House Transportation approves a bill that levies a road usage fee on owners of electric and hybrid vehicles with the money going towards highway and bridge maintenance. State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says Louisiana relies on its gasoline tax to pay for road work and E-V and hybrid vehicle owners are not paying their fair share…
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The measure passed out of a committee on a nine-three vote but still needs full House and Senate approval. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton says hybrids and E-Vs are using the same roads as other vehicles, but not paying as much in gas taxes…
The legislation calls for electric vehicle owners to pay an additional $110 a year, while hybrid owners would pay a 60-dollar fee annually.
A bill to require public schools in Louisiana to carry free menstrual products for students in either a restroom or an accessible location passes in House Education. While researching her legislation, bill author New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman says she learned that many students experience “Period Poverty.”
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The House Ways and Means Committee approves a proposal to begin phasing out a temporary state sales tax, set to expire July 2025. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala’s bill would begin to phase out the .45-percent sales tax in July of 2023 and says it generates 420-million dollars annually…
Both bills head to the House floor.