The 2024 legislative session is underway and insurance reform is a major focus. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says reducing regulations will result in more insurers writing policies in the state…
CUT 27 (12) “…affordability”
Temple supports legislation that allows insurers to adjust rates without his approval. He also wants to end the three year rule, which prohibits home insurers from dropping a customer that’s been policy holder for more than three years.

Legislation banning importing, ownership, and trafficking of sex dolls that resemble children has been approved by a Senate committee. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says Homeland Security contacted her about such activity…
Cut 9 (06) “…arrest anybody.”

In 2022, the Louisiana Legislature passed a law that limits the publicizing of mug shots by law enforcement agencies. It’s illegal for a sheriff’s department to release an offender’s mugshot who commits non-violent or minor crimes. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says that law was approved with good intentions, but it’s confusing for law enforcement agencies…
cut 12 (12) “…decision”
Seabaugh’s bill would allow for all mugshots to become public, which concerns Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow…
cut 13 (13) “…going forward”
Despite Barrow’s opposition the bill heads to the Senate floor.