At the top of the hour, the 2025 legislative session will be over, and Leaders for a Better Louisiana Chief Policy Officer Barry Erwin calls it a significant session. Erwin says the highlight is legal changes to how car crashes are handled in court, with the hopes it will bring down insurance rates.
Cut 4 (11) “…investment pay off.”
The legislature approved a 46-billion-dollar budget for next fiscal year, albeit only giving Governor Landry 43-million out of the 93-million dollars he was seeking for the L-A GATOR scholarship program. House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says this is the first year of the program, so it’s best to take a conservative approach when funding it.
Attorney General Liz Murrill is hailing the passage of House Bill 675. That’s the bill by Slidell Republican Brian Glorioso that speeds up the post-conviction relief process by setting tighter deadlines for judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Murrill says this is a huge win for the families of the victims of heinous crimes.
Victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking can now have remote access technology on their vehicles disabled, thanks to a new law signed by Governor Landry. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Detective Kelly Downey collaborated closely with lawmakers and survivors, saying 80-percent of all domestic homicide victims were stalked.