2016 house notes regular session wrap up

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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.


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



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


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.




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.


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.


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.


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



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.


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.


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.


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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.


which has been sent to the Secretary of State,

extends the Task Force on Youth Aging Out

of Foster Care.


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.



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.


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.



requests a study of appropriate mental health

and behavioral health treatment systems in the

capital region.* House Concurrent Resolution 115,


urges and requests the Office of Conservation

to study the effects of ground water

withdrawals from the Southern Hills Aquifer

System.


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.


the governor, provides for the licensing of

acupuncturists.

* House Bill 606, Act 304, prohibits

entities that perform abortions from receiving

public funding.


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the legislative process, prohibits post-abortion

harvesting of fetal remains and requires burial

or cremation of such remains.


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.


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,


requests parish governing authorities to workwith higher education institutions to establish

on-campus polling places.



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.



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.


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.


signature, authorizes the use of human

biological matter for the purpose of training

cadaver dogs.


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.


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.


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.


the legislative process, provides for financial

security requirements of certain drilling permit

applicants.


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.


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%.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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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