THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL SENATE BILL NO. 12— BY SENATOR ROBERT MILLS AND REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS OF THE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 29:770(B) and 771(B)(2)(c) and to enact SENATE R.S. 40:2005.1, relative to a state of public health emergency; OF THE to require hospitals, nursing homes, and adult residential care homes to provide patient or resident access to members of the STATE OF clergy during a state of public health emergency for COVID-19 ______or other contagious or infectious diseases; to require the FOURTEENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Department of Health to promulgate rules; to provide for rules ______for members of the clergy who voluntarily enter inpatient health Forty-Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Legislature care facilities to minister; to provide for definitions; to provide Under the Adoption of the for licensed professional counselors; to provide for emotional Constitution of 1974 and spiritual support from clergy; to provide for legislative ______purpose; to provide for restrictions; to provide for immunity from liability for hospitals, nursing homes, and adult residential Senate Chamber care homes; and to provide for related matters. State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana Reported with amendments. Wednesday, October 21, 2020 SENATE BILL NO. 53— The Senate was called to order at 2:50 o'clock P.M. by Hon. BY SENATOR MCMATH Patrick , President of the Senate. AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:1203.2(C)(3), relative to the employment of nonlicensed persons by adult day health care providers; to Morning Hour provide for an exemption from the criminal history and security check requirement for certain rehired persons; to provide for an CONVENING ROLL CALL effective date; and to provide for related matters. The roll being called, the following members answered to their Reported with amendments. names: PRESENT Respectfully submitted, MICHELLE D. FONTENOT Mr. President Fields Morris Clerk of the House of Representatives Allain Harris Peacock Barrow Henry Pope Message from the House Bernard Hewitt Price Boudreaux Jackson Reese PASSED SENATE BILLS AND Bouie Lambert Smith JOINT RESOLUTIONS Carter Luneau Talbot Cathey McMath Tarver October 21, 2020 Cloud Mills, F. Ward Connick Mills, R. White To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: Fesi Mizell Womack Total - 33 I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of ABSENT Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions: Abraham Hensgens Milligan Foil Johns Peterson SENATE BILL NO. 15— Total - 6 BY SENATOR MILLIGAN AN ACT The President of the Senate announced there were 33 Senators To amend and reenact R.S. 17:81(O) and (Z) and R.S. 42:851(E)(2) present and a quorum. and to enact R.S. 42:851(U), relative to group health insurance for public school employees; to provide relative to effective Prayer dates of coverage for employees of public elementary and secondary school systems during a disaster or emergency; to The prayer was offered by Senator Troy Carter, following which provide for application and rules promulgation; to provide for the Senate joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United an effective date; and to provide for related matters. States of America. Reported without amendments. Reading of the Journal SENATE BILL NO. 77— BY SENATOR SMITH On motion of Senator Mizell, the reading of the Journal was AN ACT dispensed with and the Journal of October 20, 2020, was adopted. To amend and reenact R.S. 27:305, 308(A)(3), (4)(a), and (B) and to enact R.S. 27:302(11), relative to fantasy sports; to clarify Message from the House licensee requirements; and to provide for related matters. PASSED SENATE BILLS AND Reported without amendments. JOINT RESOLUTIONS SENATE BILL NO. 74— October 21, 2020 BY SENATOR CLOUD AND REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, BUTLER, CARRIER, CREWS, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, FRIEMAN, GAROFALO, HARRIS, HODGES, To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: HORTON, MIKE JOHNSON, MACK, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MIGUEZ, NELSON, CHARLES OWEN, PRESSLY, ROMERO, I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH, THOMPSON AND VILLIO Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and AN ACT Joint Resolutions: To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1461.2(A)(2), (3), (5), and (6), relative to election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or

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forgery; to provide for absentee ballot offenses; to provide for On motion of Senator Cloud, the rules were suspended. an effective date; and to provide for related matters. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 34— Reported without amendments. BY SENATOR CLOUD A RESOLUTION Respectfully submitted, To commend the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office for the assistance MICHELLE D. FONTENOT provided to Allen Parish in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Clerk of the House of Representatives On motion of Senator Cloud the resolution was read by title and Message from the House adopted. DISAGREEMENT TO HOUSE BILL On motion of Senator Reese, the rules were suspended. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 35— October 20, 2020 BY SENATOR REESE A RESOLUTION To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: To commend Brigadier General Patrick D. Frank for his accomplishments throughout his illustrious military career. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of Representatives has refused to concur in the proposed Senate On motion of Senator Reese the resolution was read by title and Amendment(s) to House Bill No. 54 by Representative James, and adopted. ask the President to appoint on the part of the Senate a committee to confer with a like committee from the House on the disagreement. On motion of Senator Johns, the rules were suspended. Respectfully submitted, SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 36— MICHELLE D. FONTENOT BY SENATORS JOHNS AND ABRAHAM Clerk of the House of Representatives A RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature Message from the House of Louisiana upon the death of Lady Marilyn "Cissie" Qualls McLeod. HOUSE CONFEREES APPOINTED On motion of Senator Johns the resolution was read by title and October 21, 2020 adopted. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: On motion of Senator Morris, the rules were suspended. I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Speaker of SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 37— the House of Representatives has appointed the following members, BY SENATOR MORRIS on the part of the House of Representatives, to confer, with a like A RESOLUTION committee from the Senate, on the disagreement to House Bill No. To designate October 22, 2020, as "Cataract Awareness Day" at the 54 by Representative James: Louisiana State Capitol, with a special emphasis on congenital or childhood cataracts. Representatives James, Davis and Stefanski. On motion of Senator Morris the resolution was read by title and Respectfully submitted, adopted. MICHELLE D. FONTENOT Clerk of the House of Representatives On motion of Senator , the rules were suspended. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 38— Introduction of Senate Resolutions BY SENATOR CORTEZ A RESOLUTION On motion of Senator Robert Mills, the rules were suspended. To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Louis B. Roth Jr. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 32— BY SENATOR HENSGENS On motion of Senator Fred Mills the resolution was read by title A RESOLUTION and adopted. To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Rose Ashy Broussard, a cattle rancher and rice farmer from Kaplan, Louisiana. Senate Resolutions on Second Reading On motion of Senator Robert Mills the resolution was read by title and adopted. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 25— BY SENATOR BOUIE On motion of Senator Jackson, the rules were suspended. A RESOLUTION To commend the 2020 Booker T. Washington Lady Lions basketball SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 33— team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic BY SENATOR JACKSON Association Class 3A state championship. A RESOLUTION To commend Pastor Bobby Joe Douglas on being inducted into the On motion of Senator Bouie the resolution was read by title and Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. adopted. On motion of Senator Jackson the resolution was read by title SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 26— and adopted. BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX A RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the untimely death of Cheryl Larkin Castille.

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On motion of Senator Boudreaux the resolution was read by title Message from the House and adopted. ASKING CONCURRENCE IN SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 27— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS BY SENATOR ABRAHAM A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of October 20, 2020 Louisiana to study the feasibility of dividing the Fifteenth Judicial District into two separate judicial districts, one district To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: to be comprised of Acadia Parish and Vermilion Parish and one I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of district to be comprised of Lafayette Parish. Representatives has finally passed and asks your concurrence in the On motion of Senator Abraham the resolution was read by title following House Concurrent Resolutions: and adopted. HCR No. 39 HCR No. 37 HCR No. 36 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 30— BY SENATOR FIELDS HCR No. 38 HCR No. 34 A RESOLUTION Respectfully submitted, To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature MICHELLE D. FONTENOT of Louisiana upon the death of Dietrich H. Fields. Clerk of the House of Representatives On motion of Senator Fields the resolution was read by title and House Concurrent Resolutions adopted. Senator Cloud asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 31— to read House Concurrent Resolutions a first and second time. BY SENATOR JOHNS A RESOLUTION HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34— To commend Jackie DeVall for more than fifty-four years of BY REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS, BACALA, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, dedicated public service with the state of Louisiana. ECHOLS, EDMONDS, FIRMENT, FREEMAN, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LARVADAIN, CHARLES OWEN, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, STAGNI, AND THOMPSON AND SENATOR MORRIS On motion of Senator Johns the resolution was read by title and A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopted. To urge and request Governor John Bel Edwards to add Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Allen Parish, and Rapides Parish to the Message from the House areas covered by the request for a federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Delta. ASKING CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS The resolution was read by title. Senator Cloud moved to concur in the House Concurrent Resolution. October 21, 2020 ROLL CALL To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: The roll was called with the following result: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of Representatives has finally passed and asks your concurrence in the YEAS following House Bills and Joint Resolutions: Mr. President Harris Peacock HB No. 100 Allain Henry Pope Respectfully submitted, Barrow Jackson Reese MICHELLE D. FONTENOT Bernard Johns Talbot Clerk of the House of Representatives Bouie Lambert Tarver Cathey Luneau Ward House Bills and Joint Resolutions Cloud McMath White Connick Mills, R. Womack Senator Smith asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules Fesi Mizell to read House Bills and Joint Resolutions a first and second time by Fields Morris title and refer them to committee. Total - 28 NAYS HOUSE BILL NO. 100— BY REPRESENTATIVES NEWELL, BRYANT, AND JONES Boudreaux AN ACT Total - 1 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2751(C), 2752(C) and (D), ABSENT 2755(B)(introductory paragraph), and 2756 and to enact R.S. 46:2751(B)(1)(i) and (4), 2752(E), and 2755(B)(5), relative to Abraham Hewitt Price the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission; Carter Milligan Smith to provide relative to the commission's purposes, powers, and Foil Mills, F. duties; to provide relative to the membership of the commission; Hensgens Peterson to require the commission to consider the well-being of youth in Total - 10 the juvenile justice system during a public health emergency; to provide relative to meetings of the commission; to provide The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the House relative to officers of the commission; to require annual reports Concurrent Resolution and ordered it returned to the House. of the commission; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. The bill was read by title and referred by the President to the Committee on Judiciary B.

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36— ROLL CALL BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To create a task force to study and make recommendations for The roll was called with the following result: replenishing the unemployment trust fund and increasing the unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount and to YEAS submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to Mr. President Fesi Morris the Legislature of Louisiana not later than thirty days prior to Abraham Fields Peacock the convening of the 2021 Regular Session. Allain Harris Pope Barrow Henry Price The resolution was read by title and referred by the President to Bernard Jackson Reese the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. Boudreaux Johns Smith HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37— Bouie Lambert Talbot BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON Carter Luneau Tarver A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Cathey McMath Ward To express the sincere condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana Cloud Mills, F. Womack upon the death of Dr. Keith Patrick Melancon. Connick Mills, R. Total - 32 The resolution was read by title. Senator Jackson moved to NAYS concur in the House Concurrent Resolution. Total - 0 ROLL CALL ABSENT Foil Milligan White The roll was called with the following result: Hensgens Mizell Hewitt Peterson YEAS Total - 7 Mr. President Fields Peacock Abraham Harris Pope The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the House Allain Henry Price Concurrent Resolution and ordered it returned to the House. Barrow Jackson Reese HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 39— Bernard Johns Smith BY REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES Boudreaux Lambert Talbot A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Bouie Luneau Tarver To express the heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana Carter McMath Ward on the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne "Nat" LaCour, Jr. Cathey Mills, F. White Cloud Mills, R. Womack The resolution was read by title. Senator Carter moved to Connick Mizell concur in the House Concurrent Resolution. Fesi Morris Total - 34 NAYS ROLL CALL Total - 0 The roll was called with the following result: ABSENT YEAS Foil Hewitt Peterson Mr. President Fesi Morris Hensgens Milligan Abraham Fields Peacock Total - 5 Allain Harris Pope Barrow Henry Price The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the House Bernard Jackson Reese Concurrent Resolution and ordered it returned to the House. Boudreaux Johns Smith HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 38— Bouie Lambert Talbot BY REPRESENTATIVES COUSSAN, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BAGLEY, Carter Luneau Tarver DEVILLIER, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, GAROFALO, HARRIS, HORTON, Cathey McMath Ward MIKE JOHNSON, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, ORGERON, CHARLES Cloud Mills, F. White OWEN, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, AND STEFANSKI AND SENATOR HENSGENS Connick Mills, R. Womack A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Total - 33 To memorialize the Louisiana Congressional Delegation and the NAYS United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to defeat passage of the "Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of Total - 0 2020" and to protect future opportunities for oil and gas ABSENT exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf. Foil Hewitt Mizell The resolution was read by title. Senator Boudreaux moved to Hensgens Milligan Peterson concur in the House Concurrent Resolution. Total - 6 The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the House Concurrent Resolution and ordered it returned to the House.

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Reports of Committees October 21, 2020 The following reports of committees were received and read: To the President and Members of the Senate: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON I am directed by your Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to submit the following report: COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 23— INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BY SENATOR HARRIS A RESOLUTION Senator Ronnie Johns, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on To urge and request the Lakefront Management Authority to keep the Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs, submitted westbound lanes of traffic open on Lakeshore Drive to vehicular the following report: traffic and to allow traffic in both directions (eastbound and westbound) between the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge and October 21, 2020 Franklin Avenue. To the President and Members of the Senate: Reported favorably. I am directed by your Committee on Commerce, Consumer HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22— Protection and International Affairs to submit the following report: BY REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS JOHNSON AND SENATOR JACKSON AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, BRASS, BRYANT, BUTLER, GARY CARTER, CORMIER, COX, CREWS, DUPLESSIS, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2— GADBERRY, GAINES, HARRIS, HUGHES, JAMES, JEFFERSON, BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, JONES, LACOMBE, LARVADAIN, LYONS, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MOORE, NEWELL, CHARLES OWEN, SELDERS, THOMPSON, TURNER, To urge and request the Louisiana Attorney General and all AND WILLARD appropriate federal agencies, including but not limited to the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Federal Communications Commission, to investigate whether To urge and request the Department of Culture, Recreation and Altice USA or Suddenlink Communications has violated state Tourism, office of tourism, in consultation with the Department or federal law in its dealings with the citizens of Louisiana. of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of creating a bike and walking trail along the Mississippi River Reported favorably. spanning approximately eighty miles, beginning in Vidalia, Louisiana, and ending in East Carroll Parish in Lake Providence HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 19— and make recommendations in regards to the creation. BY REPRESENTATIVES MIKE JOHNSON, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BUTLER, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DESHOTEL, Reported favorably. ECHOLS, EMERSON, FIRMENT, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, HARRIS, HORTON, JEFFERSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, LACOMBE, LARVADAIN, MCCORMICK, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MOORE, HOUSE BILL NO. 73— CHARLES OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES SEABAUGH, TARVER, THOMPSON, AND WHITE AN ACT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.49(H)(1), relative to the To establish the Task Force on the 4.9 GHz Spectrum to study and Downtown Economic Development District for the City of make recommendations on how to close the digital divide and Monroe; to provide relative to the use of tax increment allocate the 4.9 GHz spectrum should it become available in financing by the district; to remove certain restrictions placed on Louisiana and to submit a written report of its findings and the use of such financing; and to provide for related matters. recommendations to the legislature no later than February 1, 2021. Reported favorably. Reported with amendments. Respectfully submitted, RICK WARD III HOUSE BILL NO. 66— Chairman BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU AN ACT REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON To enact R.S. 23:1605, relative to unemployment compensation; to provide for definitions; to require the Louisiana Workforce Commission to conduct certain checks with respect to EDUCATION unemployment compensation; to provide for data sharing; to require annual reports; to provide for the promulgation of rules; Senator , Chairman on behalf of the Committee on and to provide for related matters. Education, submitted the following report: Reported with amendments. October 21, 2020 Respectfully submitted, To the President and Members of the Senate: RONNIE JOHNS I am directed by your Committee on Education to submit the Chairman following report: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 29— BY SENATOR MIZELL TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC A RESOLUTION WORKS To urge and request the state Department of Education to study the education and training requirements, compensation, and Senator Rick Ward III, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on employment turnover rates of early childhood care and Transportation, Highways and Public Works, submitted the following education teachers and the implications of the data surrounding report: these issues on child outcomes in Louisiana. Reported favorably.

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17— REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BY REPRESENTATIVES ROMERO, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, CORMIER, EDMONSTON, FARNUM, FREIBERG, MIKE JOHNSON, MCFARLAND, SCHEXNAYDER, AND THOMPSON SENATE AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Senator , Chairman on behalf of the Committee Education to meet to discuss possible adjustments to the on Senate and Governmental Affairs, submitted the following report: Minimum Foundation Program formula to ensure adequate funding for school systems affected by the displacement of October 21, 2020 students due to Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Delta, to take into account the financial needs of systems that have lost students To the President and Members of the Senate: and systems that have gained students due to the hurricanes, and, if adjustments are necessary, to adopt a revised formula and I am directed by your Committee on Senate and Governmental submit it to the legislature while the legislature is convened for Affairs to submit the following report: the 2020 Second Extraordinary Session and has the opportunity to consider the revised formula for approval. HOUSE BILL NO. 22— BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI Reported favorably. AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(j), relative to employees of the Kenner HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25— Housing Authority; to provide that employees of the authority BY REPRESENTATIVE GADBERRY shall not be in the state civil service; and to provide for related A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION matters. To urge and request the State Civil Service Commission to establish the same or substantially similar benefits as those provided in Reported favorably. R.S. 17:1201(C)(1) and (D)(1), relative to sick leave benefits for public school teachers injured or disabled while acting in their HOUSE BILL NO. 51— official capacity, for classified employees serving as teaching BY REPRESENTATIVES MIGUEZ, AMEDEE, CREWS, DESHOTEL, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, HODGES, HORTON, MACK, staff within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, MCCORMICK, AND SEABAUGH office of juvenile justice. AN ACT To enact R.S. 18:1400.10, relative to funding of elections and related Reported favorably. expenses; to provide relative to election expenses paid by the secretary of state; to provide relative to election expenses paid HOUSE BILL NO. 16— by a governing authority; to provide relative to election BY REPRESENTATIVE FRIEMAN AN ACT expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; to To amend and reenact R.S. 17:439.1 and 3392, relative to the provide relative to election expenses for parish boards of applicability of certain limitations of liability during public election supervisors; to provide exceptions; and to provide for health emergencies; to provide for a limitation of liability for related matters. causes of action related to COVID-19 and public health emergencies; to provide relative to the liability of public, Reported favorably. nonpublic, and charter schools, systems, and governing boards HOUSE BILL NO. 59— under certain circumstances; to provide relative to the liability BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU of public and nonpublic postsecondary education systems and AN ACT institutions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for To amend and reenact R.S. 18:426.1, 1309(J), 1314(E)(2), and related matters. 1354(C) and to enact R.S. 18:1314(E)(3), relative to employees of the secretary of state; to provide relative to the compensation Reported with amendments. of election commissioners and deputy parish custodians of voting machines; to provide relative to such compensation after HOUSE BILL NO. 56— declared emergencies; and to provide for related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:436.1(N), relative to the administration of Reported favorably. medication in schools; to provide for the administration of Respectfully submitted, medical marijuana to students with a recommendation from a SHARON HEWITT licensed physician; and to provide for related matters. Chairman Reported with amendments. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 80— BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AQUACULTURE, AN ACT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g) and to repeal R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(h) and (2), relative to student assessments; to Senator Stewart Cathey Jr., Chairman on behalf of the prohibit the use of assessment results for certain purposes for the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural 2020-2021 school year; to provide relative to the assignment of Development, submitted the following report: letter grades to schools and school districts pursuant to the school and district accountability system for the 2020-2021 October 21, 2020 school year; and to provide for related matters. To the President and Members of the Senate: Reported with amendments. I am directed by your Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Respectfully submitted, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to submit the following report: CLEO FIELDS Chairman

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24— based services, and intermediate care facilities for people with BY REPRESENTATIVES ROMERO, ADAMS, BEAULLIEU, BUTLER, developmental disabilities. WILFORD CARTER, CORMIER, COX, CREWS, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, ECHOLS, EMERSON, FIRMENT, GADBERRY, GOUDEAU, HARRIS, HORTON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, MINCEY, Reported with amendments. RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SELDERS, THOMPSON, TURNER, WHEAT, AND WHITE HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER AND BAGLEY To memorialize the United States Congress and the Louisiana A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congressional delegation to take such actions as are necessary to To amend the Louisiana Department of Health rule, LAC fully fund the Livestock Indemnity Program in response to the 50:VII.33103(A)(2), which provides for leaves of absence for negative impact created by losses to the Louisiana livestock residents of intermediate care facilities for persons with industry as a result of Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta. intellectual and developmental disabilities, to provide for retroactive and prospective application of the amendments, and Reported favorably. to direct the office of the state register to print the amendments in the Louisiana Administrative Code. HOUSE BILL NO. 69— BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND, BUTLER, DESHOTEL, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, MINCEY, ROMERO, ST. BLANC, Reported with amendments. THOMPSON, TURNER, WHEAT, AND WHITE AND SENATOR CATHEY AN ACT HOUSE BILL NO. 43— To enact R.S. 3:266(24) and 285, relative to agricultural workforce BY REPRESENTATIVE BACALA development; to establish a monetary incentive program to AN ACT encourage the creation and employment of agricultural business To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2010.8(A)(2)(b)(vii) and (viii), (d), internships; to authorize the development and establishment of and (B) and to enact R.S. 40:2166.11, relative to rights of the Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program; to nursing home residents and residents of adult residential care authorize an incentive payment to Louisiana agricultural provider facilities; to provide relative to the right of such businesses for the creation and employment of internships; to residents to have access to visitors; to provide relative to provide for administration of the program; to provide for restrictions that nursing homes and adult residential care definitions; to provide for reporting; to provide an effective provider facilities may impose for the protection of residents; to date; and to provide for related matters. provide for construction and applicability of laws; to prohibit any limitation of the right of nursing home residents and Reported favorably. residents of adult residential care provider facilities to have access to visitors; to provide for exceptions to the prohibition on Respectfully submitted, limiting nursing home visitation; and to provide for related STEWART CATHEY JR. matters. Chairman Reported with amendments. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 52— BY REPRESENTATIVES EDMONDS AND EDMONSTON HEALTH AND WELFARE AN ACT To enact Part VI-A of Subchapter A of Chapter 5-F of Title 40 of the Senator Fred H. Mills Jr., Chairman on behalf of the Committee Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. on Health and Welfare, submitted the following report: 40:1272.1 and 1272.2, relative to duties of the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health; to establish October 21, 2020 requirements for reporting of certain public health data during a state of public health emergency; to require the office of To the President and Members of the Senate: public health to report data on infectious disease incidence among school-age children under certain circumstances; to I am directed by your Committee on Health and Welfare to specify the recipients and schedule of such reporting; to provide submit the following report: for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 28— Reported with amendments. BY SENATOR FESI A RESOLUTION HOUSE BILL NO. 95— To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to report on BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, the use and results of hydroxychloroquine for treating Medicaid BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, recipients relative to COVID-19. BRYANT, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DESHOTEL, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, Reported with amendments. EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM, FIRMENT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, HILFERTY, HODGES, HORTON, HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14— JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, BY SENATOR CARTER JORDAN, KERNER, LACOMBE, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MCCORMICK, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, To urge and request the health care providers of Louisiana who MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHEXNAYDER, administer COVID-19 tests to give preference to the testing of SEABAUGH, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS, teachers, members of law enforcement, and firefighters. THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, AND ZERINGUE Reported favorably. AN ACT To require the Louisiana Department of Health to allow visitation of HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21— residents of intermediate care facilities by certain family BY REPRESENTATIVES WHEAT AND EDMONDS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to immediately submit certain documentation to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide financial relief for providers of adult day center services, home- and community-

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members of those residents; to provide conditions for such HOUSE BILL NO. 16— visitation; to provide for the application of certain law and BY REPRESENTATIVE FRIEMAN effectiveness of that law; and to provide for related matters. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:439.1 and 3392, relative to the Reported with amendments. applicability of certain limitations of liability during public health emergencies; to provide for a limitation of liability for Respectfully submitted, causes of action related to COVID-19 and public health FRED H. MILLS JR. emergencies; to provide relative to the liability of public, Chairman nonpublic, and charter schools, systems, and governing boards REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON under certain circumstances; to provide relative to the liability of public and nonpublic postsecondary education systems and institutions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for FINANCE related matters. Senator Mack A. "Bodi" White Jr., Chairman on behalf of the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: Reported with amendments by the Committee on Education. October 21, 2020 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Education to To the President and Members of the Senate: Engrossed House Bill No. 16 by Representative Frieman I am directed by your Committee on Finance to submit the AMENDMENT NO. 1 following report: On page 1, line 3, change "during public health emergencies" to HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 30— "related to COVID-19" BY REPRESENTATIVES LANDRY, ADAMS, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, AMENDMENT NO. 2 CORMIER, COX, DUPLESSIS, FREEMAN, GAINES, GREEN, HUGHES, On page 1, line 4, after "COVID-19" insert a semicolon ";" and delete JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JONES, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MCFARLAND, DUSTIN MILLER, MOORE, NEWELL, the remainder of the line PHELPS, PIERRE, SELDERS, STAGNI, THOMPSON, WHITE, AND WILLARD On motion of Senator Fields, the committee amendment was A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as Legislative Bureau. are necessary to pass a stimulus plan that includes funds for unemployment, housing, local government, struggling HOUSE BILL NO. 22— businesses, education, and health care. BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI AN ACT Reported favorably. To enact R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(j), relative to employees of the Kenner Housing Authority; to provide that employees of the authority HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 31— shall not be in the state civil service; and to provide for related BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS matters. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request agencies procuring supplies, services, and major Reported favorably by the Committee on Senate and repairs on an emergency basis to provide for greater Governmental Affairs. The bill was read by title and referred to the transparency and competition in such procurements where Legislative Bureau. practicable. HOUSE BILL NO. 38— Reported favorably. BY REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS, AMEDEE, BACALA, CARRIER, CREWS, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, FONTENOT, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, HODGES, HORTON, NELSON, CHARLES HOUSE BILL NO. 38— OWEN, PRESSLY, SEABAUGH, VILLIO, AND WRIGHT BY REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS, AMEDEE, BACALA, CARRIER, CREWS, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, FONTENOT, AN ACT GADBERRY, GAROFALO, HODGES, HORTON, NELSON, CHARLES To enact Part VIII of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the OWEN, PRESSLY, SEABAUGH, VILLIO, AND WRIGHT Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. AN ACT 39:291 and 292, relative to funding for parish and municipal To enact Part VIII of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the police departments; to provide for budget submission Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. requirements; to provide for the authority of the Joint 39:291 and 292, relative to funding for parish and municipal Legislative Committee on the Budget; and to provide for related police departments; to provide for budget submission matters. requirements; to provide for the authority of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget; and to provide for related Reported with amendments by the Committee on Finance. matters. SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Reported with amendments. Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Respectfully submitted, Reengrossed House Bill No. 38 by Representative Harris MACK A. "BODI" WHITE JR. Chairman AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 2, line 2, change "ten" to "twenty-five" House Bills and Joint Resolutions on Second Reading AMENDMENT NO. 2 Just Reported by Committees On page 2, line 7, change "ten" to "twenty-five" AMENDMENT NO. 3 Senator White asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules On page 2, line 22, change "ten" to "twenty-five" to take up House Bills and Joint Resolutions just reported by Committees.

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On motion of Senator White, the committee amendment was (ii) "Resident" means the resident of the licensed nursing adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the facility or the legal or designated representative of the resident. Legislative Bureau. . * * * §2166.5. Rules and regulations; licensing standards; fees HOUSE BILL NO. 43— * * * BY REPRESENTATIVE BACALA B. The department shall prescribe, promulgate, and publish AN ACT rules, regulations, and licensing standards including but not limited To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2010.8(A)(2)(b)(vii) and (viii), (d), to the following: and (B) and to enact R.S. 40:2166.11, relative to rights of * * * nursing home residents and residents of adult residential care (12)(a) The requirement for licensed adult residential care provider facilities; to provide relative to the right of such providers to allow immediate family members and other designated residents to have access to visitors; to provide relative to persons to visit residents during a public health emergency whenever restrictions that nursing homes and adult residential care a resident requests such a visit with special consideration to be given provider facilities may impose for the protection of residents; to to residents receiving end-of-life care. provide for construction and applicability of laws; to prohibit (b) The rules shall include but not be limited to definitions, any limitation of the right of nursing home residents and minimum requirements, restrictions ,and provisions to protect the residents of adult residential care provider facilities to have health, safety, and welfare of the residents and the staff of the access to visitors; to provide for exceptions to the prohibition on licensed adult residential care provider. limiting nursing home visitation; and to provide for related (c) The rules shall allow licensed adult residential care providers matters. to adopt reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on resident visitation that are implemented for the purpose of mitigating the Reported with amendments by the Committee on Health and possibility of transmission of any infectious agent or disease or to Welfare. address the medical condition or clinical considerations of an individual resident. SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS (d) The rules promulgated pursuant to this Paragraph shall be preempted by any federal statute, federal regulation, or guidance Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare from a federal government agency that requires a licensed adult to Engrossed House Bill No. 43 by Representative Bacala residential care provider to restrict resident visitation in a manner that is more restrictive than the rules adopted by the department pursuant AMENDMENT NO. 1 to this Paragraph. On page 1, line 2, after "To" delete the remainder of the line and on (e) For purposes of this Paragraph, the following definitions line 3, delete "40:2166.11," and insert "enact R.S. 40:2009.4(A)(7) shall apply: and 2166.5(B)(12)," (i) "Public health emergency" means a state of public health emergency that is declared pursuant to the Louisiana Health AMENDMENT NO. 2 Emergency Powers Act, R.S. 29:760 et seq. On page 1, line 4, after "facilities;" delete the remainder of the line (ii) "Resident" means the resident of the licensed adult and delete lines 5 through 10 and insert the following: "to provide for residential care providers or the legal or designated representative of legislative findings and intent; to require the Louisiana Department the resident. of Health to promulgate rules for visitation during a public health * * *" emergency; to provide for exceptions to the rules; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters." On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the committee amendment was adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the AMENDMENT NO. 3 Legislative Bureau. On page 1, delete lines 12 through 19, delete pages 2 through 4, and on page 5, delete lines 1 and 2 and insert the following: HOUSE BILL NO. 51— "Section 1. R.S. 40:2009.4(A)(7) and 2166.5(B)(12) are hereby BY REPRESENTATIVES MIGUEZ, AMEDEE, CREWS, DESHOTEL, enacted to read as follows: EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, HODGES, HORTON, MACK, §2009.4. Standards prescribed MCCORMICK, AND SEABAUGH A. The department shall prescribe and publish minimum AN ACT standards in relation to: To enact R.S. 18:1400.10, relative to funding of elections and related * * * expenses; to provide relative to election expenses paid by the (7)(a) The requirement for licensed nursing facilities to allow secretary of state; to provide relative to election expenses paid immediate family members and other designated persons to visit by a governing authority; to provide relative to election residents during a public health emergency whenever a resident expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; to requests such a visit with special consideration to be given to provide relative to election expenses for parish boards of residents receiving end-of-life care. election supervisors; to provide exceptions; and to provide for (b) The rules shall include but not be limited to definitions, related matters. minimum requirements, restrictions, and provisions to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and the staff of the Reported favorably by the Committee on Senate and licensed nursing facility. Governmental Affairs. The bill was read by title and referred to the (c) The rules shall allow licensed nursing facilities to adopt Legislative Bureau. reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on resident visitation HOUSE BILL NO. 52— that are implemented for the purpose of mitigating the possibility of BY REPRESENTATIVES EDMONDS AND EDMONSTON transmission of any infectious agent or disease or to address the AN ACT medical condition or clinical considerations of an individual resident. To enact Part VI-A of Subchapter A of Chapter 5-F of Title 40 of the (d) The rules promulgated pursuant to this Paragraph shall be Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. preempted by any federal statute, federal regulation, or guidance from 40:1272.1 and 1272.2, relative to duties of the office of public a federal government agency that requires a licensed nursing facility health of the Louisiana Department of Health; to establish to restrict resident visitation in a manner that is more restrictive than requirements for reporting of certain public health data during the rules adopted by the department pursuant to this Paragraph. a state of public health emergency; to require the office of (e) For purposes of this Paragraph, the following definitions public health to report data on infectious disease incidence shall apply: (i) "Public health emergency" means a state of public health emergency that is declared pursuant to the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, R.S. 29:760 et seq.

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among school-age children under certain circumstances; to (34) The board shall study the feasibility and advisability of specify the recipients and schedule of such reporting; to provide allowing the administration of medical marijuana to students on for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters. school property and, if deemed permissable, prescribe rules and regulations governing such administration." Reported with amendments by the Committee on Health and Welfare. On motion of Senator Fields, the committee amendment was adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Legislative Bureau. Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare HOUSE BILL NO. 59— to Reengrossed House Bill No. 52 by Representative Edmonds BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU AN ACT AMENDMENT NO. 1 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:426.1, 1309(J), 1314(E)(2), and On page 1, line 2, after "enact" delete the remainder of the line and 1354(C) and to enact R.S. 18:1314(E)(3), relative to employees delete line 3 and insert "R.S. 40:1271.3, relative to the duties of" of the secretary of state; to provide relative to the compensation of election commissioners and deputy parish custodians of AMENDMENT NO. 2 voting machines; to provide relative to such compensation after On page 1, line 8, delete "recipients and" declared emergencies; and to provide for related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 3 Reported favorably by the Committee on Senate and On page 1, delete line 11 through 20 and on page 2, delete lines 1 Governmental Affairs. The bill was read by title and referred to the through 17 and insert the following: Legislative Bureau. "Section 1. R.S. 40:1271.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows: §1271.3. Infectious disease incidence among school-age children; HOUSE BILL NO. 66— public health emergencies; reporting of data BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU During the pendency of any state of public health emergency AN ACT declared in accordance with R.S. 29:766 and relating to one or more To enact R.S. 23:1605, relative to unemployment compensation; to infectious diseases, the Louisiana Department of Health, office of provide for definitions; to require the Louisiana Workforce public health shall publish, on a publicly accessible website, a report Commission to conduct certain checks with respect to updated not less than weekly, which provides the total number of unemployment compensation; to provide for data sharing; to children between the ages of five and seventeen years in this state require annual reports; to provide for the promulgation of rules; known to have been infected with each disease addressed by the and to provide for related matters. public health emergency declaration." Reported with amendments by the Committee on Commerce, AMENDMENT NO. 4 Consumer Protection, and International Affairs. On page 2, line 20, after "shall" delete the remainder of the line and insert "publish the first report required by R.S. 40:1271.3, as" SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the committee amendment was Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the Consumer Protection and International Affairs to Reengrossed House Legislative Bureau. Bill No. 66 by Representative Beaullieu HOUSE BILL NO. 56— AMENDMENT NO. 1 BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY On page 2, line 14, change "is required to" to "shall" AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:436.1(N), relative to the administration of AMENDMENT NO. 2 medication in schools; to provide for the administration of On page 2, line 16, after "Hub" and before the period "." insert "or medical marijuana to students with a recommendation from a another commercially available database" licensed physician; and to provide for related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 3 Reported with amendments by the Committee on Education. On page 2, line 17, change "is required to" to "shall" SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT NO. 4 On page 3, line 2, after "Data Hub" and before "and" insert "or Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Education to another commercially available database" and between "and" and Engrossed House Bill No. 56 by Representative Bagley "National" insert "the" AMENDMENT NO. 1 On motion of Senator Johns, the committee amendment was On page 1, line 2, change "R.S. 17:436.1(N)" to "R.S. 17:7(34)" adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 1, at the beginning of line 3, change "provide" to "require HOUSE BILL NO. 69— BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND, BUTLER, DESHOTEL, BESE to study the feasibility of providing" MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, MINCEY, ROMERO, ST. BLANC, THOMPSON, TURNER, WHEAT, AND WHITE AND SENATOR CATHEY AMENDMENT NO. 3 AN ACT On page 1, line 6, change "R.S. 17:436.1(N)" to "R.S. 17:7(34)" To enact R.S. 3:266(24) and 285, relative to agricultural workforce development; to establish a monetary incentive program to AMENDMENT NO. 4 encourage the creation and employment of agricultural business On page 1, delete lines 9 through 20 and on page 2, delete lines 1 internships; to authorize the development and establishment of through 17, and insert the following: the Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program; "§7. Duties, functions, and responsibilities of board to authorize an incentive payment to Louisiana agricultural In addition to the authorities granted by R.S. 17:6 and any businesses for the creation and employment of internships; to powers, duties, and responsibilities vested by any other applicable provide for administration of the program; to provide for laws, the board shall: definitions; to provide for reporting; to provide an effective * * * date; and to provide for related matters.

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Reported favorably by the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. The bill was read by title and ROBERT OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHEXNAYDER, referred to the Legislative Bureau. SEABAUGH, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, AND HOUSE BILL NO. 73— ZERINGUE BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES AN ACT AN ACT To require the Louisiana Department of Health to allow visitation of To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.49(H)(1), relative to the residents of intermediate care facilities by certain family Downtown Economic Development District for the City of members of those residents; to provide conditions for such Monroe; to provide relative to the use of tax increment financing visitation; to provide for the application of certain law and by the district; to remove certain restrictions placed on the use effectiveness of that law; and to provide for related matters. of such financing; and to provide for related matters. Reported with amendments by the Committee on Health and Reported favorably by the Committee on Transportation, Welfare. Highways and Public Works. The bill was read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS HOUSE BILL NO. 80— Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN to Reengrossed House Bill No. 95 by Representative Butler AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g) and to repeal R.S. AMENDMENT NO. 1 17:24.4(F)(1)(h) and (2), relative to student assessments; to On page 1, line 2, delete "require" and insert "enact R.S. prohibit the use of assessment results for certain purposes for the 40:2180.2(11), relative to the promulgation of rules by" 2020-2021 school year; to provide relative to the assignment of letter grades to schools and school districts pursuant to the AMENDMENT NO. 2 school and district accountability system for the 2020-2021 On page 1, delete line 4 and on line 5, delete "effectiveness of that school year; and to provide for related matters. law;" and insert "for rulemaking; to provide for an effective date;" Reported with amendments by the Committee on Education. AMENDMENT NO. 3 On page 1, delete lines 7 through 13, delete page 2, and on page 3, SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS delete lines 1 through 8 and insert the following: "Section 1. R.S. 40:2180.2(11) is hereby enacted to read as Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Education to follows: Engrossed House Bill No. 80 by Representative Charles Owen §2180.2. Promulgation of rules The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the AMENDMENT NO. 1 Administrative Procedure Act, licensing standards, rules, and On page 1, delete line 2 and insert "To enact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(i) regulations, regarding, but not limited to the following: and to repeal R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g) and (h) and (2)," * * * (11)(a) Provisions to allow any close family member of a AMENDMENT NO. 2 resident of an ICF/DD to visit the resident during any state of public On page 1, line 3, after "assessments; to" and before "the use" delete health emergency declared in accordance with R.S. 29:766 or to "prohibit" and insert "provide relative to" address the infectious respiratory disease known as COVID-19. The rules shall include but not be limited to the following: AMENDMENT NO. 3 (i) Authorization of visitation for close family members. On page 1, delete line 9 and insert the following: (ii) Minimum requirements for visitation, including length of "Section 1. R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(i) is hereby enacted to read as visit and location of the visit. follows:" (iii) Requirements for visitors, including health screenings, testing, and personal protective equipment. AMENDMENT NO. 4 (iv) Limitations on visitation due to health, safety, and welfare On page 1, delete lines 16 and 17 and on page 2, delete lines 1 issues, including limitations of visitation provided in an executive through 11 and insert the following: order of the governor of the state or an order of the state health "(i) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for officer due to the public health emergency. the 2020-2021 school year, the board shall examine" (v) Prohibition of visitation by any close family member who is infected with COVID-19. AMENDMENT NO. 5 (vi) Provisions for off-site visitation, allowing a close family On page 2, delete line 25 and insert the following: member to visit an ICF/DD resident away from the facility campus, "Section 2. R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g) and (h) and (2) are hereby including requirements for allowing the resident to return to the repealed in their entirety." facility upon certain conditions including testing and isolation. (vii) Provisions for determinations of dispute resolutions On motion of Senator Fields, the committee amendment was regarding deficiencies related to visitation during a declared health adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the emergency or related to COVID-19, including provisions, subject to Legislative Bureau. federal requirements, for determinations to be issued by the department within thirty-five days after receipt of the request by a HOUSE BILL NO. 95— facility for an informal dispute resolution of the deficiencies. BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, (b) The rules promulgated pursuant to this Paragraph shall be BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, CORMIER, preempted by any federal statute, federal regulation or guidance from COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DESHOTEL, a federal government agency that requires an ICF/DD to restrict DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, resident visitation in a manner that is more restrictive than the rules EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM, FIRMENT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, adopted by the department pursuant to this Paragraph. HILFERTY, HODGES, HORTON, HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES, (c) For purposes of this Paragraph, "close family member" shall JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, mean a parent, step-parent, sibling, step-sibling, aunt, uncle, child, JORDAN, KERNER, LACOMBE, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MCCORMICK, step-child, spouse, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or legal representative of the ICF/DD resident."

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AMENDMENT NO. 4 Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions On page 3, line 9, change "Section 5." to "Section 2." Returned from the House of Representatives On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the committee amendment was with Amendments adopted. The amended bill was read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. SENATE BILL NO. 38— BY SENATOR WHITE AN ACT House Concurrent Resolutions To enact R.S. 39:100.22 and Subpart N of Part II-A of Chapter 1 of on Second Reading Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Just Reported by Committees to be comprised of R.S. 39:100.51, and to amend and reenact R.S. 47:302.2(D), relative to special funds; to create the Fiscal Senator Fred Mills asked for and obtained a suspension of the Year 2021 Balanced Budget Reserve Fund in the state treasury; rules to take up House Concurrent Resolutions just reported by to create the 2020 Overcollections Fund in the state treasury; to Committees. provide relative to the transfer, dedication, deposit, and use of certain special funds in the state treasury; to provide for an HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29— effective date; and to provide for related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER AND BAGLEY A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of To amend the Louisiana Department of Health rule, LAC Representatives with amendments: 50:VII.33103(A)(2), which provides for leaves of absence for residents of intermediate care facilities for persons with HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS intellectual and developmental disabilities, to provide for retroactive and prospective application of the amendments, and Amendments proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to to direct the office of the state register to print the amendments Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 38 by Senator White in the Louisiana Administrative Code. AMENDMENT NO. 1 Reported with amendments by the Committee on Health and On page 1, delete lines 2 through 5 in their entirety and at the Welfare. beginning of line 6 delete "Overcollections Fund in the state treasury;" and insert the following: SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS "To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.45(A) and 100.48(B) and R.S. 47:302.2(D), relative to special funds;" Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution No. 29 by Representative AMENDMENT NO. 2 Butler On page 1, delete lines 10 through 17 in their entirety and on page 2, delete lines 1 through 24 in their entirety and insert the following: AMENDMENT NO. 1 "Section 1. R.S. 39:100.45(A) and 100.48(B) are hereby On page 2, delete lines 23 through 29 and on page 3, delete lines 1 amended and reenacted to read as follows: through18 and insert the following: §100.45. State Coronavirus Relief Fund "b. leave of absence. A temporary stay outside the ICF/ID A. There is hereby created and established in the state treasury, provided for in the client's written individual habilitation plan. A as a special fund, the State Coronavirus Relief Fund, hereinafter the leave of absence will not exceed 45 days per fiscal year (July 1 "relief fund". On December 1, 2020, the treasurer is authorized and through June 30) and will not exceed 30 consecutive days in any directed to transfer any unobligated monies in the Coronavirus Local single occurrence. Certain leaves of absence will be excluded from Recovery Allocation Fund and the Louisiana Main Street Recovery the annual 45-day limit as long as the leave does not exceed the Fund to the relief fund to. Any monies in the relief fund may be 30-consecutive day limit and is included in the written individual used by the state, subject to appropriation if the legislature is in habilitation plan. These exceptions are as follows: session, or the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, if the i. Special Olympics; legislature is not in session, for the purposes of supplementing the ii. roadrunner-sponsored events; state's account in the unemployment trust fund in the United iii. Louisiana planned conferences; States Treasury or providing monies to local government units, iv. trial discharge leave; eligible businesses, or the state in accordance with the provisions of v. official state holidays; and this Subpart and the CARES Act. vi. two days for bereavement of close family members. * * * (a). Close Family Members—parent, step-parent, child, §100.48. Critical Infrastructure Workers Hazard Pay Rebate Fund step-child, brother, step-brother, sister, step-sister, spouse, * * * mother-in-law, father-in-law, grand-parent, or grandchild. B. The monies in the rebate fund shall be invested in the same c. The following leaves of absence will be excluded from both manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on the the annual 45-day limit and the 30-consecutive day limit as long as investment of monies in the rebate fund shall be deposited in and the leave of absence is included in the written habilitation plan: credited to the rebate fund. If applicable under federal guidelines, i. any leave of absence during a declared federal public unexpended and unencumbered monies in the rebate fund shall emergency by the Department of Health and Human Services." remain in the rebate fund. The treasurer shall transfer any unobligated balance in the fund on December 1, 2020, to the State AMENDMENT NO. 2 Coronavirus Relief Fund. On page 3, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following: * * *" "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this Resolution shall not be implemented unless approved by the Centers HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS for Medicare and Medicaid Services." Amendments proposed by Representative Zeringue to Reengrossed On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the committee amendment was Senate Bill No. 38 by Senator White adopted. The amended concurrent resolution was read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. AMENDMENT NO. 1 In Amendment No. 1 by the House Committee on Appropriations (#628), on page 1, line 4, after "R.S. 39:100.45(A)" insert a comma "," and insert "100.46,"

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 SENATE BILL NO. 44— In Amendment No. 2 by the House Committee on Appropriations BY SENATORS FIELDS, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CORTEZ, FESI, FOIL, (#628), on page 1, line 9, after "R.S. 39:100.45(A)" insert a comma HARRIS, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, ROBERT "," and insert "100.46," MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER, WARD AND WOMACK AMENDMENT NO. 3 A JOINT RESOLUTION In Amendment No. 2 by the House Committee on Appropriations Proposing to amend Article VIII, Sections 6(B)(1), 7(B)(1), and (#628), on page 1, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following: 7.1(B)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the "§100.46. Changes in federal legislation membership of postsecondary education boards of supervisors; If federal legislation is introduced and enacted which authorizes to authorize the governor to appoint persons who reside out-of- federal disaster funds to be used for revenue loss, the Joint state to the boards of supervisors under certain circumstances; Legislative Committee on the Budget is authorized to transfer any and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to remaining funds to the Coronavirus Local Recovery Allocation Fund electors and provide a ballot proposition. for disbursement. If federal legislation is introduced and enacted which provides additional federal disaster funds to the state of The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Louisiana, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget is Representatives with amendments: authorized to transfer all or a portion of the funds to any of the COVID-19 Disaster Funds created pursuant to this Subpart. HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS * * *" Amendments proposed by House Committee on Education to HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 44 by Senator Fields Amendments proposed by Representative Magee to Reengrossed AMENDMENT NO. 1 Senate Bill No. 38 by Senator White On page 3, at the end of line 10, delete "April 24, 2021." and insert "December 5, 2020." AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 3, delete lines 15 through 19 in their entirety and insert the HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS following: "Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on Amendments proposed by Representative Gregory Miller to the later of the effective date of any act that transfers funds to the Bar Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 44 by Senator Fields Assistance Relief Subaccount or any act that appropriates budget authority to the treasurer for the Bar Assistance Relief Program as AMENDMENT NO. 1 provided for in House Bill No. 85 of this 2020 First Extraordinary On page 3, line 16, after "out-of-state" and before "as an" insert "to Session." serve" Senator White moved to reject the amendments proposed by the Senator Fields moved to concur in the amendments proposed by House. the House. ROLL CALL ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: The roll was called with the following result: YEAS YEAS Mr. President Fields Morris Mr. President Fields Morris Abraham Harris Peacock Abraham Harris Peacock Allain Henry Pope Allain Henry Pope Barrow Hewitt Price Barrow Hewitt Price Bernard Jackson Reese Bernard Jackson Reese Boudreaux Johns Smith Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot Bouie Lambert Talbot Carter Luneau Tarver Carter Luneau Tarver Cathey McMath Ward Cathey McMath Ward Cloud Mills, F. White Cloud Mills, F. White Connick Mills, R. Womack Connick Mills, R. Womack Fesi Mizell Fesi Mizell Total - 35 Total - 35 NAYS NAYS Total - 0 Total - 0 ABSENT ABSENT Foil Milligan Foil Milligan Hensgens Peterson Hensgens Peterson Total - 4 Total - 4 The Chair declared the Senate rejected the amendments The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the amendments proposed by the House. proposed by the House.

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SENATE BILL NO. 50— AMENDMENT NO. 1 BY SENATOR ALLAIN On page 1, line 16, after "for" and before "each" insert "at least one AN ACT month within" To amend and reenact R.S. 39:122(A), relative to work on projects in the annual capital outlay act; to provide relative to the HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS commencement of work or delays in construction; to provide relative to public statements and notices of delays in Amendments proposed by Representative Gregory Miller to construction; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for Engrossed Senate Bill No. 62 by Senator Smith related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 1 The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of On page 1, line 15, after "employees" and before "for whom" insert Representatives with amendments: "at each location in the state" HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Senator Smith moved to concur in the amendments proposed by the House. Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 50 by Senator Allain ROLL CALL AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 2, at the beginning of line 1 delete "administrating" and The roll was called with the following result: insert "administering" YEAS Senator Allain moved to concur in the amendments proposed by Mr. President Fields Morris the House. Abraham Harris Peacock Allain Henry Pope ROLL CALL Barrow Hewitt Price Bernard Jackson Reese The roll was called with the following result: Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot YEAS Carter Luneau Tarver Cathey McMath Ward Mr. President Fields Morris Cloud Mills, F. White Abraham Harris Peacock Connick Mills, R. Womack Allain Henry Pope Fesi Mizell Barrow Hewitt Price Total - 35 Bernard Jackson Reese NAYS Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot Total - 0 Carter Luneau Tarver ABSENT Cathey McMath Ward Cloud Mills, F. White Foil Milligan Connick Mills, R. Womack Hensgens Peterson Fesi Mizell Total - 4 Total - 35 NAYS The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the amendments proposed by the House. Total - 0 ABSENT SENATE BILL NO. 69— BY SENATORS JOHNS, ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, Foil Milligan BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JACKSON, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MILLIGAN, Hensgens Peterson FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, PRICE, Total - 4 REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER, WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK AN ACT The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the amendments To enact Chapter 14 of Title 45 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of proposed by the House. 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 45:1611 through 1613, relative to cable service providers and video service providers; to provide SENATE BILL NO. 62— relative to an emergency service plan; to provide for submission BY SENATOR SMITH AND REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER of certain information to the legislature and certain executive AN ACT branch agencies; to provide for civil fines; to provide for certain To enact R.S. 47:6006(G), relative to tax credits; to provide for terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for related refunds of the ad valorem taxes paid on inventory for certain matters. taxpayers impacted by the 2020 emergency and disasters; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Representatives with amendments: The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of Representatives with amendments: HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Amendments proposed by House Committee on Commerce to Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 69 by Senator Johns Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 62 by Senator Smith AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 4, line 4, change "annual" to "regular"

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 Senator Talbot moved to concur in the amendments proposed by On page 4, line 11, after "any" and before "rules" insert "applicable" the House. Senator Johns moved to concur in the amendments proposed by ROLL CALL the House. The roll was called with the following result: ROLL CALL YEAS The roll was called with the following result: Mr. President Fields Morris YEAS Abraham Harris Peacock Allain Henry Pope Mr. President Fields Morris Barrow Hewitt Price Abraham Harris Peacock Bernard Jackson Reese Allain Henry Pope Boudreaux Johns Smith Barrow Hewitt Price Bouie Lambert Talbot Bernard Jackson Reese Carter Luneau Tarver Boudreaux Johns Smith Cathey McMath Ward Bouie Lambert Talbot Cloud Mills, F. White Carter Luneau Tarver Connick Mills, R. Womack Cathey McMath Ward Fesi Mizell Cloud Mills, F. White Total - 35 Connick Mills, R. Womack NAYS Fesi Mizell Total - 35 Total - 0 NAYS ABSENT Total - 0 Foil Milligan ABSENT Hensgens Peterson Total - 4 Foil Milligan Hensgens Peterson The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the amendments Total - 4 proposed by the House. The Chair declared the Senate concurred in the amendments House Concurrent Resolutions proposed by the House. on Second Reading SENATE BILL NO. 72— Reported by Committees BY SENATOR TALBOT AN ACT HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 26— To enact R.S. 47:6041, relative to income tax credits; to authorize an BY REPRESENTATIVE FREIBERG income tax credit for certain businesses; to provide for the A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION amount of the credit; to provide for requirements and To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary limitations; to provide for the claiming of credits; to provide for Education to issue guidance and policies relative to the creation applicability; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for and operation of micro schools, by public schools or public related matters. school governing authorities approved for such purpose, to help ensure that Louisiana students continue to have high quality and The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of safe learning experiences amidst the ongoing COVID-19 public Representatives with amendments: health emergency. HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Reported with amendments by the Committee on Education. Amendments proposed by House Committee on Ways and Means to SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 72 by Senator Talbot Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Education to AMENDMENT NO. 1 Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution No. 26 by Representative On page 2, delete line 9 in its entirety and insert "(1) of this Freiberg Subsection." AMENDMENT NO. 1 AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 1, at the end of line 2, delete "issue" and on line 3, delete On page 2, line 20 after "income tax" and before "returns" delete "guidance and policies" and insert "study issues" "or franchise tax" AMENDMENT NO. 2 AMENDMENT NO. 3 On page 1, at the end of line 18, delete "issue guidance" and on line On page 2, line 22 after "income tax" and before "returns" delete 19, delete "and policies" and insert "study issues" "or franchise tax" AMENDMENT NO. 3 AMENDMENT NO. 4 On page 2, at the end of line 2, delete "emergency." and delete lines On page 2, at the beginning of line 25, after "Section 2." insert the 3 through 7, and insert the following: "emergency and to submit a following: written report of its findings and conclusions, including any "The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to income taxable recommendations for related legislation, to the House Committee on periods beginning on January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Education and the Senate Committee on Education no later than Section 3." August 1, 2021."

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On motion of Senator Fields, the committee amendment was NAYS adopted. Total - 0 The resolution was read by title. Senator Fields moved to ABSENT concur in the amended House Concurrent Resolution. Boudreaux Hensgens White ROLL CALL Cathey Milligan Foil Peterson The roll was called with the following result: Total - 7 YEAS The Chair declared the bill was passed and ordered it returned to the House. Senator Fields moved to reconsider the vote by which Mr. President Henry Peacock the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Allain Hewitt Pope Bernard Jackson Price HOUSE BILL NO. 42— Boudreaux Johns Reese BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT Bouie Lambert Smith AN ACT Carter Luneau Talbot To amend and reenact R.S. 17:4035.1, relative to public school Cathey McMath Tarver choice; to provide relative to school funding; to provide relative Cloud Mills, F. White to the applicability of school and district accountability; to Connick Mills, R. Womack provide for an appeals process for public school choice Fesi Mizell enrollment denials; and to provide for related matters. Fields Morris Total - 31 On motion of Senator White the bill was read by title and NAYS recommitted to the Committee on Finance. HOUSE BILL NO. 48— Total - 0 BY REPRESENTATIVES DUPLESSIS, BRASS, BRYANT, CARPENTER, ABSENT GARY CARTER, CORMIER, COX, FREEMAN, GAINES, GREEN, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JONES, JORDAN, LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, DUSTIN MILLER, MOORE, NEWELL, PHELPS, SELDERS, AND Abraham Harris Peterson WILLARD Barrow Hensgens Ward AN ACT Foil Milligan To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351(J), relative to identification cards Total - 8 issued by postsecondary education institutions; to require certain postsecondary education governing authorities to ensure that The Chair declared the Senate had concurred in the amended student identification cards issued by institutions under their House Concurrent Resolution and ordered it returned to the House. jurisdiction contain elements required for voter identification; and to provide for related matters. House Bills and Joint Resolutions on Third Reading and Final Passage The bill was read by title. Senator Fields moved the final passage of the bill. HOUSE BILL NO. 40— BY REPRESENTATIVES GAROFALO AND THOMPSON ROLL CALL AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:5103(B)(1)(a) and to enact R.S. The roll was called with the following result: 17:5104, relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students; to provide relative to eligibility for awards; to waive YEAS or modify certain eligibility provisions for certain students in response to circumstances related to certain natural disasters and Mr. President Harris Peacock certain public health emergencies; to authorize the administering Abraham Henry Pope agency to waive eligibility requirements; and to provide for Allain Hewitt Price related matters. Barrow Jackson Reese Bernard Johns Smith The bill was read by title. Senator Fields moved the final Boudreaux Lambert Talbot passage of the bill. Bouie Luneau Tarver Carter McMath Ward ROLL CALL Cloud Mills, F. White Connick Mills, R. Womack The roll was called with the following result: Fesi Mizell Fields Morris YEAS Total - 34 NAYS Mr. President Harris Morris Abraham Henry Peacock Total - 0 Allain Hewitt Pope ABSENT Barrow Jackson Price Bernard Johns Reese Cathey Hensgens Peterson Bouie Lambert Smith Foil Milligan Carter Luneau Talbot Total - 5 Cloud McMath Tarver Connick Mills, F. Ward The Chair declared the bill was passed and ordered it returned Fesi Mills, R. Womack to the House. Senator Fields moved to reconsider the vote by which Fields Mizell the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Total - 32

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HOUSE BILL NO. 72— firefighters within the office of forestry; to provide for an BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI effective date; and to provide for related matters. AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.44(J), relative to the Louisiana The bill was read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject Main Street Recovery Program; to dedicate a certain portion of to call. program funds for certain businesses; to provide relative to calculation of award amounts; to provide an effective date; and HOUSE BILL NO. 83— to provide for related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVES ROMERO, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BRASS, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARPENTER, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, The bill was read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, to call. FIRMENT, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HILFERTY, HODGES, HORTON, HUGHES, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS HOUSE BILL NO. 74— JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, BY REPRESENTATIVES DESHOTEL, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BEAULLIEU, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, BOURRIAQUE, BUTLER, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, MOORE, NELSON, NEWELL, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EMERSON, OWEN, PHELPS, PRESSLY, RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH, FARNUM, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, HARRIS, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TURNER, WHITE, IVEY, JEFFERSON, MIKE JOHNSON, JONES, KERNER, LYONS, MAGEE, WILLARD, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE MCCORMICK, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, NEWELL, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, PIERRE, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, AN ACT SCHEXNAYDER, SELDERS, STEFANSKI, THOMPSON, TURNER, To amend and reenact R.S. 17:416(C)(4) and (5) and to enact R.S. WHITE, AND WRIGHT AND SENATORS JOHNS AND MIZELL 17:416(K) and (L), relative to student discipline; to provide for AN ACT judicial review of certain discipline actions; to provide for To enact R.S. 36:4(CC), R.S. 49:968(B)(21)(d), and Chapter 12 of discipline policies applicable during online instruction; to Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be provide for awarding of damages and attorney fees; to provide comprised of R.S. 51:1361 through 1364, relative to the office for applicability; and to provide for related matters. of broadband and connectivity; to place the office within the executive branch; to provide definitions; to provide for the appointment and termination of an executive director; to require Floor Amendments reporting; to provide for functions, powers, and duties; to establish contract authority; and to provide for related matters. Senator Connick proposed the following amendments. The bill was read by title. Senator Mizell moved the final SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS passage of the bill. Amendments proposed by Senator Connick to Reengrossed House ROLL CALL Bill No. 83 by Representative Romero AMENDMENT NO. 1 The roll was called with the following result: On page 2, line 16, after '(b)" insert "(i)" YEAS AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 2, between lines 26 and 27, insert: Mr. President Fields Morris "(ii) If a judgment is rendered in favor of a school board in an Abraham Harris Peacock action provided for in this Paragraph, it may include an award for Allain Henry Pope reasonable attorney fees if the court finds that the action was brought Barrow Hewitt Price in bad faith or was otherwise brought without sufficient merit." Bernard Jackson Reese Boudreaux Johns Smith Senator Connick moved the adoption of the amendments. Bouie Luneau Talbot Carter McMath Tarver Senator Abraham objected. Cloud Mills, F. Ward Connick Mills, R. White Fesi Mizell Womack ROLL CALL Total - 33 NAYS The roll was called with the following result: Total - 0 YEAS ABSENT Bouie Hewitt Peacock Carter Lambert Pope Cathey Hensgens Milligan Cloud Mills, F. Price Foil Lambert Peterson Connick Mills, R. Talbot Total - 6 Henry Morris The Chair declared the bill was passed and ordered it returned Total - 14 to the House. Senator Mizell moved to reconsider the vote by which NAYS the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Mr. President Fesi Mizell HOUSE BILL NO. 75— Abraham Fields Reese BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND AND SENATOR CATHEY Allain Harris Smith AN ACT Barrow Jackson Tarver To amend and reenact the heading of Part II-A of Title 3 of the Bernard Johns Ward Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and R.S. 3:4321(C) and (D) Boudreaux Luneau White and to enact R.S. 3:4321(E), relative to the severance tax on Cathey McMath Womack timber; to modify the disposition of the portion of the severance Total - 21 tax on timber allocated to the state general fund; to create the "Wildfire Suppression Subfund"; to provide for the use of monies in the subfund; to provide for the appointment of forest

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ABSENT ROLL CALL Foil Milligan The roll was called with the following result: Hensgens Peterson Total - 4 YEAS The Chair declared the amendments were rejected. Mr. President Henry Pope Abraham Hewitt Reese The bill was read by title. Senator Abraham moved the final Allain McMath Talbot passage of the bill. Bernard Mills, F. Tarver Cathey Mills, R. Ward ROLL CALL Cloud Mizell White Fesi Morris Womack The roll was called with the following result: Fields Peacock Total - 23 YEAS NAYS Mr. President Fields Morris Barrow Connick Lambert Abraham Harris Peacock Boudreaux Harris Luneau Allain Henry Pope Bouie Jackson Price Barrow Hewitt Price Carter Johns Smith Bernard Jackson Reese Total - 12 Boudreaux Johns Smith ABSENT Bouie Lambert Talbot Carter Luneau Tarver Foil Milligan Cathey McMath Ward Hensgens Peterson Cloud Mills, F. White Total - 4 Connick Mills, R. Womack Fesi Mizell The Chair declared the amended bill was passed and ordered it Total - 35 returned to the House. Senator Henry moved to reconsider the vote NAYS by which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Total - 0 HOUSE BILL NO. 85— ABSENT BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE AN ACT Foil Milligan To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.44(Q) and 100.45(A) and to enact Hensgens Peterson R.S. 39:100.42(6.1), (6.2), and (6.3) and 100.44.1, relative to the Total - 4 Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program; to provide with respect to program funds; to establish a dedicated subaccount The Chair declared the bill was passed and ordered it returned for funding awards to certain eligible businesses; to provide for to the House. Senator Abraham moved to reconsider the vote by administration of grants to such eligible businesses; to provide which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. with respect to the powers and duties of the Department of Revenue, the division of administration, and the office of HOUSE BILL NO. 84— alcohol and tobacco control; and to provide for related matters. BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS AN ACT Floor Amendments To amend and reenact R.S. 39:134(C), relative to the expenditure of federal funds; to modify requirements for Joint Legislative Senator Smith proposed the following amendments. Committee on the Budget approval of the expenditure of federal funds received under certain circumstances; to provide for SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS certain requirements; and to provide for related matters. Amendments proposed by Senator Smith to Reengrossed House Bill Floor Amendments No. 85 by Representative Magee Senator Fred Mills proposed the following amendments. AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, line 7, after "duties of the" and before "Department of" SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS insert "Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the treasurer, the" Amendments proposed by Senator Fred Mills to Engrossed House AMENDMENT NO. 2 Bill No. 84 by Representative Edmonds On page 1, line 8, after "control;" and before "and to" insert "to provide for funds transfers;" AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, line 16, after "emergency" insert ", other than COVID-19 AMENDMENT NO. 3 or other federally declared health related emergency," On page 4, at the beginning of line 21, change "A." to "A.(1)" On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the amendments were adopted. AMENDMENT NO. 4 On page 4, line 27, after "of the later of" delete the remainder of the The bill was read by title. Senator Henry moved the final line in its entirety and delete lines 28 and 29 and insert the following: passage of the amended bill. "funds being transferred into the bar account or budget authority being appropriated for administration of the Bar Assistance Relief Program. (2) The treasurer is authorized and directed to transfer and deposit into the bar account an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all appropriations vetoed from the Act that originated as House

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Bill No. 39 of the 2020 Second Extraordinary Session, up to a total AMENDMENT NO. 7 of four million dollars. If the legislature is not in session when the On page 5, on line 25, after "no cost." delete the remainder of the transfer provided for in this Paragraph is made, the Joint Legislative line, and delete lines 26 through 28 Committee on the Budget may, by majority vote, appropriate budget authority for administration of the program provided for in this AMENDMENT NO. 8 Section." On page 6, delete lines 27 through 29, on page 7, delete lines 1 through 3, and insert the following: Senator Smith moved the adoption of the amendments. "Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on the date that the Act that began as Senate Bill No. 38 of this Second Senator White objected. Extraordinary Session becomes effective." ROLL CALL On motion of Senator White, the amendments were adopted. The roll was called with the following result: The bill was read by title. Senator Smith moved the final passage of the amended bill. YEAS ROLL CALL Bouie Fields Smith Carter Mills, F. Ward The roll was called with the following result: Total - 6 NAYS YEAS Mr. President Harris Peacock Mr. President Fesi Mizell Abraham Henry Pope Abraham Fields Morris Allain Hewitt Price Allain Harris Peacock Barrow Johns Reese Barrow Henry Pope Bernard Lambert Talbot Bernard Hewitt Price Boudreaux Luneau Tarver Boudreaux Jackson Reese Cathey McMath White Bouie Johns Smith Cloud Mills, R. Womack Carter Lambert Talbot Connick Mizell Cathey Luneau Tarver Fesi Morris Cloud McMath Ward Total - 28 Connick Mills, F. White ABSENT Total - 33 NAYS Foil Jackson Peterson Hensgens Milligan Total - 0 Total - 5 ABSENT The Chair declared the amendments were rejected. Foil Milligan Peterson Hensgens Mills, R. Womack Floor Amendments Total - 6 Senator White proposed the following amendments. The Chair declared the amended bill was passed and ordered it returned to the House. Senator Smith moved to reconsider the vote SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS by which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Amendments proposed by Senator White to Reengrossed House Bill HOUSE BILL NO. 94— (Substitute for House Bill No. 27 by No. 85 by Representative Magee Representative Zeringue) BY REPRESENTATIVES ZERINGUE, AMEDEE, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, CREWS, DEVILLIER, EMERSON, GAROFALO, LARVADAIN, AMENDMENT NO. 1 MIGUEZ, SELDERS, AND THOMPSON On page 1, line 3, delete "and (6.3)" AN ACT To enact R.S. 29:732.1, relative to fees charged to businesses by state AMENDMENT NO. 2 agencies during a state of emergency or public health On page 1, line 11, delete "and (6.3)" emergency; to exempt payment of certain fees for a certain time; to provide relative to the powers, duties, and authority of the AMENDMENT NO. 3 secretary of state; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide On page 3, delete lines 15 through 28 and on page 4, delete lines 1 for reporting requirements; to provide for extension of the through 13 exemption; and to provide for related matters. AMENDMENT NO. 4 Floor Amendments On page 4, delete line 23, and insert the following: "economic relief to eligible bars and breweries that have been" Senator White proposed the following amendments. AMENDMENT NO. 5 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS On page 5, on line 9, after "to eligible" delete the remainder of the line and insert "bars and breweries" Amendments proposed by Senator White to Reengrossed House Bill No. 94 by Representative Zeringue AMENDMENT NO. 6 On page 5, at the beginning of line 10, delete "commercial AMENDMENT NO. 1 fishermen" On page 2, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

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"(f) As of the effective date of this Subparagraph, has not AMENDMENT NO. 2 received two hundred fifty dollars or more in total from the On page 1, line 14, between "each" and "school" insert "public" following within the past eight calendar months: (i) A United States Small Business Administration- On motion of Senator Fields, the amendments were adopted. Guaranty Paycheck Protection Program loan or a United States Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loan The bill was read by title. Senator Talbot moved the final Emergency Advance. passage of the amended bill. (ii) Funding through the Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program. ROLL CALL (iii) Compensation from an insurance company for interruption of business." The roll was called with the following result: On motion of Senator White, the amendments were adopted. YEAS The bill was read by title. Senator Cloud moved the final Mr. President Fields Morris passage of the amended bill. Abraham Harris Peacock Allain Henry Pope ROLL CALL Barrow Hewitt Price Bernard Jackson Reese The roll was called with the following result: Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot YEAS Carter Luneau Tarver Cathey McMath Ward Mr. President Fields Morris Cloud Mills, F. White Abraham Harris Peacock Connick Mills, R. Womack Allain Henry Pope Fesi Mizell Barrow Hewitt Price Total - 35 Bernard Jackson Reese NAYS Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot Total - 0 Carter Luneau Tarver ABSENT Cathey McMath Ward Cloud Mills, F. White Foil Milligan Connick Mills, R. Womack Hensgens Peterson Fesi Mizell Total - 4 Total - 35 NAYS The Chair declared the amended bill was passed and ordered it returned to the House. Senator Fields moved to reconsider the vote Total - 0 by which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. ABSENT Rules Suspended Foil Milligan Hensgens Peterson Senator Barrow asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules Total - 4 to revert to: The Chair declared the amended bill was passed and ordered it returned to the House. Senator Cloud moved to reconsider the vote Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on by which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. Third Reading and Final Passage, Subject to Call HOUSE BILL NO. 96— BY REPRESENTATIVES FREEMAN AND HILFERTY AN ACT Called from the Calendar To enact R.S. 17:3914(M), relative to student information; to require Senator Barrow asked that Senate Bill No. 73 be called from the schools, if requested by a student's parent or legal guardian, to Calendar. share student information with the state Department of Education for the purpose of facilitating the administration of SENATE BILL NO. 73— the pandemic electronic benefits transfer program; to require the BY SENATOR BARROW state Department of Education to share this information with the AN ACT Department of Children and Family Services; to provide for an To amend and reenact R.S. 39:100.41 and 100.44(B), (E), (K), and effective date; and to provide for related matters. (Q), and to enact R.S. 39:100.42(17) and (18), and 100.44(R), relative to the Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program, and to Floor Amendments provide for related matters. Senator Fields proposed the following amendments. Floor Amendments SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Senator Barrow proposed the following amendments. Amendments proposed by Senator Fields to Engrossed House Bill SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS No. 96 by Representative Freeman Amendments proposed by Senator Barrow to Engrossed Senate Bill AMENDMENT NO. 1 No. 73 by Senator Barrow On page 1, line 2, between "require" and "schools" insert "public"

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AMENDMENT NO. 1 SENATE BILL NO. 7— On page 4, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following: BY SENATOR HEWITT "Section 2. Any funds remaining after all distributions have AN ACT been made from the Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program To amend and reenact R.S. 34:3494(A) and (B), 3495(A), (C), and pursuant to R.S. 39:100.44 shall be allocated by the Joint Legislative (G), and 3496(A), relative to the Louisiana International Deep Committee on the Budget." Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority board of commissioners; to provide for a reduction in membership on the AMENDMENT NO. 2 board of commissioners; to provide for membership term limits; On page 4, line 23, change "Section 2." to "Section 3." to provide for review of reporting practices; to provide for the election of officers to the board; to provide for quorum and vote AMENDMENT NO. 3 requirements; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for On page 4, line 25, change "Section 3." to "Section 4." related matters. On motion of Senator Barrow, the amendments were adopted. Reported with amendments. The bill was read by title. Senator Barrow moved the final SENATE BILL NO. 34— BY SENATOR PEACOCK passage of the amended bill. AN ACT To enact Part II of Chapter 34 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised ROLL CALL Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 37:2678.1, relative to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate The roll was called with the following result: Compact; to provide for the model language required to participate in the compact; to provide for the effectiveness of the YEAS compact upon adoption by ten member states; to provide for the definitions, powers, duties, and functions of the compact; to Mr. President Fields Peacock designate Chapter 34 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Abraham Harris Pope Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 37:2650 through 2666, Allain Henry Price "PART I. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND Barrow Hewitt Reese AUDIOLOGISTS"; to provide for an effective date; and to Bernard Jackson Smith provide for related matters. Boudreaux Johns Talbot Bouie Lambert Tarver Reported with amendments. Carter Luneau Ward Cathey McMath White SENATE BILL NO. 71— Cloud Mills, R. Womack BY SENATOR PEACOCK Connick Mizell AN ACT Fesi Morris To amend and reenact R.S. 42:17.1(A), relative to meetings of public Total - 34 bodies during a gubernatorially declared state of disaster or NAYS emergency; to provide requirements for meeting via electronic means; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for Total - 0 related matters. ABSENT Reported with amendments. Foil Milligan Peterson Hensgens Mills, F. Respectfully submitted, Total - 5 MICHELLE D. FONTENOT Clerk of the House of Representatives The Chair declared the amended bill was passed, ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Senator Barrow moved to Message from the House reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed and laid the motion on the table. PASSED SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Rules Suspended October 21, 2020 Senator Bouie asked for and obtained a suspension of the rules to revert to the Morning Hour. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: Message from the House I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and PASSED SENATE BILLS AND Joint Resolutions: JOINT RESOLUTIONS SENATE BILL NO. 49— October 21, 2020 BY SENATOR HEWITT AN ACT To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: To amend and reenact R.S. 34:3492(1), (10), (11), and (14), 3493(A)(1), 3499(F), 3501, and 3503(A)(2) and (3), relative to I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House of the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Representatives has finally passed the following Senate Bills and Authority; to provide with respect to the issuance of bonds; to Joint Resolutions: revise definitions; and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments.

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SENATE BILL NO. 13— Privileged Report of the BY SENATOR PEACOCK AN ACT Legislative Bureau To enact R.S. 40:1133.1(E) and Part VI of Chapter 5-C of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. October 21, 2020 40:1141, relative to the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA); to provide for To the President and Members of the Senate: enactment of the model legislation required to participate in the compact; to provide for criminal background checks; to provide I am directed by your Legislative Bureau to submit the for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. following report: Reported without amendments. The following instruments are approved as to construction and duplication. SENATE BILL NO. 27— BY SENATOR PEACOCK HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29— AN ACT BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER AND BAGLEY To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1272(2) and to enact Part I - C of A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Chapter 15 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of To amend the Louisiana Department of Health rule, LAC 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 37:1310.1, relative to the practice 50:VII.33103(A)(2), which provides for leaves of absence for of medicine; to provide for certain qualifications of applicants residents of intermediate care facilities for persons with who wish to practice medicine; to provide for authority to enter intellectual and developmental disabilities, to provide for into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; to provide for retroactive and prospective application of the amendments, and enactment of the model language required to participate in the to direct the office of the state register to print the amendments compact; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility, in the Louisiana Administrative Code. application, and renewal process; to provide for a coordinated information system; to provide for investigations and Reported without amendments. disciplinary actions; to provide for membership, powers, and duties of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact HOUSE BILL NO. 16— BY REPRESENTATIVE FRIEMAN Commission; to provide for oversight and enforcement of the AN ACT compact; to provide for withdrawal and dissolution of the To amend and reenact R.S. 17:439.1 and 3392, relative to the compact; to provide for severability; to provide for an effective applicability of certain limitations of liability during public date; and provide for related matters. health emergencies; to provide for a limitation of liability for causes of action related to COVID-19 and public health Reported without amendments. emergencies; to provide relative to the liability of public, nonpublic, and charter schools, systems, and governing boards Respectfully submitted, under certain circumstances; to provide relative to the liability MICHELLE D. FONTENOT of public and nonpublic postsecondary education systems and Clerk of the House of Representatives institutions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for Conference Committee Reports Received related matters. Reported without amendments. October 21, 2020 HOUSE BILL NO. 22— HOUSE BILL NO. 24— BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE AN ACT AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:539(C)(8)(j), relative to employees of the Kenner To appropriate funds from certain sources in specific amounts for the Housing Authority; to provide that employees of the authority making of supplemental appropriations to the capital outlay shall not be in the state civil service; and to provide for related budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021; to provide for an effective matters. date; and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments. The Conference Committee Reports for the above legislative instruments lie over under the rules. HOUSE BILL NO. 38— BY REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS, AMEDEE, BACALA, CARRIER, CREWS, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, FIRMENT, FONTENOT, Appointment of Conference Committee GADBERRY, GAROFALO, HODGES, HORTON, NELSON, CHARLES on Senate Bill No. 38 OWEN, PRESSLY, SEABAUGH, VILLIO, AND WRIGHT AN ACT The President of the Senate appointed the following members to To enact Part VIII of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the confer with a like committee from the House to consider the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. disagreement on Senate Bill No. 38: 39:291 and 292, relative to funding for parish and municipal police departments; to provide for budget submission Senators White, requirements; to provide for the authority of the Joint Tarver Legislative Committee on the Budget; and to provide for related and Cloud. matters. Appointment of Conference Committee Reported without amendments. on House Bill No. 54 HOUSE BILL NO. 43— The President of the Senate appointed to the Conference BY REPRESENTATIVE BACALA Committee on House Bill No. 54 the following members of the AN ACT Senate: To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2010.8(A)(2)(b)(vii) and (viii), (d), and (B) and to enact R.S. 40:2166.11, relative to rights of Senators Johns, nursing home residents and residents of adult residential care Ward provider facilities; to provide relative to the right of such and Peacock. residents to have access to visitors; to provide relative to

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restrictions that nursing homes and adult residential care HOUSE BILL NO. 69— provider facilities may impose for the protection of residents; to BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND, BUTLER, DESHOTEL, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, MINCEY, ROMERO, ST. BLANC, provide for construction and applicability of laws; to prohibit THOMPSON, TURNER, WHEAT, AND WHITE AND SENATOR CATHEY any limitation of the right of nursing home residents and AN ACT residents of adult residential care provider facilities to have To enact R.S. 3:266(24) and 285, relative to agricultural workforce access to visitors; to provide for exceptions to the prohibition on development; to establish a monetary incentive program to limiting nursing home visitation; and to provide for related encourage the creation and employment of agricultural business matters. internships; to authorize the development and establishment of the Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program; Reported without amendments. to authorize an incentive payment to Louisiana agricultural businesses for the creation and employment of internships; to HOUSE BILL NO. 51— provide for administration of the program; to provide for BY REPRESENTATIVES MIGUEZ, AMEDEE, CREWS, DESHOTEL, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, HODGES, HORTON, MACK, definitions; to provide for reporting; to provide an effective MCCORMICK, AND SEABAUGH date; and to provide for related matters. AN ACT To enact R.S. 18:1400.10, relative to funding of elections and related Reported without amendments. expenses; to provide relative to election expenses paid by the secretary of state; to provide relative to election expenses paid HOUSE BILL NO. 73— by a governing authority; to provide relative to election BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; to AN ACT provide relative to election expenses for parish boards of To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2740.49(H)(1), relative to the election supervisors; to provide exceptions; and to provide for Downtown Economic Development District for the City of related matters. Monroe; to provide relative to the use of tax increment financing by the district; to remove certain restrictions placed on Reported without amendments. the use of such financing; and to provide for related matters. HOUSE BILL NO. 52— Reported without amendments. BY REPRESENTATIVES EDMONDS AND EDMONSTON AN ACT HOUSE BILL NO. 80— To enact Part VI-A of Subchapter A of Chapter 5-F of Title 40 of the BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. AN ACT 40:1272.1 and 1272.2, relative to duties of the office of public To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(g) and to repeal R.S. health of the Louisiana Department of Health; to establish 17:24.4(F)(1)(h) and (2), relative to student assessments; to requirements for reporting of certain public health data during prohibit the use of assessment results for certain purposes for the a state of public health emergency; to require the office of 2020-2021 school year; to provide relative to the assignment of public health to report data on infectious disease incidence letter grades to schools and school districts pursuant to the among school-age children under certain circumstances; to school and district accountability system for the 2020-2021 specify the recipients and schedule of such reporting; to provide school year; and to provide for related matters. for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments. Reported without amendments. HOUSE BILL NO. 95— BY REPRESENTATIVES BUTLER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, HOUSE BILL NO. 56— BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY BRYANT, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, CORMIER, AN ACT COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DESHOTEL, To enact R.S. 17:436.1(N), relative to the administration of DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM, FIRMENT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, medication in schools; to provide for the administration of FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, medical marijuana to students with a recommendation from a HILFERTY, HODGES, HORTON, HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES, licensed physician; and to provide for related matters. JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, KERNER, LACOMBE, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, Reported without amendments. MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS, HOUSE BILL NO. 59— THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, AND BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU ZERINGUE AN ACT AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:426.1, 1309(J), 1314(E)(2), and To require the Louisiana Department of Health to allow visitation of 1354(C) and to enact R.S. 18:1314(E)(3), relative to employees residents of intermediate care facilities by certain family of the secretary of state; to provide relative to the compensation members of those residents; to provide conditions for such of election commissioners and deputy parish custodians of visitation; to provide for the application of certain law and voting machines; to provide relative to such compensation after effectiveness of that law; and to provide for related matters. declared emergencies; and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments. Reported without amendments. Respectfully submitted, HOUSE BILL NO. 66— BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU FRED MILLS AN ACT Chairman To enact R.S. 23:1605, relative to unemployment compensation; to provide for definitions; to require the Louisiana Workforce Adoption of Legislative Bureau Report Commission to conduct certain checks with respect to unemployment compensation; to provide for data sharing; to On motion of Senator Fred Mills, the Bills and Joint require annual reports; to provide for the promulgation of rules; Resolutions were read by title and passed to a third reading. and to provide for related matters. Reported without amendments.

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Introduction of Senate Resolutions Rules Suspended SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 39— Senator White asked for and obtained a suspension of the BY SENATOR BARROW rules to allow the Senate Committee on Finance to meet without A RESOLUTION the required 1:00 P.M. posting time. To urge and request the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to study and make recommendations relative to pharmacists' testing, Privileged Report of the Committee on screening, and treatment of certain health conditions. Senate and Governmental Affairs The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. ENROLLMENTS SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 40— Senator Hewitt, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on BY SENATOR BARROW Senate and Governmental Affairs, submitted the following report: A RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to report October 16, 2020 to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children by January 31, 2021, the number of childhood vaccines To the President and Members of the Senate: administered during the periods of time when the state was under a COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, and I am directed by your Committee on Senate and a comparison of that number to the childhood vaccination Governmental Affairs to submit the following report: rates for the previous two years. The following Senate Resolutions have been properly The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar enrolled: for a second reading. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 14— SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 41— BY SENATOR FOIL BY SENATOR BARROW A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature To commend the Elvin Howard, Sr. Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy of Louisiana upon the death of Esther Elizabeth Streng Staats, Foundation on its commitment to fighting pancreatic cancer resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. through raising resources, awareness, and advocating for those diagnosed with this deadly disease. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 15—

The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar BY SENATOR FOIL for a second reading. A RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 42— of Louisiana upon the death of Rt. Reverend James Malone BY SENATOR MIZELL Coleman. A RESOLUTION To authorize and direct the re-creation of the Louisiana Women's SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 16— Incarceration Task Force under the jurisdiction of the BY SENATOR FOIL Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus and the Department A RESOLUTION of Public Safety & Corrections as originally created by HCR To commend Captain Kenneth Wayne Martin of the Baton Rouge 27 of the 2018 Regular Session and continued by HCR 37 of Police Department upon his promotion to Uniform Patrol the 2019 Regular Session and grant them new authority to Commander. study, evaluate, analyze, and undertake a comprehensive review of the state's and local municipal criminal justice SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 13— systems as it relates to prenatal and postpartum care of BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX incarcerated pregnant women and the need for babies to bond A RESOLUTION with their mothers and to report its findings and policy To express sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of recommendations by February 1, 2021. Louisiana upon the death of Louis Woodson, an outstanding businessman and entrepreneur from Lafayette, Louisiana. The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 17— SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 43— BY SENATOR CARTER BY SENATOR JACKSON A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature To establish a task force to study crime and crime prevention in of Louisiana upon the death of George V. Rainey, who was Morehouse Parish and requires the task force to make the oldest elected king of Zulu, who reigned at Mardi Gras in recommendations. 2019, and who died at the age of eighty-nine on October 7, 2020. The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18— BY SENATORS LAMBERT AND FOIL SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 44— A RESOLUTION BY SENATOR JACKSON To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature A RESOLUTION of Louisiana upon the death of Terry Edmund Edwards. To establish a task force to study crime and crime prevention in Ouachita Parish and require the task force to make SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 19— recommendations. BY SENATOR FOIL A RESOLUTION The resolution was read by title and placed on the Calendar To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature for a second reading. of Louisiana upon the death of James Raymond "Jim" LeBlanc.

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20— accrued liability attributable to the authority; to provide for an BY SENATORS FOIL, MORRIS, ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, effective date; and to provide for related matters. BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MCMATH, and they are hereby presented for executive approval. MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, PEACOCK, PETERSON, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER, WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK Respectfully submitted, A RESOLUTION YOLANDA J. DIXON To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature Secretary of the Senate of Louisiana upon the death of Sylvia Bernadette Sullivan Duke. Message to the Governor Respectfully submitted, SIGNED SENATE BILLS SHARON W. HEWITT Chairman October 16, 2020 The foregoing Senate Resolutions were signed by the To the Honorable Governor of the State of Louisiana: President of the Senate and presented to the Secretary of State by the Secretary. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have signed the following Senate Bills: Message to the Secretary of State SENATE BILL NO. 1— BY SENATOR WARD AND REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON SIGNED AN ACT SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6006(B), relative to tax credits and incentives; to provide for the carryforward of the tax credit October 16, 2020 for ad valorem taxes paid on inventory; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. To the Honorable Secretary of State: SENATE BILL NO. 30— The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of BY SENATORS MILLIGAN, ABRAHAM, CLOUD, FESI, HARRIS, Representatives have signed the following Senate Concurrent JOHNS, MORRIS, WHITE AND WOMACK AND REPRESENTATIVE WHITE Resolution: AN ACT SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6— To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1755(5) and to enact R.S. 38:2237.1 BY SENATORS ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, BERNARD, and R.S. 39:1753.1, relative to purchases of certain BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, telecommunications and video equipment by certain CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, educational entities; to require certain items purchased HEWITT, JOHNS, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, comply with federal guidelines under Section 889(a) of the TALBOT, TARVER, WARD AND WHITE Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act; to A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION provide for violations; and to provide for related matters. To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt adjustments to the minimum foundation and they are hereby presented for executive approval. program (MFP) formula to ensure that school districts impacted by Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Delta do not lose Respectfully submitted, MFP funding during the 2020-2021 fiscal year due to YOLANDA J. DIXON decreases in student enrollment. Secretary of the Senate Respectfully submitted, Privileged Report of the Committee on YOLANDA J. DIXON Senate and Governmental Affairs Secretary of the Senate Message to the Governor ENROLLMENTS Senator Hewitt, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on SIGNED SENATE BILLS Senate and Governmental Affairs, submitted the following report: October 15, 2020 October 21, 2020 To the Honorable Governor of the State of Louisiana: To the President and Members of the Senate: The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of I am directed by your Committee on Senate and Representatives have signed the following Senate Bill: Governmental Affairs to submit the following report: SENATE BILL NO. 26— The following Senate Resolutions have been properly BY SENATOR PETERSON enrolled: AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 48:1655(N), relative to the employees SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 21— of the Regional Transit Authority; to provide for membership BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX in the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System; to A RESOLUTION provide for calculation of and payments for certain unfunded To commend Jerry Romero on the occasion of his retirement from Acadian Ambulance after forty-four years of service.

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 24— Message to the Secretary of State BY SENATOR CARTER A RESOLUTION To express sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of SIGNED Louisiana upon the death of Lizzie Mae Henry Charles, a SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS community activist in the Algiers Cut-Off Neighborhood of Orleans Parish, Louisiana. October 21, 2020 Respectfully submitted, To the Honorable Secretary of State: SHARON W. HEWITT Chairman The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have signed the following Senate Concurrent The foregoing Senate Resolutions were signed by the Resolutions: President of the Senate and presented to the Secretary of State by the Secretary. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2— BY SENATOR FIELDS Privileged Report of the Committee on A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the administrators of the Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) and the Sowela Technical Community College to work together to ENROLLMENTS study the impacts of hurricanes Laura and Delta on Sowela's campuses and student body in order to inform any 2021 Senator Hewitt, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on Regular Session legislative requests. Senate and Governmental Affairs, submitted the following report: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3— October 21, 2020 BY SENATOR CATHEY A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To the President and Members of the Senate: To urge and request the Board of Regents to study the feasibility of making TOPS-Tech and GO Grant awards available to low- I am directed by your Committee on Senate and income students for use during the summer semester Governmental Affairs to submit the following report: immediately following high school graduation. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions have been SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13— BY SENATORS HEWITT, MCMATH AND MIZELL AND properly enrolled: REPRESENTATIVES DUBUISSON, FRIEMAN, HOLLIS, NELSON, ROBERT OWEN, WHITE AND WRIGHT SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY SENATOR REESE AND REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU To commend Eugene Lussan on the celebration of his one A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION hundredth birthday. To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature the provisions of R.S. Respectfully submitted, 23:1474(C), (G)(3), and (H) providing for the determination YOLANDA J. DIXON of the unemployment insurance taxable wage base, maximum Secretary of the Senate weekly benefit amount, and formula for the calculation of benefits for the 2021 calendar year. Privileged Report of the Committee on SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9— Senate and Governmental Affairs BY SENATORS CORTEZ AND REESE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2021 ENROLLMENTS Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana the provisions of R.S. 23:1536(E)(1), relative to the unemployment Senator Hewitt, Chairman on behalf of the Committee on insurance solvency tax on employers. Senate and Governmental Affairs, submitted the following report: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10— October 21, 2020 BY SENATOR FOIL A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To the President and Members of the Senate: To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study certain matters pertaining to the Louisiana Trust Code. I am directed by your Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to submit the following report: Respectfully submitted, SHARON W. HEWITT The following Senate Bills have been properly enrolled: Chairman SENATE BILL NO. 5— BY SENATOR HEWITT The foregoing Senate Concurrent Resolutions were signed by AN ACT the President of the Senate. To amend and reenact R.S. 51:61, 64, and 65, relative to foreign trade zones; to provide relative to the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District; to provide authorization for the district to make application to be designated as a foreign trade zone; and to provide for related matters.

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SENATE BILL NO. 41— training programs; to provide relative to definition of services BY SENATOR JOHNS provided; and to provide for related matters. AN ACT To enact R.S. 40:1664.8(I), relative to the state fire marshal; to SENATE BILL NO. 22— provide for the provisional licensure of certain applicants; to BY SENATOR HEWITT provide for the revocation of a provisional license; to provide AN ACT for terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for To amend and reenact R.S. 18:423(J), and 1315(B) and to enact related matters. R.S. 18:1313.2, relative to elections impaired as the result of a declared disaster or emergency; to provide for the powers, SENATE BILL NO. 52— functions, duties, processes, and compensation of parish BY SENATOR REESE boards of election supervisors relative to the preparation, AN ACT verification, tabulation, and counting of absentee by mail and To enact R.S. 47:6006(G), 6006.1(H), and 6014(G), relative to tax early voting ballots for elections impaired as a result of a credits; to authorize payments of certain ad valorem taxes declared state of disaster or emergency; to provide relative to made for the 2020 tax year to be treated as timely paid for effectiveness and documentation; and to provide for related purposes of the tax credits for ad valorem taxes paid; to matters. provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. SENATE BILL NO. 23— BY SENATOR MCMATH SENATE BILL NO. 55— AN ACT BY SENATORS CORTEZ AND REESE To amend and reenact R.S. 17:500(B)(1), 1201(A)(2), and AN ACT 1206(A)(1), relative to sick leave for school employees; to To enact R.S. 23:1474(J), relative to unemployment insurance; to require a teacher, school bus operator, or other school provide for taxes and benefits for calendar year 2021; and to employee to present a certificate from a physician, physician provide for related matters. assistant, or nurse practitioner when using more than six days of sick leave for personal illness; to provide for an effective SENATE BILL NO. 67— date; and to provide for related matters. BY SENATOR REESE AN ACT SENATE BILL NO. 31— To enact R.S. 51:1787(B)(5)(f) and 2455(I), relative to economic BY SENATOR FIELDS development incentives; to provide for an extension for job AN ACT creation requirements for enterprise zone incentives; to To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3997(D)(2) and to enact R.S. provide for an extension for the rebate filing period for quality 17:24.4(F)(1)(i) and 3902(E), relative to elementary and jobs incentive rebates; to provide for notification secondary education; to provide relative to the use of requirements; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for statewide student assessments for the 2020-2021 school year; related matters. and to provide for related matters. Respectfully submitted, SENATE BILL NO. 32— SHARON W. HEWITT BY SENATORS FIELDS, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, Chairman BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CORTEZ, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, JOHNS, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, ROBERT MILLS, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER AND WARD The foregoing Senate Bills were signed by the President of the Senate. AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3393, relative to colleges and universities; to Message to the Governor provide relative to the exceptions and exemptions that a public postsecondary education institution may receive from SIGNED SENATE BILLS state regulations of their operations under certain conditions; and to provide for related matters. October 21, 2020 SENATE BILL NO. 39— BY SENATOR HEWITT To the Honorable Governor of the State of Louisiana: AN ACT To enact R.S. 42:17.2, relative to meetings of legislative houses The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of and committees during a gubernatorially declared state of Representatives have signed the following Senate Bills: disaster or emergency; to provide for public input; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. SENATE BILL NO. 18— BY SENATOR CATHEY SENATE BILL NO. 45— AN ACT BY SENATORS FIELDS, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BERNARD, To enact R.S. 26:71(A)(8) and 271(A)(7), relative to the Alcoholic BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CORTEZ, FESI, FOIL, Beverage Control Law; to provide for certain permit fee HARRIS, HEWITT, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, POPE, payments; to provide for certain malt beverages or beverages PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER, WARD, WHITE AND of low alcoholic content permit fee payments; to provide for WOMACK permit fee credits and refunds under certain exceptions related AN ACT to COVID-19; and to provide for related matters. To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1453(A), 1831(B), 1851(B), and 1871(A)(1)(c), relative to the membership of public SENATE BILL NO. 21— postsecondary education boards of supervisors boards; to BY SENATOR HEWITT authorize the governor to appoint persons from out-of-state as AN ACT at-large members of the boards; and to provide for related To amend and reenact R.S. 42:345(B), 1261, 1263(A), 1265, matters. 1267(A)(1), and 1383(A); and to repeal R.S. 36:53(G) and R.S. 42:1262, relative to the Department of State Civil Service; to provide relative to a fee schedule for in-service training and educational programs provided by the department; to abolish the Advisory Board on In-service Training and Education; to provide relative to oversight of the

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SENATE BILL NO. 56— HOUSE BILL NO. 4— BY SENATOR TALBOT BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT, BACALA, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, AN ACT EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, HORTON, MIKE JOHNSON, MIGUEZ, NELSON, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, To amend and reenact R.S. 22:242(7) and 243(F), relative to SCHAMERHORN, AND TARVER licensing requirements for health maintenance organizations; AN ACT to provide for the organization of a health maintenance To amend and reenact R.S. 29:724(B)(1) and 768(A) and to enact organization as either a business or nonprofit corporation; to R.S. 29:768.1, relative to emergency declarations; to provide provide with respect to nonprofit corporation law; to provide relative to the termination of emergency declarations; to for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. provide for legislative power and authority regarding termination of emergency declarations; and to provide for and they are hereby presented for executive approval. related matters. Respectfully submitted, HOUSE BILL NO. 10— YOLANDA J. DIXON BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND Secretary of the Senate AN ACT To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property Message from the House in Jackson Parish; to provide for the property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and SIGNED HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS conditions; to repeal Sections 3 and 6 of Act No. 272 of the 2019 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana; to October 21, 2020 provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: HOUSE BILL NO. 20— BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Speaker AN ACT of the House of Representatives has signed the following House To enact R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xix) and 297.15, relative to individual Concurrent Resolutions: income tax deductions; to authorize a deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7— pandemic in 2020; to provide for the amount of the deduction; BY REPRESENTATIVES COUSSAN, BOURRIAQUE, BUTLER, to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations and CARRIER, CORMIER, LYONS, AND MINCEY AND SENATOR requirements; to provide for an effective date; and to provide HENSGENS for related matters. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress and the Louisiana HOUSE BILL NO. 26— Congressional delegation to take such actions as are necessary BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER, ADAMS, BACALA, to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BROWN, BRYANT, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DESHOTEL, DUPLESSIS, (FEMA) to more efficiently coordinate the removal of EDMONDS, EMERSON, FIRMENT, FREEMAN, GAINES, HUGHES, dislocated oilfield equipment after natural disasters in JAMES, JEFFERSON, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, Louisiana. LACOMBE, LYONS, MCCORMICK, DUSTIN MILLER, NEWELL, ORGERON, PIERRE, ROMERO, SELDERS, STEFANSKI, THOMPSON, WHITE, AND WILLARD AND SENATOR BARROW HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35— BY REPRESENTATIVES CHARLES OWEN AND COX AN ACT A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To enact R.S. 47:302(BB)(113), 305.74, 321(P)(114), To commend the Louisiana National Guard for its hard work, 321.1(I)(114), and 331(V)(114), relative to sales and use tax; commitment, selfless dedication, and lifesaving efforts to establish a sales and use tax holiday for certain purchases; throughout 2020. to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for the effectiveness of the sales and use tax holiday; to provide for and asked that the President of the Senate affix his signature to the an effective date; and to provide for related matters. same. HOUSE BILL NO. 37— BY REPRESENTATIVES BEAULLIEU AND CHARLES OWEN AND Respectfully submitted, SENATOR CARTER MICHELLE D. FONTENOT AN ACT Clerk of the House of Representatives To enact R.S. 47:6041, relative to income tax credits; to authorize an income tax credit for certain businesses; to provide for the The House Concurrent Resolutions contained herein were amount of the credit; to provide for requirements and signed by the President of the Senate. limitations; to authorize the carryforward of unused amounts of the credit; to provide for the claiming of credits; to provide Message from the House for applicability; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. SIGNED HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS HOUSE BILL NO. 77— BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS October 21, 2020 AN ACT To enact R.S. 12:1-709(C) and (D), relative to remote participation To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: in meetings; to allow certain persons to participate in certain meetings by remote communications; to provide for I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Speaker guidelines and procedures; and to provide for related matters. of the House of Representatives has signed the following House HOUSE BILL NO. 89— Bills and Joint Resolutions: BY REPRESENTATIVES JAMES AND THOMPSON AND SENATOR CARTER AN ACT To enact R.S. 47:293(4)(e), relative to individual income tax; to define federal income tax liability for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability; to require certain federal disaster losses to be included in the calculation of federal

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income tax liability; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. and asked that the President of the Senate affix his signature to the same. Respectfully submitted, MICHELLE D. FONTENOT Clerk of the House of Representatives The House Bills and Joint Resolutions contained herein were signed by the President of the Senate. ATTENDANCE ROLL CALL PRESENT Mr. President Fields Morris Abraham Harris Peacock Allain Henry Pope Barrow Hewitt Price Bernard Jackson Reese Boudreaux Johns Smith Bouie Lambert Talbot Carter Luneau Tarver Cathey McMath Ward Cloud Mills, F. White Connick Mills, R. Womack Fesi Mizell Total - 35 ABSENT Foil Milligan Hensgens Peterson Total - 4 Leaves of Absence The following leaves of absence were asked for and granted: Foil 1 Day Hensgens 1 Day Milligan 1 Day Peterson 1 Day Announcements The following committee meetings for October 22, 2020, were announced: Finance 9:00 A.M. Room A Labor and Ind. Rel. 9:00 A.M. Room E Adjournment On motion of Senator Talbot, at 5:10 o'clock P.M. the Senate adjourned until Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. The President of the Senate declared the Senate adjourned. YOLANDA J. DIXON Secretary of the Senate DIANE O' QUIN Journal Clerk

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