A bill to allow parents to bring a lawsuit against the entity that prevents a student’s entry to a school on the basis of their immunization status advances from House Education. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee’s bill will give parents legal recourse if their child is denied admittance because they opted out of any vaccination.
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House Bill 531 received opposition from the Louisiana Department of Education’s legal counsel Joan Hunt. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Frieberg asked Hunt to clarify the existing law that says parents can opt out of having their child vaccinated due to medical, personal, or religious reasons.
The bill passed on a six to five vote and will be heard in the full House.
The Louisiana House backs a proposal that will phase out a temporary sales tax that’s set to expire in 2025. The tax generates over 400-million dollars in revenues a year and Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala’s bill will begin the phase-out in 2023 so the state doesn’t face a fiscal cliff in 2025…
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The bill passed on a 67-40 vote in the House.
After a Louisiana version of a Don’t Say Gay bill restricting the discussion of gender identity in Louisiana schools was rejected in House Education last week, the full House voted 55 to 39 to have the bill resurrected for the current legislative session. It’s a rare legislative move to have a bill that was rejected in committee to be added the House calendar for debate in the full chamber