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Votes at a glance: multiple Senate bills advanced or passed April 29 session
Summary
The Senate advanced and passed multiple local and statewide bills on topics including wage definitions, leases, facility namings, highway dedications, and tax‑credit oversight; most measures carried unanimously on recorded/machine votes.
The Louisiana Senate took recorded or voice votes on a series of bills during the April 29 floor session. Most measures were local or technical in nature and carried with unanimous or near‑unanimous support. Items recorded on the floor included:
• Senate Bill 1 33 (payment of wages): Sponsor: Senator Presley. Sponsor said the bill clarifies that profit interests are not wages. The clerk reported the vote (reported by the clerk as in favor); the floor announced the bill passed (machine vote reported as 38 yays and 0 nays in the record).
• Senate Bill 1 39 (Lamar Dixon Expo Center leases): Sponsor: Senator Price. Local bill authorizing Ascension Parish governing authority to execute long‑term leases at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center; recorded machine vote announced as 39 yays and 0 nays.
• Senate Bill 1 40 (naming of public building, Lafayette): Sponsor: Senator Boudreaux. Local bill authorizing the City of Lafayette to name a recreation complex after John Cush LeBlanc; recorded vote announced as 39 yays and 0 nays.
• Senate Bill 1 43 (Vermilion Parish…
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