IN HB1272 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-05 - Public Law 21
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-05 - Public Law 21
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Local government matters. Provides that if a newspaper or locality newspaper does not refuse to publish a timely notice, but subsequently fails to publish it, notice is nonetheless sufficient if the notice is timely posted: (1) in printed form, in three prominent places in the political subdivision; or (2) on the political subdivision's Internet web site. Increases the amount of debt that a municipal sewage works or sanitation department can write off as uncollectable.
Title
Local government matters. Provides that if a newspaper or locality newspaper does not refuse to publish a timely notice, but subsequently fails to publish it, notice is nonetheless sufficient if the notice is timely posted: (1) in printed form, in three prominent places in the political subdivision; or (2) on the political subdivision's Internet web site. Increases the amount of debt that a municipal sewage works or sanitation department can write off as uncollectable.
Sponsors
| Rep. Sharon Negele [R] | Rep. Steven Stemler [D] | Rep. Robin Shackleford [D] | Sen. Blake Doriot [R] |
| Sen. Randall Head [R] | Sen. Jean Breaux [D] |
Roll Calls
2017-03-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-05 | House | Public Law 21 |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Signed by the Governor |
| 2017-04-04 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2017-03-21 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2017-03-21 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2017-03-16 | Senate | Returned to the House without amendments |
| 2017-03-14 | Senate | Senator Breaux added as cosponsor |
| 2017-03-14 | Senate | Senator Head added as second sponsor |
| 2017-03-14 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 45, nays 3 |
| 2017-03-13 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2017-03-13 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2017-03-09 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2017-02-20 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 2017-02-07 | House | Referred to the Senate |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Representative Shackleford added as coauthor |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Representative Stemler added as coauthor |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 95, nays 0 |
| 2017-02-02 | House | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2017-01-31 | House | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2017-01-10 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform |
| 2017-01-10 | House | Authored by Representative Negele |
