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H o u se N o t esLo u i sian a H o use o f Repr esen t at i v es
2016 Reg u l ar Leg i sl at i ve Sessi o nCo mmu n i c at i o n s Of f i c e
FI N AL WRAP-UP, JUN E 9, 2016
The 2016 Regular Legislative Session
adjourned sine dieat 6:00 p.m., June 6, and
thirty minutes later, House Speaker Taylor
Barras brought the gavel down again toconvene the 2016 Second Extraordinary
Session.
A total of 2,211 bills were introduced
during the regular session. Six hundred
seventy-six bills were sent to the governor and
to date, he has signed 398into law.
The governor has submitted a 48-item
call to be considered during the 18 calendar
day special session that will end June 23.
A brief description of some of the bills
that generated public interest during theregular session follows.
APPROPRIATIONS
* House Resolution 231, adopted by the
House 89-6, directs the state treasurer to
allocate money deposited into the state
treasury from constitutional and statutory
dedications that flow through the Bond
Security and Redemption Fund for the
purpose of paying state debt, and allows for
approximately $74 million to be allocated for
debt service payments.
* House Bill 1, which has completed the
legislative process, provides for the ordinary
operating expenses of state government.
* House Bill 409, which has completed
the legislative process, provides for the
transfer, deposit, and use of monies among
state funds
* House Bill 454, which has been sent to
the governor, reduces the cost thresholdrequiring report, review and approval for
professional, personal and consulting
contracts from $40,000 or more per year to
$25,000 or more per year and applies this
process to all contracts regardless of means of
f inance and/or d i scre t ionary or
nondiscretionary status.
* House Bill 603, a proposed
constitutional amendment to be submitted to
voters at the statewide election held on
November 8, 2016, creates the RevenueStabilization Trust Fund as a special treasury
trust fund, deposits into the fund mineral
revenues and corporate tax revenues, and
dedicates other mineral revenue to repayment
of the unfunded accrued liability of the state's
retirement systems.
* House Bill 1047, which has completed
the legislative process, appropriates
supplemental funding and provides for means
of financing substitutions and other budgetary
adjustments for the operation of various
departments for Fiscal Year 2015-16.
* Senate Bill 201, a proposed
constitutional amendment to be submitted to
voters at the statewide election held on
November 8, 2016, provides for the reduction
of constitutionally protected expenditures and
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dedications to eliminate a projected deficit in
an ensuing fiscal year.
* Senate Bill 177, which has been sent to
the governor, requires the state treasurer to
submit an annual report to the Joint
Legislative Committee on the Budgetregarding the status of fund transfers
authorized to eliminate budget deficits for the
prior fiscal year.
* Senate Bill 443,which has been sent to
the governor, provides for mandatory
meetings of the Health and Social Services
Estimating Conference for purposes of
developing budget recommendations for the
Medicaid program.
AGRICULTURE* House Bill 335, which has been sent to
the governor, establishes a registration fee of
$500 and a licensing fee of $50 for unmanned
aerial drones.
* House Bill 336, Act 220, adds the
origin of certain foods and shellfish to the list
of items that may not be misrepresented when
offered for sale to consumers.
* House Bill 569, Act 256, removes
references to sections of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act and the Federal ProductsInspection Act that have been repealed and
removes the East Baton Rouge Parish Health
Unit from the meat inspection program.
Additionally, HB569 designates the
Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture as the
state's authority to enter into cooperative
efforts with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
* House Bill 1099, which has been sent
to the governor, provides oversight to the
Department of Agriculture and Forestry for
the production of marijuana for therapeutic
use and requires the department to collect all
fees associated with the license to fund
expenses associated with the regulation of
therapeutic marijuana.
CIVIL LAW
* House Bill 459, which has been sent to
the Secretary of State, (a proposed
constitutional amendment) provides that the
manner of appointment of registrars of voters
is as provided by law and requires thequalifications of the registrars to be provided
by law.
* House Bill 505, a proposed
constitutional amendment to be submitted to
voters at the statewide election held on
November 8, 2016, authorizes an exemption
from ad valorem property tax for the total
assessed value of the homestead of an
unmarried surviving spouse of a person who
died while on active duty as a member of the
armed forces of the United States or theLouisiana National Guard, or while
performing their duties as a state police, law
enforcement, or fire protection officer.
COMMERCE
* House Concurrent Resolution 37,
which was sent to the Secretary of State,
provides for the promotion of trade between
Louisiana and Cuba.
* House Bill 678, which has completed
the legislative process, authorizes anassessment of a surcharge fee on prepaid 911
services.
* House Bill 1015, Act 157, redesignates
rule-making authority from the Department of
Health and Hospitals to the state fire marshal
to conduct reviews for plans or specifications
of a facility licensed, certified or seeking
licensure or certification.
* Senate Bill 338, which has been sent to
the governor, provides for the protection of
vulnerable adults from financial exploitation.
* Senate Bill 251, pending gubernatorial
approval, prohibits certain Wi-Fi "hotspot"
blocking.
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person having served fifteen years in custody.
* Senate Bill 70, Act 267, prohibits sex
offenders from soliciting business door to
door.
* Senate Bill 90, Act 269, expands the
crime of human trafficking to provide that itshall also be unlawful for any person to
knowingly recruit, harbor, transport, provide,
solicit, sell, purchase, receive, isolate, entice,
obtain, or maintain the use of a person under
the age of 21years for the purpose of engaging
in commercial sexual activity regardless of
whether the person was recruited, harbored,
transported, provided, solicited, sold,
purchased, received, isolated, enticed,
obtained, or maintained through fraud, force,
or coercion.* Senate Bill 326, Act 302, requires the
Department of Children and Family Services
to submit a report annually to the Legislature
that provides certain child-specific
information regarding reports of child abuse
or neglect reported to the department.
SB326 is named the Alfred C.
Williams Child Protection Act in honor of
former state Rep. Alfred Williams who served
in the Legislature for House District 61 until
his death in August 2015.
EDUCATION
* House Resolution 237, which was
adopted by the House, recognizes the
authority of public post-secondary education
management boards to establish student
admissions criteria.
* House Bill 97, Act 234, requires the
posting of the state child abuse hotline number
in all public schools.
* House Bill 401, which is pending the
governor's signature, requires public
elementary or secondary schools to offer
instruction in personal financial management.
* House Bill 830, pending executive
approval, authorizes the Department of
Education, rather than the owner or operator
of an early learning center, to request criminal
history information on employees and
volunteers of early learning centers.
* House Bill 887, which has completedthe legislative process, creates a pilot
residential school for at-risk students in East
Baton Rouge Parish.
* House Bill 940, Act 401, requires that
student identification cards issued by public
post-secondary education institutions contain
the elements required for voting purposes.
* House Bill 1156, which has been sent
to the governor, authorizes an added exception
to present law that applies to a limited
situation in which a reduction of teachersalaries is authorized.
* Senate Bill 80, a proposed
constitutional amendment to be submitted to
voters at the statewide election held on
November 8, 2016, authorizes post-secondary
education management boards to establish the
tuition and fee amounts charged by
institutions under their supervision and
management, without legislative approval.
* Senate Bill 174, Act 18, provides that
if tuition is raised next year, TOPS recipientswill have to pay for the difference out of
pocket.
* Senate Bill 260, which has been sent to
the governor, eliminates local charter
authorizers from the definition of "chartering
authority" and removes the authority of local
charter authorizers to enter into charters, thus
providing that only local school boards and
BESE have this authority.
* Senate Bill 275, which has been sent to
the governor, requires that cursive writing be
taught in all public and charter schools. The
bill was amended to delay the implementation
of SB275 until July 1, 2017.
* Senate Bill 303, which has been sent to
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the governor, provides for Office of Juvenile
Justice schools to be included in the state
school and district accountability program and
provides for specific criteria and timelines for
the purpose of providing education services to
youthful offenders.* Senate Bill 317,which has been sent to
the governor, creates the Advisory Council on
Student Behavior and Discipline to provide
advice and guidance to the State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education and the
state Department of Education and provides
for the use of seclusion and physical restraint
to address the discipline of students with
exceptionalities in schools systems that have
complied with prescribed reporting
requirements.* Senate Bill 329, Act 388, increases the
GPA requirements for TOPS students to
receive extra stipends.
* Senate Bill 470, pending the
governor's signature, provides that if the state
fails to fully fund TOPS, students who meet
the minimum qualifications would get a
portion of TOPS, but no one would get full
tuition.
HEALTH
* House Resolution 173, adopted by the
House, urges the Department of Health and
Hospitals not to establish freestanding
emergency departments as a type of licensed
facility.
* House Concurrent Resolution 94,
which has been sent to the Secretary of State,
extends the Task Force on Youth Aging Out
of Foster Care.
* House Concurrent Resolution 107,
which has completed the legislative process,
authorizes and directs the Department of
Children and Family Services to convene a
consortium of emergency care facilities
designated in the Safe Haven Law and create
and maintain a registry of such facilities.
* House Concurrent Resolution 108,
which has completed the legislative process,
requests the Department of Health and
Hospitals to create a Medicaid transformation
plan and to convene a task force to advise thedepartment of the plan's development.
* House Concurrent Resolution 110,
adopted in House concurrence, requests the
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the
Department of Natural Resources to study
water use from natural and scenic rivers.
* House Concurrent Resolution 112,
which has completed the legislative process,
requests a study of appropriate mental health
and behavioral health treatment systems in the
capital region.* House Concurrent Resolution 115,
which has completed the legislative process,
urges and requests the Office of Conservation
to study the effects of ground water
withdrawals from the Southern Hills Aquifer
System.
* House Bill 123, which has been sent to
the governor, requires high schools to keep
automated external defibrillators on their
premises.
* House Bill 237, Act 84, establishesand provides for an official Safe Haven
symbol to identify emergency care facilities
designated in the Safe Haven Law.
* House Bill 386, Act 97, extends the
mandatory waiting period between certain
required pre-abortion procedures and the
performance of an abortion to at least 72
hours.
* House Bill 557, which has been sent to
the governor, provides for the licensing of
acupuncturists.
* House Bill 606, Act 304, prohibits
entities that perform abortions from receiving
public funding.
* House Bill 815, which has completed
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the legislative process, prohibits post-abortion
harvesting of fetal remains and requires burial
or cremation of such remains.
* House Bill 792, which has completed
the legislature, provides for the licensure and
regulation of massage therapists.* House Bill 922, pending the governor's
approval, changes the maximum provider fee
amount for nursing homes from $10 per
occupied bed per day to the percentage of net
patient service revenues permitted by federal
regulations to a fee increase by an additional
$1.80 to $11.80 per bed per day.
This measure will generate
approximately $16.9 million more in statutory
dedication revenue in FY 2017 used to draw
down federal matching funds.* House Bill 1157, pending the
governor's approval, provides for the
Medicaid recovery audit contractor program
and authorizes the Department of Health and
Hospitals to enter into contracts to establish a
standardized recovery audit contractor
program to identify and correct improper
Medicaid payments made to Medicare
recipients.
* Senate Bill 131, pending the
governor's signature, provides that anindividual's cost for pharmacy services shall
not be greater than the amount that would be
paid by all other payment sources for such
services.
* Senate Bill 180, Act 343, provides
exemption from prosecution for anyone
lawfully in possession of medical marijuana.
* Senate Bill 230, which has completed
the legislative process, increases the capacity
of the Health Education Authority of
Louisiana (HEAL) to obtain funds to defray
costs of the acquisition of land, acquisition or
construction of buildings structures and other
facilities through the incurring of debt and
issuance of bonds, notes and other evidence of
indebtedness for an amount not in excess of
$800 million.
SB230 additionally transfers HEAL to
the Officer of the Governor.
* Senate Bill 271, Act 96, amends
current law related to medical marijuana.SB271 provides for medical marijuana
to be recommended by a physician who is
licensed by the Louisiana Board of Medical
Examiners, domiciled in Louisiana, and in
good standing with the board.
SB271 expands the list of conditions
that can be treated with medical marijuana.
SB271 provides for the language
change from "prescribed" to recommended
as in "recommended or recommendation of
marijuana for therapeutic use," which isanticipated to legally allow physicians to
instruct applicable pharmacies to dispense
medical marijuana.
SB271 clarifies that LSU AgCenter
and SU AgCenter have right of first refusal,
shall have separate licenses and need to make
determination of their intent to be licensed as
a production facility, either separately or
jointly by September 1, 2016.
Also, SB271 grants authority to the
Department of Agriculture and Forestry toobtain state and national criminal background
information on applicants seeking to be
producers of medical marijuana.
* Senate Bill 291, Act 396, which has
completed the legislative process, provides for
patient access to physical therapy without a
prescription or referral from a physician.
* Senate Bill 360, has been sent to the
governor, makes technical changes to the
statutory requirements for the Louisiana
Physician Order for Scope of Treatment and
specifies that LaPOST complements an
Advance Directive and is not intended to
replace that document.
* Senate Bill 376, Act 351, creates the
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Louisiana Family Caregiver Act.
HOUSE AND GOVERNMENTAL
House Concurrent Resolution 88,
which has completed the legislative process,
requests parish governing authorities to workwith higher education institutions to establish
on-campus polling places.
* House Concurrent Resolution 100,
which has completed the legislative process,
requests the Metro Council of East Baton
Rouge Parish to work with LSU to consolidate
polling places on campus to one central on-
campus location.
* House Bill 459, a proposed
constitutional amendment to be submitted to
voters at the statewide election held onNovember 8, 2016, provides that the manner
of appointment for registrar of voters in each
parish and requires the qualifications of the
registrar to be provided by law.
* House Bill 1102, which has been sent
to the governor, prohibits genetic gestational
carrier contracts and certain gestational carrier
contracts, provides for the enforcement of
gestational carrier contracts, and provides for
data collection of certain information relative
to gestational carrier contracts.* Senate Bill 398, which has been sent to
the governor, exempts video or audio
recordings generated by law enforcement
body-worn cameras from the Public Records
Law, but provides that body-worn camera
recordings that are determined by the
custodian to violate an individual's reasonable
expectation shall be disclosed upon a
determination and order from a court of
competent jurisdiction.
INSURANCE
* House Bill 746, Act 312, provides for
licensing and regulation of insurance
consultants by the commissioner of insurance
and requires the commissioner to develop
written examinations for these consultants to
pass within the 75th percentile or to contract
the exam and require the applicants to pay for
exam expenses.
* House Bill 798, Act 258, creates alimited lines license to sell property insurance
for property self-stored in a self-storage
facility.
JUDICIARY
* House Bill 68, pending the governor's
signature, authorizes the use of electronic
signatures on temporary restraining and
protective orders.
* House Bill 304, Act 44, exempts
veterans of the U.S. armed forces from all feesassociated with concealed handgun permits.
* House Bill 539, pending the governor's
signature, authorizes the use of human
biological matter for the purpose of training
cadaver dogs.
* House Bill 600, pending the governor's
signature, provides for the qualifications,
salaries, and number of judgeships of the
Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans,
and provides for other changes to the
consolidated court.* House Bill 1002, Act 402, authorizes
certain honorably discharged active-duty
military personnel and family to receive
benefits through the Louisiana Military Family
Assistance Fund.
Additionally HB1002 defines
'honorably discharged active-duty military
personnel' to mean a person domiciled in
Louisiana who was on full-time active duty in
the military service of the U.S. and received
an honorable discharge.
* House Bill 1022, sent to the governor,
provides that if a defendant successfully
completes the Offender Rehabilitation and
Workforce Development Program and all
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other requirements of the workforce
development sentencing program, he may
petition the court to suspend the remainder of
his sentence and be placed on probation under
the intensive supervision of a re-entry court.
MUNICIPAL
* House Concurrent Resolution 80, sent
to the Secretary of State, establishes the
Virtual Library Study Commission to conduct
a study and make recommendations for the
establishment of a statewide virtual library in
Louisiana.
* Senate Bill 277, which has been sent to
the governor, requires Peace Officer Standards
and Training program certification of the
Department of Culture, Recreation andTourism security officers at state museums
and provides for a Poverty Point State Historic
Site Archaeologist.
* Senate Bill 412, which is pending the
governor's signature, provides for a special
district within Donaldsonville and provides
for tax increment finance authority.
* Senate Bill 468, Act 395, prohibits
strip clubs from employing persons under 21.
NATURAL RESOURCES
* House Bill 179, Act 7, adds "blaze
pink" as an alternative to the "hunter orange"
requirements of hunters during hunting
season.
* House Bill 188, Act 241, adds alligator
in the Louisiana Catch and Cook program.
* House Bill 464, which has completed
the Legislature, increases three fees on
pipeline inspections to meet the work needs
associated with new federal requirements.
* House Bill 465, Act 277, establishes a
monthly fee of 2 per barrel of exploration
and production waste delivered to be paid by
the waste producer from certain facilities.
Additionally, HB465 prohibits wastes
from containing brine, produced water, or
salvageable hydrocarbons.
* House Bill 631, pending the
governor's signature, authorizes the secretary
of the Department of Environmental Quality
to impose a delinquent fee of 10% of theunpaid fee or $25, whichever is greater, on
any person failing to timely remit waste tire
fees and a delinquent fee of $25 on anyone
failing to timely submit a required monthly
waste tire fee report.
Additionally, HB631 adds all-terrain
vehicle tires, utility-terrain vehicle tires and
spare tires to the list of eligible waste tires.
Proceeds from the collection of the
fees shall be used for special waste tire
projects. Any remaining proceeds at the endof the fiscal year shall be deposited in the
Waste Tire Management Fund.
* House Bill 632, which has completed
the legislative process, provides for financial
security requirements of certain drilling permit
applicants.
* House Bill 819, which has completed
the legislative process, increases the balance
in the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund and
additionally requires $1 million from the Fund
to be used to plug orphaned wells inShreveport and Monroe.
* House Bill 900, which has been sent to
the governor, authorizes the Department of
Environmental Quality to increase ground-
water, air, hazardous waste, solid waste,
water, underground storage tanks and
radiation fees by 10%.
* House Bill 995, which has been sent to
the governor, increases the safe drinking water
administration fee.
* Senate Bill 165, Act 342, requires
landowner notification when an operator
transfers an oil or gas well.
* Senate Bill 257, which has been sent to
the governor, provides that monies deposited
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Auditor to prepare, every five years,
comparative summaries of each system's
actuarial assumptions and funded ratio and the
auditor's findings as to the appropriateness of
each system's assumptions.
* Senate Bill 2, Act 93, authorizes aone-time cost of living adjustment (COLA)
effective July 1, 2016, to eligible retirees,
survivors, and beneficiaries. The maximum
COLA grant that may be given effective July
1, 2016, will be increased to the amounts
shown below subject to available funds in the
Experience Accounts.
1. For LASERS: a 1.5% COLA.
2. For TRSL: a 1.5% COLA.
3. For LSERS: a 2.0% COLA.
4. For STPOL: a 2.0% COLA for all eligibleretirees plus an additional 2.0% COLA for
those over age 65.
* Senate Bill 5, Act 94, requires the
retirement systems to timely pay
administrative costs rather than roll them into
the 30-year debt.
* Senate Bill 18, Act 95, reduces the
amortization period, paying off debt on a fixed
schedule, from 30 years to 20 years on the
first valuation date for which the funded ratio
for LASERS is 70% or more. The applicablethresholds for TRSL, LSERS and STPOL are
70%, 72%, and 70% respectively.
* Senate Bill 277, which is pending the
governor's signature, makes museum police
officers and state park wardens eligible for the
Hazardous Duty Retirement Plan.
TRANSPORTATION
* House Bill 245, Act 397, allows the
Office of Motor Vehicles to enter into
installment payment plan agreements for
persons owing reinstatement fees of $250 or
more.
* House Bill 481, which has completed
the legislative process, authorizes a licensee to
have an electronic copy of their license
provided by the Office of Motor Vehicles as
an alternative to a physical license and allows
persons to use the digitized license in lieu of
a physical license when stopped by law
enforcement.* House Bill 702, which is pending the
governor's signature, provides for the issuance
of REAL ID compliant driver's license or
special identification cards.
HB702 additionally prohibits the
Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor
Vehicles to exchange or access facial
biometric data of Louisiana citizens obtained
in the issuance or renewal of Louisiana
drivers' licenses to the agencies, governments,
or contractors of other states or nationswithout a warrant.
* Senate Bill 91, pending the governor's
signature, increases penalties for texting or
using social media while driving to $500 for a
first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent
violation.
Minors face a fine of $250 for a first
violation and for each subsequent violation, a
fine of $500 and a 60-day driver's license
suspension.
For a text messaging and socialnetworking violation in a school zone, the
offender will be fined $500 and for each
subsequent violation, a fine of $1,000
including a 60-day driver's license suspension.
SB91 also provides for the dispositions
of fines, including $25 from all fines shall be
distributed to the indigent defender fund of the
judicial district in which the citation was
issued.
* Senate Bill 227, pending the
governor's signature, allows a driver to choose
a licence that meets the federal REAL ID
requirements or one that does not.
Additionally, SB227 prohibits the
DMV from sharing any facial biometric data
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that might be obtained for a driver's license
with other states or government agencies
without a warrant or court order.
* Senate Bill 357, Act 348, requires
notification or signs posted indicating that a
red light camera is present.
WAYS AND MEANS
* House Bill 783, pending the governor's
signature, moves the capital expenditure
benefit authorization within the Quality Jobs
Program statutes so that it is no longer linked
to the Enterprise Zone statute.
Additionally, the deadline for
application approval is extended by six
months to July 1, 2018.
* House Bill 794, pending the governor'spen, moves the capital expenditure benefit
authorization within the Competitive Projects
Payroll Incentive Program statutes so that it is
no longer linked to the Enterprise Zone
statute.
HB794 additionally extends the sunset
provision by one year from July 1, 2017 to
July 1, 2018.
* House Bill 1121, which has been sent
to the governor, establishes notification and
reporting requirements relative to retail salesmade in Louisiana by remote retailers and
provides for filing of annual statements by
certain retailers concerning their sales in
Louisiana, for implementation and
enforcement.
FAILED TO PASS
* HB13, allowing a member of the
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana to
purchase credit for service as a teacher at an
out-of-state nonpublic school.
* HB67, providing for the crime
prohibiting possession or consumption of
alcoholic beverages by a person under 18
years of age.
* HB122, providing relative to the sale
of negotiable instruments and related rights.
* HB162, prohibiting communication
among a quorum of the members of a publicbody unless the communication is
contemporaneously visible or audible to the
public unless the public body is in an
executive session authorized by law.
* HB205, authorizing an automobile
expense allowance for the assessor in
Livingston Parish.
* HB235, requiring the Joint Legislative
Committee on Capital Outlay to approve line
of credit recommendations for state and non-
state entity projects.* HB298, establishing the Louisiana
fiscal transparency website as a source of
information for state expenditures.
* HB337, restricting the safety helmet
requirement to motorcycle riders and
operators and riders under the age of 21.
* HB365, providing for members of the
post-secondary education management boards
and the Board of Regents to have
qualifications provided by law.
* HB419, authorizing an automobileexpense allowance for the assessors in
LaSalle, Red River and Union parishes.
* HB422, establishing the Payments
Toward State Debt Fund as a special treasury
fund.
* HB439, authorizing public post-
secondary education management boards to
increase tuition and providing for limitations
and exceptions.
* HB440, providing relative to parole for
persons convicted of crimes of violence and
providing for the creation and administration
of the Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund.
* HB446, establishing an application fee
for a new marijuana pharmacy permit and
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limiting eligibility for the permit.
* HB469, requiring fence-line air
monitoring systems at certain facilities.
* HB538, providing relative to court
reporter fees on appeal matters and transcript
contracts.* HB554, providing with respect to
parole eligibility of juvenile offenders for
certain offenses.
* HB580, providing relative to actions
for damages against real estate appraisers and
appraisal companies.
* HB586, authorizing the public post-
secondary education management boards to
increase tuition and fee amounts under certain
circumstances.
* HB598, providing relative toregistration and voting by a person convicted
of a felony.
* HB665, providing for an increase in
the administrative penalties assessed for the
misclassification of employees.
* HB700, providing relative to fees
assessed for certain functions performed by
the Office of Public Health.
* HB774, establishing an annual fee for
electric vehicles operating on the highways of
this state.* HB823, providing for heightened
drinking water quality standards and increased
enforcement of water system safety
regulations in certain municipalities.
* HB863, prohibiting schools from
holding membership in certain interscholastic
extracurricular and cocurricular athletic
associations or organizations.
* HB950, establishing a rebate for
companies that receive a federal Small
Business Innovation Research Grant.
* HB973, providing with respect to the
illegal employment of aliens unauthorized to
work in the United States.
* House Bill 987, authorizing a qui tam
action for persons who disclose cases of fraud,
and authorizing civil actions by the attorney
general or by persons to seek recovery from
persons who violate the provisions of the
proposed law.
* HB1017, creating the BullyingAwareness and Treatment Task Force.
* House Bill 1035, requiring students in
grades four through six to recite a specified
passage from the Declara tion of
Independence.
* HB1084, requiring the Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries to adopt rules to control
or prohibit the importation and private
possession of big exotic cats.
* HB1139, providing relative to regular
legislative sessions.* HB1159, creating a board to study an
implement best practices for addressing
student behavior.
* HB1164, creating a task force to study
the delivery of integrated physical and
behavioral health services for Medicaid
enrollees with serious mental illness.
* HB1167, providing for public school
choice within a public school system.
* HCR122, requesting the governor of
Louisiana to take action to restore votingrights to those in the state who are under an
order of imprisonment for conviction of a
felony.
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