LA Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB43	Pass	Allows chartering authorities to extend start-up time period for charter schools. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB39	Pass	Repeals provisions providing for the purchase of certain weapons or ammunition. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
HB164	Pass	Designates La. Highway 113 from the intersection of La. Highway 10 until the Occupy II Baptist Church (3.9 miles) as the Staff Sergeant Robert "Pete" Sweat Memorial Highway [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
HB526	Pass	Authorizes the La. Community and Technical Colleges System Board of Supervisors to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts at institutions under its supervision and management and permits the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: June 24, 2011.
SB219	Pass	Creates the Acadiana Cultural and Entertainment Special District and authorizes certain parishes within the district to provide an exemption from their sales tax for purchases by a motion picture production company for a specific state-certified movi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
HB232	Pass	Provides with respect to the tuition exemption for family members of the La. National Guard (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB32	Pass	Provides relative to guardianship of children in need of care. (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
HB85	Pass	Requires the identification of the title producer, examining attorney, and title insurer on certain transactions [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: January 1, 2012.
SB223	Pass	Allows the use of electronic prescribing. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB87	Pass	Provides relative to the disclosure of records of the Office of Financial Institutions to state or federal licensing or investigative agencies. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
HB72	Pass	Provides for the training of all chiefs of police (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB154	Pass	Requires that certain health care coverage plans provide coverage for step therapy or fail first protocols. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB130	Pass	Provides for the transmission of transactional information by secondhand dealers to law enforcement. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB64	Pass	Removes certain requirements which must be satisfied in order to maintain state certification as a certified nurse aide. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
HB378	Pass	Provides relative to payments made under public contracts [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB178	Pass	Creates a fund for the purpose of funding the out-of-state tuition of certain students enrolled in certain medical education programs when such medical education programs are not offered in Louisiana. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
SB237	Pass	Provides relative to the powers of plaza special districts. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
SB195	Pass	Provides that a person with an outstanding ethics fine cannot qualify for office unless the fine has been paid in full. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB202	Pass	Provides relative to the membership, duties and operations of the parole board and pardon board. (8/15/11) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
SB89	Pass	Provides relative to changes in the Agricultural Commodities Dealer and Warehouse Law. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
HB106	Pass	Requires reporting from providers of home incarceration or electronic monitoring services to DPS&C (EN NO IMPACT See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
HB550	Pass	The Louisiana Make-A-Wish Act to provide an individual income tax return checkoff for donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
HB76	Pass	Permits DOTD to issue special permits for vehicles and loads of certain widths [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB175	Pass	Provides for the practice of optometry. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 8/15/11.
HB79	Pass	Changes the name of the High School Redesign Commission and provides for commission membership and vacancies [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB91	Pass	Authorizes the sale of certain school property by the Natchitoches Parish School Board and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. (8/15/11) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
HB619	Pass	Creates the La. Sports and Entertainment District in New Orleans (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: June 24, 2011.
HB95	Pass	Exempts certain students who are at least 17 years old from the compulsory school attendance law and other related provisions [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
HB209	Pass	Provides with respect to the use of managed and sampling audits of tax returns (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date: June 24, 2011.
SB23	Pass	Exempts certain individuals from the boating safety education requirement. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-24 Effective date 6/24/11.
HB229	Veto	Amends the definition of "aged person" in the crime of cruelty to the infirmed [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-23 Vetoed by the Governor.
SB196	Engross Sine Die	Provides a preference for the purchase of steel pipe manufactured in Louisiana. (8/15/11) (EGF SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-23 Notice of Senate reconsideration and adoption of Conference Committee Report.
HB629	Engross Sine Die	Creates the La. Entrepreneurial Assistance and Development (LEAD) Program for tax credits for venture capital investments (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-23 Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 22 yeas and 13 nays.
SB259	Engross Sine Die	Creates a state commission (SCORE) to submit a written plan by January 6, 2012, to reduce and eliminate state income taxes, recommend budget reduction actions, and reduce or eliminate tax benefits; provides that if a concurrent resolution containing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-23 By a vote of 46 yeas, 32 nays, the House refused to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day.
HB208	Pass	Expands the territorial limits of the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-23 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
HB641	Engross Sine Die	Provides with respect to the definition of "dealer" for state and local sales and use tax (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-22 Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 15 yeas and 20 nays.
SB173	Engross Sine Die	Provides for release of certain group information to the group policyholder or his agent prior to renewal of a group policy. (8/15/11) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-22 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
HB142	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits a public entity from purchasing or selling materials which contain certain sexually explicit conduct (EGF SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-22 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
SB66	Engross Sine Die	Requires verification of legal work status of employees by private employers seeking to contract with state agencies. (8/15/11) (REF NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-22 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
HB580	Engross Sine Die	Provides relative to textbooks and other instructional materials [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-22 Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 23 yeas and 11 nays.
HB176	Pass	Provides for an increase in fees for the marshal of the City Court of Leesville [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Effective date: August 15, 2011.
SB78	Pass	Provides for peace officers employed by the Housing Authority of New Orleans. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Effective date 6/21/11.
HB400	Engross Sine Die	Provides with respect to automobile liability insurance for rental dealers [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 19 yeas and 16 nays.
SB170	Engross Sine Die	Provides for the redistricting of the Louisiana Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
SB217	Engross Sine Die	Transfers the Political Museum and Hall of Fame from the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to the secretary of state. (See Act) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
HB7	Engross Sine Die	Requires at least twenty percent of recipients of cash assistance through the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program to be randomly drug tested prior to receiving benefits (RE +$46,244 GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 20 yeas and 12 nays.
HB371	Engross Sine Die	Authorizes issuance of the Brownfields Investor Tax Credit to eligible taxpayers (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
HB432	Engross Sine Die	Provides for the districts for the election of members to the House of Representatives [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-21 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
SB203	Engross Sine Die	Creates an individual income tax return checkoff for donations to the Louisiana Food Bank Association. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-20 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
HB402	Pass	Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Breaux Bridge [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-06-20 Effective date: June 20, 2011.