The Speaker announced that there were 96 members present and OFFICIAL JOURNAL a quorum. OF THE Prayer HOUSE OF Prayer was offered by Rep. Edwards. REPRESENTATIVES Pledge of Allegiance OF THE Rep. Huval led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. STATE OF LOUISIANA Reading of the Journal On motion of Rep. Billiot, the reading of the Journal was THIRTY-NINTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS dispensed with. On motion of Rep. Billiot, the Journal of May 14, 2014, was Fortieth Regular Session of the Legislature adopted. Under the Adoption of the Constitution of 1974 Petitions, Memorials, and Communications The following petitions, memorials, and communications were House of Representatives received and read: State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana Message from the Senate Thursday, May 15, 2014 HOUSE BILLS The House of Representatives was called to order at 9:00 A.M., May 15, 2014 by the Honorable Chuck Kleckley, Speaker of the House of Representatives. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Morning Hour I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has ROLL CALL finally passed the following House Bills: The roll being called, the following members answered to their House Bill No. 24 names: Returned with amendments PRESENT House Bill No. 331 Returned with amendments Mr. Speaker Gisclair Montoucet Abramson Greene Moreno House Bill No. 349 Adams Guillory Morris, Jay Returned without amendments Anders Guinn Norton Armes Harris Ortego House Bill No. 388 Badon Harrison Pearson Returned with amendments Barras Havard Pierre Barrow Hazel Ponti House Bill No. 396 Berthelot Henry Pope Returned without amendments Billiot Hensgens Price Bishop, S. Hodges Pugh House Bill No. 459 Bishop, W. Hoffmann Pylant Returned without amendments Broadwater Hollis Richard Brown Honore Ritchie House Bill No. 486 Burford Howard Robideaux Returned without amendments Burns, H. Hunter Schexnayder Burns, T. Huval Schroder House Bill No. 610 Burrell Ivey Seabaugh Returned without amendments Carmody Jackson Shadoin Carter James Simon House Bill No. 754 Champagne Johnson Smith Returned without amendments Chaney Jones St. Germain Connick Lambert Stokes House Bill No. 766 Cox Landry, N. Talbot Returned with amendments Danahay Landry, T. Thibaut Dove LeBas Thierry House Bill No. 770 Edwards Leger Thompson Returned with amendments Fannin Leopold Whitney Foil Lopinto Williams, A. House Bill No. 795 Franklin Lorusso Williams, P. Returned without amendments Gaines Mack Willmott Garofalo Miller Woodruff House Bill No. 802 Total - 96 Returned without amendments 1415 Page 2 HOUSE 39th Day's Proceedings - May 15, 2014 House Bill No. 803 Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions Returned without amendments on First Reading House Bill No. 863 The following Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on first reading Returned with amendments were taken up, read, and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: House Bill No. 994 SENATE BILL NO. 53— Returned without amendments BY SENATORS CORTEZ AND LAFLEUR AN ACT House Bill No. 1048 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:143(1), 155, 158, the introductory Returned with amendments paragraph of 160, and 225 and to enact R.S. 4:158.1 and 160(7), (8), (9), and (10), relative to horse racing; to provide for certain House Bill No. 1121 terms, conditions, and procedures; to provide for definitions; to Returned without amendments provide for the term of certain licenses; to provide for fines, suspension, denial, or termination of racing privileges of an House Bill No. 1259 association; to require a written report be submitted by certain Returned with amendments licensees; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. House Bill No. 1267 Returned without amendments SENATE BILL NO. 385— BY SENATOR LAFLEUR House Bill No. 1269 AN ACT Returned without amendments To enact Chapter 45 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 17:4051 through 4058, relative to Respectfully submitted, empowered community schools; to provide for the designation of such schools; to provide for the authority of principals of GLENN A. KOEPP such schools; to provide for the applicability of school board Secretary of the Senate policies; to provide for funding, reports, and audits; to provide for the liability of school boards; to provide for limitations; to Message from the Senate provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. ASKING CONCURRENCE IN SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS SENATE BILL NO. 459— BY SENATOR CLAITOR May 15, 2014 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:438.1, relative to contingency fee To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of contracts; to provide relative to private counsel employed by the Representatives: state to institute civil actions under the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law; to provide relative to contracts of I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has employment of private counsel by the state; to provide relative adopted and asks your concurrence in the following Senate to public records; and to provide for related matters. Concurrent Resolutions: Read by title. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 124 SENATE BILL NO. 468— BY SENATOR ADLEY Respectfully submitted, AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 38:2211(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), GLENN A. KOEPP (8), and (9), 2212, 2212.5, 2212.10(C)(1) and (G), 2215, 2225, Secretary of the Senate and 2241.1, relative to contracts for public works; to provide for definitions; to provide for advertisement and letting of bids; to Message from the Senate provide for prequalification of bidders; to provide for verification of employees involved in contracts for public SENATE BILLS works; to provide relative to the time period to hold bids and to commence work; to provide relative to preferences; to provide May 15, 2014 for acceptance of work; and to provide for related matters. Read by title. To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: Suspension of the Rules I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has On motion of Rep. Hazel, the rules were suspended in order to finally passed the following Senate Bills: take up and consider Introduction of Resolutions, House and House Concurrent at this time. Senate Bill Nos. 53, 385, 459, and 468 Introduction of Resolutions, Respectfully submitted, House and House Concurrent GLENN A. KOEPP The following members introduced the following entitled House Secretary of the Senate and House Concurrent Resolutions, which were read the first time by their titles and placed upon the calendar for their second reading: 1416 Page 3 HOUSE 39th Day's Proceedings - May 15, 2014 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 144— HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 159— BY REPRESENTATIVE HAZEL BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP A RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To express the condolences of the Louisiana House of To create the Task Force on Art Therapist Licensure and Regulation Representatives upon the death of Carmel Marie Serio Glorioso. to study the prospective establishment of art therapist as a licensed profession in Louisiana and to request that the task Read by title. force report to the legislative committees on health and welfare on or before December 31, 2014, with a baseline framework for On motion of Rep. Hazel, and under a suspension of the rules, licensure of art therapists and regulation of the practice of art the resolution was adopted. therapy. HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 145— Read by title. BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON A RESOLUTION Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the To acknowledge and commemorate the historic milestones in Committee on Health and Welfare. healthcare reform that our nation has reached since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Senate Concurrent Resolutions Read by title. Lying Over Lies over under the rules. The following Senate Concurrent Resolutions lying over were taken up and acted upon as follows: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 162— BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 77— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY SENATOR ALLAIN To authorize and direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION and make recommendations for the inclusion of information in To urge and request the Department of Transportation and a disclosure notice to landowners whose property is subject to Development and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry expropriation by public or private entities. to cooperate with all agricultural commodity groups to identify and mark farm to market highways in Louisiana. Read by title. Read by title. Lies over under the rules. Under the rules, the above resolution was referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 163— BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 93— A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY SENATOR BROWN To authorize and direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to compile A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION data relative to Louisiana's monetary threshold for a civil jury To urge and request the Department of Transportation and trial and to submit a written report of findings to the House Development to take action to provide greater safety to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure and the Senate motoring public, to move traffic more efficiently, and to Committee on Judiciary A not later than sixty days prior to the minimize traffic accidents at the intersection of Cornerview beginning of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature