The 2025 legislative session ends next Thursday, and this session will be remembered for auto insurance reform. Governor Landry has signed several legal reform bills expected to produce lower payouts to car accident victims. He says it’s legislation the insurance industry has been seeking for several years.
Among the other bills awaiting Landry’s signature is one that authorizes a new bidding process to purchase new voting machines, replacing over ten-thousand machines that are nearly 35 years old. Joel Watson of the Secretary of State’s office says the new machines will print out paper ballots.
Soon, you’ll be able to cruise down Louisiana highways with darker-tinted front windows. A bill on Governor Landry’s desk would allow tint on front windows as dark as 25-percent of light transmission, down from the current 40-percent. Its author, Marksville Republican Representative Daryl Deshotel (DESH-uh-tell), says this brings Louisiana in line with other states which suffer through brutal summer heat.
Cut 4 (08) “…and other states.”
In the waning days of the session, several bills still remain pending in the legislature. We recently asked Landry whether there were any pending bills which if they didn’t reach his desk, he would call a special session. Landry said no.
Cut 24 (13) “…of this state.”