07 February 2006

Legislative first extraordinary session through Feb. 7

Since I try to report about legislative actions not normally covered in other media, well, today had a fairly sparse offering so I really couldn’t find anything that won’t get covered elsewhere. But tomorrow ought to have more variety. And, a few more bills got introduced today.

THE GOOD: HB 84 by Rep. Karen Carter will amend the constitution to recognize the regional levee authority created by legislation which is linked to Carter’s HB 86 which essentially is a duplication of Senate legislation.

THE BAD: HB 90 by Rep. Bryant Hammett would lift the cap on authorized debt spending to allow unlimited debt incurred for disaster-related spending. SB 22 by Sen. Derrick Shepherd has the dubious distinction of permitting never-verified voters of voting until May 31 and in any parish in the state.

WEDNESDAY: SB 8, SB 9, and SB 13 are scheduled to be heard in the Senate Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee; HB 12, HB 13, HB 14, HB 30, HB 63, HB 64, HB 65, HB 66, and HB 67 are scheduled to be heard by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee; HB 90 is scheduled to be heard in the House Ways and Means Committee; HB 11 , HB 72, HB 84 and HB 86 are scheduled to be heard in the House Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee; SB 16 and SB 22 are scheduled to be heard by the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.

SCORECARD:
Total House introductions: 90; total Senate introductions: 41.

Total House good bills: 13; total Senate good bills: 2.

Total House bad bills: 10; total Senate bad bills: 2.

Total House good bills heard in committee: 1; total Senate good bills heard in committee: 0.

Total House good bills passing committee: 1; total Senate good bills passing committee: 0.

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