Article archive / March 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 3. Source pages: 4.
The state Legislature will convene Monday, April 13 this year and adjourn on Thursday June 11. Bills are being prefiled now.
Some of the bills prefiled so far include a bill by Representative Honore to authorize the use of medical marijuana in Louisiana.
There is a bill by Representative Hensgens, HB15, to require that schools allow parents to approve surveys that are given to their children at school.
HB32 by Richard would remove governor’s authority to veto line items in a appropriations bill.
HB38 by Representative T. Burns would prohibit drivers from using certain wireless telecommuni- cations devices while traveling on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge
HB55 by Representative Ritchie and a similar Senate Bill (SB15) by Senator Nevers would authorizes the levy of a tax of 4% on hydrocarbon processing facilities in the state and direct the proceeds to be used for the Board of Regents ($300 million) for public post-secondary education. Another $250 million would be used for the maintenance of and in an effort to improve health outcomes in certain areas.
Also, the SB15 would direct $80 million is go to Department of Education and $250 million to the state employees and teachers’ retirement systems. $150 million goes into the Transportation Trust Fund.
A Senate Bill by Senator Long would make it a crime for a pregnant woman to behave in a manner that harms her unborn child, such as drug use that leads to birth defects or death.
A measure, SB10 by Senator Peterson, directs DHH to offer health insurance to all legal residents whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level.
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