The 2024 regular legislative session begins at noon today. The state legislature has already been busy, tackling redistricting and crime. Insurance reform will be a major focus in this three-month-long session.

Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says since 2020 dozens of insurers have withdrawn, canceled, or refused to renew existing homeowners’ policies in Louisiana.
Cut 5 (11) “…as automobiles.”
Streamlining the state’s constitution will be another topic up for debate. The state’s constitution was adopted in 1974 but has been amended more than 200 times. Governor Jeff Landry has discussed with Republican lawmakers about taking some items out of the state’s constitution and putting them into state law.
Cut 6 (12) “…overhauling Louisiana.”

Meanwhile, Democrats will once again try to add exceptions for rape and incest to the state’s near-total abortion ban. New Orleans Representative Delisha Boyd’s mother, who was raped in her teens and gave birth to her at age 15, advocates for exceptions.
Cut 7 (10) “…to term.”

And there are also bills dealing with traffic cameras that issue tickets for speeding or running a red light. But Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel says only an officer should be writing tickets because cameras can’t do what they do to keep the community safe…
cut 11 (11) “…for speeding”
Deshotel’s bill would require automated enforcement devices to get a clear picture of the driver and the license plate to issue a ticket.