A ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving is headed to Governor Landry’s desk. This, after the House gave its final approval on a vote of 94-to-1. Don Redman with Triple-A Louisiana says this is something that the auto club has been pushing for for years. He says making phone calls has practically become a secondary use of cell phones while in vehicles.
Cut 4 (10) “…conference calls, shopping.”
The House Education Committee advances a bill that would pave the way for public schools to give mental health screenings to K-through-12 students, but not without concern. Gray Republican Beryl Amedee says she’s concerned that schools would have too much authority over students’ sensitive health data.
Cut 10 (14) “…can’t unsee it.”
Despite those concerns, the committee passed it on a vote of 10-to-one.
The House Criminal Justice Committee votes against legislation that would have allowed a girl under 17 to seek an abortion if her pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. Republicans and Democrats voted “no” on the bill, including Monroe Democrat Patricia Moore….
Moore says this issue weighs heavily on her, because her own mother was 14 when she gave birth to her and the pregnancy was the result of a rape. That was also the case with the bill’s author, New Orleans Democrat Delisha Boyd – her mother was raped as a minor and gave birth to her.
The bill was defeated in committee on a vote of eight to three.