10 October 2020

Second Extraordinary Session through Oct. 10, 2020

More bills accumulate for this session, but one drops of the list of bad bills. SB 31 was amended in committee to make its impact benign.

THE GOOD: HB 83 by Rep. Troy Romero would extend student disciplinary protections to virtual instruction environments (similar bill: HB 91); HB 90 by Beryl Amedee would protect better individual rights during emergencies; SB 74 by Sen. Heather Cloud would promote election integrity; SB 75 by Sen. Barry Milligan would make it less likely that in-state entities would become party to an trade abusive relationship with the People’s Republic of China.

THE BAD: HB 88 by Rep. Royce Duplessis would plunge the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund into greater debt; HB 92 by Rep. Maggie Landry would add a potential needless expense to state government; SB 76 by Sen. Jay Luneau would create penalties too draconian for misclassification of employees for workers’ compensation purposes.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 4 passed Senate committee; HB 9 passed House committee; HB 20 passed House committee; HB 33 passed House committee; HB 38 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 51 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 57 passed House committee; HB 67 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 29 was rejected by the Senate; SB 32 with minor amendment passed the Senate.

SCORECARD:
Total number of bills, House: 94; total number of bills, Senate: 76.

Total number of good bills, House: 25; total number of good bills, Senate: 8.

 

Total number of bad bills, House: 4; total number of bad bills, Senate: 2.

 

Total House good bills heard in House committee: 20; total Senate good bills heard in Senate committee: 8.

 

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

 

Total House good bills approved by House committee: 12; total Senate good bills passed by Senate committee: 2.

 

Total House bad bills approved by House committee: 0; total Senate bad bills passed by Senate committee: 0.

 

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

 

Total House bad bills approved by House: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by Senate: 0.

 

Total House good bills heard in Senate committee: 6; total Senate good bills heard in House committee: 1.

 

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

 

Total House good bills approved by Senate committee: 1; total Senate good bills approved by House committee: 1.

 

Total House bad bills approved by Senate committee: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House committee: 0.

 

Total House good bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate good bills approved by House: 1.

 

Total House bad bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House: 0.

 

Total House good bills going to governor: 0; total Senate good bills going to governor: 0.

 

Total House bad bills going to governor: 0; total Senate bad bills going to governor: 0.

 

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


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

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