“You can opt out, you have an exemption if you so choose. That made it through the process and that’s going to the governor’s desk as well,” said Edmonston. “We’re really thrilled about it we’ve been trying hard for the past couple of sessions.” Both bills were amended to...
However, no proposal made it through the legislature, leaving Louisiana behind these other states.Moreover, although online sports betting was legalized in 2021, there were no discussions about regulating online casinos. Thankfully, all the offshore betting sites listed here accept players from ...
You would need to contact the library if you would like it to be unrestricted.If you would like to take a look at the law the Louisiana Legislature passed in 2023, you can click here. The law is very lengthy, but this is just one section that outlines what legislators voted to ...
There were many new bills passed during the 2023 regular session and you can view thosehere. Below is a list of some of the more prominent bills passed that go into effect on January 1, 2024: HB648- Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child (Act 466) HB337- Elim...
regulated the drug are seeing large increases in tax revenues. Newell suggested ina story published by LRNthat millions of dollars could be added to the state's coffers if recreational marijuana was made legal. However, that will have to wait until at least another session of the legislature....
When the Louisiana state legislature resumed in April 2021, lawmakers acted swiftly to answer these questions. Two bills setting up rules and taxation structures for sports wagering have been signed into Louisiana sports betting law by Governor John Bel Edwards. Both retail and online sports betting...
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. (Brad Bowie/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File) ...
house in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, is now a state park and a national historical site, and includes a formal ballroom on the second floor. Benjamin Pierce trained county militia in the room, which now features a curved table used by the state legislature when Franklin Pierce was the ...
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Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Thestate legislature was set to examine some retoolingof that near-complete abortion ban. Some adjustments to the "vague language" used in the initial law, reexamining punishments included, and of course this rape & incest exemption. However all of these measures...