The House gives final passage to a school financial plan with a 103-0 vote, resulting in a $1000 pay raise for teachers, $500 for support workers, and $39 million in block grant funding. The legislation raises the public school budget by $140 million for the next school year.
Metairie Senator Danny Martiny is accusing the House Appropriations Chairman of using dirty legislative tricks to destroy an effort to legalize sports betting. Martiny slammed Chairman Cameron Henry for allegedly “hiding out”, which prevented the vote on sports betting from taking place. Martiny says Henry abused legislative rules to advance his agenda.
Earlier today Martiny amended a fantasy sports regulation bill to include sports gambling, but the combined bill failed.
The House approves a bill that prohibits Louisiana food manufacturers from labeling a food cauliflower rice if it doesn’t contain rice. The legislation also prohibits a food being called a veggie meat patty, if it doesn’t contain meat. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee was one of the more two dozen House members who voted against the bill.
Cut 11 (11) “…harder to access.”
The Senate passes legislation legalizing industrial hemp production and CBD oil, but the upper chamber packed it with new amendments, so the proposal still needs House approval. The legislation calls for the Department of Agriculture to regulate the product and perform routine tests of crops to ensure their THC level, a hallucinogenic chemical, is not above .03 percent. Franklin Senator Bret Allain…
A state regulatory plan for production must be submitted to the USDA by November 1st.