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Steve Duke, representing the Manufactured Housing Association, explained that the bill aims to create a more even standard for finished‑floor elevations for manufactured homes. \"FEMA requires you to be the the lowest horizontal member be outside the floodplain,\" Duke said, and he described field confusion when local jurisdictions apply different freeboard requirements or maps.

Duke told the committee that some installers are being required to raise homes multiple times because differing local instructions and maps create conflicting elevations, increasing costs for homeowners. Committee members said the bill addresses an affordability concern: higher required elevations can make it difficult for lower‑income residents to replace or install manufactured homes.

Representative Landry and others asked for clearer language. Representative Jordan moved to voluntarily defer the bill for one week to allow sponsors and stakeholders to refine the wording in paragraph (b) regarding when local ordinances may be more restrictive than the FEMA minimum standard. Green cards in support were filed by representatives of the Louisiana Manufactured Housing Association.

The committee granted the voluntary deferral for one week; sponsors said they expected to refile with clarified language at the next meeting.

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\"It's a very simple bill. It changes 1 word from a law that we put into effect last year... it changes the word business to calendar,\" Representative Thomas said.

David Bonino, speaking for the Louisiana Bankers Association, said the change is a compliance simplification: \"It's a lot easier to calculate calendar days versus business days because business days you have to deduct weekly holidays, weekends.\" He and other banking witnesses submitted green cards in support.

Representative Jordan moved the bill favorably; the committee advanced House Bill 91 by voice with no recorded roll‑call tally.

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\"This bill will prohibit third party reservation platforms from listing, selling, or advertising reservations to Louisiana restaurants unless they have a direct written agreement with the restaurant,\" Representative Abare said. He described the practice as \"reservation piracy,\" where bots and third parties grab high‑demand reservation slots and resell them for fees.

The bill would allow civil penalties of up to $1,000 administered by the Louisiana Attorney General; collected penalties would be deposited into the attorney general's consumer protection and education fund. Representative Abare and supporters said the measure is meant to protect restaurants, workers and consumers.

Stan Harris, president of the Louisiana Restaurant Association, voiced the restaurant industry's support, saying, \"I don't think I could have said any better than, Representative Abare.\" Will Dubose, also with the Louisiana Restaurant Association, urged favorable passage.

Committee members pressed presenters on enforcement and remedies. Representative Jordan asked whether the attorney general could effectively pursue operators who use bots or route payments offshore and suggested adding authority for restitution to return money to consumers who paid third‑party fees. \"I would ask that you give the attorney general the right to order restitution,\" Jordan said, citing an example in which a reservation reportedly resold for about $2,100 in the French Quarter during the Super Bowl.

Other members echoed enforcement concerns and urged tightened language on penalties. Representative Noel and Representative Reiser asked how restaurants would discover unauthorized resale and how the state would identify bad actors; presenters said restaurants often learn through customer complaints and that the bill would give them a formal avenue to report suspected violations to the attorney general's office.

Supporters and committee members clarified that commonly used, contracted platforms such as OpenTable, Resi and Tak (spelled variously in testimony) are not the target of the bill: those platforms have written agreements with restaurants, presenters said. The Louisiana Restaurant Association noted that the proposal is similar in aim to prior legislation addressing deceptive third‑party delivery listings.

The committee moved House Bill 90 favorably by voice; no recorded roll‑call tally was provided in committee. The bill will advance for further consideration.

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