The Louisiana House approves legislation to repeal the three-year rule, which prohibits homeowner’s insurance providers from dropping policyholders who have been a customer for more than three years. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Governor Jeff Landry is pushing to wrap the current legislative session early and hold a Constitutional Convention May 20th to July 15th. To do so there must be a two-thirds majority in both chambers and it doesn’t appear that the Republican has the votes to do so. Some lawmakers are balking saying it’s too rushed.
Senate Education approves a bill that takes current law prohibiting public school students from using their cell phones on school property a step further. Bill author, Beth Mizell believes requiring the devices be turned off and properly stowed away throughout the instructional day will help pull Louisiana schools up from the bottom of the list…
Senate Bill 107 now heads to the full Senate.
And Senator Mizell along with Convington Senator Patrick McMath plan to file legislation to limit the authority and control of the new St. Tammany Parish Coroner Christopher Tape who’s under fire after his prior sexual assault accusations were not disclosed and his swift elimination of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners program in four parishes under his authority. The bills would give the parish council the authority to discipline and remove the coroner and the other would adjust the coroner’s authority over the sexual assault evidence and victim programs.