Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Authorizes a parish board of election supervisors to schedule two commissioners to each serve for half of an election day (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Effective date: June 12, 2008.

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Extends the hours of early voting during the early voting period (EN +$355,803 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Effective date: See Act.

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Makes various changes to the election code (EN +$11,898 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Effective date: June 6, 2008.

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Provides for a program for the conduct of early voting at additional locations (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Changes the voter registration deadline from thirty to ten days prior to the election
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Authorizes a parish board of election supervisors to schedule two commissioners to each serve for half of an election day (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Effective date: June 12, 2008.

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Extends the hours of early voting during the early voting period (EN +$355,803 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Effective date: See Act.

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Makes various changes to the election code (EN +$11,898 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests that Senator John McCain, as the unofficial nominee of the Republican Party for president of the United States, urge the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold a debate with the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in the city of New Orleans
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Effective date: June 6, 2008.

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Provides for a program for the conduct of early voting at additional locations (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Changes the voter registration deadline from thirty to ten days prior to the election
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: Jan. 1, 2009.

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Provides relative to absentee by mail and early voting by certain voters who participate in the special program for physically handicapped voters (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Requires a background check on a candidate who has qualified for office (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Changes the dates of qualifying for elections (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/21/2008 - Approved on 6/20/08.

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Requests the House Committee on Commerce to study the La. One Call Regional Notification Centers and the cost associated to locate and mark underground facilities or utilities
Latest Action: 06/21/2008 - Approved on 6/20/08.

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Requests the House Committee on Retirement to study issues relative to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for teachers and state employees
Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Approved on 6/3/08.

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Requests a study to determine the feasibility of providing for an occupational license tax exemption for certain businesses and professionals
Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Approved on 6/3/08.

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Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study the structure, length, and procedures for legislative sessions, to examine alternatives to the current system, and to report its findings
Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and taken by the Clerk of the House to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests that Senator John McCain, as the unofficial nominee of the Republican Party for president of the United States, urge the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold a debate with the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in the city of New Orleans
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: Jan. 1, 2009.

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Provides relative to absentee by mail and early voting by certain voters who participate in the special program for physically handicapped voters (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Requires a background check on a candidate who has qualified for office (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Changes the dates of qualifying for elections (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

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Requires the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana to release copies of the Field Procedure Reference Guide for Public Protection
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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Provides relative to claims on restaurant menus regarding seafood
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits certain public service announcements during time periods around an election if such public service announcement features a person who has qualified to be a candidate in such election

HB152

HB152 Sponsored by A B Franklin
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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Repeals the moratorium on replacement of nursing facilities (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Makes the state of Louisiana a party to an interstate compact entitled the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Provides relative to the agency of certain public servants for purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics

HB58

HB58 Sponsored by Jean M. Doerge
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Appropriates funds for payment of judgment against the Department of Transportation and Development in "Kelly Liles Sullivan, et al v. Bienville Parish Police Jury, et al"
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Provides with respect to crimes involving prostitution (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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Increases the civil jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Baker
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call as amended.

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Requires certain disclosures for the conduct of certain telephone communications and polling (Item #7(1)) (RE1 +$10,000 GF EX See Note)

HB15

HB15 Sponsored by Jim Tucker
Latest Action: 02/10/2008 - Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Requires ethics training and certification that a candidate does not owe any ethics fines and has received ethics training as conditions for qualification (Item #7(5) and (6)) (OR +$103,174 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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Prohibits certain public service announcements during time periods around an election if such public service announcement features a person who has qualified to be a candidate in such election
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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Makes the state of Louisiana a party to an interstate compact entitled the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)