| HB 5 | LaFonta | Declares August 29 of each year a state holiday in observance of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. |
| Bill History: |
06-22-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 14 | Hardy | Provides for conditions on the issuance of certain bail bonds. |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Administration of Criminal Justice |
| HB 20 | LaFonta | Declares August 29 of each year a state holiday in observance of Hurricane Katrina. |
| Remarks: | WIll be an additional paid day-off |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Judiciary |
| HB 30 | LaFonta | Declares September 24 of each year a state holiday in observance of Hurricane Rita. |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Judiciary |
| HB 47 | Lambert | Provides for notification and public inspection of records of parish prison and jail escapes. |
| Remarks: | Will parish bear the expense for the Sheriff to perfom the escape notification? |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 79 | Richmond | Provides for court interpreters for non-English-speaking persons who appear in court. |
| Remarks: | Will Parish pay the costs of the interpretors? What about for indigent parties? |
| Bill History: |
06-19-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 99 | Jones, R. | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Remarks: | PGRMA already covers this as preventive care. |
| Bill History: |
05-19-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 107 | Abramson | Prohibits issuance of bail after failure to appear. Became HB 1363. |
| Remarks: | Denial of bail leads to increased costs for parish governing authority. |
| Bill History: |
05-08-09 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 242 | Jones, R. | Requires that space be made available for offering substance abuse counseling at all correctional facilities. |
| Remarks: | This is an unfunded mandate both as to space at the parish jail and the costs of the counseling, which the parish would pay. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 348 | Talbot | Reduces the monetary amount in controversy necessary for a jury trial. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Civil Law |
| HB 357 | LaFonta | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Remarks: | PGRMA already covers this |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 474 | Monica | Reduces the monetary amount in controversy necessary for a jury trial. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Civil Law |
| HB 610 | White | Provides for electronic bidding at the local level. |
| Remarks: | Unfunded Mandate |
| Bill History: |
01-01-09 G Effective |
| HB 638 | LaBruzzo | Requires certain fuel efficiency standards for state vehicles. |
| Remarks: | Only applies to State purchases. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 704 | St. Germain | Provides relative to survivor benefits and eligibility requirements related thereto for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System. |
| Bill History: |
06-25-08 G Effective |
| HB 765 | Hutter | Requires a parish or municipality to comply with federal floodplan management and flood insurance programs. |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 883 | Talbot | Provides for issues triable by a jury. |
| Remarks: | Need to amend to ensure prepayment of jury costs by party requesting. |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Civil Law |
| HB 936 | Leger | Relative to budgets of local entities, provides for inclusion as expenditures of payment of judgments and settlements and prohibits borrowing for capital expenditures when current expenditures are not timely paid. |
| Remarks: | Seeks to MANDATE local gov't to approrpiate funds for the payment of certain judgments |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 945 | Monica | Requires parishes and municipalities to provide for the removal of abandoned motor vehicles. |
| Remarks: | Changes a discretionary matter to an unfunded mandate |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 1165 | Honey | Provides for an increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount relative to unemployment compensation. |
| Bill History: |
06-12-08 G Effective |
| HB 1363 | Abramson | Provides for limitations on the issuance of bail for certain offenses and under certain circumstances. Substitute for HB 107. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 204 | Walsworth | Revises laws regarding public printing. (8/15/08) |
| Remarks: | Mandates printing and internet |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 351 | Gautreaux, N. | Requires state agencies to purchase hybrid fuel or alternate fuel vehicles. (8/15/08) |
| Remarks: | Bill, as filed, only applies to State |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 458 | Gautreaux, B. | Allows certain elected justices of the peace to enter the Parochial Employees' Retirement System. (7/1/08) |
| Remarks: | Amedended to apply to Assumption Parish Only |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| SB 525 | Erdey | 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) |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| SB 665 | Cassidy | Requires certain local governmental subdivisions to include expenditures on the website of the division of administration. |
| Remarks: | Requires political subdivisions with population of 100K+ to post financial info on DOA website. |
| Bill History: |
05-01-08 S Meeting set for At Adj., Rm. F Senate Local and Municipal Affairs |
| SB 722 | Smith | Provides relative to municipal and parish zoning and advance notice of actions regarding certain military installations. (8/15/08) |
| Remarks: | Contact Sen. Smith on why? costs of publication |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 S Enrolled |