Louisiana Sen. Mark Abraham (R)

LA - Appropriations (House)

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member

LA - Insurance (House)

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member

LA - Retirement (House)

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member

LA - Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs (Senate)

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member

LA - Education (Senate)

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member

LA - Finance (Senate)

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member

LA - Judiciary C (Senate)

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vice-chairman

LA - Coastal Restoration and Flood Control (Senate)

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member

LA - HB17 RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the refund of employee contributions to the Firefighters' Retirement System (OR NO IMPACT APV)

LA - HR86 COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Reverend Andrew D. Martin, Sr., on his retirement

LA - HB561 TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Creates and provides relative to the Calcasieu Parish Tolling Authority (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

LA - HB511 FUNDS/FUNDING: Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Talent Initiative Fund for the purpose of funding degree and certificate programs in cybersecurity fields and the Cybersecurity Education Management Council to advise relative to the fund (RE INCREASE SD EX See Note)

LA - HB81 TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: Authorizes and provides for cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that may require payments in lieu of taxes (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

LA - HR289 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Astrid R. Clements for her world travels and spirit of cultural adventure

LA - HR176 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Eddie Mormon of Lake Charles for his accomplishments

LA - HB284 DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs

LA - HB16 RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (OR DECREASE APV)

LA - HB76 TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Establishes an ad valorem tax exemption for property subject to a cooperative endeavor agreement requiring the property owner to make payments in lieu of taxes (RR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

LA - HB612 RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)

LA - HCR122 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes June 10, 2019, as Leah Chase Day

LA - HR153 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Robert A. Johnson for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR152 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Barbara M. Norton for her outstanding legislative service and recognizes her contributions to her district and the state

LA - SCR103 COMMENDATIONS: Commends President Hines on his lifetime commitment to rural hospitals in the state.

LA - HR230 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Taylor F. Barras, Speaker of the House, for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district, the House, and the state

LA - HR186 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Thomas G. Carmody, Jr., for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR188 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Cameron Henry for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SCR112 COMMENDATIONS: Commends W.B. Williamson American Legion Post No. 1 of Lake Charles on its one hundredth anniversary of serving Southwest Louisiana veterans.

LA - HR201 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable John F. "Andy" Anders for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR202 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Walt Leger, III, Speaker Pro Tempore, for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SB152 AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides for truth in labeling requirements of agricultural products. (10/1/20)

LA - HCR99 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Mr. William E. "Bill" Crawford on his retirement from the Louisiana State Law Institute

LA - HR178 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Frank A. Hoffmann for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HCR115 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of former state representative Charles D. "Charlie" Lancaster, Jr.

LA - HR106 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Robert E. Billiot for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR107 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Patrick Connick for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SCR68 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.

LA - HB245 PROCUREMENT: Authorizes a public entity to reject the lowest bid on a procurement contract when a vendor engages in a boycott of Israel (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

LA - HB596 TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

LA - HR295 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Leah Chase, executive chef and co-owner of Dooky Chase's Restaurant in New Orleans

LA - HR121 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Jerry "Truck" Gisclair for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR300 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates June 4, 2019, as Girl Scouts of the United States of America Day at the state capitol and recognizes the one hundred seventh anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouting

LA - HR127 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Patricia Haynes Smith for her outstanding legislative service and recognizes her contributions to her district and the state

LA - HR240 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable J. Rogers Pope for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR308 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ruby Johnson on her retirement as assistant clerk and journal clerk of the Louisiana House of Representatives

LA - HR241 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Jerome P. "Dee" Richard for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR243 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR244 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Franklin J. Foil for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR128 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable John E. Guinn for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR129 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable A B Franklin for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR140 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Frank A. Howard for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR141 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Dorothy Sue Hill for her outstanding legislative service and recognizes her contributions to her district and the state

LA - HR142 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Sam Jones for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR238 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable H. Bernard LeBas for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR239 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable James H. "Jim" Morris for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR259 PUBLIC BUILDINGS/ST CAPL: Names the office suite within the state capitol housing the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation in honor of Charles D. Lancaster, Jr.

LA - HR162 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable J. Kevin Pearson for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR164 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Nancy Landry for her outstanding legislative service and recognizes her contributions to her district and the state

LA - HR177 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Stephen F. "Steve" Carter for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HR179 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Michael "Kirk" Talbot for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SB13 STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for a surviving spouse benefit to resume in certain circumstances. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (7/1/2019) (EN INCREASE APV)

LA - SB174 AGED PERSONS: Provides relative to the annual appropriation for the councils on aging. (8/1/19) (EN +$3,972,082 GF EX See Note)

LA - SCR139 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Danny Wilson upon his retirement from AT&T.

LA - HB199 MEDICAID: Establishes the TEFRA option within the La. Medicaid program to serve children with disabilities (EN +$9,340,656 GF EX See Note)

LA - SCR122 TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Directs the Department of Transportation and Development to expedite procurement, planning, engineering, and design for a new Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge, in cooperation with the Southwest Area Chamber's I-10 Bridge Task Force.

LA - HR242 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Scott M. Simon for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SB184 ABORTION: Prohibits the abortion of an unborn human being with a detectable heartbeat. (See Act)

LA - HB133 ABORTION: Revises the definition of abortion

LA - HR304 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Elsie Waites

LA - HB331 TAX CREDITS: Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

LA - HB370 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

LA - HB413 BANKS/BANKING: Provides that it shall be unlawful discrimination for a financial institution to refuse to provide services to any party because of the party's lawful engagement in commerce of firearms and ammunition (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

LA - SCR145 SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6th.

LA - HR149 COMMENDATIONS: Posthumously commends John Burrell Garner for his contributions to the civil rights movement

LA - HB578 FUNDS/FUNDING: Dedicates the economic proceeds from the Deepwater Horizon litigation to transportation projects and redirects funding to the Construction Subfund of the Transportation Trust Fund (EN -$24,000,000 GF RV See Note)

LA - HR135 COMMENDATIONS: Commends American Idol finalist Laine Hardy

LA - SCR141 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine.

LA - HB425 ABORTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Stipulates that no provision of the constitution protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion

LA - HB30 VOTERS/VOTING: Provides that a U.S. military identification card may be used at the polls for voting purposes (EN +$110,200 GF EX See Note)

LA - HB335 PUBLIC HEALTH: Requires food service establishments serving imported crawfish or shrimp to inform patrons that the seafood is of foreign origin (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

LA - SCR115 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. James A. Richardson upon his 32 years of service and contributions to the Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference.

LA - SCR59 COMMENDATIONS: Commends E. "Pete" Adams for 46 years of exemplary service as the executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.

LA - SCR3 BESE: Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year. (EN +$145,214,142 GF EX See Note)

LA - HR187 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Neil C. Abramson for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HCR14 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of former state representative Rick Farrar

LA - HR163 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable Stephen E. Pugh for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - HCR64 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Alfred W. "Butch" Speer upon his retirement and more than thirty-five years of dedicated service to the Louisiana House of Representatives

LA - SCR140 CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine.

LA - HR154 COMMENDATIONS: Commends and expresses appreciation to the Honorable James K. Armes, III, for his outstanding legislative service and recognizes his contributions to his district and the state

LA - SCR79 COMMENDATIONS: Commends Raymond Blanco on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Political Hall of Fame induction class.

LA - HB391 VETERANS: Provides for the certification of veteran-owned businesses (EGF INCREASE GF EX See Note)