submitted, Carter, S. Ivey Schexnayder Chaney Jackson Seabaugh Representative Katrina Jackson Connick Jefferson Stagni Representative Ray Garofalo Coussan Jenkins Stefanski Representative Dustin Miller Cox Johnson, M. Stokes Senator Rick Ward, III Crews Johnson, R. Thomas Senator Gerald Boudreaux Davis Jones Turner DeVillier Jordan White Rep. Jackson moved to adopt the Conference Committee DuBuisson LaCombe Wright Report. Duplessis Landry, N. Zeringue ROLL CALL Dwight Landry, T. Edmonds Larvadain The roll was called with the following result: Total - 91 NAYS YEAS Total - 0 Mr. Speaker Falconer Mack Abraham Foil Magee
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Adams Gaines McFarland Reengrossed bill: Amedee Garofalo McMahen Armes Gisclair Miguez 1. That the set of Senate Floor Amendments by Senator Morrell Bacala Glover Miller, G. (#2469) be adopted. Bagley Guinn Moore Berthelot Harris, L. Morris, Jay 2. That the following amendment to the Reengrossed bill be Billiot Henry Morris, Jim adopted: Bishop Hilferty Moss Bourriaque Hill Muscarello AMENDMENT NO. 1 Brown, C. Hodges Pearson Brown, T. Hoffmann Pope On page 5, delete line 16 in its entirety and insert "addition of Article Carmody Hollis Pugh V, Section 35 of the" Carter, S. Horton Pylant Chaney Howard Richard Respectfully submitted, Connick Huval Schexnayder Coussan Ivey Seabaugh Representative Stephen Dwight Cox Jackson Stagni Representative Katrina Jackson Crews Johnson, M. Stefanski Representative John Stefanski Davis Johnson, R. Talbot Senator Ronnie Johns DeVillier Jones Thomas Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell DuBuisson Jordan Turner Senator Neil Riser Dwight LaCombe White Edmonds Landry, N. Wright Rep. Dwight moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. Emerson LeBas Zeringue Total - 78 ROLL CALL NAYS The roll was called with the following result: Abramson Franklin Leger Bagneris Harris, J. Lyons YEAS Bouie James Marcelle Mr. Speaker Foil Mack Brass Jefferson Marino Abraham Franklin Magee Carpenter Jenkins Norton Adams Gaines Marcelle Carter, G. Landry, T. Pierre Amedee Gisclair Marino Duplessis Larvadain Smith Anders Glover McMahen Total - 21 Armes Guinn Miguez ABSENT Bacala Harris, J. Miller, D. Bagley Harris, L. Miller, G. Anders Leopold Simon Bagneris Henry Moore Carter, R. Miller, D. Stokes Berthelot Hilferty Morris, Jay Total - 6 Billiot Hill Morris, Jim Bishop Hodges Moss The Conference Committee Report, having received a two- Bouie Hoffmann Muscarello thirds vote of the elected members, was adopted. Bourriaque Hollis Norton HOUSE BILL NO. 583— Brass Horton Pearson BY REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT Brown, C. Howard Pierre AN ACT Brown, T. Huval Pope To amend and reenact R.S. 47:337.45(A)(3), 337.63(C), 337.97, Carmody Ivey Pugh 1407(3), 1418(4)(b), 1435(A), (C), and (D), 1561(A)(3), and Carpenter Jackson Pylant 1576(D), to enact R.S. 47:1407(6) and 1431(D), and to repeal Carter, G. James Richard R.S. 47:1432(B), relative to the Board of Tax Appeals; to Carter, R. Jefferson Schexnayder provide for the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals; to Carter, S. Jenkins Seabaugh extend the jurisdiction over matters of constitutionality; to Chaney Johnson, M. Stagni provide for the process of appeals from the decisions of the Connick Johnson, R. Stefanski board; to provide relative to remedies for the collection of taxes; Cox Jones Stokes to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters. Crews Jordan Talbot Davis LaCombe Thomas Read by title. DeVillier Landry, N. Turner DuBuisson Landry, T. White CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Duplessis Larvadain Wright Dwight LeBas Zeringue June 5, 2019 Emerson Leger Falconer Lyons To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Total - 97 Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the NAYS Senate. Total - 0 Ladies and Gentlemen: ABSENT Abramson Garofalo Simon We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Coussan Leopold Smith between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 583 by Edmonds McFarland Representative Dwight recommend the following concerning the Total - 8
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The Conference Committee Report was adopted. YEAS
HOUSE BILL NO. 127— Mr. Speaker Foil Mack BY REPRESENTATIVES PIERRE AND MARCELLE Abraham Franklin Magee AN ACT Abramson Gaines Marcelle To amend and reenact R.S. 48:191(A)(introductory paragraph), (B), Amedee Gisclair Marino and (C) and 228 and to enact R.S. 48:191(A)(1)(g) and (2)(g), Armes Glover McMahen relative to the state highway system; to provide two additional Bacala Harris, J. Miguez classifications to the state highway system; and to provide for Bagley Harris, L. Miller, D. related matters. Bagneris Henry Miller, G. Berthelot Hilferty Moore Called from the calendar. Billiot Hill Morris, Jay Bishop Hodges Morris, Jim Read by title. Bouie Hoffmann Moss Bourriaque Hollis Muscarello CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Brass Horton Norton Brown, C. Howard Pearson June 4, 2019 Brown, T. Huval Pierre Carmody Ivey Pope To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Carpenter Jackson Pugh Representatives and the Honorable President and Members of the Carter, G. James Pylant Senate. Carter, R. Jefferson Richard Carter, S. Jenkins Schexnayder Ladies and Gentlemen: Chaney Johnson, M. Seabaugh Connick Johnson, R. Smith We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Coussan Jones Stagni between the two houses concerning House Bill No. 127 by Cox Jordan Stefanski Representative Pierre recommend the following concerning the Crews LaCombe Stokes Engrossed bill: Davis Landry, N. Talbot DeVillier Landry, T. Thomas 1. That Senate Floor Amendments Nos. 1 through 4 by Senator DuBuisson Larvadain Turner Cortez (#2329) be adopted. Duplessis LeBas White Emerson Leger Wright 2. That the following amendments be adopted: Falconer Lyons Zeringue Total - 96 AMENDMENT NO. 1 NAYS In Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 by Senator Cortez (#2329), on page 1, line 17, change "(f) Urban-local minor collector." to "(f) Total - 0 Urban-local minor collector." ABSENT AMENDMENT NO. 2 Adams Edmonds Leopold Anders Garofalo McFarland In Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 by Senator Cortez (#2329), on Dwight Guinn Simon page 1, line 18, change "(g) Urban-local." to "(g) Urban-local." Total - 9
AMENDMENT NO. 3 The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
In Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 by Senator Cortez (#2329), on SENATE BILL NO. 9— page 1, line 22, change "(c) Rural-minor principal arterial-other." to BY SENATOR PETERSON "(c) Rural-minor principal arterial-other." AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 48:1653(18), (19), (20), (21), and (22), AMENDMENT NO. 4 1655(N) and 1656(2) and to enact R.S. 48:1653(23), relative to the employees of the Regional Transit Authority; to provide for In Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 by Senator Cortez (#2329), on classification of the employees; to provide for membership in page 1, line 23, change "(d) Rural-minor collector arterial." to "(d) the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System; to provide Rural-major collector minor arterial." for calculation of and payments for certain unfunded accrued liability attributable to the authority; to provide for an effective Respectfully submitted, date; and to provide for related matters. Representative Vincent Pierre Representative Terry Landry Read by title. Representative Mark Wright Senator Patrick Page Cortez CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Senator Gerald Long Senator Edward "Ed" Price June 3, 2019 Rep. Pierre moved to adopt the Conference Committee Report. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate and to the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives. ROLL CALL Ladies and Gentlemen: The roll was called with the following result:
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We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Chaney Johnson, M. Stefanski between the two houses concerning Senate Bill No. 9 by Senator Connick Johnson, R. Stokes Peterson recommend the following concerning the Reengrossed bill: Coussan Jones Talbot Cox Jordan Thomas 1. That the House Floor Amendments No. 1 and 2 proposed by the Crews LaCombe Turner House of Representatives on May 31, 2019, be accepted. Davis Landry, T. White DeVillier Larvadain Wright 2. That the House Floor Amendment No 3 proposed by the House DuBuisson LeBas Zeringue of Representatives on May 31, 2019, be rejected. Duplessis Leger Total - 92 3. That the following amendments to the reengrossed bill be NAYS adopted: Total - 0 AMENDMENT NO. 1 ABSENT On page 2, line 2, change "equitable" to "equitably" Billiot Henry Miller, D. Dwight Landry, N. Muscarello AMENDMENT NO. 2 Edmonds Leopold Simon Garofalo Marcelle On page 2, at the end of line 29, change "that falls" to "in" Guinn McFarland Total - 13 AMENDMENT NO. 3 The Conference Committee Report was adopted. On page 3, delete line 1 and insert "the management class of the authority shall" SENATE BILL NO. 36— BY SENATOR MILLS AMENDMENT NO. 4 AN ACT To enact Subpart C of Part II of Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the On page 4, delete lines 6 and 7, and insert "to the state classified Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. service and full-time employees of the authority shall be eligible to 40:2115.31 through 2115.33, relative to emergency participate in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System." departments; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for a prohibition on freestanding Respectfully submitted, emergency departments; to provide for licensure of hospital off- campus emergency departments; to provide for geographical Senator Karen Carter Peterson prohibitions within rural hospital primary service areas; and to Senator Barrow Peacock provide for related matters. Senator Conrad Appel Representative Neil C. Abramson Read by title. Representative J. Kevin Pearson Representative Barbara Carpenter Motion Rep. Abramson moved to adopt the Conference Committee On motion of Rep. Smith, the bill was returned to the calendar. Report. SENATE BILL NO. 146— ROLL CALL BY SENATORS MORRELL, BISHOP AND CARTER AND REPRESENTATIVES JIMMY HARRIS, JAMES AND LEGER The roll was called with the following result: AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:257 and to enact R.S. 15:257.1 and YEAS 625, relative to compulsory process; to provide limitations of arrest and incarceration of victims of domestic violence and Mr. Speaker Emerson Lyons sexually oriented criminal offenses who refuse to testify against Abraham Falconer Mack their abusers; and to provide for related matters. Abramson Foil Magee Adams Franklin Marino Read by title. Amedee Gaines McMahen Anders Gisclair Miguez CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Armes Glover Miller, G. Bacala Harris, J. Moore May 31, 2019 Bagley Harris, L. Morris, Jay Bagneris Hilferty Morris, Jim To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate and to the Berthelot Hill Moss Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives. Bishop Hodges Norton Bouie Hoffmann Pearson Ladies and Gentlemen: Bourriaque Hollis Pierre Brass Horton Pope We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement Brown, C. Howard Pugh between the two houses concerning Senate Bill No. 146 by Senator Brown, T. Huval Pylant Morrell recommend the following concerning the Reengrossed bill: Carmody Ivey Richard Carpenter Jackson Schexnayder 1. That House Committee Amendment Nos. 1 through 25 proposed Carter, G. James Seabaugh by the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice Carter, R. Jefferson Smith and adopted by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2019, Carter, S. Jenkins Stagni be adopted.
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2. That Legislative Bureau Amendment Nos. 1 through 3 proposed House Bills and Joint Resolutions by the Legislative Bureau and adopted by the House on May 23, 2019, by adopted. Returned from the Senate with Amendments 3. That House Floor Amendment Nos. 1 through 3 proposed by The following House Bills and Joint Resolutions returned from Representative Duplessis and adopted by the House on May 31, the Senate with amendments to be concurred in by the House were 2019, be rejected. taken up and acted upon as follows: Respectfully submitted, HOUSE BILL NO. 27— BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES AN ACT Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1762(A)(2) and 1821(G)(3) and (4), Senator Dan Claitor relative to elected officials who are members of the Municipal Senator Karen Carter Peterson Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana; to provide relative Representative Royce Duplessis to membership of elected officials on the board of trustees; to Representative Sherman Mack provide relative to the reemployment of part-time elected Representative Rodney Lyons officials; to provide for calculation of benefits; and to provide Rep. Duplessis moved to adopt the Conference Committee for related matters. Report. Read by title. ROLL CALL Motion The roll was called with the following result: Rep. Jones moved to discharge the Committee on Conference YEAS from further consideration of House Bill No. 27, which motion was agreed to. Mr. Speaker Franklin Marcelle Abraham Gaines Marino Conference Committee Reports for Consideration Abramson Glover McFarland Adams Guinn McMahen The following Conference Committee Reports were taken up Amedee Harris, J. Miguez and acted upon as follows: Armes Harris, L. Miller, D. Bacala Hilferty Miller, G. SENATE BILL NO. 36— Bagley Hill Moore BY SENATOR MILLS Bagneris Hodges Morris, Jay AN ACT Berthelot Hoffmann Morris, Jim To enact Subpart C of Part II of Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the Bishop Hollis Moss Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. Bourriaque Horton Muscarello 40:2115.31 through 2115.33, relative to emergency Brass Howard Norton departments; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for Brown, C. Huval Pearson definitions; to provide for a prohibition on freestanding Brown, T. Ivey Pierre emergency departments; to provide for licensure of hospital off- Carmody Jackson Pope campus emergency departments; to provide for geographical Carpenter James Pugh prohibitions within rural hospital primary service areas; and to Carter, G. Jefferson Pylant provide for related matters. Carter, R. Jenkins Richard Carter, S. Johnson, M. Schexnayder Called from the calendar. Chaney Johnson, R. Seabaugh Connick Jones Smith Read by title. Coussan Jordan Stagni Cox LaCombe Stefanski CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Crews Landry, N. Stokes Davis Landry, T. Talbot June 3, 2019 DeVillier Larvadain Thomas DuBuisson LeBas White To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate and to the Duplessis Leger Wright Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives. Edmonds Lyons Zeringue Emerson Mack Ladies and Gentlemen: Foil Magee Total - 94 We, the conferees appointed to confer over the disagreement NAYS between the two houses concerning Senate Bill No. 36 by Senator Mills recommend the following concerning the Reengrossed bill: Total - 0 ABSENT 1. That House Floor Amendment No. 1 proposed by Representative D. Miller and adopted by the House of Anders Falconer Leopold Representative (HFASB36 2706 3472) on May 30, 2019, be Billiot Garofalo Simon adopted. Bouie Gisclair Turner Dwight Henry 2. That House Floor Amendments No. 1and 2 proposed by Total - 11 Representative D. Miller and adopted by the House of Representatives (HFASB36 2709 3489) on May 30, 2019, be The Conference Committee Report was adopted. adopted.
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3. That House Floor Amendments No. 1and 2 proposed by The Conference Committee Report was adopted. Representative Foil and adopted by the House of Representatives (HFASB36 3407 3492) on May 30, 2019, Conference Committee Appointment be rejected. The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of That the following amendment to the reengrossed bill be adopted: the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to House Bill No. 100: Reps. Gisclair, Nancy Landry, AMENDMENT NO. 1 and Richard. On page 3, line 19, after "campus" insert "or hospital" Conference Committee Appointment Respectfully submitted, The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Senator Fred Mills the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Senator Yvonne Colomb disagreement to House Bill No. 459: Reps. Talbot, Mack, and Senator W. Jay Luneau Muscarello. Representative Frank A. Hoffmann Representative Dustin Miller Conference Committee Appointment Representative Franklin J. Foil The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of Rep. Dustin Miller moved to adopt the Conference Committee the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the Report. disagreement to House Bill No. 618: Reps. Lance Harris, Nancy Landry, and Steve Carter. ROLL CALL Conference Committee Appointment The roll was called with the following result: The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of YEAS the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 129: Reps. Mr. Speaker Falconer Mack Edmonds, Foil, and Carmody. Abraham Foil Marcelle Abramson Gaines Marino Message from the Senate Adams Gisclair McFarland Amedee Glover McMahen APPOINTMENT OF Anders Harris, L. Miguez CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Bacala Henry Miller, D. Bagley Hilferty Miller, G. June 5, 2019 Bagneris Hill Moore Berthelot Hodges Morris, Jay To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Billiot Hoffmann Morris, Jim Representatives: Bishop Horton Moss Bouie Howard Muscarello I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President Bourriaque Huval Norton of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a Brass Ivey Pearson like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to Brown, T. Jackson Pope Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 129: Senators White, Martiny, and Carmody James Pugh Peacock. Carpenter Jefferson Pylant Carter, R. Jenkins Richard Respectfully submitted, Carter, S. Johnson, M. Schexnayder Chaney Johnson, R. Seabaugh GLENN A. KOEPP Connick Jones Smith Secretary of the Senate Coussan Jordan Stagni Cox LaCombe Stefanski Crews Landry, N. Stokes Message from the Senate Davis Landry, T. Talbot DeVillier Larvadain Thomas APPOINTMENT OF DuBuisson LeBas Turner CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Duplessis Leger White Dwight Leopold Wright June 5, 2019 Emerson Lyons Total - 92 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of NAYS Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President Total - 0 of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a ABSENT like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to Armes Garofalo Pierre House Bill No. 2: Senators Morrell, Alario, and LaFleur. Brown, C. Guinn Simon Carter, G. Harris, J. Zeringue Respectfully submitted, Edmonds Hollis Franklin Magee GLENN A. KOEPP Total - 13 Secretary of the Senate
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Message from the Senate like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to House Bill No. 454: Senators Peacock, Thompson, and Allain. APPOINTMENT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Respectfully submitted, June 5, 2019 GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Message from the Senate I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President APPOINTMENT OF of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a CONFERENCE COMMITTEE like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to House Bill No. 105: Senators LaFleur, Alario, and Tarver. June 5, 2019 Respectfully submitted, To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a Message from the Senate like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to House Bill No. 466: Senators Morrell, Carter, and G. Smith. APPOINTMENT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Respectfully submitted, June 5, 2019 GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Message from the Senate I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President APPOINTMENT OF of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a CONFERENCE COMMITTEE like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to House Bill No. 148: Senators LaFleur, Alario, and Allain. June 5, 2019 Respectfully submitted, To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a Message from the Senate like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to House Bill No. 596: Senators Morrell, Allain, and Carter. APPOINTMENT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Respectfully submitted, June 5, 2019 GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Suspension of the Rules I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a On motion of Rep. Abramson, the rules were suspended in order like committee from the House to confer on the disagreement to to take up and consider Petitions, Memorials, and Communications House Bill No. 218: Senators G. Smith, Colomb, and Claitor. at this time. Respectfully submitted, Petitions, Memorials, and Communications GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate The following petitions, memorials, and communications were received and read: Message from the Senate Message from the Senate APPOINTMENT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO CONSIDERATION th June 5, 2019 AFTER THE 57 CALENDAR DAY To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of June 5, 2019 Representatives: To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President Representatives: of the Senate has appointed the following committee to serve with a
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I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate, by Chaney Jefferson Stefanski a record vote of two-thirds of its elected members, has adopted a Connick Johnson, M. Stokes motion to consider House Bill No. 3 on third reading and final Coussan Johnson, R. Talbot passage after the 57th calendar day and ask the House of Cox Jones Thomas Representatives to concur in the same. Crews LaCombe Turner Davis Landry, N. Wright Respectfully submitted, DeVillier Landry, T. Zeringue DuBuisson Larvadain GLENN A. KOEPP Dwight LeBas Secretary of the Senate Total - 88 NAYS House Bills and Joint Resolutions on Total - 0 Third Reading and Final Passage ABSENT The following House Bills and Joint Resolutions on third Bishop Jenkins Moss reading and final passage were taken up and acted upon as follows: Carter, G. Jordan Pylant HOUSE BILL NO. 3— Duplessis Lyons Simon BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON Gaines Marcelle Smith AN ACT Hilferty McFarland White To enact the Omnibus Bond Authorization Act of 2019, relative to Hollis Miller, D. the implementation of a five-year capital improvement program; Total - 17 to provide for the repeal of certain prior bond authorizations; to provide for new bond authorizations; to provide for The motion to consider, having received a two-thirds vote of the authorization and sale of such bonds by the State Bond elected members, was adopted. Commission; to provide relative to the submission of capital outlay applications; to require approval of the commissioner of Suspension of the Rules administration under certain circumstances; to require the capital outlay application to include certain information; to On motion of Rep. Leger, the rules were suspended in order to require the submission of a certificate of completion under take up and consider Petitions, Memorials, and Communications at certain circumstances; to provide relative to line of credit this time. recommendations for capital outlay projects; to require the approval of certain line of credit recommendations; to provide Petitions, Memorials, and for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Communications Read by title. The following petitions, memorials, and communications were Motion received and read: Rep. Abramson moved that the House grant permission to the Conference Committee Appointment Senate to consider House Bill No. 3 on third reading and final passage after the 57th calendar day of session. The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the A record vote was asked for and ordered by the House. disagreement to Senate Bill No. 5: Reps. Coussan, Abramson, and Jay Morris. ROLL CALL Message from the Senate The roll was called with the following result: HOUSE BILLS YEAS June 5, 2019 Mr. Speaker Edmonds Leger Abraham Emerson Leopold To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Abramson Falconer Mack Representatives: Adams Foil Magee Amedee Franklin Marino I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Anders Garofalo McMahen finally passed the following House Bills: Armes Gisclair Miguez Bacala Glover Miller, G. House Bill No. 404 Bagley Guinn Moore Returned with amendments Bagneris Harris, J. Morris, Jay Berthelot Harris, L. Morris, Jim House Bill No. 443 Billiot Henry Muscarello Returned with amendments Bouie Hill Norton Bourriaque Hodges Pearson House Bill No. 507 Brass Hoffmann Pierre Returned with amendments Brown, C. Horton Pope Brown, T. Howard Pugh Respectfully submitted, Carmody Huval Richard Carpenter Ivey Schexnayder GLENN A. KOEPP Carter, R. Jackson Seabaugh Secretary of the Senate Carter, S. James Stagni
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House Bills and Joint Resolutions AMENDMENT NO. 3 Returned from the Senate with Amendments On page 1, line 5, delete "686(C)(4)," Rep. Schexnayder asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules to take up at this time the following House Bill No. 404 just AMENDMENT NO. 4 returned from the Senate, with amendments to be concurred in by the On page 1, line 15, after "Act;" insert "to remove references to, House, with a view of acting on the same: provisions for, and the powers, functions, and duties of, the Medical Education Commission; to remove all provisions relative to the HOUSE BILL NO. 404— Medical Education Commission;" BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.116(A)(13), R.S. 44:4.1(B)(8), AMENDMENT NO. 5 and R.S. 48:77(B)(3) and to repeal Chapter 15 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 15:1601 On page 1, line 20, after "state general fund;" delete the remainder of through 1614, R.S. 17:3138.4, R.S. 22:31(A)(1) and 32, R.S. the line 36:4(O), 610(J), 686(C)(4), and 769(M), Subpart B of Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, AMENDMENT NO. 6 comprised of R.S. 48:81 through 90.1, Subpart A-1 of Part VII of Chapter 1 of Title 56 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of On page 2, delete line 1 1950, comprised of R.S. 56:360.1 through 360.3, and Section 5 of Act No. 612 of the 2018 Regular Session of the Legislature, AMENDMENT NO. 7 relative to boards, commissions, committees, councils, authorities, districts, like entities, and funds related thereto; to On page 2, at the beginning of line 2, delete "Equal Opportunity;" provide relative to the functional organization of state government by abolishing certain boards, commissions, AMENDMENT NO. 8 committees, councils, authorities, districts, like entities, and funds related thereto; to remove references to, provisions for, On page 2, line 9, after "Force;" insert "to provide relative to the and the powers, functions, and duties of the Witness Protection membership of the governing board of the Louisiana Emergency Services Board; to remove all provisions of the Witness Response Network;" Protection Services Act; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, functions, and duties of and relative to the AMENDMENT NO. 9 Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy Strategic Planning Council and related duties of the Board of Regents; to On page 3, between lines 3 and 4 insert the following: remove provisions for the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy Fund and transfer any unencumbered "Medical Education Commission balance remaining in the fund to the state general fund; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, functions, Section 3. R.S. 17:1519.12 is hereby repealed in its entirety." and duties of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, functions, AMENDMENT NO. 10 and duties of the Louisiana State Transportation Infrastructure Bank; to remove provisions for the Louisiana State On page 3, at the beginning of line 6, change "Section 3.(A)" to Transportation Infrastructure Fund and redirect certain monies "Section 4.(A)" allocated to such fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, functions, AMENDMENT NO. 11 and duties of the Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Council; to remove references to, provisions for, and the powers, On page 3, delete lines 16 through 18 functions, and duties of the Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Task Force; and to provide for related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 12 Read by title. On page 5, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
The above bill was taken up with the amendments proposed by "Section 7. R.S. 40:2844(B)(introductory paragraph) is hereby the Senate. amended and reenacted and R.S. 40:2844(B)(25) is hereby enacted to read as follows: SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS §2844. Governing board; membership, appointment, terms, Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to compensation, vacancies Engrossed House Bill No. 404 by Representative Schexnayder * * * AMENDMENT NO. 1 B. The network shall be governed by a board of twenty-eight On page 1, line 2, after "39:100.116(A)(13)," insert "R.S. twenty-nine members which shall include: 40:2844(B)(introductory paragraph)," and after "44:4.1(B)(8)," insert "to enact R.S. 40:2844(B)(25)," * * * AMENDMENT NO. 2 (25) One member who shall be a representative of a burn center that is verified by the American Burn Association. On page 1, delete line 4 and insert "comprised of R.S. 15:1601 through 1614, R.S. 17:1519.12 and 3138.4," * * *"
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AMENDMENT NO. 13 long-term effects of the allocation of medical education resources to each program, and the clinical workload of each program. On page 5, at the beginning of line 4, change "Section 7." to "Section 8." * * * AMENDMENT NO. 14 (C) R.S. 36:259(B)(22) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
On page 5, at the beginning of line 9, change "Section 8." to "Section (D) R.S. 39:98.3(B)(2) and 98.4(B)(3)(a) are hereby amended 9." and reenacted to read as follows: LEGISLATIVE BUREAU AMENDMENTS §98.3. Appropriations from the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund Amendments proposed by Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No. 404 by Representative Schexnayder * * * AMENDMENT NO. 1 B. Appropriations from the Health Excellence Fund shall be restricted to the following purposes: In Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 proposed by the Senate Committee on Judiciary C and adopted by the Senate on June 3, * * * 2019, on page 1, line 3, following "and after" delete the remainder of the line and insert "48:77(B)(3)" insert ", to enact R.S. (2) A program of research grants and projects that encourage 40:2844(B)(25)," the pursuit of innovation in advanced health care sciences; such program shall support clinical and laboratory research efforts based SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS in Louisiana universities, as well as institutions represented in the membership of the Medical Education Commission as provided in Amendments proposed by Senator Peterson to Engrossed House Bill R.S. 17:1519.8, and shall fund grants for both basic and applied No. 404 by Representative Schexnayder research in advanced health care sciences; such program shall encourage institutional commitment and leveraging of state monies AMENDMENT NO. 1 to secure private and federal funds and shall be administered by the Board of Regents through an objective, competitive process subject Delete Senate Committee Amendment No. 1, proposed by the Senate to peer review. The Board of Regents shall annually submit to the Committee on Judiciary C and adopted by the Senate on June 4, legislature and the governor, not less than forty-five days prior to the 2019. beginning of each regular session of the legislature, a proposed program and budget for the expenditure of the funds appropriated to AMENDMENT NO. 2 the Board of Regents for these purposes. In Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 proposed by the Senate * * * Committee on Judiciary C (#3316) and adopted by the Senate on June 4, 2019, on page 1, delete line 6 and insert "17:1519.12, §98.4. Louisiana Fund 2048.51(C)(14) and (N), and 3138.4," * * * AMENDMENT NO. 3 B. Appropriations from the Fund shall be restricted to the following purposes provided in this Subsection, and no annual In Senate Committee Amendment No. 9 proposed by the Senate appropriation for any one of the purposes enumerated in Paragraphs Committee on Judiciary C (#3316) and adopted by the Senate on (1) through (4) of this Subsection may exceed fifty percent of the June 4, 2019, on page 1, delete line 25 and insert the following: total amount of monies appropriated from the Fund in any fiscal year: "Section 3.(A) R.S. 17:1519.12 and 2048.51(C)(14) and (N) are * * * hereby repealed in their entirety. (3) Initiatives to benefit the citizens of Louisiana with respect to (B) R.S. 36:254(A)(14) is hereby amended and reenacted to health care through: read as follows: (a) A program of research grants and projects that encourage the §254. Powers and duties of the secretary of the Louisiana Department pursuit of innovation in advanced health care sciences; such program of Health shall support clinical and laboratory research efforts based in Louisiana universities, as well as institutions represented in the A. In addition to the functions, powers, and duties otherwise membership of the Medical Education Commission as provided in vested in the secretary by law, he shall: R.S. 17:1519.8, and shall fund grants for both basic and applied research in advanced health care sciences; such program shall * * * encourage institutional commitment and leveraging of state monies to secure private and federal funds and shall be administered by the (14) Determine how funding for residency positions, residency Board of Regents through an objective, competitive process subject supervision, and other medical education resources shall be allocated to peer review. The Board of Regents shall annually submit to the among institutions which provide medical education at hospitals in legislature and the governor, not less than forty-five days prior to the the health care services division of the Louisiana State University beginning of each regular session of the legislature, a proposed Health Sciences Center, including the Medical Center of Louisiana program and budget for the expenditure of the funds appropriated to at New Orleans, to ensure that there is an equitable distribution the Board of Regents for these purposes. among medical education programs providing services in public institutions. In making such determinations, the secretary shall * * *" consider advice provided by the Medical Education Commission, the historical distribution of graduate medical education resources, the
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AMENDMENT NO. 4 Conference committee appointment pending. Delete Legislative Bureau Amendment No. 1, proposed by the Conference Committee Appointment Legislative Bureau and adopted by the Senate on June 4, 2019. The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of AMENDMENT NO. 5 the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the disagreement to House Bill No. 600: Reps. Talbot, Abramson, and On page 1, line 2, after "To amend and reenact" delete the remainder Stefanski. of the line and insert the following: "R.S. 36:254(A)(14), R.S. 39:98.3(B)(2), 98.4(B)(3)(a), and Conference Committee Appointment 100.116(A)(13), R.S. 40:2844(B)(introductory paragraph), R.S. The Speaker appointed the following conferees on the part of 44:4.1(B)(8), and R.S. 48:77(B)(3), to enact R.S. 40:2844(B)(25), the House to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the and" disagreement to House Bill No. 404: Reps. Schexnayder, Gregory AMENDMENT NO. 6 Miller, and Berthelot. On page 1, line 5, delete "610(J)," and insert "259(B)(22), 610(J)," Conference Committee Reports Received Rep. Schexnayder moved that the amendments proposed by the Conference Committee Reports were received for the following Senate be rejected. legislative instruments: ROLL CALL House Bill No. 562
The roll was called with the following result: Senate Bill Nos. 159, 182, and 223 YEAS The conference committee reports for the above legislative instruments lie over under the rules. Mr. Speaker Emerson Leopold Abraham Falconer Lyons Abramson Foil Mack Suspension of the Rules Adams Franklin Magee Amedee Gaines Marino On motion of Rep. Leger, the rules were suspended in order to Anders Gisclair McFarland take up and consider Petitions, Memorials, and Communications at Armes Glover McMahen this time. Bacala Guinn Miguez Bagneris Harris, L. Miller, G. Petitions, Memorials, and Berthelot Henry Moore Communications Billiot Hilferty Morris, Jay Bishop Hill Morris, Jim The following petitions, memorials, and communications were Bouie Hodges Moss received and read: Bourriaque Hoffmann Muscarello Brass Horton Norton Message from the Senate Brown, C. Howard Pearson Brown, T. Huval Pierre ADOPTION OF Carmody Ivey Pope CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Carter, G. Jackson Pugh Carter, R. James Pylant June 5, 2019 Carter, S. Jefferson Richard Chaney Jenkins Schexnayder To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Connick Johnson, M. Seabaugh Representatives: Coussan Johnson, R. Stagni Cox Jones Stefanski I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Crews Jordan Stokes adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement Davis LaCombe Talbot to House Bill No. 82. DeVillier Landry, N. Thomas DuBuisson Landry, T. Turner Respectfully submitted, Duplessis Larvadain White Dwight LeBas Wright GLENN A. KOEPP Edmonds Leger Zeringue Secretary of the Senate Total - 96 NAYS Message from the Senate Total - 0 ADOPTION OF ABSENT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Bagley Harris, J. Miller, D. June 5, 2019 Carpenter Hollis Simon Garofalo Marcelle Smith To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Total - 9 Representatives: The amendments proposed by the Senate were rejected.
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I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement to House Bill No. 119. to House Bill No. 277. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, GLENN A. KOEPP GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate Message from the Senate Message from the Senate ADOPTION OF ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement to House Bill No. 127. to House Bill No. 326. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, GLENN A. KOEPP GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate Message from the Senate Message from the Senate ADOPTION OF ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement to House Bill No. 133. to House Bill No. 425. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, GLENN A. KOEPP GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate Message from the Senate Message from the Senate ADOPTION OF ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement to House Bill No. 250. to House Bill No. 583. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, GLENN A. KOEPP GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate Message from the Senate Message from the Senate ADOPTION OF DISCHARGE OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Representatives:
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I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has discharge the report of the Conference Committee on the refused to concur in the proposed House Amendments to Senate disagreement to House Bill No. 27. Concurrent Resolution No. 123 by Sen. Martiny, and ask the Speaker to appoint a committee to confer with a like committee from the Respectfully submitted, Senate on the disagreement. GLENN A. KOEPP Respectfully submitted, Secretary of the Senate GLENN A. KOEPP Message from the Senate Secretary of the Senate ADOPTION OF Message from the Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ASKING CONCURRENCE IN June 5, 2019 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of June 5, 2019 Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement Representatives: to Senate Bill No. 159. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has Respectfully submitted, adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate Concurrent Resolutions: GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Senate Concurrent Resolution Nos. 142, 143, 144, and 145 Message from the Senate Respectfully submitted, ADOPTION OF GLENN A. KOEPP CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT Secretary of the Senate June 5, 2019 Senate Concurrent Resolutions Lying Over To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions contained in the I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has message were taken up and acted upon as follows: adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 142— to Senate Bill No. 182. BY SENATOR GATTI Respectfully submitted, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend and recognize First Lieutenant John Stillmon Willis Jr. GLENN A. KOEPP upon the celebration of his one hundredth birthday and to record Secretary of the Senate for posterity the extraordinary life he has lived. Message from the Senate Read by title. ADOPTION OF On motion of Rep. McMahen, and under a suspension of the CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT rules, the resolution was concurred in. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 143— June 5, 2019 BY SENATOR ALARIO A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature Representatives: of Louisiana upon the death of John Michael Burch Jr. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the disagreement Read by title. to Senate Bill No. 223. On motion of Rep. Billiot, and under a suspension of the rules, Respectfully submitted, the resolution was concurred in. GLENN A. KOEPP SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 144— Secretary of the Senate BY SENATOR ALARIO AND REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Message from the Senate To commend Antoine Duplantis, No. 8 on the Louisiana State University Tiger Baseball team, for his exceptional career in the DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE CONCURRENT Southeastern Conference and to congratulate him on his 353rd RESOLUTION base hit that set a new career LSU base hit record. June 5, 2019 Read by title. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of On motion of Rep. Coussan, and under a suspension of the rules, Representatives: the resolution was concurred in.
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 145— On motion of Rep. Davis, and under a suspension of the rules, BY SENATOR ALARIO the resolution was adopted. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To recognize and commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of D- HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 306— Day, the allied invasion of France, to express profound BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY appreciation and immense gratitude for the acts of heroism, A RESOLUTION valor, and sacrifices made by the members of the United States To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and Armed Forces and allied armed forces who participated in the issue a report of its findings regarding changing the period of June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, and to time for finalizing an adoption from one year to six months in commend those individuals for their leadership and bravery that order to more quickly provide children with permanent homes helped bring an end to World War II. and families. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Gisclair, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was concurred in. On motion of Rep. Hilferty, and under a suspension of the rules, Suspension of the Rules the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 307— On motion of Rep. Huval, the rules were suspended in order to BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER take up and consider Introduction of Resolutions, House and House A RESOLUTION Concurrent at this time. To memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide adequate funding to the United States Army Corps of Engineers Introduction of Resolutions, for the completion of the proposed project to deepen the House and House Concurrent Mississippi River Ship Channel to fifty feet.
The following members introduced the following entitled House Read by title. and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: On motion of Rep. Leger, and under a suspension of the rules, HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 303— the resolution was adopted. BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL A RESOLUTION HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 308— To create and establish the Wireless Telecommunications and BY REPRESENTATIVES BARRAS, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, Vehicle Safety Study Commission to study the use of a wireless AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle. BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, Read by title. COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE On motion of Rep. Huval, and under a suspension of the rules, HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 304— LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS, MUSCARELLO, BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, PYLANT, RICHARD, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, ZERINGUE GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE A RESOLUTION HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, To commend Ruby Johnson upon her retirement as assistant clerk MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, and journal clerk of the House of Representatives of the NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER, Legislature of Louisiana and to express appreciation for her LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, exemplary service during more than thirty-two years of MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS, MUSCARELLO, employment. PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE Read by title. A RESOLUTION To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the On motion of Rep. Leger, and under a suspension of the rules, death of Elsie Waites, the mother of State Representative the resolution was adopted. Barbara M. Norton. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 309— Read by title. BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY MORRIS A RESOLUTION On motion of Rep. Jackson, and under a suspension of the rules, To urge and request the Department of Transportation and the resolution was adopted. Development to study and reconsider the standard specifications for certain construction techniques and procedures. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 305— BY REPRESENTATIVES DAVIS AND FOIL A RESOLUTION Read by title. To commend St. James Episcopal Church on one hundred seventy- five years of worship in Baton Rouge. On motion of Rep. Jay Morris, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. Read by title.
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 310— Message from the Senate BY REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY HARRIS A RESOLUTION To commend Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, S.M., for her numerous SIGNED SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS achievements. June 5, 2019 Read by title. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of On motion of Rep. Jimmy Harris, and under a suspension of the Representatives: rules, the resolution was adopted. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President of the Senate has signed the following Senate Concurrent Suspension of the Rules Resolutions: On motion of Rep. Leger, the rules were suspended in order to Senate Concurrent Resolution Nos. 51, 56, 92, 110, 113, 122, 140, take up and consider Petitions, Memorials, and Communications at and 141 this time. and ask the Speaker of the House of Representatives to affix his Petitions, Memorials, and signature to the same. Communications Respectfully submitted, The following petitions, memorials, and communications were received and read: GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Message from the Senate The Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions contained herein were signed by the Speaker of the House. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS June 5, 2019 Message from the Senate To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of SIGNED SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Representatives: June 5, 2019 I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has concurred in the following House Concurrent Resolutions: To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: House Concurrent Resolution No. 120 Returned without amendments I am directed to inform your honorable body that the President of the Senate has signed the following Senate Bills: House Concurrent Resolution No. 121 Returned without amendments Senate Bill Nos. 98, 105, 130, 149, 152, 158, 185, 193, 238, and 243 House Concurrent Resolution No. 122 and ask the Speaker of the House of Representatives to affix his Returned without amendments signature to the same. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, GLENN A. KOEPP GLENN A. KOEPP Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate The Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions contained herein were Message from the Senate signed by the Speaker of the House. HOUSE BILLS Privileged Report of the Committee on Enrollment June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has I am directed by your Committee on Enrollment to submit the finally passed the following House Bills: following report: House Bill No. 359 The following House Resolutions have been properly enrolled: Returned without amendments HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 174— House Bill No. 518 BY REPRESENTATIVES CONNICK AND HILFERTY Returned without amendments A RESOLUTION To urge and request the legislative auditor to review the Respectfully submitted, circumstances surrounding the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board's letting, bidding, and awarding of contracts that GLENN A. KOEPP pertain to its billing system and to review the implementation Secretary of the Senate and oversight of its current billing system.
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 208— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 231— BY REPRESENTATIVES EMERSON, AMEDEE, BACALA, BRASS, BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP CONNICK, CREWS, DWIGHT, LANCE HARRIS, HILFERTY, HODGES, A RESOLUTION JAMES, JORDAN, NANCY LANDRY, DUSTIN MILLER, PYLANT, SMITH, STEFANSKI, THOMAS, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE To urge and request the secretary of the Department of A RESOLUTION Environmental Quality to study the establishment of a voluntary To amend and readopt House Rule 11.4(B) of the Rules of Order of compliance audit program for industries regulated by the the House of Representatives to provide relative to the department and, no later than February 1, 2020, to submit to the distribution of printed copies of proposed floor amendments. House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment a written report containing a description of the elements of a HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 210— proposed program, recommendations for legislation necessary BY REPRESENTATIVE NANCY LANDRY for implementation of the program, whether or not a program is A RESOLUTION needed, and other information and concerns developed through To urge and request the Louisiana Community and Technical the study process that would provide more insight into the College System, in coordination with the Board of Regents and program. the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance, to continue a pilot program to provide public postsecondary HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 249— education scholarships to certain adult students and to submit BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN written reports of its findings regarding the development and A RESOLUTION implementation of the program, including any recommendations To urge and request the Southern University Law Center to establish for related legislation, to the House Committee on Education a task force to study the effects of the sale of consumer personal not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2020 information by internet access service providers, social media Regular Session of the Legislature and the 2021 Regular companies, search engines, or other websites and providers of Session of the Legislature. online services that may collect and sell consumer personal information, and submit its findings in the form of a written HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 220— report to the House Committee on Commerce no later than sixty BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO days prior to the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature. A RESOLUTION To authorize and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 250— and make recommendations regarding the provisions of the BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON Louisiana Insurance Code, comprising Title 22 of the Louisiana A RESOLUTION Revised Statutes of 1950, concerning payment of claims, To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and penalties, and attorney fees under the Louisiana Insurance Code. issue a report of its findings regarding interference with the custody of a child when there is no court order defining custody HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 222— of a child, and the child is taken, enticed, or decoyed away by BY REPRESENTATIVES STEVE CARTER, BOUIE, BRASS, GARY a person who is not identified as a parent on the birth certificate CARTER, EDMONDS, EMERSON, NANCY LANDRY, LEGER, AND of the child and who reasonably believes himself to be a parent SMITH of the child, with intent to detain or conceal such child from the A RESOLUTION sole parent identified on the birth certificate of the child. To urge and request the state Department of Education to create the Early Literacy Commission to study and make HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 252— recommendations to develop and implement an aligned system BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAD BROWN to provide effective evidence-based reading instruction for A RESOLUTION children from birth through third grade. To authorize and request the Department of Insurance to study and report on the status of health insurance coverage for HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 224— acupuncture services in Louisiana and other states and to submit BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS a written report of its findings to the House Committee on A RESOLUTION Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance no later than To urge and request the Revenue Estimating Conference to consider February 1, 2020. including all dedicated funds and fees and self-generated revenues in the projection of money available for appropriation HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 254— in each fiscal year in the five-year baseline budget projection, BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN commonly referred to as the long-range forecast. A RESOLUTION To authorize and request the Department of Insurance to study the HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 227— desirability and feasibility of the state regulation of pharmacy BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER A RESOLUTION services administrative organizations, and to report the findings To authorize and direct the legislative fiscal office to determine the of the study to the legislative committees on insurance. cost of all studies requested by the legislature during the 2016- 2020 term of the Louisiana House of Representatives and to HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 255— compare the final version of each fiscal note that was issued by BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN the legislative fiscal office on legislation that is finally adopted A RESOLUTION or enacted during the 2016-2020 term with the actual costs or To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Insurance to study revenues resulting from the implementation of the legislation. the desirability and feasibility of the state regulation of private market flood insurance and to report the findings of the study to HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 228— the legislative committees on insurance. BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND A RESOLUTION HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 256— To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND Education to study challenges faced by rural school systems A RESOLUTION impacted by economic downturn resulting in decreased To create a task force to study matters relating to establishing a revenues and declining student populations and to submit a single-source identification and benefit card system known as written report of its findings and recommendations to the House LaVerify for prevention of fraud in Medicaid enrollment and Committee on Education no later than January 31, 2020. Medicaid point-of-service fraud, and to submit to the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana a written report
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of findings and recommendations regarding actions necessary HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 285— for creating and implementing the LaVerify system. BY REPRESENTATIVE AMEDEE A RESOLUTION HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 257— To urge and request the President and Congress of the United States BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN of America to urge discriminatory countries to cease religious A RESOLUTION persecution and combat religious persecution carried out by To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to make extremist, non-state actors and to urge heads of the governments changes necessary to eliminate prior authorization requirements of all countries around the world to uphold the right to religious while controlling costs in the Medicaid program for freedom and condemn the global persecution of any religious buprenorphine/naloxone and naltrexone for opioid use disorder group. treatment. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 286— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 263— BY REPRESENTATIVES TERRY LANDRY, BAGNERIS, BOUIE, BRASS, BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, COX, DUPLESSIS, FRANKLIN, GAINES, A RESOLUTION GLOVER, JIMMY HARRIS, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, DUSTIN MILLER, To urge and request the speaker of the House of Representatives to MOORE, NORTON, PIERRE, AND SMITH appoint a committee to study and make recommendations A RESOLUTION relative to the practicality and feasibility of establishing a To commend the current and former African American women who funding mechanism for public-private partnership investment in have served or are serving on the Louisiana State Police force. Louisiana infrastructure projects. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 287— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 272— BY REPRESENTATIVE MOSS BY REPRESENTATIVE STOKES A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To designate Monday, June 24, 2019, as James "Jay" Dixon Day in To urge and request the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission to Louisiana and to commend him for his services to the state. study best practices for the regulation of all-electric, three-wheel vehicles in this state. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 288— BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAHEN HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 277— A RESOLUTION BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL To commend James D. Madden for his community service. A RESOLUTION To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 289— death of Paul Marks, Jr., of Baton Rouge. BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAHAM A RESOLUTION HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 279— To commend Astrid R. Clements for her world travels and spirit of BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT cultural adventure. A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Department of Public Safety and HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 290— Corrections, office of motor vehicles, to study motor vehicle BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH headlamps. A RESOLUTION To commend Reverend Dr. Gerard Robinson, Sr., of McKowen HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 281— Missionary Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, on the momentous BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON occasion of his twenty-ninth pastoral anniversary. A RESOLUTION To commend Dr. Nikole Roebuck for her outstanding service as HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 291— Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Bands at BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS Grambling State University. A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 282— changes necessary to increase access to outpatient substance use BY REPRESENTATIVES THOMAS, BILLIOT, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, FALCONER, MARINO, STEFANSKI, WHITE, AND WRIGHT treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), as A RESOLUTION well as recommendations for creating sustainable incentives and To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to establish supports for providers to serve as office-based opioid agonist a four-bed peer group for intermediate care facilities for people treatment providers and to report the findings of the study to the with developmental disabilities for the purpose of Medicaid House Committee on Health and Welfare on or before March 1, reimbursement rate calculation for those facilities. 2020. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 292— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 283— BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER BY REPRESENTATIVES JAMES AND LEGER A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to conduct a To commend the Scotlandville High School Hornets Alumni review and study of Louisiana's in forma pauperis and related Association, Incorporated, upon its fifth annual Scotlandville laws as applied by Louisiana courts in civil judicial proceedings High School Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet. for possible revision to clarify and limit misinterpretation of HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 293— existing law to ensure consistent application in all Louisiana BY REPRESENTATIVE ARMES courts and report its findings to the House of Representatives by A RESOLUTION January 1, 2020. To recognize October 21-27, 2019, as Safe Schools Week in Louisiana. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 284— BY REPRESENTATIVES NANCY LANDRY, BISHOP, COUSSAN, DEVILLIER, EMERSON, LEBAS, DUSTIN MILLER, AND PIERRE HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 295— BY REPRESENTATIVES DUPLESSIS, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, A RESOLUTION ADAMS, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, To commend Noble Plastics for being selected as a 2019 recipient of BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, the Manufacturing Leadership Award from the National BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, Association of Manufacturers. CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON,
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DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, International Affairs; the House Committee on Ways and GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, Means; and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, Affairs no later than January 10, 2020. JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 87— MARCELLE, MARINO, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MOSS, MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, To authorize and direct the creation of the Louisiana Commission on PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, Justice System Funding to study and determine optimal methods WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE of supporting and funding the Louisiana court system in a way A RESOLUTION that would allow for the implementation of changes made in Act To express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Leah No. 260 of the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature. Chase, executive chef and co-owner of Dooky Chase's Restaurant in New Orleans. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 96— BY REPRESENTATIVE FALCONER HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 296— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO To urge and request the Board of Regents, in collaboration with the A RESOLUTION public postsecondary education management boards, to conduct To commend Lena R. Torres for her many years of public service a study of student debt relief measures, nationally and statewide, and numerous extraordinary accomplishments. and to submit a written report of findings and conclusions, including recommendations for legislation relative to debt as a Respectfully submitted, barrier to reenrollment for those who have completed some postsecondary education, to the House Committee on Education FRANKIE HOWARD and the Senate Committee on Education not later than thirty Chairman days prior to the beginning of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature. The above House Resolutions contained in the report were signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 98— House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the rules of the BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO House. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express sincere and heartfelt condolences on the death of Henry Privileged Report of the Committee on Enrollment Joseph "Junior" Rodriguez, Jr. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 99— June 5, 2019 BY REPRESENTATIVES GAROFALO, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, Representatives: GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, I am directed by your Committee on Enrollment to submit the DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS, following report: LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, The following House Concurrent Resolutions have been JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, properly enrolled: LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62— MOSS, MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, Education to study the feasibility of restructuring the minimum COLOMB, CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HENSGENS, foundation program (MFP) formula for the 2020-2021 school HEWITT, JOHNS, LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, year to provide for differentiated levels of funding for students MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PETERSON, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, with exceptionalities and to report its findings and WALSWORTH, WARD, AND WHITE recommendations to the House Committee on Education and the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Senate Committee on Education not later sixty days prior to the To commend Mr. William E. "Bill" Crawford on his retirement from beginning of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of the Louisiana State Law Institute. Louisiana. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 100— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 67— BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL AND SENATOR THOMPSON A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend Charles DiGange on his retirement as headmaster of To urge and request the Department of Economic Development, in Holy Cross School in New Orleans, Louisiana. cooperation with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, to create a task force to study and conduct a beta test HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 108— that is composed of volunteer representatives from private BY REPRESENTATIVE SIMON businesses that are domiciled and licensed to conduct business A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION in the state of Louisiana, to determine the cost, resources, and To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary time required for varying sizes of businesses to adhere to the Education to study the advantages and disadvantages of school Cybersecurity Framework Standards promulgated by the calendar options for public schools and to submit a written National Institute of Standards and Technology, and to provide report of its findings and any recommendations to the House a written report of its findings and recommendations and a Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on proposed budget to the House Committee on Commerce; the Education not later than March 1, 2020. Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 109— The above House Concurrent Resolutions contained in the BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER report were signed by the Speaker of the House and taken to the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Senate by the Clerk of the House and were signed by the President of To urge and request Voice of the Experienced to study the collateral the Senate and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of consequences of a criminal conviction in Louisiana and the State in accordance with the rules of the House. extent to which defendants are notified of such consequences prior to entering a guilty plea, and to report its findings to the Louisiana Legislature no later than February 1, 2020. Privileged Report of the Committee on Enrollment HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 118— June 5, 2019 BY REPRESENTATIVES MIKE JOHNSON, ADAMS, ANDERS, ARMES, BILLIOT, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, STEVE CARTER, COX, To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of DUBUISSON, LANCE HARRIS, HILL, HOWARD, JEFFERSON, ROBERT Representatives: JOHNSON, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, MAGEE, MCFARLAND, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS LONG AND LUNEAU I am directed by your Committee on Enrollment to submit the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION following report: To urge the office of behavioral health of the Louisiana Department of Health to take all measures necessary to ensure adequate The following House Bills have been properly enrolled: access to substance use disorder treatment in central Louisiana pursuant to the impending closure of four residential treatment HOUSE BILL NO. 85— facilities in the Pineville area, and to report to the legislative BY REPRESENTATIVES BILLIOT AND MARINO committees on health and welfare concerning the actions it is AN ACT taking to provide for this access. To enact R.S. 46:1809(E), relative to crime victim reparations; to provide relative to the criteria for making awards of reparations HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 119— to crime victims; to provide certain prohibitions on the denial or BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER AND SENATOR GARY reduction of awards for reparations; and to provide for related SMITH matters. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend the St. Charles Parish Museum and Historical Association for the creation of a website which will serve as a HOUSE BILL NO. 169— BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN AND SENATOR THOMPSON digital space to house the comprehensive history of St. Charles AN ACT Parish. To amend and reenact R.S. 44:4.1(B)(26) and to enact R.S. 40:1046(A)(6), Subpart D of Part III of Subchapter A of Chapter HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 120— BY REPRESENTATIVES LEGER, BACALA, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be CHAD BROWN, CARPENTER, STEVE CARTER, DAVIS, EDMONDS, comprised of R.S. 40:1168.1 through 1168.6, and R.S. FOIL, IVEY, JAMES, JORDAN, MACK, MARCELLE, SCHEXNAYDER, 40:1046(A)(6) of Section 2 of Act No. 96 of the 2016 Regular AND SMITH AND SENATORS ALARIO, BARROW, CLAITOR, COLOMB, ERDEY, LAMBERT, MORRELL, PRICE, RISER, WARD, AND WHITE Session of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to information A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION concerning health effects, events, and outcomes associated with To commend the Louisiana State University Golden Girls on their patient use of medical marijuana; to authorize the Louisiana sixtieth anniversary as a feature unit of The Golden Band from State Board of Medical Examiners to establish and maintain an Tigerland and premier danceline of the LSU Fighting Tigers. electronic data system for the collection of such information; to require that the board collaborate with certain institutions in the HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 121— design of the data system; to provide specifications for BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE AND SENATOR WARD components of the data system; to provide for reporting of data A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION into the system; to restrict disclosure and uses of data from the To commend the Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee softball system; to provide for a public records exception; to provide team upon winning the 2019 Louisiana High School Athletic legislative findings and definitions; to authorize administrative Association Division IV state championship. rulemaking; and to provide for related matters. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 122— HOUSE BILL NO. 181— BY REPRESENTATIVES JIMMY HARRIS, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS ADAMS, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, AN ACT BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, To amend and reenact R.S. 32:295.1(A)(1), (3), and (B), relative to GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, safety belt use in passenger trucks; to increase the weight limit CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, for vehicles required to use safety belts; and to provide for DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, LANCE related matters. HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, HOUSE BILL NO. 193— LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, BY REPRESENTATIVE BACALA LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO, AN ACT MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY To amend and reenact R.S. 17:409.2, 409.3(A), 409.4(A) and MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS, MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, PYLANT, RICHARD, (B)(introductory paragraph), and 409.5(A)(1), relative to school SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, safety; to revise procedures relative to students investigated for STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND making threats of violence or terrorism; to provide for law ZERINGUE enforcement agencies to make determinations relative to such A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION threats and report them to district attorneys under certain To recognize June 10, 2019, as Leah Chase Day. circumstances; to provide relative to the authority of district attorneys to file petitions relative to mental health examinations; Respectfully submitted, to provide relative to the return of such students to school; to provide for the appropriate court for filing the petition; to FRANKIE HOWARD provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters. 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HOUSE BILL NO. 245— of applicants for certain tests; to provide relative to employment BY REPRESENTATIVES HODGES, ABRAHAM, ADAMS, AMEDEE, lists established and maintained by civil service boards; to ARMES, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, STEVE CARTER, COX, CREWS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, provide relative to the placement of certain names on such lists; GAROFALO, LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HOFFMANN, HORTON, and to provide for related matters. HOWARD, JAMES, JEFFERSON, LEBAS, MACK, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, POPE, RICHARD, SEABAUGH, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE HOUSE BILL NO. 426— AN ACT BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY To enact R.S. 39:1602.1; relative to state procurement contracts; to AN ACT authorize public entities to reject bids from certain groups under To amend and reenact R.S. 9:1123.112(C), relative to certain circumstances; to provide for an effective date; and to condominiums; to provide with respect to insurance policies; to provide for related matters. provide for a determination of liability; to provide with respect to the primary association policy; to provide for coverage of betterments and improvements; to provide with respect to a unit HOUSE BILL NO. 284— BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAHAM owner's property insurance policy; to provide with respect to AN ACT condominium bylaws; and to provide for related matters. To amend and reenact R.S. 40:978(G)(2), relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs; to institute certain requirements for HOUSE BILL NO. 431— BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON, BAGLEY, COX, HOFFMANN, prescribers of such drugs; and to provide for related matters. LEBAS, MCMAHEN, MOORE, AND STAGNI AN ACT HOUSE BILL NO. 295— To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1203.3(C) and to enact R.S. BY REPRESENTATIVES HILL, DWIGHT, AND MOSS 40:1203.3(D), 2184(2)(j), and 2192, relative to individuals AN ACT providing hospice care; to provide for creation of a state To enact R.S. 13:589, relative to the Fourteenth Judicial District certified hospice attendant; to provide for eligibility; to provide Court; to provide for the creation of a magistrate judge position; for minimum certification requirements; to provide for a state to provide relative to the election, term, salary, and duties of the certified hospice attendant registry; to provide for rulemaking; magistrate judge; to provide for qualifications; and to provide and to provide for related matters. for related matters. HOUSE BILL NO. 455— HOUSE BILL NO. 370— BY REPRESENTATIVES TERRY LANDRY, ADAMS, BAGNERIS, BY REPRESENTATIVES STOKES, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, BILLIOT, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, CREWS, AMEDEE, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, DUPLESSIS, GLOVER, HORTON, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, JORDAN, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BRASS, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, LARVADAIN, MARINO, MOORE, NORTON, PIERRE, THOMAS, WHITE, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, AND WRIGHT CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, AN ACT GISCLAIR, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, To enact Part IX of Chapter 1 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised HILFERTY, HILL, HOFFMANN, HORTON, HUVAL, JACKSON, Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 32:400.1 through JEFFERSON, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, LACOMBE, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, 400.8, relative to autonomous commercial motor vehicles; to MARCELLE, MARINO, MCMAHEN, MOORE, PEARSON, POPE, PUGH, provide for definitions; to establish the controlling authority for PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, TALBOT, autonomous commercial motor vehicles; to provide relative to THOMAS, WHITE, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ALARIO, APPEL, BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CHABERT, CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, applications to operate an autonomous commercial motor FANNIN, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, vehicle; to provide relative to requirements of operators; to MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, PETERSON, GARY SMITH, establish the reporting requirements following an accident; to JOHN SMITH, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, AND WARD provide relative to remote drivers and teleoperation systems; to AN ACT provide relative to liability and jurisdiction; and to provide for To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1053(A) and (D) and to enact R.S. related matters. 22:1053(E), (F), and (G), relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer; to HOUSE BILL NO. 489— prohibit denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail BY REPRESENTATIVE DUBUISSON first protocols; to provide for an exception; to require AN ACT notification of prescriptions for associated conditions; to define To enact Code of Evidence Article 801(D)(1)(e), relative to the key terms; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for definition of hearsay; to provide relative to prior statements related matters. made by witnesses; to provide relative to statements made by victims of sexually-oriented crimes to healthcare providers; and HOUSE BILL NO. 394— to provide for related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY AN ACT HOUSE BILL NO. 491— To amend and reenact R.S. 48:388.1(Section heading), (A)(1), (2), BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, ANDERS, and (3)(d), (B), and (D), to enact R.S. 48:388.1(E), and to repeal BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, STEVE R.S. 48:388.1(C), relative to the Rail Infrastructure CARTER, CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUPLESSIS, Improvement Program; to create the Class II and III Rail EMERSON, FOIL, GAINES, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY Infrastructure Improvement Program; to provide project goals HARRIS, LANCE HARRIS, HOWARD, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, and eligible project examples for the program; to provide with LARVADAIN, LEGER, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARINO, MCMAHEN, respect to monies in the Transportation Trust Fund; to provide DUSTIN MILLER, MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PIERRE, PYLANT, STAGNI, reporting requirements; and to provide for related matters. STOKES, AND TURNER AND SENATORS GATTI AND WALSWORTH AN ACT HOUSE BILL NO. 400— To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1692(3) and to enact R.S. BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAHEN 3:1449(B)(3), Part V of Chapter 10-A of Title 3 of the Louisiana AN ACT Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 3:1461 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2491(I), 2492(2), 2493(C), 2551(9), through 1471, Part VI of Chapter 10-A of Title 3 of the 2552(2), and 2553(C), relative to the municipal fire and police Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. civil service system; to provide relative to tests administered by 3:1481 through 1484, and R.S. 40:4.9(F) and 961.1, relative to the state examiner; to authorize the state examiner to administer the regulation of industrial hemp; to authorize industrial hemp tests for additional classes; to provide relative to the eligibility farming; to provide for definitions; to provide for powers and
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duties of the commissioner of agriculture; to provide for powers records and audit requirements; to provide for an effective date; and duties of the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission; and to provide for related matters. to provide for licensure; to provide for fees; to establish testing, inspection, and record keeping requirements; to provide for HOUSE BILL NO. 578— research; to prohibit certain activities; to provide for regulation BY REPRESENTATIVES MAGEE, ABRAHAM, AMEDEE, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, of hemp-derived cannabidiol products; to provide for penalties; CHAD BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, STEVE CARTER, CONNICK, and to provide for related matters. COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FOIL, GAINES, GISCLAIR, HILFERTY, HOLLIS, HORTON, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, ROBERT HOUSE BILL NO. 558— JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARINO, MIGUEZ, AN ACT NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, To amend and reenact R.S. 38:90.2(A), relative to the Floodplain STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, THOMAS, WHITE, AND ZERINGUE Evaluation and Management Commission; to provide relative to AND SENATORS CHABERT, CORTEZ, LAMBERT, WARD, AND WHITE the membership of the commission; and to provide for related AN ACT matters. To amend and reenact R.S. 39:91(B)(2), (3), and (4) and (C), to enact R.S. 39:91(B)(5) through (8), (E) through (T), and HOUSE BILL NO. 563— 1367(E)(2)(b)(vii), and to repeal R.S. 39:91(E), R.S. BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER 46:2691(A)(1)(b), and 2731(B)(2), relative to the Deepwater AN ACT Horizon Economic Damages Collection Fund; to dedicate To amend and reenact R.S. 18:18(A)(8)(b), 51(C)(1)(a), 104(C)(2), payments from the litigation to the Construction Subfund of the 110(A), 435(B)(1)(a), 444(I), 463(A)(2)(a)(iii) and (viii), Transportation Trust Fund for transportation projects; to 501(C), 532(D), 551(C)(1)(c)(iii), 565(B), 567.1(5), authorize the proceeds from the Deepwater Horizon litigation to 571(A)(4)(a), (8), and (9), 573(E)(1), 574(B)(introductory fund certain transportation projects; to authorize the State Bond paragraph), 1254(A), 1300.1, 1300.7(A), 1310(C)(1), Commission to securitize the state's allocation of the economic 1313(C)(1) and (F)(4), 1351(9), 1353(B) and (C)(1) and (2), damage settlement of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation 1354(B)(3), 1361, 1362(A), 1373(A)(5), 1375, and 1433(A) and in order to fund certain transportation projects; to provide for (B), to enact R.S. 18:104(C)(3), 444(F)(2)(c) and (d), the issuance of bonds; to provide for certain requirements and 463(A)(2)(a)(ix), 564(D)(1)(a)(v), 572(A)(1)(b)(viii), 1280.21.1, limitations on the issuance of bonds; to provide for a procedure 1351(14), 1400.3(E)(7), and 1432(A)(3), and to repeal R.S. to contest the validity of the issuance of the bonds; to provide 18:573(D), 1351(2), (3), and (6), 1355, and 1400.6(B), relative for the rights of bondholders; to authorize the issuance of to the Louisiana Election Code; to revise the system of laws refunding bonds; to provide relative to payments to the Budget comprising the Louisiana Election Code; to provide relative to Stabilization Fund; to provide for an effective date; and to elections procedures and requirements and the powers, duties, provide for related matters. and functions of election officials; to provide for the annual voter registration week; to provide relative to vacancies in the HOUSE BILL NO. 614 (Substitute for House Bill No. 388 by office of registrar of voters; to provide relative to voter Representative Miguez)— registration; to provide relative to watchers; to provide relative BY REPRESENTATIVE MIGUEZ to parish executive committees; to provide for the content of the AN ACT notice of candidacy; to provide relative to withdrawal of To amend and reenact R.S. 44:31.2 and 33.1 and to enact R.S. candidates; to provide relative to the establishment of precincts; 44:4(57) and (58), relative to public records; to exempt certain to provide for the form and content of the ballot; to provide personal information from the Public Records Law; to provide relative to assistance in voting; to provide relative to challenges exceptions; to provide relative to the public records awareness of voters; to provide relative to procedures for commissioners program; to provide for the content of the program; to require following the termination of voting; to provide relative to each public body to provide certain notice to the public; to evidence of election results; to provide relative to the provide for the protection of individual health information compilation and promulgation of election returns; to provide for reported to the state; and to provide for related matters. the nomination of slates of candidates for presidential elector; to provide for the calling of a recall election; to provide relative Respectfully submitted, to the tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots; to provide for remedies in certain election FRANKIE HOWARD contests; to provide for recall petitions; to provide for election Chairman expenses; to provide for definitions; to provide relative to The above House Bills contained in the report were signed by rulemaking by the secretary of state; to provide relative to the the Speaker of the House and taken to the Senate by the Clerk and examination, testing, evaluation, certification, approval, were signed by the President of the Senate and taken by the Clerk of procurement, and requirements for voting systems and system the House to the Governor for executive approval. components; to provide relative to the preparation of voting machines for an election; to provide relative to a revote caused by the malfunction of certain voting equipment; to provide Privileged Report of the Committee on Enrollment relative to the presidential preference primary election and related elections; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for June 5, 2019 related matters. To the honorable Speaker and Members of the House of HOUSE BILL NO. 575— Representatives: BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE AN ACT I am directed by your Committee on Enrollment to submit the To amend and reenact R.S. 45:201.6(G)(2) and to enact Chapter 36 following report: of Title 48 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 48:2191 through 2205, relative to HOUSE BILL NO. 62— transportation network companies; to provide for transportation BY REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CARTER network company and driver requirements; to provide for A JOINT RESOLUTION permits, fees, fare transparency, and identification of vehicles Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 10.8(C)(3)(b), (c), and (g) and drivers; to provide for a nondiscrimination policy; to of the Constitution of Louisiana and to repeal Article VII, provide for definitions and certain prohibitions; to provide for Section 10.8(C)(3)(d) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative
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to the Education Excellence Fund; to provide for appropriations from the Education Excellence Fund for the Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Thrive Academy, and laboratory schools operated by public postsecondary education institutions; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters. HOUSE BILL NO. 428— BY REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to add Article V, Section 35 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals; to provide a remedy for payment of unconstitutional taxes; to authorize the legislature to extend the jurisdiction of the Board of Tax Appeals; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters. The following Joint Resolutions have been properly enrolled: Respectfully submitted, FRANKIE HOWARD Chairman The above Joint Resolutions contained in the report were signed by the Speaker of the House and taken to the Senate by the Clerk and were signed by the President of the Senate and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the rules of the House. Suspension of the Rules On motion of Rep. Lyons, the rules were suspended in order to take up and consider Introduction of Resolutions, House and House Concurrent at this time. Introduction of Resolutions, House and House Concurrent The following members introduced the following entitled House and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 311— BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Company (JEDCO) to study what commercial and residential structures located in opportunity zones in House of Representatives District No. 87 are eligible to participate in the Restoration Tax Abatement program. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Lyons, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. Adjournment On motion of Rep. Billiot, at 4:48 P.M., the House agreed to adjourn until Thursday, June 6, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. The Speaker of the House declared the House adjourned until 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 6, 2019. ALFRED W. SPEER Clerk of the House
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