The Senate passed Senator Beth Mizell’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act bill 29-6 Thursday. The bill has received opposition from transgender advocates, and this is the same bill that Governor Edwards vetoed last year. The bill prohibits transgender females from competing in women’s sports in Louisiana. The bill now heads to the House.

The House Health and Welfare Committee approves legislation that would transfer regulatory authority from the state department of agriculture to the Louisiana Department of Health. Houma Representative Tanner Magee’s bill also allows medical marijuana licensed pharmacy owners to open multiple locations…

Cut 7 (09) “…pharmacy locations” 
The bill heads to the House floor for more discussion.

A bill seeking to end the death penalty in Louisiana meets defeat in a Senate committee. Monroe Democrat Senator Katrina Jackson argued for her bill before the Judiciary C and says Louisiana is only one of 27 states that still sentenced people to death and it should stop…:

Cut 4 (15)  “…have in their hands.”

Louisiana has not executed anyone since 2010, and the state’s last death sentence was handed out in 2020. Franklinton Republican Senator Beth Mizell worries Jackson’s bill forgets the rights of survivors of a capital crime…:

Cut 6 (13)  “…a right to ask for.”

The bill was voted down by a 5-to-1 vote, and will not move forward this session