Louisiana Sen. Jean-Paul J. Morrell (D)

LA - Judiciary B (Senate)

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chairman

LA - Natural Resources (Senate)

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member

LA - Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (Senate)

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member

LA - Senate and Governmental Affairs (Senate)

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member

LA - Capital Outlay

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member

LA - SR117 LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS: Commends Tulane University and designates May 21, 2013, as Tulane University Day at the Senate.

LA - SB30 COURTS: Creates the Orleans Justice and Rehabilitation Reform Commission to analyze, study, and recommend improved methods for managing and coordinating such services in Orleans Parish. (8/1/13)

LA - SB56 TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to exclude owners who are permanently totally disabled from the requirement that they annually certify to the assessor the amount of their adjusted gross income in order to receive the Special Assessment Level. (1/1/15) (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

LA - SB140 MUNICIPALITIES: Provides for legislation which increases the maximum fine and imprisonment for a violation of an Orleans Parish ordinance. (8/1/13)

LA - SB250 TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Provides for donations from personal income tax for the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc., through a checkoff box on state income tax returns. (8/1/13) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

LA - SB249 CHILDREN: Authorizes a district attorney to assess and collect a fee on past due child support obligations. (8/1/13) (OR INCREASE LF RV See Note)

LA - SB173 AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides for management, control, and maintenance of the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. (1/1/14)

LA - SB144 TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides for renewal of certain sales tax exemption certificates. (1/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

LA - SB234 TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes the issuance of New Market Jobs Tax Credits. (8/1/13) (OR -$50,000,000 GF RV See Note)

LA - SB218 ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Prohibits DOTD from collecting fines from persons not paying tolls on the Crescent City Connection. (gov sig) (EGF DECREASE SD RV See Note)

LA - SB86 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (1/1/14)

LA - SB47 LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides relative to the Sewerage and Water Board of the city of New Orleans. (See Act)

LA - SB191 ELECTION DAYS: Changes the dates for municipal and parochial elections, inaugurations, and qualifying periods, in certain parishes. (1/1/15)

LA - SB213 LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to benefits for a classified employee of the New Orleans Police Department on temporary or provisional assignment. (8/1/13)

LA - SB158 TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to wind or solar tax credits. (8/1/13) (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

LA - SB207 LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to civil service for cities with over 100,000 in population and certain municipalities governed by municipal fire and police civil service system. (8/1/13)

LA - SB159 LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to paid detail or secondary employment administered or managed by the city of New Orleans or any other entity. (gov sig)

LA - SB134 HEALTH SERVICES: Provides for licensure of behavior analysts. (2/3 - CA 7s2.1(A)) (8/1/13) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

LA - SB42 SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park. (gov sig)

LA - SB251 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides for fee to be added to domestic violence convictions in certain courts. (2/3 - CA7s2.1) (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF RV See Note)

LA - SSR1 VIDEO POKER: Requests Senate Judiciary B to study the viability of authorizing online video poker at licensed establishments.

LA - SR121 LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requests the legislative auditor to review certain crime statistics for the city of New Orleans.

LA - SR132 LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS: Establishes and provides for the Entertainment Industry Development Advisory Commission.

LA - HB549 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Establishes the MediFund for statewide advancement of biosciences, biomedical, and medical centers of excellence (REF INCREASE GF EX See Note)

LA - SR3 COMMENDATIONS: Designates May 1, 2013, as "FFA Day" at the legislature and commends the state officers of FFA.

LA - SR134 COMMENDATIONS: Congratulates the LSU Fighting Tiger baseball team on attaining an unprecedented regular season record and on winning the 2013 Southeastern Conference Tournament and extends best wishes for continued success in the NCAA Tournament.

LA - HB720 PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property in Orleans Parish and St. Martin Parish

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

LA - SR7 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Judge Carl E. Stewart of Shreveport, Louisiana, on becoming Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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 - SR70 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Esrom Joseph.

LA - SR162 CONDOLENCES: Express condolences upon the passing of David R. Voelker.

LA - SR183 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ronnie Harris on his nearly thirty years as mayor of the city of Gretna, LA.

LA - SR46 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Roy Amedee upon his retirement.

LA - SR105 CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Pastor Danny Mitchell.

LA - SR83 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the armed forces of the United States and proclaims May as Military Appreciation Month in the Senate.

LA - SR166 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Don Chaney upon his retirement after 32 years of dedicated service to the Louisiana Senate.

LA - SR79 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Blue Star Mothers and the Gold Star Mothers of Louisiana for their work with veterans and military families.

LA - SR62 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences on the death of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson in Afghanistan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

LA - SR205 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Benjamin Sachs, dean of the School of Medicine, for his leadership and activities at Tulane University School of Medicine.

LA - SB93 POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides for the awarding and transfer of college credit for academic content in career and technical and industry-based certification courses. (gov sig) (EN +$25,000 GF EX See Note)

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 - SR25 CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress and requests the secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce to take such action as necessary to require the regional administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service's Southeast Regional Office and his scientists to attend a meeting of the Louisiana Senate Committee on Natural Resources and provide information on the red snapper season.

LA - SCR73 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Gerald Ray "Gerry" Lane.

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.

LA - SB215 WATER/WATERWAYS: Provides for ferries on the Mississippi River. (7/1/13) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

LA - SCR127 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Colonel Mike Edmonson, Superintendent of State Police, on receiving the 2013 Buford Pusser National Law Enforcement Award.

LA - HB546 PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property in Orleans Parish to Children's Hospital, New Orleans

LA - HB560 BRIDGES/FERRIES: Provides relative to uncollected tolls on the Crescent City Connection (OR INCREASE SD EX 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 - HB630 TAX CREDITS: Provides for the transferability of the income tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic commercial structures (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

LA - SB171 SANITARY CODE: Provides for certain limitations relative to actions or rules requiring modification of certain existing community water systems. (gov sig)

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 - SCR91 CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to prevent unnecessary and unintended harm to coastal communities, individuals, and businesses by immediately amending the Biggert-Waters Act and mandating revision of FEMA flood-risk maps.

LA - SCR125 CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to urge the U.S. Department of State to approve the presidential permit application allowing the construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline between the United States and Canada.

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

LA - HB351 TRANSPORTATION: Requires highly traveled bridges to receive certain treatment within the highway priority system

LA - SR61 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences on the death of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Michael Guillory in Afghanistan.

LA - SCR13 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Daniel D. "Dan" Reneau upon the occasion of his retirement as president of Louisiana Tech University.

LA - HCR31 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., former state representative

LA - SR191 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dan Juneau for his years of service upon the occasion of his retirement from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

LA - SR71 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guardsman Sergeant Kevin Weiner.

LA - SR202 COMMITTEE STUDIES: Requests the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League Soccer franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.

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 - SB197 TAX/TAXATION: Extends income tax credits for the rehabilitation of certain owner-occupied residential structures. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

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 - HCR185 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dan Juneau upon his retirement from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry

LA - SCR46 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Sarah Whalen, former Louisiana lobbyist.

LA - SB16 RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for the definition of "regular retirement plan" for higher education employees participating in the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EG1 INCREASE APV)

LA - SR74 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences on the repatriation and burial of the remains of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Lt. Col. Don C. Faith

LA - HB579 LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides for a cause of action against parties responsible for an accident, disaster, or emergency

LA - SR63 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences on the death of U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Michael Delrie.

LA - SR72 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences upon the death of U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Larry Bunn.

LA - SR178 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Vincent Cox III for his twenty-five years of service on the Gretna City Council.

LA - SR165 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Belinda Constant as the first woman mayor of Gretna, Louisiana.

LA - SR173 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Angela Hill for 35 years of broadcasting on WWL in New Orleans.

LA - HB664 AGRICULTURE/SWEET POTATO: Provides relative to the sweet potato industry (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LA - SR60 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences on the death of U.S. Navy Aircrewman Joseph Patrick Fitzmorris in Oman.

LA - SR73 CONDOLENCES: Extends condolences upon the death of Louisiana Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Norbert Perry Jr.

LA - HCR99 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Metairie Park Country Day boys' basketball team upon winning the Class 1A state championship

LA - SCR130 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences upon the death of Ralph Perlman, former Budget Director for the state of Louisiana.