Staff Report| Gonzales Weekly Citizen<\/p>\n
Here is a look at the bills Ascension Parish representatives filed in the 2023 Louisiana regular session.<\/p>\n
All bills are available at http:\/\/www.legis.la.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n HB4: TRESPASS:Provides relative to the crime of criminal trespass on running waters of the state<\/p>\n HB34: RETIREMENT\/MUNICIPAL POL:Provides relative to the funding deposit account for Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and authorizes the board of trustees of the system to modify employer contributions (OR NO IMPACT APV)<\/p>\n HB62: TAX\/SALES & USE:Reduces the rate of the state sales and use tax<\/p>\n HB94: CRIME\/THEFT:Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines<\/p>\n HB166: BUDGETARY CONTROLS:Requires certain information and analysis to be included in the governor's executive budget and the General Appropriation Bill<\/p>\n HB401: APPROPRIATIONS:Provides appropriations to nongovernmental entities (Withdrawn from the files of the House - prior to introduction)<\/p>\n HB477: CRIMINAL\/RECORDS:Provides relative to information provided when prosecuting offenses<\/p>\n HB72: COLLEGES\/UNIVERSITIES:Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran friendly campuses<\/p>\n HB213: PUBLIC RECORDS:Exempts certain school surveillance and security video from the Public Records Law<\/p>\n HB485: STUDENT\/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP:Creates the Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program to cover the cost of mandatory fees for members attending La. public postsecondary education institutions<\/p>\n HCR43: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:Requests the Louisiana Department of Education to update its early childhood care and education data management systems<\/p>\n HR16: COMMENDATIONS:Commends John C. Brass for his educational and civic accomplishments<\/p>\n HB42: VACCINES\/VACCINATION:Requires all public and nonpublic schools to accept a student's documentation relative to exemption from immunization requirements and requires that communication issued to students or parents about such requirements include exemption information<\/p>\n HB82: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:Abolishes the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission<\/p>\n HB158: LIABILITY\/CIVIL:Provides for a limitation of liability relative to the administration of pandemic disease vaccinations<\/p>\n HB182: VACCINES\/VACCINATION:Provides that no person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at any public or nonpublic school<\/p>\n HB372: FEDERAL MANDATES:Provides relative to mandates, requirements, recommendations, instructions, or guidance from federal or international organizations<\/p>\n HB399: VACCINES\/VACCINATION:Requires that communication issued about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school<\/p>\n HB609: APPROPRIATIONS\/JUDGMENT:Appropriates funding for the consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled Matthew Anders v. State of La. through the Dept. of Transportation and Development<\/p>\n HB561: AGRICULTURE:Provides relative to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center<\/p>\n HB562: TAX CREDITS:Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit<\/p>\n HB563: FUNDS\/FUNDING:Creates a law enforcement recruitment incentive fund<\/p>\n HB564: RACING\/HORSE:Provides relative to racehorse wagering<\/p>\n HB571: ENERGY:Provides relative to carbon capture and sequestration<\/p>\n HB605: HEALTH:Provides relative to the regulation of consumable hemp products<\/p>\n HB630: TAX\/SALES-USE-EXEMPT:Provides relative to sales and use tax exemptions for commercial fishermen<\/p>\n HB636: LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES:Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2023-2024<\/p>\n HCR2: HOSPITALS:Provides for a hospital stabilization formula<\/p>\n HCR18: COMMENDATIONS:Commends the Council of State Governments Southern Office on the occasion of the 77th Southern Legislative Conference<\/p>\n HCR19: COMMENDATIONS:Commends the Lutcher High School Bulldogs football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2022 Non-Select Division II state championship<\/p>\n HCR20: COMMENDATIONS:Commends the Louisiana State University women's basketball team on winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball championship<\/p>\n HCR33: COMMENDATIONS:Commends Arthur Villordon for receiving the National Sweet Potato Impact Award<\/p>\n HCR34: CONDOLENCES:Expresses condolences on the death of Ruben John Dauzat<\/p>\n HCR35: COMMENDATIONS:Commends James Hendrix on being named 2023 Conservation Systems Soybean and Corn Researcher of the Year<\/p>\n HCR41: SPECIAL DAY\/WEEK\/MONTH:Designates May 16, 2023, as Parks and Recreation Day at the state capitol and July 2023 as Parks and Recreation Month in Louisiana<\/p>\n HR24: COMMENDATIONS:Commends Amy Sins for receiving the Greater New Orleans Champions of Service Award for Volunteer Louisiana<\/p>\n SB18: RETIREMENT SYSTEMS:Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor<\/p>\n SB21: PUBLIC BUILDINGS\/GROUNDS:Names the DOTD headquarters building in Baton Rouge in honor of Governor P.B.S. Pinchback<\/p>\n SB26: ETHICS:Provides relative to public notice of hearings of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board<\/p>\n SB36: SHERIFFS:Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office<\/p>\n SB131: PORTS\/HARBORS\/TERMINALS:Provides for the commission for the Port of South Louisiana to set contract limits<\/p>\n SB99: FISH\/FISHING:Provides for possession limits of certain species caught in saltwater areas of the state<\/p>\n SB100: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:Provides for advanced recycling facilities<\/p>\n SB103: NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT:Renames the Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n SB158: WEAPONS:Provides for the protection of schools<\/p>\n SB161: PUBLIC HEALTH:Provides for the Louisiana Small Wild Catfish Processor's Act<\/p>\n Gonzales Weekly Citizen and Donaldsonville Chief, part of the USA Today Network of Louisiana, cover Ascension Parish and the greater Baton Rouge area. 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