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Senate approves a string of bills on third reading; unanimous votes recorded on multiple measures
Summary
The Louisiana Senate passed a series of bills on final passage April 22, 2025 — including measures on court jurisdiction, drone restrictions, assault protections, retail theft, community college bonds, legislative continuances, drug-test strip exemptions, and nitrous oxide rules — with recorded unanimous votes on each roll call.
The Louisiana State Senate unanimously approved a series of bills on final passage during its April 22, 2025 session, recording roll-call tallies on at least a dozen items ranging from local governance to public-safety provisions.
The measures that received recorded final passage included Senate Bill 5 (raising a city court jurisdictional limit), Senate Bill 9 (prohibiting drone flights over military installations), Senate Bill 21 (extending assault-and-battery protections to veterinary staff), Senate Bill 38 (creating the theft of gift cards offense), Senate Bill 72 (bond financing for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System), Senate Bill 75 (reenacting legislative continuance protections), Senate Bill 78 (expanding permitted test strips), Senate Bill 98 (tightening nitrous-oxide controls), and a set of local finance and port-related bills (including Senate Bills 116, 118, 144, 146 and 147). Each roll call shown in the transcript produced either 36–0 or 37–0 tallies in favor.
Why it matters: Together, these votes enact a mix of statewide public-safety, procedural, and local economic measures. Several…
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