Louisiana Rep. Patricia Haynes Smith (D)

LA - Appropriations (House)

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member

LA - Education (House)

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member

LA - Labor and Industrial Relations (House)

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member

LA - House Executive Committee (House)

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member

LA - HR136 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ida B. Collins Hall for her accomplishments as the owner and operator of the Ibelco Self Improvement & Modeling School

LA - HR93 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Sunday, May 12th as Caregiver Awareness Day in Louisiana

LA - HR145 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Louisiana, upon the celebration of its one hundred fiftieth anniversary

LA - HR144 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Esther Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Inc., Prince Hall Affiliation of Louisiana upon the celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary

LA - HR59 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Thursday, April 25, 2013, as School-Based Health center Awareness Day

LA - HR35 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Tuesday, April 16, 2013, as Clergy Day at the Capitol

LA - HB668 TAX CREDITS: Provides requirements for enterprise zone contracts

LA - HR142 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Elvera R. Shannon for presiding as the Grand Worthy Matron for the Louisiana Jurisdiction upon the celebration of the Eastern Stars seventy-fifth anniversary

LA - HR166 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the members of Team Louisiana Elite Boxing on all of their accomplishments

LA - HR187 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Michael Ellerbe

LA - HR19 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Buddy Guy

LA - HR61 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Madison Prep Academy boys basketball team upon winning the 2013 Class B state championship

LA - HR53 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the students, faculty, and staff of Louisiana State University upon the opening of the African American Cultural Center

LA - HR24 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the La. School for the Deaf upon the grand opening of the Dr. Monita G. Hara ProStart Kitchen and posthumously recognizes Dr. Hara, former school director

LA - HCR48 ELECTIONS: Requests certain officials and entities responsible for incarcerated inmates to make recommendations to allow certain incarcerated persons to vote

LA - HR143 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Ralph Slaughter for presiding as the Grand Master and Chief Executive Officer of the Prince Hall Masons of Louisiana as they celebrate their one hundred fiftieth anniversary

LA - HB233 MEDICAID: Creates the La. Health Care Independence Program (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)

LA - HB646 STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Provides relative to student discipline, including suspensions and expulsions, codes of conduct, and bullying (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)

LA - HB154 CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides penalties relative to persons aiding and abetting in the commission of a crime and provides for the procedure by which an aider and abettor may be resentenced (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

LA - HCR12 CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Expresses intent of the legislature regarding Act No. 181 of the 2012 R.S.

LA - HB175 VOTING/REGISTRATION: Provides relative to registration and voting by a person convicted of a felony (OR GF EX See Note)

LA - HCR91 STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Creates the Task Force on Bullying Prevention in Public Schools to study the procedures and processes by which incidents of bullying are reported and investigated

LA - HCR90 SEX EDUCATION: Creates a task force to study and evaluate the effectiveness of sexual health education programs used throughout the state and other states

LA - HCR89 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Tuesday, April 30, 2013, as AKA Day at the state capitol

LA - HB584 SCHOOLS: Provides relative to standards for virtual schools

LA - HB95 STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE: Provides relative to eligibility criteria for admission or readmission to a public school and prohibits the denial of admission or readmission based on certain student characteristics (EG SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)

LA - HB128 LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for survivors benefits for tribal police officers and firemen (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

LA - HB160 TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Delays implementation of certain teacher evaluation program requirements relative to termination proceedings and restricts use of evaluation results

LA - HB238 TAX: Provides relative to the telecommunications tax for the deaf (RE1 +$500,000 SD RV See Note)

LA - HB240 PRIVATIZATION: Establishes the Privatization Review Act (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

LA - HB242 SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Authorizes the state superintendent of education to make certain adjustments to the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program accountability system

LA - HB314 PRIVACY/COMPUTERS: Creates the Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

LA - HB322 CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Requires birthing facilities to perform pulse oximetric screening for certain heart defects on each newborn in the care of those facilities

LA - HB343 STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Prohibits certain public high school students from being administered tests pursuant to La. Educational Assessment Program or the La. school and district accountability system with certain exceptions

LA - HB352 ELDERLY: Provides relative to elderly affairs; creates the Department of Elderly Affairs, places the Louisiana Executive Board on Aging in the department, and provides for allocation of funds for programs for the elderly (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

LA - HB436 BUDGETARY PROCEDURES: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to final passage of the general appropriation bill (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

LA - HB451 HOSPITALS: Requires hospitals to offer pertussis (whooping cough) vaccinations to parents of newborns

LA - HB466 EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides relative to the assignment of performance-based letter grades to public schools and school districts (EG SEE FISC NOTE EX)

LA - HB493 SALT DOMES: Provides for solution mining injection wells and solution mined caverns

LA - HB494 SALT DOMES: Requires notification of the proximity of property to a salt dome containing solution mining and storage caverns

LA - HB532 FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for a hospital stabilization formula and assessment and creates the Hospital Stabilization Fund and provides for uses of the fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

LA - HB617 TAX RETURN: Creates an income tax checkoff for the Louisiana National Guard Honor Guard for Military Funerals (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

LA - HB635 SCHOOLS/BOARDS: Requires local public school boards to adopt policies relative to accommodations for employees to express breast milk

LA - HB718 SCHOOLS: Provides relative to school crisis management and response plans (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

LA - HB724 STUDENTS: Provides relative to student-initiated prayer gatherings at public schools

LA - HR1 HOUSE/RULES: Provides relative to the timing of concurrence and final passage of the General Appropriation Bill

LA - HR11 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Bryan W. Badon

LA - HR41 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Patrick Goldsmith of House Legislative Services on being named the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus of the LSU Master of Public Administration program

LA - HR50 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Noel Hunt upon his retirement after 35 years of dedicated state public service and 30 years of service to the Louisiana House of Representatives

LA - HR71 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Cecil E. Pylant, father of Rep. Steve Pylant

LA - HR87 HEALTH CARE: Memorializes congress to support the entire federal health care reform legislation and to take steps to ensure it is not repealed

LA - HR90 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of the Reverend Danny Mitchell, former state representative

LA - HR97 COMMENDATIONS: Commends WAFB-TV upon the celebration of its sixtieth anniversary broadcasting in the Baton Rouge television market

LA - HR113 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Chief Warrant Officer Bryan James Henderson of Winnsboro

LA - HR114 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Guillory of Pearl River

LA - HR116 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Shelly Dick on her confirmation as the first female judge for the United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana

LA - HR119 COMMENDATIONS: Commends former legislator Clif Richardson for his service to Central, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the House of Representatives

LA - HR158 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Gerald Paul Doiron, Sr., of Houma

LA - HR167 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Rep. Nick Lorusso on twenty years of dedicated service to the United States Army as a JAG Corps officer

LA - HR217 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the 2013 International Legislative Drafting participants and welcomes them to the state capitol

LA - HR224 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches upon the grand opening of its new facility

LA - HCR19 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of former state representative Laurice Dean "Buddy" Napper of Ruston

LA - HCR36 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Tuesday, April 9, 2013, as Equal Pay Day in La.

LA - HCR37 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Honorable Bernette J. Johnson, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

LA - HCR51 HOSPITALS/CHARITY: Directs DOA, DHH, and LSU to cease all efforts to privatize state hospitals immediately

LA - HCR65 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Theodore "Teddy" George Solomon, Sr., of New Orleans

LA - HCR87 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana State University Women's Center upon completion of its facility expansion project

LA - HCR92 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Michael Christopher Voisin

LA - HCR97 HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Requests that the board of directors of the Rapides Primary Health Care Center rename the center in honor of the late Israel "Bo" Curtis, former state representative, of Alexandria

LA - HCR100 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Hayley Powers Hilton of Alexandria upon her receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR101 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Cecile Charleville Guin, Ph.D. of Baton Rouge upon her receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR102 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Madeline Marie Wagnon of Shreveport upon her receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR103 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson of New Orleans upon her receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR104 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1 upon receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR105 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Sevetri Wilson upon her receipt of a 2013 Women of Excellence Award from the La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation

LA - HCR117 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of former state representative Danny Mitchell

LA - HCR118 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as Louisiana Center for Health Equity Day in La.

LA - HCR123 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Bishop Keith Cornell Smith and posthumously commends him for thirty years of dedicated service in the ministry and to the community of Spartanburg, South Carolina

LA - HCR134 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Christopher R. Quintyne upon his graduation from law school and his dedication to the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus

LA - HCR139 PRIVATIZATION: Directs certain state entities to report to the legislature concerning operation and management of state hospitals by private entities

LA - HCR146 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. William L. Jenkins for his service to LSU and the LSU system

LA - HCR165 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes May 29, 2013, as School Board Member and Superintendent Recognition Day at the state capitol

LA - HCR182 COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing in which four black girls were killed

LA - HCR188 SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Urges and requests BESE to recognize and include increased per pupil funding as part of FY 2013-2014 base per pupil funding and to maintain at least that combined per pupil amount for FY 2014-2015 MFP

LA - HSR9 STATE EMPLOYEE/INCEN PAY: Requests the House Committee on Appropriations to study the feasibility of providing a four percent salary increase for all state employees in Fiscal Year 2014-2015

LA - SB8 CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Authorizes sheriffs to use prisoners for manual labor upon churches and other religious buildings. (gov sig)

LA - SB45 POSTSECONDARY ED: Merges certain La. Technical College campuses with Baton Rouge Community College. (gov sig) (EN +$326,096 SG RV See Note)

LA - SB55 HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT: Provides for Medicaid transparency. (8/1/13) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LA - SB71 MENTAL HEALTH: Authorizes and provides for mental health courts. (8/1/13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

LA - SB72 CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to disturbing the peace at funerals. (gov sig)

LA - SB107 JUVENILE JUSTICE: Provides relative to at-risk youths and development of an integrated case management system. (8/1/13)

LA - SB127 EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides that a student with disabilities who is not pursuing a regular diploma shall not be administered the American College Test with certain exceptions. (gov sig)

LA - SB153 EMPLOYMENT: Creates the Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/13)

LA - SB204 BONDS: Provides relative to the issuance of bonds to finance capital improvements for the Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System. (2/3-CA7s6(F)(1))(gov sig) (EN +$20,000,000 GF EX See Note)

LA - SB229 FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides that the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund shall be known as the "Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund." (gov sig)

LA - SCR96 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Rachel Elizabeth Schultz upon being named the 76th Greater New Orleans Floral Trail Queen.

LA - SCR101 HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT: Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to protect certain hospitals from the negative financial consequences of the closure of the Earl K. Long Medical Center by adequately compensating such hospitals for their increased burden of providing health care to the poor and uninsured residents of the greater Baton Rouge region.

LA - SCR126 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Colonel Winton Vidrine on his retirement from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries after a distinguished forty-three year career, including twenty-four years as chief of the enforcement divison.