House Speaker Clay Schexnayder voices support for calling a veto override session to overturn the Governor’s veto of legislation that would transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams. State lawmakers will receive mail ballots during the first week of July asking whether they want a veto session. Political consultant Lionel Rainey says if one chamber votes against it, the veto session is canceled…
The Legislature has never a held veto override session.
Starting June 1st of next year 300 dollar individual lifetime hunting and fishing licenses will be phased out but sportsmen will still be able to buy a 500 dollar combination lifetime hunting and fishing license. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Undersecretary Bryan McClinton says this change has some sportsmen under a false impression…
Governor Edwards has signed into law legislation providing more oversight for Title IX Offices on college campuses. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell’s legislation closes loopholes found in previous campus safety policies and now allows for employees who fail to report sexual misconduct to be terminated.
The bill is largely the result of hours of legislative hearings held before the start of the session in which LSU officials were grilled about the findings in the Husch Blackwell report.