| HB 1 | Fannin | Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 34 | Katz | Changes the hours the polls are required to be open. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 41/N: 59) |
| HB 116 | Jones, R. | Authorizes the 4th JDC to provide that one division of the court shall be a DUI court. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 130 | Jones, R. | Authorizes the 4th JDC to provide that one division of the court shall be a mental health court. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 482 | Richmond | Provides an exception for Office of Group Benefits programs relative to an employer-provided health plan. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 660 | Henry | Prohibits a pharmacist from interchanging an antiepileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy without proper notification. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Health and Welfare |
| HB 722 | Trahan | Provides for phased-in universal access to the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Education Program and for participation by non-school system providers of early childhood education. |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Education |
| HB 923 | Gallot | Provides relative to voting absentee by mail. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1187 | LaBruzzo | Establishes the Education Vouchers for Foster Children Program. |
| Bill History: |
05-22-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Education |
| HB 1205 | Pearson | Amends the crime of cruelty to juveniles to include prenatal exposure to a controlled dangerous substance. |
| Bill History: |
05-21-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 1207 | Schroder | Prohibits direct appropriations to nongovernmental organizations. |
| Bill History: |
04-22-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 1210 | Burns, Tim | Amends the crime of cruelty to juveniles to include prenatal exposure to a controlled dangerous substance. |
| Bill History: |
05-21-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 1214 | Schroder | Provides for multidisciplinary interaction in child abuse and neglect cases. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1245 | LaFonta | Extends the termination date of the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1313 | Jackson, G. | Increases penalties for domestic abuse battery. |
| Bill History: |
05-08-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 1323 | Dixon | Provides relative to leave for parents and legal guardians to attend certain school related activities. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 1326 | Peterson | Creates the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1345 | Smith, Gary | Amends the Addictive Disorder Practice Act. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1346 | Harrison | Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to amend state plan for Louisiana Children and Youth Health Insurance Program to provide for the reimbursement of certain health care services provided at schools. |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1347 | Badon, Austin | Provides relative to student scholarships. |
| Bill History: |
06-25-08 G Effective |
| HB 1349 | Williams | Establishes the Parental Choice Education Reform Program. |
| Bill History: |
05-22-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Education |
| HCR 50 | Richmond | Urges the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to consider establishing mental health divisions. |
| Bill History: |
06-22-08 S Enrolled |
| HCR 69 | Williams | Requests the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to function as a joint committee to study autism spectrum disorders. |
| Bill History: |
06-22-08 S Enrolled |
| SB 38 | Gray | Provides for competency and sanity commissions in juvenile proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
06-16-08 G Effective |
| SB 52 | Martiny | Provides for the crime of battery of an adult protective services worker. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 G Enrolled |
| SB 64 | Kostelka | Shortens the time polls are open by two hours on election day and changes the hours that each registrar's office is required to be open on election day. (1/1/09) |
| Bill History: |
05-22-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 73 | Gray | Provides for parental contributions to care and treatment of children in foster care. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 76 | Gray | Provides for the restoration of parental rights. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 77 | Gray | Adds CASA volunteers to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 G Effective |
| SB 110 | Gautreaux, N. | Authorizes the Department of Social Services to intercept and seize casino winnings from individuals in arrears for child support or owing overpayments to the department. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Administration of Criminal Justice |
| SB 221 | Quinn | Changes the hours the polls are required to be open on election day. (1/1/09) |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 262 | Jackson | Provides relative to the contents and format of the executive budget. |
| Bill History: |
07-10-08 G Vetoed |
| SB 286 | Duplessis | Provides for phased in universal access to the LA 4 Early Childhood Program and for participation by non-school system providers of early childhood education. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 304 | Nevers | Provides relative to the use of corporal punishment in public schools. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Education |
| SB 421 | Gautreaux, N. | Requires all boards and commissions that bring administrative or regulatory charges to have the hearings on those charges handled in a separate adjudicatory procedure. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Judiciary (A) |
| SB 438 | Jackson | Places the Children's Cabinet under the authority of the legislature. Became SB 812. |
| Bill History: |
05-22-08 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 472 | Jackson | Provides for the posting on the Internet of information about services and programs within the children's budget. |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Judiciary (A) |
| SB 502 | Crowe | Provides an exception for Office of Group Benefits programs relative to an employer-provided health plan. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 615 | Jackson | Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet, extending the sunset on the cabinet and the board and revising the preparation and submission of the children's budget. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 694 | Mount | Provides for Alzheimer's training requirements for certain employees of adult residential care homes and long-term care facilities. Became SB. 810. |
| Bill History: |
05-15-08 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 716 | Martiny | Provides for the confidentiality of juvenile records. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
06-11-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| SB 719 | Nevers | Provides relative to a universal dyslexia screening and intervention pilot program in grades K-3. |
| Bill History: |
07-06-08 G Effective |
| SB 746 | Long | Provides eligibility for sabbatical leave to social workers, guidance counselors, and school psychologists employed by the Special School District. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 749 | Cravins | Authorizes the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission to make recommendations concerning the Jetson Youth Center-East Baton Rouge Parish unit. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 781 | Jackson | Provides relative to multi-disciplinary interaction in cases of child abuse or neglect. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SB 795 | Duplessis | Provides for the Student Scholarships For Educational Excellence Act. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
05-12-08 S Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. E Senate Finance |
| SB 810 | Mount | Provides for Alzheimer's training requirements for certain employees of adult residential care homes and long-term care facilities. Substitute for SB. 694. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SB 812 | Jackson | Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet. Substitute for SB 438. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SCR 40 | Cassidy | Urges DHH and the LSU Health Sciences Center to study the use of electronic medical records for certain mental health patients. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |