| Instrument | Author | Status | Summary |
| SB1 | CHAISSON | PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE | FUNDS/FUNDING:Constitutional amendment to authorize limited redirection and transfer of funds supporting appropriations and allocations from the state general fund and dedicated funds in certain circumstances. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| SB2 | CHAISSON | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 479 | FUNDS/FUNDING:Provides procedures relative to avoidance of budget deficits. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| SB3 | ADLEY | ASSIGNED TO SENATE FINANCE | FUNDS/FUNDING:Requires that federal economic stimulus monies received by the state be used only in accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (gov sig) |
| SB4 | AMEDEE | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 72 | COURTS:Authorizes the 23rd JDC to transfer all excess funds as of December 31st of each year from the witness fees to off-duty officers fund into the criminal court fund. |
| SB5 | RISER | FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS:Constitutional amendment to provide for the convening of annual legislative regular sessions and the effective date of legislation enacted at such sessions. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (1/1/12) |
| SB6 | N.GAUTREAUX | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL:Phases out the tax on incomes of individuals, estates, and trusts by reducing the tax collected under present law by 10% each calendar year, starting with tax years beginning during 2010, until no income tax is collected on such income for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. (gov sig) (OR -$267,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| SB7 | N.GAUTREAUX | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL:Exempts members of the armed forces serving on active duty in a theater of combat operations from state income taxes. (gov sig) |
| SB8 | N.GAUTREAUX | ASSIGNED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
| FISCAL CONTROLS:Constitutional amendment to allow nonrecurring revenues to be used to give a tax refund or rebate to anyone required to file a Louisiana individual income tax return. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) |
| SB9 | LONG | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 442 | TAX EXEMPTIONS:Grants a sales tax exemption from all of the state sales tax and all of the local sales tax for new boats, vessels, or other water craft used as demonstrators. (7/1/09) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| SB10 | DUPRE | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 450 | TAX/SALES:Grants a state and local sales and use tax exclusion for "manmade or anthropogenic" carbon dioxide used in a "qualified tertiary recovery project" which has a severance tax exemption until the project reaches "payout." (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) |
| SB11 | MICHOT | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX EXEMPTIONS:Grants an exemption for income related to those 65 years of age or older. (See Act) (OR -$234,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| SB12 | N.GAUTREAUX | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL:Exempts certain members of armed forces serving on active duty or in the active national guard or reserve or who are retired from state income taxes. (gov sig) (OR -$1,400,000 GF RV See Note) |
| SB13 | ERDEY | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX EXEMPTIONS:Exempts investment income of those 65 years of age or older from state individual income tax. (8/15/09) (OR -$12,200,000 GF RV See Note) |
| SB14 | MORRELL | ASSIGNED TO SENATE & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
| ETHICS:Provides an exclusion from reporting requirements under the Code of Governmental Ethics for neighborhood crime prevention and security districts. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| SB15 | LAFLEUR | ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B
Considered on 5/5/2009 | DWI:Requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish and maintain the impaired driver tracking system and provides for the integration of the tracking system into the ICJIS project under certain circumstances. (gov sig) |
| SB16 | ALARIO | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS
Considered on 5/11/2009 | TAX/AD VALOREM:Allows persons 65 years of age or older to receive the special assessment regardless of income. (1/1/11) (2/3 -CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) |
| SB17 | ALARIO | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS
Considered on 5/11/2009 | TAX/AD VALOREM:Limits the increase in the assessed value of real or immovable property upon reappraisal to the increase in the CPI except in certain circumstances. (1/1/11) (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF) |
| SB18 | ALARIO | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 73 | TREASURY DEPARTMENT:Re-creates the Department of the Treasury and its agencies. (6/30/09) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) |
| SB19 | CROWE | ASSIGNED TO SENATE FINANCE
| EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:Creates the TOPS-Tech Plus Award. (7/1/09) (EG +$251,000 GF EX See Note) |
| SB20 | CHAISSON | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 389 | DISTRICT ATTORNEYS RET:Provides for the membership of the District Attorneys' Retirement System. and payment of group health insurance for premiums for retired district attorneys. (7/1/09) (EN 5Yr Ttl: See note) |
| SB21 | MARIONNEAUX | ASSIGNED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS | FUNDS/FUNDING:Constitutional amendment to increase the maximum severance tax which is allocated to parishes from $850,000 to $2,850,000 in any fiscal year in which the Rev. Est. Conf. recognizes an increase in such taxes from the amount in FY 08-09 and require up to $10 million of such severance taxes on state lands in the Atchafalaya Basin to be deposited into the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund each fiscal year starting in FY 10-11. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) |
| SB22 | MARIONNEAUX | ASSIGNED TO SENATE REVENUE & FISCAL AFFAIRS | TAX/SALES:Changes the time period of the Annual Louisiana Sales Tax Holidays from the first consecutive Friday and Saturday of each year to the first Sunday through the second Sunday of August each year. (gov sig) (OR -$24,000,000 GF RV See Note) |
| SB23 | DORSEY | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 171 | SPECIAL DISTRICTS:Provides relative to the Concord Estates Crime Prevention District (8/15/09) |
| SB24 | AMEDEE | SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
ACT 104 | REAL ESTATE:Adds two at-large members to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. |
| SB25 | AMEDEE | ASSIGNED TO SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS, AND PUBLIC WORKS
| SPECIAL DISTRICTS:Adds two at-large members each to the Lafourche Basin Levee District and the Pontchartrain Levee District. (8/15/09) |