Senate acts on long list of House amendments and resolutions; votes at a glance
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Summary
The Louisiana Senate processed dozens of House amendments, resolutions and bills, concurring in many House amendments and rejecting others. Several bills were returned to the calendar and one major Natural Resources bill was read but set for later action.
The Louisiana Senate considered a broad slate of House amendments, resolutions and bills during its session and completed votes on a number of items. Many measures were concurred in with unanimous or near-unanimous margins; a subset of bills had amendments rejected and were sent to conference or returned to the calendar. The chamber recessed for the afternoon after the roll of work through the bills.
Votes at a glance (bill — sponsor — action taken — vote tally where recorded):
- Senate Resolution 183 — Senator DuPlessis — adopted by unanimous consent (no objection recorded).
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 — Senator Miller — adopted, voting machine recorded 32 yays, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 122 (Title 37; Senator Abraham) — Senate rejected House amendments (moved by Senator Abraham); recorded vote: 34 yays, 0 nays; amendments rejected.
- Senate Bill 125 (explosives licensure; Senator Owen) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 34 yeas, 0 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 153 (Behavioral Health; Senator Sellers) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 34 yeas, 0 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 165 (River Parishes juvenile justice; Senator Miller) — motion to reject House amendments carried; recorded vote: 37 yays, 0 nays; amendments rejected and matter to conference.
- Senate Bill 175 (State Plumbing Board; Senator Womack) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 35 yeas, 0 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 207 (vocational-technical access in public high schools; Senator Carter) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 36 ayes, 0 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 231 (medical-expense recoverable amounts; Senator Reese) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 30 yays, 6 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 41 (child-welfare registry for school employees; Senator Barrow) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 39 ayes, 0 nays; amendments concurred in.
- Senate Bill 30 (recreational vehicle dealerships; Senator McMuth) — Senate concurred in House amendments; recorded vote: 37 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 96 (Medicaid behavioral health rates; Senator McNabb) — Senate concurred in House committee amendments and retained subject to appropriations language; recorded vote: 38 yays, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 97 (flood control / DOTD provisions; sponsor on the floor) — Senate concurred in amendments after clarifying criminal/civil language; recorded vote: 30 yays, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 128 (law enforcement responsibilities; Senator Carter) — sponsor moved to reject House floor amendments to resolve conflicts; recorded vote rejecting amendments: 39 yays, 0 nays.
- Additional concurrence or rejection actions recorded during the session included a number of local and technical bills and resolutions (see actions array below for the session record and specific motions). Several bills were sent to conference or returned to the calendar where members indicated further work was required.
Several motions on parish or district bills (for example, DeSoto Parish Police Jury language and St. George Fire Protection District residency language) resulted in rejection of House amendments and referral to conference. The Senate recessed at approximately 12:30 p.m. and planned to resume consideration at 3:30 p.m.
Ending: The chamber completed votes on dozens of routine and substantive bills; sponsors were asked to continue conference work during the recess and the Senate will resume later in the day.