Jun 20 2008
Rally Update
We had originally applied for a permit for this coming Monday, and it was approved. However… after speaking to Steve Sabludowsky about his Citizen Can idea, considering ways that we can have the most impact, and considering that we’ve had emails from folks upstate who want to actually charter buses and come down for it, we canceled our application. Because we’re political novices, we simply jumped the gun. We WILL have a rally, but we’ll need to give our folks more time to plan to attend, and we’ll work together with other groups so we can have the maximum impact.
So stay tuned in for an announcement within the next week, and keep working on your signs!
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Keep an eye on SB543.
The Senate unanimously rejected (35-0) the house amendments to this bill. Why?
This was a bill the got out of the Senate based on the ‘mistatements’ by Senator Quinn that she was not making any substantial change to the law. She was just ‘organizing messy law’.
When the House committee called her on it - that the bill actually allowed the legislators and any workers down at the legislator to be exempt from all court processes as long as they could score a ‘committee hearing’ every 2 months. They limited the bill to only a 3 day limit after an out of session committee hearing.
There was another substantial (in words) amendment on the floor of the House but I don’t know that it made any other substantial changes to this law.
So given the limited changes, why did the Senate reject the house version of this bill?
And why did they assign Quinn to be one of the three people on their conference team?
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Author: QUINN Status:
PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Updated: 6/12/2008
Summary: LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS: Provides relative to legislative continuances. (8/15/08)
Date Chamber Page Action
06/18/2008 H Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
06/17/2008 S Senate conference committee appointed: Quinn, Murray, and Marionneaux.
06/12/2008 H 1 Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
06/11/2008 S 28 Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected, 35 yeas, and 0 nays. Motion to reconsider tabled.
06/11/2008 S 28 Rules suspended. Called from the calendar.
06/11/2008 S 26 Read by title. Returned to the calendar subject to call
06/10/2008 S 52 Received from the House with amendments.
06/10/2008 H 26 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
06/06/2008 H Scheduled for floor debate on 6/10/08.
05/14/2008 H 28 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar.
05/13/2008 H 43 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
05/12/2008 H 26 Reported with amendments (10-0) (Regular). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
04/10/2008 H 5 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
04/09/2008 H 3 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules
04/08/2008 S 13 The amended bill was read by title and finally passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. The bill was ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
04/02/2008 S 7 Read by title, committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to a third reading.
04/01/2008 S 8 Reported with amendments.
03/31/2008 S 52 Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Judiciary A.
03/21/2008 S Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the committee on Judiciary A.
After reviewing the Senate PDF for the date of 6/20/2008, It indicates that Senator Quinn made a motion to reject the House committee amendments.
It seems she is real keen on getting more excemptions for herself.
http://senate.legis.state.la.us/SessionInfo/2008/RS/Journals/6-11-2008.pdf
Called from the Calendar
Senator Quinn asked that Senate Bill No. 543 be called from the
Calendar at this time.
SENATE BILL NO. 543—
BY SENATOR QUINN
AN ACT
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:4163, relative to legislators and legislative employees; to provide for continuances and
extensions during performance of legislative duties; to provide with respect to filing of the motion for legislative continuance or extension; to clarify certain provisions; and to provide for related matters.
The bill was read by title. Returned from the House of
Representatives with the following amendments:
HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
Amendments proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to Reengrossed Senate Bill No. 543 by Senator Quinn
AMENDMENT NO. 1
On page 4, between lines 26 and 27, insert the following:
E.(1) A motion for legislative continuance or extension filed in accordance with this Section shall be timely if filed no later than five calendar days prior to the hearing or proceeding to be continued or no later than four calendar days prior to the committee notice or call for an extraordinary session of the legislature.”
AMENDMENT NO. 2
On page 4, at the beginning of line 27, change “E.” to “(2)”
AMENDMENT NO. 3
On page 5, at the beginning of line 1, change “(1)” to “(a)”
AMENDMENT NO. 4
On page 5, at the beginning of line 5, change “(2)” to “(b)”
AMENDMENT NO. 5
On page 5, line 6, after “than” and before “days” change “sixty” to “three”
AMENDMENT NO. 6
On page 5, line 18, after “court” and before “or” insert “or agency”
AMENDMENT NO. 7
On page 5, line 19, after “court” and before “upon” insert “or agency”
AMENDMENT NO. 8
On page 5, line 24, after “court” and before “where” insert “or agency”
HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS
Amendments proposed by Representative Abramson to Reengrossed
Senate Bill No. 543 by Senator Quinn
AMENDMENT NO. 1
Delete House Committee Amendment No. 1 proposed by the House
Committee on Civil Law and Procedure and adopted by the House of Representatives on May 14, 2008.
AMENDMENT NO. 2
On page 3, line 28, change “A.” to “A.(1)”
AMENDMENT NO. 3
On page 4, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
“(2) For purposes of this Section, “legislative employee”
means the clerk of the House of Representative, the secretary of the Senate, and an employee of the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the Legislative Bureau when such person is employed full-time during the legislative session or during any other time in which the continuance or extension is being sought.”
AMENDMENT NO. 4
On page 4, at the end of line 3, insert “and for the benefit of a member or legislative employee and may only be asserted or waived by a member or employee.” and delete lines 4 through 7 in their entirety
AMENDMENT NO. 5
On page 4, line 11, after “including” and before “but” delete the comma “,” and after “to” and before “pre-trial” delete the comma “,”
AMENDMENT NO. 6
On page 4, line 17, delete “(1) or (2) above” and insert in lieu thereof “those provided in Paragraphs (1) or (2) of this Subsection”
AMENDMENT NO. 7
On page 4, between lines 26 and 27, insert the following:
“E.(1)(a) If the grounds for a legislative continuance or
extension are founded upon the convening of a regular legislative session or a constitutional convention, the motion for legislative continuance or extension shall be timely if filed no later than five calendar days prior to the hearing or proceeding to be continued.
(b) If the grounds for a legislative continuance or extension are founded upon any provision of Paragraph (C)(3) of this Section or upon the issuance of a call for an extraordinary session of the legislature, the motion for legislative continuance or extension shall be timely if filed no later than five calendar days prior to the hearing or proceeding to be continued or no later than two days following the issuance of the notice of the meeting
or of the call for the extraordinary legislative session, which ever occurs last. An affidavit of the clerk of the House of Representatives or the secretary of the Senate verifying the issuance and date of the issuance of the notice or of the call shall be attached to the motion.”
AMENDMENT NO. 8
On page 5, line 1, after “(2)” and before the comma “,” insert “of this Subsection”
AMENDMENT NO. 9
On page 5, line 5, after “(C)(3)” and before the comma “,” insert “of this Subsection”
On page 5, line 21, change “H.” to “H.(1)”
AMENDMENT NO. 11
On page 5, line 22, after “has” and before “not” insert “been denied or which has”
AMENDMENT NO. 12
On page 5, line 24, after “action” and before “of” insert “or inaction”
AMENDMENT NO. 13
On page 5, delete line 25 in its entirety
AMENDMENT NO. 14
On page 5, at the beginning of line 26, delete “if” and insert in lieu thereof “(2) If”
AMENDMENT NO. 15
On page 5, after line 27, insert the following:
“I. For sufficient cause shown, the court may consider a
motion for legislative continuance or extension at any time prior to the hearing or proceeding.”
Senator Quinn moved to reject the amendments proposed by the
House.
ROLL CALL
The roll was called with the following result:
YEAS
Adley Gautreaux B Michot
Alario Gautreaux N Morrish
Broome Gray Murray
Cassidy Hebert Nevers
Cheek Heitmeier Quinn
Cravins Jackson Riser
Crowe Kostelka Shaw
Donahue LaFleur Shepherd
Dorsey Long Smith
Duplessis Marionneaux Thompson
Dupre Martiny Walsworth
Erdey McPherson
Total - 35
NAYS
Total - 0
ABSENT
Mr. President Amedee Mount
Total - 3
The Chair declared the amendments proposed by the House
were rejected. Senator Quinn moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendments were rejected and laid the motion on the table.
Thank you for delaying the protest. I was wondering how I could get Monday off to attend. Now this gives me more time to plan.
Thanks for your hard work!
Well, ya know the old saying…….patience is a virtue.
I’d rather delay the rally for now……..it will give us more time to get organized and get the word out as well as allow us to make a bigger impact.
I can’t wait to attend the rally…so excited.
Now on NOLA.com from 12-1, you can post questions to a reporter Mr. Scott regarding this pay raise and veto issues.
thanks for postponing the rally. The people in North La want to protest just as much as you do, trust me. We will be there too! Keep us posted.
Can’t wait for the rally!!!!!!
Let me know what I can do to help
The legislative session ends Tuesday, so the representatives won’t be in Baton Rouge for the rally! Of course, Jindal may still be there, but I don’t expect a rally to accomplish much, to be honest. His mind seems to bet set.
Since the lege has already passed this abomination, it’s on Jindal anyway. If Jindal lets it become law, we will harass the lege until they repeal it, the way they did in Pennsylvania, but right now Jindal has the power to stop it.
There’s a chance we can change his mind. His future political career is in real jeopardy right now and he knows it - we need to keep the pressure on.
Whenever and wherever we have the rally, we want to accomplish several goals -
- make the legislature and Jindal understand this is not going away; they have gone too far and we’re going to put a stop to it
- keep people outraged, as they should be
- gain publicity for the recall efforts so more people understand that real change is possible if we work together
Repealed pay raise/Pennsylvania websites:
http://www.cagw.org http://www.wgal.com http://www.petitionline.com
http://www.freerepublic.com and many more…
Calling all constituents, esp. Baton Rouge districts: these legislators on LPB tonight DEFENDING THEIR “YES” VOTES….STEVE CARTER, ED LAMBERT, HUNTER GREENE, MJ (MERT) SMILEY..IT WAS
REPULSIVE TO WATCH AND LISTEN…
Repealed pay raise/Pennsylvania websites:
http://www.cagw.org http://www.wgal.com http://www.petitionline.com
http://www.freerepublic.com and many more…
BULLETIN: all constituents, esp. Baton Rouge districts: these legislators on LPB tonight DEFENDING THEIR “YES” VOTES….STEVE CARTER, ED LAMBERT, HUNTER GREENE, MJ (MERT) SMILEY..IT WAS
REPULSIVE TO WATCH AND LISTEN…
Google Pennsylvania pay raise repealed 2005;
on LPB tonight, BR legislators defended raise: S. Carter,
E. Lambert, H. Greene, MJ. Smiley
JUNE 28!!! NO LATER!
***** IMPORTANT *****
The most important thing right now is the date of delivery of SB672 to the Governor; which was the 18th of June. The Bill will become law regardless of the Governor’s action ten days after delivery has occurred.
Therefore, any action which we hope to take must be scheduled no later than June 28th. If a rally is held on the 29th, the Governor will just look out the window and smile at us.
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