The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee approves legislation that would make Insurance Commissioner an appointed position rather than an elected position. Senate President Cameron Henry testified in favor of the bill…
Henry says 39 states appoint their insurance commissioners; and among the ten states that have the lowest insurance rates, nine of them have appointed insurance commissioners. Tim Temple, who was elected as insurance commissioner in 2023, opposes the bill, saying an appointed insurance commissioner will not solve the state’s insurance crisis…
Cut 12 (10) “…Louisiana voter.”
The bill advances after no one on the committee objected to advancing the measure to the Senate floor.
The House is set to debate the state budget. The biggest question going into the session is whether the legislature would be able to keep teacher pay at its current level in light of the failure of Amendment 2 at the ballot box in March. House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says they were able to do just that.
Cut 7 (11) “…in recurring revenue.”
Governor Landry is looking to put 94-million dollars into the LA GATOR scholarship program, and McFarland says the House was able to keep that intact.
The House Criminal Justice Committee advances a ban on kratom that’s already been approved by the Senate. The committee heard tearful testimony from David Lubrano Senior, who told lawmakers his son took his own life after he could not get over his addiction to the drug.