Governor Jeff Landry held a bill signing ceremony today where he signed several legal reform bills that he believes will lead to a reduction in frivolous lawsuits that have helped produce sky high auto insurance rates in Louisiana.
Landry also signed a bill that grants the insurance commissioner the authority to reject rate increases regardless of market conditions. It’s a bill that the state’s current insurance commissioner, Tim Temple, opposed.
Cut 4 (12) “…break their promises.”
Temple says his office already has the power to reject rates and changes to the law will result in overregulation.
A Senate bill that restricts exit polling outside of voting locations to “bona fide news gathering organizations” received approval from the House on a 57-38 vote. Destrehan Representative Beth Anne Billings…
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The House Criminal Justice Committee approves a bill that would make it a crime to infect another person with a sexually transmitted disease. It would be a felony if the S-T-D is non-curable. The measure passed on a seven to five vote. Meghan Garvey from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defensive Lawyers doesn’t see how you can prosecute this proposed law…
Cut 12 (12) “…what’s first”
The measure heads to the House floor and it still needs Senate approval too.
The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would create the App Store Accountability Act, which would require parental approval for minors to download apps on their smart devices. Opponents say the bill creates new data privacy and security problems and it doesn’t address that children can access harmful content on websites. But Louisiana Family Forum CEO Gene Mills says parents want Big Tech to put technology in place to make sure they approve their kids app downloads…