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The Senate kills an effort to override the Governor’s veto of legislation that would remove the need to get a permit to carry a concealed firearm for those 21 and older. That came after four Senators backed away from their previous support of the bill in the regular session resulting in the override effort falling three votes short. Three of the four Senators to change their mind were Republicans. One of those was Natchitoches Senator Louie Bernard who told colleagues after some reflection away from Baton Rouge and conversations with local law enforcement leaders he just couldn’t keep his...
Police coalition urges Louisiana lawmakers to accept veto of concealed gun bill ‘We’re going to be ripe for a new category of George Zimmermans,’ sheriff says File photo. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator). A coalition of law enforcement officers from across Louisiana, including parish sheriffs and chiefs of police, gathered for a news conference Thursday in Baton Rouge where they urged state legislators to accept Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed gun without a permit or training. The Louisiana Law Enforcement Coalition, led by Fabian...
Lafayette Daily Advertiser Louisiana's first veto override session in modern history is all but inevitable with every Republican leader in the GOP-dominated House and Senate supporting returning to the Capitol to challenge Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' vetoes. Senate President Page Cortez of Lafayette, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales and three key Republican caucus chairs — Senate GOP Chair Sharon Hewitt of Slidell, House GOP Chair Blake Miguez of Erath and Conservative Caucus Chair Jack McFarland of Winnfield — all support an override session. Ironically, veto sessions ...
Louisiana Illuminator Gov. John Bel Edwards (JC Canicosa/Louisiana Illuminator) Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday that he vetoed 28 of the 505 bills the Louisiana Legislature sent him during the 2021 legislative session. That number includes the construction bill because Edwards used a line-item veto for some projects lawmakers approved. The Legislature can override any of the governor’s vetoes with a two-thirds vote in both chambers, and it appears that the Legislature, for the first time in modern Louisiana history, will actually convene an override session in the attempt to fo...