The Republican-controlled House approved a bill that would prohibit doctors from performing gender transition procedures on minors. Gender transition procedures include hormone treatments, gender reassignment surgery, or puberty blockers. Bill author Pollock Representative Gabe Firment says these types of treatments can lead to sterilization and loss of sexual function…
Cut 5 (07) “…experimental procedures.”
But Gretna Representative Joe Marino says this legislation actually harms transgender youth…
Firment’s “Stop Harming Our Kids Act” was approved on 71-24 vote mainly along party lines. It’s one of four major anti-LGBTQ bills moving through the Legislature.
The House Criminal Justice Committee advances a bill to allow Louisiana adults to conceal carry a firearm. Bill author Oil City Republican Representative Danny McCormick says the Second Amendment gives law-abiding citizens the right to do so. But Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Fabian Blache believes it will escalate the already existing problem of illegal gun violence.
The legislation would also bypass background check requirements to carry a concealed weapon.
Despite pushback from Black lawmakers, the Louisiana House approved a bill that would hold back third graders who fail multiple literacy tests. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson’s measure is modeled after a policy Mississippi is using. But New Orleans Representative Delisha Boyd is not impressed…
Cut 15 (06) “…scoring 45th.”
But Nelson says Mississippi’s reading scores have improved since the program was enacted in 2013.