A bill that would forbid schoolteachers and staff from classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual preference topics clears its first legislative hurdle. Bossier Parish Republican Representative Dodie Horton sponsors the legislation. In the House Education Committee, Baton Rouge Rep. Barbara Frieberg tells Horton her bill is not necessary…:
Cut 4 (09) “…shouldn’t control this.”
Horton says local school districts tell her the policy would be more defensible from a legal standpoint if it is set into state statutes…:
Cut 5 (11) “…a policy around.”
By a vote of 7 “yeas” and 5 “nays”, the bill moves to the House floor for debate. Horton filed the same bill last year but withdrew it due to lack of support.
Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt’s legislation to increase the penalties for manufacturing fentanyl passes in the Senate on 33 to 2 vote and advances to a House committee. The Republican Senator says the bill has the support of sheriffs, district attorneys, and coroners in Louisiana.
If passed a first offense would carry a 10-to-40-year prison sentence, ten years without parole, and up to a $50,000 fine.
Legislation to prohibit insurance carriers from using gender as a factor when setting auto insurance rates advances from Senate Insurance. The only female on the committee Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson says it’s a very simple gender shouldn’t be used to determine whether or not she’s an at-risk driver, especially when insurance companies have access to one’s driving record.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon argued the legislation would increase rates for females.