Freeman McCormick Wright OFFICIAL JOURNAL Freiberg McFarland Zeringue Total - 105 OF THE The Speaker announced that there were 105 members present HOUSE OF and a quorum. REPRESENTATIVES Prayer OF THE Prayer was offered by Pastor Thom Harrison of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport. STATE OF LOUISIANA Pledge of Allegiance Rep. St. Blanc led the House in reciting the Pledge of TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. Reading of the Journal Forty-seventh Regular Session of the Legislature On motion of Rep. Thompson, the reading of the Journal was Under the Adoption of the dispensed with. Constitution of 1974 On motion of Rep. Thompson, the Journal of May 26, 2021, was adopted. House of Representatives State Capitol Petitions, Memorials, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana Communications The following petitions, memorials, and communications were Thursday, May 27, 2021 received and read: The House of Representatives was called to order at 12:25 P.M., by the Honorable Clay Schexnayder, Speaker of the House of Message from the Senate Representatives. ASKING CONCURRENCE IN Morning Hour SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ROLL CALL May 27, 2021 The roll being called, the following members answered to their To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of names: Representatives: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has PRESENT adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate Concurrent Resolutions: Mr. Speaker Frieman McKnight Adams Gadberry McMahen Senate Concurrent Resolution Nos. 69, 71 and 72 Amedee Gaines Miguez Bacala Garofalo Miller, D. Respectfully submitted, Bagley Geymann Miller, G. Beaullieu Glover Mincey YOLANDA J. DIXON Bishop Goudeau Moore Secretary of the Senate Bourriaque Green Muscarello Brass Harris Nelson Senate Concurrent Resolutions Brown Hilferty Newell Bryant Hodges Orgeron Lying Over Butler Hollis Owen, C. Carpenter Horton Owen, R. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions contained in the Carrier Hughes Phelps message were taken up and acted upon as follows: Carter, G. Huval Pierre SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 69— Carter, R. Illg Pressly BY SENATOR BERNARD Carter, W. Ivey Riser A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Cormier James Romero To recognize the Apalachee Indians Talimali Band as an Indian tribe Coussan Jefferson Schamerhorn of the state of Louisiana. Cox Jenkins Schlegel Crews Johnson, M. Seabaugh Read by title. Davis Johnson, T. Selders Deshotel Jones St. Blanc Lies over under the rules. DeVillier Jordan Stagni DuBuisson Kerner Stefanski SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71— Duplessis LaCombe Tarver BY SENATOR CORTEZ Echols Landry Thomas A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Edmonds Larvadain Thompson To commend Miss Hannah Fontenot on earning the title Miss LSU Edmonston Lyons Turner 2021. Emerson Mack Villio Farnum Magee Wheat Read by title. Firment Marcelle White Fontenot Marino Willard Lies over under the rules. 1077 Page 2 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - May 27, 2021 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 72— On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, BY SENATOR FIELDS the resolution was adopted. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend the Southern University baseball team and coaching HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 140— staff for winning the 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, (SWAC) baseball tournament championship. MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A RESOLUTION Read by title. To commend Elizabeth Gatti on being named the 2021 Bossier Lies over under the rules. Parish High School Student of the Year. Introduction of Resolutions, Read by title. House and House Concurrent On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. The following members introduced the following entitled House and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 141— their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 135— A RESOLUTION BY REPRESENTATIVES BEAULLIEU, BRYANT, HUVAL, AND MIGUEZ To commend Kylie Small on being named the 2021 Bossier Parish A RESOLUTION Middle School Student of the Year and her selection as a finalist To commend Janet Faulk-Gonzales on the occasion of her retirement for the 2021 Louisiana Middle School Student of the Year. from the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, On motion of Rep. Beaullieu, and under a suspension of the the resolution was adopted. rules, the resolution was adopted. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 142— HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 136— BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To create the Commission on Prostitution-Related Crimes to study To commend Landry Rivers on being named the 2021 Bossier Parish prostitution-related crimes by parish as well as alternatives Elementary Student of the Year. offered and related public health concerns and to report its findings to the legislature. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. On motion of Rep. James, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 143— BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 137— MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, A RESOLUTION MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A RESOLUTION To commend the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on To commend Bossier Parish Community College for its winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 achievements. Division I Region XIV East Conference championship. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. the resolution was adopted. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 138— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 108— BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, BY REPRESENTATIVE CREWS MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION To direct the Department of Economic Development to study and To commend the Bossier Parish Community College nursing analyze the cyber industry within the state and its impact on the program. economy in Louisiana and to report its findings to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Read by title. Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, Read by title. the resolution was adopted. On motion of Rep. Crews, and under a suspension of the rules, HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 139— the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A RESOLUTION HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 109— To commend the Bossier Parish Community College debate team on BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER winning the 2021 International Public Debate Association A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION championship. To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to discontinue the federal unemployment Read by title. compensation benefits to help incentivize United States workers 1078 Page 3 HOUSE 28th Day's Proceedings - May 27, 2021 to return to work and to help rejuvenate the workforce, which HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 134— continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. BY REPRESENTATIVE AMEDEE A RESOLUTION Read by title. To commend the members and volunteers of the 2021 Concerned Women for America of Louisiana's Encourage-A-Legislator Rep. Turner moved to suspend the rules to consider passing the Project. resolution to its third reading. Read by title. Rep. Robert Carter objected. On motion of Rep. Amedee, and under a suspension of the rules, By a vote of 67 yeas and 29 nays, the House agreed to pass the the resolution was adopted. resolution to its third reading. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 107— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 110— BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY CARTER BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary To commend the Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association for its Education to take all necessary actions to provide that no distinguished achievements and to designate Thursday, June 3, measure of student growth be used in the evaluation of teachers 2021, as Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day at for the 2020-2021 school year. the Louisiana Legislature. Read by title. Read by title. On motion of Rep. Gary Carter, and under a suspension of the On motion of Rep. Bagley, and under a suspension of the rules, rules, the resolution was ordered passed to its third reading. the resolution was adopted. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Ordered to the Senate. Lying Over HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 111— BY REPRESENTATIVE HOLLIS The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions lying over were A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION taken up and acted upon as follows: To create a task force to study and make recommendations concerning whether certain reimbursement and disclosure SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 67— provisions of R.S. 22:855 should apply to both producers of BY SENATOR MIZELL traditional insurance policies and producers of surety bonds. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To acknowledge and commend the volunteers and members of the Read by title. 2021 Concerned Women for America's