Legislative Day History Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 Chamber: House

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1 1 of 27 HB17 HB27 HB38 HB40 HB42 HB53 HB65 HB80 HB86 HB87 HB88 HB91 HB98 Ellington COURTS/COURT REPORTERS Increases court reporter fees for transcriptions in the 37th JDC Johnson COURTS/MAYORS Authorizes the appointment of a court magistrate for the mayor's court in the town of Evergreen Harrison ASSESSORS Provides for the payment of certain insurance premium costs for certain retired assessors and assessors' employees in Assumption Parish Hazel CRIME/SEX OFFENSES Provides with respect to crimes involving prostitution Montoucet MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS Repeals an exemption on minimum garage liability insurance coverage on certain used motor vehicle dealers Mills EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Provides relative to emergency health care rendered by health care providers during a state of emergency - Received from the Senate with amendments. Morris BUILDING CODES Provides relative to expenses for board members of the Construction Code Council Lopinto ETHICS/CODE Exempts certain transactions from certain disclosure requirements Fannin DISTRICTS/INDUSTRIAL Creates the Jackson Parish Industrial District Badon, Austin DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD Creates the Lake Bullard Neighborhood Improvement District in Orleans Parish Badon, Austin DISTRICTS/SPECIAL Creates the McKendall Estates Neighborhood Improvement District in Orleans Parish Arnold BANKS/BANKING Provides for changes to the release of certain information by certain financial institutions Lopinto STATE AGENCIES Clarifies the master-servant relationship in connection with liability of political subdivisions

2 Clarifies the master-servant relationship in connection with liability of political subdivisions 2 of 27 HB104 HB140 HB141 HB143 HB144 HB154 HB156 HB157 HB174 HB177 HB180 HB188 Doerge TAX/HOTEL OCCUPANCY Dedicates a portion of the state sales tax on hotel occupancy collected in Webster Parish to the Webster Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau Kleckley INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE Removes reference to repealed statute in uninsured motorist law Kleckley INSURANCE/HOMEOWNERS Corrects the statutory reference to homeowner's insurance Cromer COURTS/CITY Provides for the civil jurisdictional amount in the City Court of Slidell, small claims division Cromer COURTS/CITY Provides for the qualification for office for the City Court of Slidell Mills MEDICAID Authorizes the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to determine that a Medicaid provider is out of business Arnold REAL ESTATE/APPRAISERS Creates the Peer Review Committee within the La. Real Estate Appraisers Board Connick CIVIL/PROCEDURE Provides for proceedings on the 24th JDC Environmental docket - Received from the Senate with amendments. Roy MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES Changes the design of the Purple Heart plate Ponti FIRE PROTECTION Exempts one- and two-family residences from certain provisions of the State Uniform Fire Prevention Code Gallot SUNSET LAW Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin to terminate operations on July 1, 2010, unless re-created as provided by law Kleckley INSURANCE/HEALTH Provides for noncontinuation of group health benefits

3 HB196 Katz SUNSET LAW Re-creates the Department of Health and Hospitals 3 of 27 HB197 HB200 HB208 HB212 HB219 HB220 HB223 HB224 HB228 HB235 HB247 Edwards MTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL Allows certain repair work on school buses to be performed at a repair shop by a manufacturer or distributor authorized provider which is not a school bus dealer - Received from the Senate with amendments. Hazel STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE Provides that certain children of military personnel shall be temporarily excused from school under specified circumstances Arnold CORPORATIONS Changes the name of the First Stop Shop to the office of GeauxBiz within the Department of State Arnold PROPERTY Provides relative to the sale of property by parishes or municipalities Arnold ACCOUNTANTS Repeals the quality review privilege of accountants Arnold CONTRACTORS Provides for changes to the licensing procedures by the La. State Licensing Board for Contractors - Received from the Senate with amendments. Kleckley INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Requires certain insurers, health maintenance organizations, managing general agents, and third-party administrators to maintain written catastrophe plans Kleckley INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to assess health maintenance organizations a financial regulation fee Robideaux RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS Provides relative to the quorum and voting requirements of the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System Arnold HISTORIC PRESERVATION Provides with respect to the number of annual meetings required of the Louisiana National Register Review Committee Wooton GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER Provides with respect to the licensing of qualified truck stop facilities

4 4 of 27 HB251 HB273 HB290 HB298 HB300 HB320 HB332 HB352 HB359 HB360 HB361 HB363 Wooton PARDON/PAROLE Amends provisions of law regarding a conviction while on parole Ponti CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL Provides relative to the termination of provisional appointments in the municipal fire and police civil service Dixon ETHICS/BOARD Provides relative to the enforcement of laws within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics Ellington COURTS/CITY Authorizes City Court of Winnsboro to transfer surplus or unclaimed funds to the court's operational fund Downs FUNDS/FUNDING Provides relative to the disposition of monies in the Lincoln Parish Municipalities Fund Arnold HIGHWAYS Provides for the official logo of the La. Byways Program Perry CRIME/BRIBERY Provides for the forfeiture of property used in connection to the crime of public bribery Badon, Austin DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD Creates the Tamaron Subdivision Improvement District in Orleans Parish LaFonta EDUCATION Requires certain school boards to provide information to certain students relative to human papillomavirus (HPV) and immunization against it Montoucet ANIMALS/ALLIGATORS Creates the Alligator Council and removes alligator marketing and management from the Fur and Alligator Council responsibility Smith, Patricia STUDENT/DISCIPLINE Provides relative to the conditions required for certain expelled students to be admitted or readmitted to public school LeBas LICENSING Provides relative to the licensing of home inspectors

5 HB368 Nowlin SMALL BUSINESS Creates the Regulatory Flexibility Act - Reported with amendments (13-0) (Regular). - Rules suspended. - Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. 5 of 27 HB370 HB371 HB373 HB375 HB377 HB380 HB385 HB387 HB391 HB392 HB400 Henry HEALTH Prohibits use of public funds for human cloning - Received from the Senate with amendments. Connick CAMPAIGN FINANCE Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay an immediate family member with certain exceptions - Received from the Senate with amendments. Hazel MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES Establishes the "Iraq Campaign Veteran" and "Afghanistan Campaign Veteran" military plates Dove ENVIRONMENT Provides for the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment - Received from the Senate with amendments. Leger CRIME/SEX OFFENSES Provides for registry of sex offender online identifiers Arnold SECURITIES Provides for changes to the La. Securities Law Kleckley INSURERS Provides for ratemaking by La. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Billiot CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL Provides relative to the qualifications of members of the Jefferson Parish Fire Civil Service Board Wooton SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY Provides with respect to the failure to pay the sex offender registration fee Gallot PUBLIC MEETINGS Removes provision which allows a public body to take up a matter not on the agenda of a public meeting Wooton CRIME Amends alteration of motor vehicle identification information HB439 Dove MINERALS/MINING

6 Provides relative to abandoned mine reclamation 6 of 27 HB475 HB488 HB508 HB514 HB557 HB581 HB584 HB590 HB594 HB595 HB597 St. Germain FISHING/CRABS Creates out-of-state wholesale and retail crab shipping licenses Gisclair AQUACULTURE Requires review and cooperation with LSU biologists prior to establishment of offshore fish farming in La. waters Arnold ACCOUNTANTS Provides for changes to the Louisiana Accountancy Act Ponti DRUGS/TESTING Allows certain people engaged in construction, maintenance, or manufacturing at any refining or chemical facility to reduce or modify the initial cut-off level for marijuana testing Dove MINERALS/LEASES Relative to mineral lease applications Trahan STUDENTS Requires each person entering sixth grade in any school within the state to present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases Downs EMPLOYMENT (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to contributions to post-employment benefit funds for public employees Hutter PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS Authorizes the St. Bernard Port, Harbor, and Terminal District to acquire certain property Jones, Rosalind DISTRICTS/ROAD LIGHTING Provides relative to road lighting districts in Ouachita Parish St. Germain DISTRICTS/FIRE PROTECT Provides relative to Fire Subdistrict No. 2 of West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Protection District No.1 Montoucet TOURISM/COMMISSION Authorizes an increase in the hotel occupancy tax levied by Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau HB600 Jones, Sam PORTS/MORGAN CITY

7 Provides relative to procurement of materials and supplies by the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District 7 of 27 HB606 HB616 HB670 HB672 HB719 HB721 HB728 HB734 HB784 HB790 HB801 HB805 Lopinto INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE Provides for discounts on automobile insurance with vehicles that have certain features Lopinto MTR VEHICLE/REGISTRATION Increases the convenience fees charged by public license tag agents Williams HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES Provides relative to autism services provided by the Department of Health and Hospitals Trahan TEACHERS Changes the name of the list of teachers' rights from "Educators' Right to Teach" to "Teacher Bill of Rights" and provides relative to such rights Carmody SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES Provides relative to in-service training for public school teachers, school counselors, principals, and certain other school administrators in suicide prevention Smiley SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL Adds a member of the Nonpublic School Commission to the High School Redesign Commission Simon ARCHITECTS Provides for changes to qualifications for examination of architects Trahan STUDENT/TUITION Authorizes the public postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and mandatory fee amounts for resident students - Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules. Hutter MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC Provides relative to the requirements for certain classes of commercial driver's licenses Foil ELECTION DAYS Removes provisions for the July election date Anders AGRICULTURE/GRAIN Provides for oral contracts for the sale of grain Burns, Henry MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES Provides for the creation of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital prestige license plate

8 - Received from the Senate with amendments. 8 of 27 HB809 HB841 HB861 HB953 HB960 HB1017 HB1047 HB1051 HB1058 HB1062 HB1081 HB1112 Lopinto MTR VEHICLE/REGISTRATION Requires that an application of a motor vehicle registration and certificate of title include such applicant's full legal name - Received from the Senate with amendments. Champagne PORTS/IBERIA Provides for the adoption of ordinances by Port of Iberia District Hines HEALTH Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Program within the Department of Health and Hospitals Kleckley INSURANCE/LIFE Provides relative to conversion of mutual life insurers and mutual life insurance holding companies Gallot ELECTIONS Provides for a program for the conduct of early voting at additional locations Gallot ELECTIONS Makes various changes to the election code St. Germain PROPERTY/PUBLIC Provides for exchange of property between Department of Public Safety and Corrections and First Louisiana Resource, L.L.C., in Iberville Parish Katz HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES Provides exemptions as to related patients within the same adult brain injury facilities Gallot LEGISLATION Makes technical corrections to the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 Mills HEALTH/DHH Extends the moratorium for methadone maintenance programs Schroder HIGHWAYS Authorizes the sale of state bridges under certain circumstances with the prior approval of the legislature Smith, Gary LEVEES Provides with respect to the Westbank Authority - Received from the Senate with amendments.

9 HB1113 Monica INSURERS Provides relative to the statutory deposit requirements of insurers - Received from the Senate with amendments. 9 of 27 HB1130 HB1138 HB1142 HB1144 HB1151 HB1165 HB1216 HB1360 HB1361 HB1388 HB1389 HCR42 Robideaux INSURERS/AGENTS Provides relative to ownership of client files by insurers Gisclair FISHING/SHRIMP Provides relative to trawling vessels St. Germain FISHING/OYSTERS Authorizes the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to develop and implement rules for the use of oyster cargo vessels Montoucet TAX/SALES-USE, STATE Dedicates the state sales tax on hotel occupancy in Acadia Parish to the Acadia Parish Convention and Visitors Commission Gisclair TRANSPORTATION Increases the fines for moving violations when highway workers are present working on the road Honey UNEMPLOYMENT COMP Provides for an increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount Arnold TRANSPORTATION Requires all toll facilities in the state to be interoperable Mills INSURANCE/LIFE Provides relative to a life insurance policy or annuity issued to fund a pre-need funeral contract Smith, Patricia HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS Provides for the licensure of adult day health care providers Tucker PORTS/NEW ORLEANS Provides relative to jurisdiction of the port and membership on the board of commissioners - Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Henderson BUDGETARY CONTROLS Provides with respect to the Gainsharing Program - Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Hardy HONORARY DESIGNATIONS Designates the city of Opelousas as the Zydeco Capital of the World

10 - Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 83, nays 1. The resolution was adopted and ordered to 10 of 27 HCR81 HCR85 HCR97 HCR103 HCR104 HCR105 HCR107 HCR110 HCR112 HCR114 Nowlin AGRICULTURE/POULTRY Provides relative to the Louisiana Poultry Task Force - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Williams DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION Urges and requests the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to study possible strategies, methods, and policies to prevent physicians and other health care practitioners from prescribing an alternative brand of medication because of financial incentives - Read by title, amended, adopted, ordered to Richmond COURTS Urges and requests the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to establish a reentry court - Called from the calendar. - Read by title, amended, adopted, ordered to Howard COURTS/DISTRICT Requests the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana to study whether the 11th JDC, comprised of Sabine Parish, needs an additional judgeship - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Monica COURTS/COURT REPORTERS Requests that the office of the judicial administrator study whether there is a shortage of available certified court reporters in the rural parishes of the state and make recommendations for solutions - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Smith, Jane VETERANS Requests that the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Affairs Commission study and make recommendations regarding the Afghanistan, Iraq, Global War on Terror Bonus Plan - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Downs HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS Requests the Board of Regents, with public postsecondary education management boards, to study policies and practices relative to textbooks for use by blind students and to submit a written report to the House and Senate education committees - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Smith, Jane STUDENT/ASSESSMENT Provides relative to dates for administering LEAP tests and for the start of a school year by public elementary and secondary schools - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Henry JOINT RULES Requires conference committee reports to be confined to the disagreement between the houses and recommending technical amendments Trahan HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS Provides relative to the postsecondary education funding formula recommended by the Bd. of Regents

11 - Called from the calendar. - Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 96, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to 11 of 27 HCR115 HCR116 HCR119 HCR120 HCR125 HCR126 HCR129 HCR130 HCR131 Trahan STUDENTS Requests BESE, in consultation with the LHSAA, to study and make recommendations relative to minimum academic eligibility requirements for student participation in interscholastic athletics and other extracurricular activities - Called from the calendar. - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Trahan EDUCATION/ADULT Requests BESE, the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and the Bd. of Regents to study transferring the administration of adult education programs from BESE to the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges - Called from the calendar. - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Wooton GAMBLING/CHARITABLE Urges and requests nonprofit corporations participating in charitable gaming to utilize revenues for purposes within the state of Louisiana - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Hardy CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS Urges and requests law enforcement agencies to notify the media immediately upon the escape of inmates - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Barrow EMPLOYMENT/WAGES Urges and requests the Dept. of Labor to study and design a plan for implementing an annual cost-of-living raise - Read by title, adopted, ordered to LaBruzzo TRANSPORTATION Urges and requests the legislative auditor to conduct an audit of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission before the start of the 2009 Regular Session - Read by title, adopted, ordered to LaFonta CONTRACTORS/CONSTRUCTION Directs the attorney general to investigate the design and construction defects in the foundations of homes built adjacent to canals in the Woodmere subdivision - Read by title, amended, roll called on final consideration, yeas 89, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to Abramson CIVIL/LAW Urges the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the use and prohibition of counterletters - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Roy INSURANCE/HEALTH Urges and requests the Department of Insurance to conduct a study on statutorily mandated health

12 insurance benefits - Read by title, adopted, ordered to 12 of 27 HCR132 HCR139 HCR143 HCR146 HCR149 HCR151 HCR155 HCR162 HCR166 HCR167 Smith, Jane SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATION Requests BESE to study best practices and make certain determinations relative to the use on school buses of additional safety devices to alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of a school bus stopped on a roadway - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Harrison CHILDREN Urges and requests the supreme court to implement mandatory continuing education for judges - Called from the calendar. - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Hardy CRIMINAL/SENTENCING Requests DPS&C to study the feasibility of using military service as an alternative to incarceration for certain offenses - Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 61, nays 17. The resolution was adopted and ordered to Foil CORPORATIONS Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on the state laws relative to corporations - Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. LaFonta CRIMINAL/PROCESS Urges the La. Attorney Disciplinary Board to discipline prosecutors who wrongfully prosecute cases - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Hoffmann CURRICULA Requests BESE, in conjunction with the High School Redesign Commission, to develop and implement two separate curricular strands and related diplomas for high school students - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Mills HEALTH/DHH Urges and requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the development and implementation of civil commitment procedures for the treatment of sexually violent predators and child sexual predators - Read by title, adopted, ordered to Smith, Gary JOINT RULES Authorizes certain persons to request fiscal notes - Reported with amendments (13-0). Barrow UTILITIES Requests the House Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs to function as a joint committee to study the use of a minor's identity to establish service with an electric public utility - Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. Johnson TRANSPORTATION DEPT Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development and the governing authorities

13 of municipalities and parishes to meet on minimum insurance requirements relative to transportation of surplus aggregate 13 of 27 HCR176 HCR177 HCR178 HCR179 HCR180 HCR181 HCR182 HR53 HR90 HR91 Katz SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH Recognizes June 12, 2008, as Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and Children of the American Revolution Day - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Smith, Gary TAX Memorializes congress to extend the GO Zone bonus depreciation benefit to all parishes in the Gulf Opportunity Zone - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Perry INSURANCE/FLOOD Memorializes congress to direct FEMA to review its recovery policies and programs, and report on social and economic issues relative to implementation of regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program affecting rebuilding efforts in coastal Louisiana - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Perry STATE DEPARTMENTS Urges and requests all state departments to review their recovery policies and programs affecting rebuilding efforts in coastal La. and to make recommendations to the legislature - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Perry INSURANCE/FLOOD Urges and requests LSU to report on social and economic issues relative to the implementation of regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program affecting rebuilding efforts in coastal Louisiana - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to McVea INFRASTRUCTURE Urges and requests the Department of Economic Development, the division of administration, and the office of entertainment industry development to review and approve infrastructure projects in the St. Francisville area - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Perry LAND USE Requests the Vermilion Parish Police Jury to consider adopting zoning ordinances - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted, ordered to Geymann MEDICAID Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the possibility of seeking a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services which would exempt nursing homes not enrolled in the Medicaid and Medicare programs from paying a provider fee - Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The resolution was adopted. Tucker COMMENDATIONS Commends UNO and recognizes Monday, June 2, 2008, as UNO Day at the Louisiana House of Representatives - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Gallot CONDOLENCES Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Chester Lee Jordan

14 - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. 14 of 27 HR92 HR93 HR94 HR95 HR96 HR97 HR98 HR99 HR100 Williams COMMENDATIONS Commends Zaveon Stinson of Shreveport for his outstanding accomplishments - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Hardy COMMENDATIONS Commends the ULL softball team for an outstanding performance in the 2008 Women's College World Series and congratulates its coaches and players - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. Barrow HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS Urges and requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow a home health care recipient to receive more than 50 reimbursable visits in a calendar year - Reported favorably (13-0). Richmond COMMENDATIONS Commends George Shinn and the New Orleans Hornets for an outstanding season and designates June 16, 2008, as George Shinn and the New Orleans Hornets Day at the La. House of Representatives - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. LaBruzzo SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH Recognizes Wednesday, June 11, 2008, as Pelican State Pachyderm Day at the Louisiana House of Representatives - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted. Peterson COMMENDATIONS Commends Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and designates June 4, 2008, as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority "Red and White" Day at the Louisiana House of Representatives - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted. Jones, Rosalind COMMENDATIONS Commends the Cinderellas of the Cinderella Clinic sponsored by the Zeta Phi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted. Ligi ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES Requests that Senator John McCain, as the unofficial nominee of the Republican Party for president of the United States, urge the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold a debate with the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in the city of New Orleans - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted. Arnold COMMENDATIONS Commends New Orleans City Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson on being named president of the New Orleans City Council - Read by title, rules suspended, adopted. SB12 Gautreaux, N. WILD REFUGES/PRESERVES Revises the membership composition of the White Lake Property Advisory Board. (gov sig)

15 - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to 15 of 27 SB14 SB16 SB38 SB53 SB57 SB71 SB72 SB74 SB81 SB86 Dupre PUBLIC CONTRACTS Changes the termination date for contracts awarded for the restoration and rehabilitation of certain levees from 2008 to (gov sig) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Cravins, Jr. INSURANCE POLICIES Requires proof of compliance with Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law to be reported to the commissioner of insurance for inclusion in the motor vehicle security database. (gov sig) - Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules Gray CHILDREN'S CODE Provides for competency and sanity commissions in juvenile proceedings. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Shaw ETHICS Provides that any complaint filed anonymously with the Board of Ethics shall not be investigated or addressed by the board. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (11-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Martiny HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT Provides for abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Martiny CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Provides for issuance of a summons in lieu of arrest in certain circumstannces. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Crowe PUBLIC CONTRACTS Authorizes the city of Slidell to enter into design-build contracts. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. Shepherd LAW ENFORCEMENT Prohibits evidence from a traffic camera from becoming part of vehicle operator's driving record. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (18-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Martiny CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES Makes changes in the time limits and annual appropriation requirements for certain private contracts for state and local facilities. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Martiny PARDONS Provides for membership on the Board of Pardons. (8/15/08)

16 - Called from the calendar. - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to 16 of 27 SB93 Quinn PRIVILEGES/LIENS Provides for the notice and place of filing of a federal lien on certain vessels. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to SB99 Gautreaux, B. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS Prohibits transfer of employer contributions except in certain circumstances. (6/30/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. SB102 SB107 SB108 SB109 SB116 SB117 SB119 Morrish AIRCRAFT/AVIATION Increases the maximum amount of Transportation Trust Fund money that is annually made available for the General Aviation and Reliever Airport Maintenance Grant Program from $200,000 to $300,000. (7/1/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Morrish COURTS Provides relative to certified court reporters for the Thirty-First Judicial District. (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Morrish PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT Places facilities subject to the Judicial Agency Referral Residential Facility Regulatory Act under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services. (8/15/08) Morrish CAPITAL OUTLAY Increases the amount for projects for minor repairs, renovation, or construction of facilities or purchase of land and facilities which may be undertaken outside of the capital outlay process by higher education, and increases the amount exempt from professional services rules for contracts related to such activities. (8/15/08) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Martiny ROADS/HIGHWAYS Re-names a certain portion of the West Bank Expressway as the Harry Lee Expressway. - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Amedee COURTS Provides for the collection and deposit of bench warrant fees and probation fees in the Parish Court for the parish of Ascension. (gov sig) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Broome HEALTH CARE Provides for the definition of "lifestyle modifications." (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (12-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. SB120 Gautreaux, B. ASSESSORS RETIREMENT Provides a Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program for members of the Assessors' Retirement Fund. (See Act) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent.

17 17 of 27 SB140 SB146 SB147 SB156 SB164 SB167 Martiny LAW ENFORCEMENT Provides for the electronic signature of a police officer on citations that are electronically generated and transmitted. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Nevers ROADS/HIGHWAYS Designates LA-3241 as the " B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Memorial Highway." (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Martiny MUNICIPALITIES Authorizes the board of aldermen, upon the mayor's request, to appoint one or more magistrates and one or more prosecutors for mayor's court. (gov sig) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. Cravins, Jr. SPECIAL DISTRICTS Provides relative to the St. Landry Parish Economic and Industrial Development District. (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Thompson MUSEUMS Changes the name of the Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Inc., to the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Inc. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Murray LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS Allows meetings of legislative committees held in the interim between sessions to be conducted by video conference. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to SB177 Gautreaux, B. SHERIFFS PEN/RELIEF FUND Provides for reduced retirement with ten years of service credit at age sixty under certain circumstances. (7/1/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. SB192 SB197 SB212 SB220 Duplessis PILOTS Provides for the appoitmnet of one alternate at-large member of the Pilotage Fee Commission and for the level of participation of such member. (8/15/08) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Hebert HAZARDOUS WASTE Provides that the time limitation for instituting prosecution for criminal violations of the Hazardous Waste Control Law begins to run from discovery of the violation. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Marionneaux AIRCRAFT/AVIATION Abolishes the Louisiana Airport Authority. (gov sig) - Reported with amendments (16-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Quinn FAMILY LAW Provides relative to possession and use of family residence or community property in the event of divorce. (8/15/08)

18 18 of 27 - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. SB226 SB237 SB249 SB264 SB274 SB275 SB286 SB295 SB297 SB303 Shepherd ROADS/HIGHWAYS Names the tunnel in Harvey, Louisiana as the Crosby Tunnel. (gov sig) Thompson CRIME/PUNISHMENT Provides relative to the definition of criminal abandonment. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Mount NURSING HOMES Repeals the moratorium on replacement nursing facilities. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Quinn DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Provides with respect to domestic abuse assistance. (gov sig) - Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments. Mount DWI Authorizes the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to use certification by certain professional organizations in determining the qualifications and competence of individuals and labs to administer tests on suspected impaired drivers and requires the admissibility of such tests in court. (gov sig) - Reported favorably (18-0-1) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Mount MOTOR VEHICLES Authorizes, subject to the adoption of school board policies, the denial or suspension of driving privileges to a minor who fails to meet compulsory school attendance requirements and has withdrawn from school or is habitually absent or tardy. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (18-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Duplessis EARLY CHILDHOOD ED Provides for phased in universal access to the LA 4 Early Childhood Program and for participation by non-school system providers of early childhood education. (8/15/08) - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. Murray EXPROPRIATION Constitutional amendment to remove certain restrictions on the disposition of blighted property expropriated in the city of New Orleans, the city of Baton Rouge, or the parish of Jefferson. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Duplessis COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS Provides relative to licenses pursuant to the Residential Mortgage Licensing Act. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to LaFleur EVIDENCE Provides relative to introduction of foreign business records in criminal proceedings. (8/15/08)

19 - Called from the calendar. - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to 19 of 27 SB305 SB319 SB329 SB336 SB337 SB365 SB373 SB405 SB407 SB412 Dupre WILDLIFE/FISHERIES DEPT Provides relative to certain leases granted by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Cassidy TAX/LOCAL Establishes an additional procedure for creating neighborhood crime prevention and security districts and levying parcel fees in any parish or municipality. (gov sig) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Adley TAX/SALES Provides for proceedings, including an arbitration proceedings, to determine whether a taxpayer or a tax collector is asserting an interpretation of a rule, regulation, policy, or interpretation of sales tax law, or ordinance which violates the requirement in the Uniform Local Sales Tax Code. (gov sig) - Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments. Michot TAX/TAXATION Provides for certain tax records (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Michot HEALTH SERVICES Provides for uncompensated care hospital payments. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (12-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Dupre GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION Provides relative to the Louisiana Environmental Education Act. (gov sig) - Reported with amendments (14-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Duplessis MOTOR VEHICLES Requires the OMV to provide for electronic lien recordation and title information of motor vehicles. (1/1/09) - Reported with amendments (18-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Broome HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Creates and provides for the Louisiana Financial Literacy and Education Commission. (8/15/08) - Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Donahue ROADS/HIGHWAYS Prohibits certain transactions and contracts regarding bridges over five miles in length without the consent of the legislature. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (16-0-1) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. McPherson TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT Provides relative to notice requirements for Department of Transportation and Development bids for purchases. (7/1/08) SB416 Murray COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS

20 Enacts the Louisiana Unincorporated Association Act. (8/15/08) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. 20 of 27 SB418 SB423 SB424 SB427 SB429 SB432 SB433 SB444 Murray FEDERAL PROGRAMS Requires physicians at certain facilities to render opinions for purposes of social security disability determinations. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (11-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Cravins, Jr. LAW ENFORCEMENT Creates the missing senior citizen and person with development disabilities alert program known as the "Silver Alert." (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Walsworth CEMETERIES Provides for a written contract in cemetery related merchandise and services. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Walsworth CEMETERIES Requires property used for cemetery purposes to be dedicated as such through recording an instrument with the clerk of court of the parish in which the cemetery is located and with the Louisiana Cemetery Board. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Shepherd JUDGES Provides relative to vacancies in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. LaFleur INSURANCE CLAIMS Clarifies application of certain warranties and conditions involving life and health and accident policies. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (9-0) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Marionneaux CONSUMERS Transfers the regulation of consumer credit repair organizations to the attorney general of Louisiana. (8/15/08) - Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules Hebert INSURERS Adds Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association to the exempt status for appeal bonds. (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. SB458 Gautreaux, B. PAROCHIAL EMPLOYEES RET Allows certain elected justices of the peace to enter the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. (7/1/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. SB461 SB465 Gray CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Time for challenges; method; peremptory challenges based on race or gender; restrictions. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (11-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Walsworth MOTOR VEHICLES Revises certain driver education program requirements and certain requirements for applicants of

21 Class "E" learner's licenses and intermediate licenses. (1/1/09) - Reported favorably (18-0-1) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. 21 of 27 SB488 SB491 SB497 SB503 SB520 SB525 SB538 SB547 SB555 Thompson HOMELAND SECURITY Provides for the director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to include representatives of the legislature in the state emergency operations plan (EOP). (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to McPherson PUBLIC CONTRACTS Changes authorization for utilizing design-build contracts by the Department of Transportation and Development from a limited duration pilot program evaluating their effectiveness to a permanent program. (7/1/08) Crowe COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS Authorizes licensed retail florists to operate automated floral climate-controlled vending kiosk systems, subject to certain restrictions. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to McPherson TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT Repeals the adopt-a-road program in DEQ and reestablishes the program in DOTD. (gov sig) Morrish TAX/TAXATION Prohibits an action to collect a tax applicable to movables on certain purchases of certain manufactured homes between 9/1/05 and 12/31/06 used as residences in certain parishes which were impacted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, if the basis of such action is the date upon which a declaration of immovability is recorded in the conveyance or mortgage records. (7/1/08) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Erdey LOCAL AGENCIES Requires parishes and municipalities to comply with federal flood plain management and flood insurance programs prior to construction of local flood protection or storm damage reduction projects. (7/1/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Hebert INSURERS Removes LIGA from the approval process on Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation bundles. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (7-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. McPherson TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT Repeals provision requiring immovable property expropriated by DOTD which has not been used for departmental purposes within 15 years of the date of expropriation to be declared excess property and sold to the original owner at original cost. (7/1/08) - Reported favorably (13-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Hebert INSURERS Removes any reference to LIGA having oversight review of any application for certificate of authority. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (7-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

22 22 of 27 SB564 SB569 SB590 SB592 SB593 SB598 SB603 SB608 Gray SPECIAL DISTRICTS Creates and provides for the Maple Area Residents Security Tax District. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Morrish FUNDS/FUNDING Creates the Manufactured Home Tax Fairness Fund to be used for refunds of tax, penalty, and interest paid on purchases from September 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006 of manufactured homes used solely as residential housing for which a declaration of immovability is recorded, in certain parishes severely impacted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (7/1/08) - Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments. Broome CREDIT Authorizes the establishment of a program for mortgage foreclosure counseling and education. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 53, nays 37. Finally passed, ordered to Riser MOTOR VEHICLES Requires railroads to allow crossings to remain open at a private rural residence or agricultural crossing when ordered by the commissioner of agriculture. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (18-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Riser DISTRICT ATTORNEYS Provides relative to the payment of health insurance premiums for certain district attorneys and by certain judicial distircts. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Scalise FISCAL CONTROLS Development and determination of the expenditure limit. (8/15/08) Cheek MOTOR VEHICLES Deletes provision requiring suspension of a driver's license of a person convicted of violating any law or rule while operating a commercial vehicle without holding a commercial driver's license. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (18-0-1) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Duplessis JUDGES Provides for the term of office of a judge elected to fill a vacancy of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. (gov sig) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. SB615 Jackson, L. CHILDREN Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet, extending the sunset on the cabinet and the board and revising the preparation and submission of the children's budget. (8/15/08) - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. SB623 Thompson HORTICULTURE Provides relative to violations of the Horticulture Law. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to SB628 Gautreaux, N. COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS Prohibits railroads from price gouging. (8/15/08)

23 - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. 23 of 27 SB652 SB653 SB657 SB660 SB674 SB676 SB682 SB686 SB695 SB696 SB697 Michot MALPRACTICE Provides relative to the definitions and general applications of medical malpractice. (8/15/08) - Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules Duplessis LEGISLATORS Provides for a pay raise for legislative assistants and additional staffing for senators. (7/1/08) - Reported with amendments (16-0) (Regular). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. McPherson ROADS/HIGHWAYS Establishes and provides for a statewide traffic incident management plan on state roads and highways. (gov sig) - Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Nevers FUNDS/FUNDING Creates the Child Poverty Prevention Council for Louisiana and the Child Poverty Prevention Fund. (7/1/08) - Reported with amendments (12-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Murray PUBLIC CONTRACTS Authorizes certain housing authorities to utilize the design-build method for the construction or repair of any public building or structure in certain circumstances. (gov sig) LaFleur PUBLIC BUILDINGS/GROUNDS Designates the visitor center at the Louisiana State Arboretum as the J. D. "Prof" Lafleur Visitors Center. (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. Shaw ATTORNEY GENERAL Provides relative to the Louisiana Sexual Assault Task Force. (gov sig) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Dupre MILITARY AFFAIRS Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. LaFleur INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Provides for filing certain financial reports. (8/15/08) - Reported favorably (9-0) (Local and Consent). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Erdey SPECIAL DISTRICTS Increases the per diem of the board of commissioners of Livingston Parish Recreation District No. 2. (8/15/08) - Read by title, passed to 3rd reading - local and consent. Dupre TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL Provides for donations of refunds of individual income tax to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund and for donations in addition to such taxes. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to

24 SB699 Quinn FAMILY LAW Provides for voluntary acknowledgments to be signed by both parents and to designate vital records as the central repository for all paternity acknowledgments. (8/15/08) - Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments. 24 of 27 SB701 SB707 SB711 SB713 SB716 SB717 SB724 SB725 Mount HEALTH CARE Provides for integrated case management through the use of "No Wrong Door." (gov sig) - Reported with amendments (13-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Erdey LIABILITY Provides immunity for members and employees of the regional juvenile justice commissions. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Walsworth FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS Extends the secretary of DOTD's authority to issue special permits for transportation of containerized cargo for export by Port of Ouachita. (gov sig) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to Long PORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS Creates and provides for the administration, powers, and duties of ports in certain parishes and authorizes certain port commissions to enter into certain contracts, leases, and other agreements. (8/15/08) - Reported with amendments (16-0-1) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. Martiny JUVENILE JUSTICE Provides for the confidentiality of juvenile records. (8/15/08) - Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules Martiny CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Provides for testing of a person when a bill of information or indictment is brought against the person for certain sex offenses. (8/15/08) - Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules Thompson MUSEUMS Provides with respect to the Louisiana State Museum, including membership and appointment of the board of directors and the lease of certain property. (8/15/08) - Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar. Michot GOVERNOR Provides for the voting members of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission in the office of the governor. (8/15/08) - Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to SB726 Jackson, L. HOSPITALS Limits the utilization of the LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport hospital revenues for expenditures at the medical school. (7/1/09) - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. SB732 Gray MUNICIPALITIES Provides for a neighborhood enhancement program to be administered by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. (See Act)