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Senate reads and refers at least 174 bills covering taxation, insurance, education and natural resources
Summary
Clerk read introductions for a large package of Senate bills; measures ranged from public power and tax exemptions to education, insurance and natural-resources items and were referred to relevant committees.
The Senate clerk read the introductions for a large package of Senate bills and joint resolutions during the session; the clerk identified sponsors and committee referrals for each measure. The reading covered at least Senate Bill 51 through Senate Bill 174, and the measures were referred across committees including Revenue and Fiscal Affairs, Insurance, Health and Welfare, Local and Municipal Affairs, Natural Resources, Judiciary committees and others.
Highlights included:
- Senate Bill 51 (Sen. Munoz): enacting Title 44 relative to public power authority and public records; referred to Senate and Governmental Affairs. - Senate Bill 52 (Sen. McMath): amends titles 22 and 47 relative to grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes program; referred to Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. - Senate Bill 53 (Sen. Bass): enacts Title 15 relative to electronic surveillance and warrants for interception of communications; referred to Judiciary B. - Senate Bill 54 (Sen. Meisel): amends Title 39 relative to fiscal administrators and the appointment of a limited jurisdiction fiscal administrator; referred to Local and Municipal Affairs. - Senate Bill 55 & 56 (Sen. Miller): tax-related measures concerning assessment payments/allocation of ad valorem taxes and a joint resolution amending Article 7 relative to ad valorem exemptions; referred to Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. - Senate Bill 58 (Sen. Connick): enacts Titles 15 and 14 creating the crime of child grooming; referred to Judiciary C. - Senate Bill 70 (Sen. Myers): amends Title 40 relative to remote patient monitoring services; referred to Health and Welfare. - Senate Bill 81 (Sen. Edmonds): amendments regarding elementary and secondary education transparency and parental access to instructional materials; referred to Education. - Senate Bill 97 (Sen. Presley): amendments related to flood control, risk reduction, navigation and water resource management; referred to Natural Resources. - Senate Bill 131 & 132 (Sen. Klein Peters): measures on congressional and legislative redistricting; referred to Senate Governmental Affairs. - Senate Bill 173 (Sen. Jackson Andrews): amends Title 22 relative to reimbursements of pharmacy and pharmacists by pharmacy benefit managers; referred to Insurance. - Senate Bill 174 (Sen. Jackson Andrews): requires screening pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at specified intervals; referred to Health and Welfare.
The clerk’s reading named sponsors and the committee referral for each bill as read on the floor; the transcript records many additional bills and details of referral that were read aloud and placed on the Senate calendar for committee consideration. No floor debate on the measures was recorded during the reading; the items were referred to the committees named by the clerk for consideration.
Because the reading covered a large number of bills, the clerk supplied sponsor names, short descriptions, and committee referrals as part of the formal record; legislators will encounter individual committee hearings and subsequent actions on those measures in coming days and weeks.
