Legislative regular session through Jun. 2, 2012

As sometimes happens in the home stretch, a bill gets its body snatched by another for something late breaking. That happened to HB 1144, which was a bad bill to begin with, but its mutated form was just as bad, as it makes non-daily newspapers (see the issue here) in Orleans Parish able to run legal notices. It remains bad because it perpetuates the archaic, useless, and wasteful idea that legal notices by government must appear in hard copy by a private publisher.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 61 was sent to the governor; HB 209 passed the Senate and was sent to the governor; HB 292 was sent to the governor; HB 314 was signed by the governor; HB 707 was signed by the governor; HB 873 was sent to the governor; HB 942 was sent to the governor; HB 950 was concurred in by the Senate and was sent to the governor; SB 7 passed the House and was sent to the governor; SB 9 was passed by the House; SB 21 with minor amendment passed the House and was concurred by the Senate; SB 174 was signed by the governor; SB 273 passed House committee and passed the House; SB 565 was passed by the House and sent to the governor; SB 633 was concurred by the Senate and sent to the governor; SB 766 with minor amendment passed House committee, with minor amendment passed the House, and was concurred in by the Senate.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 1144 with major amendment passed the Senate and was concurred in by the House; SB 106 with minor amendment passed the House and was concurred in by the Senate; SB 285 was sent to the governor; SB 577 passed the House; SB 750 passed the House, was concurred in by the Senate, and was sent to the governor.

SCORECARD

Total number of bills, House: 1216; total number of bills, Senate: 767.

Total number of good bills, House: 63; total number of good bills, Senate: 38.

Total number of bad bills, House: 41; total number of bad bills, Senate: 24.

Total House good bills heard in House committee: 39; total Senate good bills heard in Senate committee: 28.

Total House bad bills heard in House committee: 26; total Senate bad bills heard in Senate committee: 17.

Total House good bills passed by House committee: 26; total Senate good bills passed by Senate committee: 18.

Total House bad bills passed by House committee: 8; total Senate bad bills passed by Senate committee: 6.

Total House good bills approved by House: 17; total Senate good bills approved by Senate: 12.

Total House bad bills approved by House: 4; total Senate bad bills approved by Senate: 6.

Total House good bills heard in Senate committee: 15; total Senate good bills heard in House committee: 11.

Total House bad bills heard in Senate committee: 2; total Senate bad bills heard in House committee: 6.

Total House good bills approved by Senate committee: 15; total Senate good bills approved by House committee: 11.

Total House bad bills approved by Senate committee: 2; total Senate bad bills approved by House committee: 5.

Total House good bills approved by Senate: 13; total Senate good bills approved by House: 9.

Total House bad bills approved by Senate: 2; total Senate bad bills approved by House: 5.

Total House good bills going to governor: 11; total Senate good bills going to governor: 5.

Total House bad bills going to governor: 1; total Senate bad bills going to governor: 3.

Total House good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 5; total Senate good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 2.

Total House bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 1; total Senate bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0.