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House passes scores of bills in morning session; votes include veterans' benefits, public-safety and local designations
Summary
Lawmakers approved multiple measures May 5: specialty license plates, memorial highway designations, updates to pre-K and public-safety programs, and a suite of bills the clerk read from the calendar. Several bills passed unanimously or with broad margins.
The Louisiana House advanced and passed dozens of measures during a busy floor session on May 5, including resolutions, local designations and policy bills spanning education, public safety and municipal governance.
Notable floor actions included: HB89 (district attorney retirees' health coverage), which passed on a recorded vote (clerk announced 87 yays, 5 nays); HB456 (workers' compensation petition contents), which passed after extended debate (clerk announced 13 nays); HB579 (sexual assault survivor bill of rights) passed with 98 yays; HB595 (limitations on local permitting that could delay natural resource development) passed with 93 yays; HB621 (recycling/decommissioning of renewable-energy components) passed with 99 yays; and HB818 (local assessment transparency) passed with 98 yays.
The chamber also approved a number of Senate-origin bills on second reading and passed local measures designating memorial highways and specialty license plates, with questions on a floor-filed specialty-plate redirection that would shift a $25 fee from a state account to a retired-state-employee association foundation (members asked about the foundation's purpose and fee use on the floor).
Several bills were temporarily returned to the calendar for further committee or floor work, including a judicial-appointment clarification (Senate bill discussed on the floor) and Senate bill 82 (the school-week measure) after lengthy debate and multiple amendments. The clerk and the presiding officer recorded many coauthors and corrections to prior votes before adjournment.
Votes at a glance (selected floor results announced on the record): - HB89: 87 yays, 5 nays (final passage) - HB456: announced 13 nays; bill recorded as passed (final tally not printed in extract) - HB579: 98 yays (final passage) - HB595: 93 yays (final passage) - HB621: 99 yays (final passage) - HB818: 98 yays (final passage)
The House recessed at the end of the morning hour with committees and additional calendar items scheduled for the following day.
