House Civil Law Committee approves legislation giving Louisianans the right to accept or reject any form of health care. Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman says he wrote the legislation after some people lost their job over not getting a COVID vaccine. The measure passed on an eleven to one vote, Lake Charles Representative Wilford Carter was the lone no vote because current law prohibits the firing of an employee for race, age, gender, and disability and this proposal would add a fifth basis for why you can’t be fired…
Frieman says the legislation does not prohibit an employer from instituting a vaccine mandate and it’s intended to give citizens a legal right to reject any medical treatment…
The measure now heads to the House.
The House approves a bill requiring insurers that offer loss of use of coverage to provide two weeks of evacuation living expenses to policyholders even if a mandatory evacuation is not called. The legislation is in response to Hurricane Ida which rapidly intensified and didn’t allow for a government-ordered mandatory evacuation Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegal’s bill will keep insurance companies from denying such coverage in the future.
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The bill passed 68 to 91.
Senate Finance approves legislation to double the speeding fines on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Senate President Page Cortez wants to use cameras to issue speeding tickets based on how fast it takes a vehicle to get from one end to the other…
The speed limit is 60 on the 18-mile bridge and vehicles that make it across faster than 18 minutes could receive a ticket in the mail.