LA Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB546	Intro Sine Die	Permits non-resident vendors of recreational products to exhibit at recreational product shows, fairs and festivals. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Read by title; withdrawn from the files of the Senate.
SR196	Pass	Request the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, the Division of Administration and the governor's office to work with the Louisiana Food Bank Association to ensure the acquisition and distribution of sufficient food to hungry Louisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR168	Pass	Commends and congratulates the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in Baton Rouge on hosting the 2012 International Planetarium Society Conference and welcomes delegates to the conference. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR197	Pass	Commends Kathleen Bordelon on her outstanding accomplishments at LSU and her contributions to the Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR167	Pass	Requests the Board of Regents to study the feasibility of delegating tuition-setting authority to the state's public postsecondary professional schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR198	Pass	Requests that the owners of The Times Picayune continue to publish a daily print edition, commends the newspaper's staff, and recognizes the singular place the newspaper holds in New Orleans history and in citizens' daily lives. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR148	Pass	Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Peter J. Calamari III, former deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of behavioral health. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR199	Pass	Requests appointment of committee to notify the governor that the legislature is ready to adjourn sine die. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time by title and adopted.
SR166	Pass	Commends and congratulates Angelo Roppolo on his long life and myriad of long lasting accomplishments and contributions to his community and the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR200	Pass	Requests appointment of committee to notify House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time by title and adopted.
SCR130	Pass	Endorses the Louisiana State University Shreveport Commitment Plan, establishes the Louisiana State University Shreveport Commitment Plan Implementation Group, and requires semiannual reports on the progress of implementing the plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR129	Pass	Urges and requests parish offices of homeland security and emergency preparedness to maintain a voluntary registry of at risk persons and persons with special needs who will require assistance during times of evacuation and certain other agencies to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR38	Pass	Requests that DOTD study feasibility of authorizing the collection of tolls to complete I-49 South. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR149	Pass	Requests study of the role and impact of employment training and education on the rate of recidivism of criminal conduct and repeated incarcerations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB365	Veto	Provides for the calculation of fuel sales at qualified truck stop facilities. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 5, 2012.
SB363	Veto	Provides relative to revocation of a video draw poker device license for certain violations. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 5, 2012.
SCR128	Pass	Provides the monies in the Budget Stabilization Fund be available for appropriation in Fiscal Year 2011-2012.(2/3 - CA7s10.3(C)(1)) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB747	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits certain activities under the Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 By a vote of 61 yeas, 19 nays, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House refused to approve consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
SB362	Veto	Amends certain amenity provisions for qualified truck stops. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 5, 2012.
SCR127	Pass	Expresses condolences upon the death of Dr. Wallace Hart Dunlap. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR150	Pass	Commemorates the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB226	Veto	Provides an exception to the provisions of law relative to ethical standards for public servants to members of the governing authority of certain municipalities. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 15, 2012.
SCR126	Pass	Expresses condolences upon the death of Joe Sampite', former mayor of Natchitoches. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR79	Pass	To study the effects of the reduction of state funds as related to inpatient behavioral health facilities, including those treating both mental illness and substance abuse, in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes and have a preli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB577	Veto	Establishes and provides for the Louisiana Equal Pay Task Force to study and make recommendations relating to equal pay issues in Louisiana. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 8, 2012.
SB351	Veto	Authorizes the parishes of Calcasieu, Jefferson, and Orleans to establish an automobile rental tax district and to levy an automobile rental tax not to exceed three percent beginning July 1, 2012. (gov sig) (RE2 +$3,800,000 LF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 15, 2012.
SR142	Pass	Amends the membership of the commission to study the licensure and regulation of behavior analysts. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR155	Pass	Commends Pat R. Van Burkleo on being named National Executive of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Professional Association. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR156	Pass	Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a report on the status of the implementation of the plan mandated by Act 299 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB673	Veto	Establishes the Juban Crossing Economic Development District Fund as a special fund in the state treasury and to provide for the disposition of certain sales tax proceeds within Livingston Parish. (7/1/12) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Vetoed by the Governor on June 15, 2012.
SR157	Pass	Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the Louisiana Binding Arbitration Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SR158	Pass	Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study Louisiana's lien laws. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SCR107	Pass	Directs public agencies to provide sexual harassment education and training for its public servants. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-04 Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/12.
SB75	Pass	Creates the crimes of failure to report a missing child and failure to report death of a child. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-03 Effective date 6/3/12.
SCR151	Pass	Requests the lieutenant governor to disperse, from monies available to him, $500,000 to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-03 Received in the House from the Senate.
SB207	Engross Sine Die	Provides for review of health coverage premium rates. (8/1/12) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-03 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
SB606	Engross Sine Die	Provides relative to expungement of records. (gov sig) (RE1 NO IMPACT See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
SB138	Pass	Provides relative to special permits for vehicles hauling sugarcane. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB324	Pass	Provides an automobile expense allowance for the Vermilion Parish clerks of court in the parishes of Cameron, East Feliciana, Franklin, St. Charles, Vermilion, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. (8/1/12) (EN +$135,000 LF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB321	Enroll Sine Die	Provides for eligibility for parole consideration. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
SB464	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits awards or procurements with individuals convicted of certain felony crimes. (7/1/12) (EG NO IMPACT See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
SB317	Pass	Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain juveniles. (8/1/12) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB468	Pass	Provides exceptions for certain saltwater fish used as bait. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB313	Pass	Provides relative to allocation of monies from the St. Tammany Parish Fund. (7/1/12) (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 7/1/12.
SB488	Pass	Provides relative to eligibility for a restricted license by persons convicted of certain crimes involving operating a vehicle while intoxicated. (gov sig) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 6/1/12.
SB299	Engross Sine Die	Constitutional amendment to grant the Southeast Baton Rouge community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes relative to MFP funding and raising revenue for schools. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG NO IMPACT EX See Note) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 61, nays 35. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass.
SB495	Pass	Revises the membership and powers and duties of the Ground Water Resources Commission. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB289	Pass	Authorizes the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to assist the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District. (8/1/12) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 8/1/12.
SB746	Pass	Provides relative to the manner of converting the state of organization of domestic and foreign limited liability companies. (1/1/13) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Effective date 1/1/13.
SB47	Engross Sine Die	Provides relative to final average compensation. (6/30/12) (RR1 DECREASE APV) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-01 Notice removed.