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House approves bill removing judicial deference to agency interpretations in contested cases
Summary
The Louisiana House on May 6 approved HB99, directing judges and administrative hearing officers to interpret state statutes and rules de novo in contested administrative cases rather than deferring to agency interpretations.
The Louisiana House on May 6 passed House Bill 99, a bill that removes any requirement that judges defer to state agencies’ reasonable interpretations of statutes or rules in contested administrative matters. Representative Billings, the bill’s sponsor, framed the change as restoring separation of powers and bringing state practice into alignment with recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that limited…
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