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Louisiana Senate advances bills to reinstate attorney-lawmaker privileges • Louisiana Illuminator
The Louisiana Senate approved two bills Monday that would partially restore lawmakers’ ability to delay certain court proceedings when it conflicts with their legislative schedule.
The measures come after the state Supreme Court declared a similar law unconstitutional that applied to legislators who are attorneys.
No senators voted against Senate Bill 7 by Sen. Jay Luneau, D-Alexandria, or Senate Bill 9 by Sen. Greg Miller, R-Norco. The proposal will go next before a House committee. Luneau and Miller are attorneys who supported each other’s bills in the hopes that one would make it through the entire legislative process.
The proposals are a narrower version of what the Supreme Court struck down. They apply to attorney-lawmakers who might need to delay court proceedings due to legislative duties and when legislators are personally party to a court proceeding.
If either of the bills pass, they would override guidance the Supreme Court issued.
Both bills include safeguards that did not exist in the original law, including allowing opposing counsel to challenge a legislator’s request for a delay and excluding certain types of court proceedings.
Cases involving child custody, domestic violence and protective orders are among the types of hearings for which legislators cannot seek delays.
If either proposal becomes law, a judge could deny the request for a delay if it’s determined the attorney-legislator was seeking it for an “improper” purpose or if the opposing party would suffer “substantial and immediate harm” if the delay is granted.
The Supreme Court threw out the original continuance law in response to a case involving law partners Sen. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, and Rep. Michael Melerine, R-Shreveport, during a personal injury case.. Their opposing counsel argued that the lawmakers had held up a case for years through legislative continuances.
Seabaugh was not present for the vote on either bill or for the committee hearing on the bill last week.
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Few states take college athletics more seriously than Louisiana—and the Pelican State is reportedly proving that with a crusade designed to reduce teen vaping.
Per a Wednesday morning report from Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator citing public records, Louisiana’s government is using money from a settlement with Juul to do a series of anti-vaping NIL deals with college athletes in the state.
“According to public records, the state so far has agreed to spend $281,000 on NIL deals with athletes, with $225,000 going to LSU athletes over three years,” Hutchinson wrote.
In addition to the Tigers, Louisiana is said to be engaging athletes at Grambling, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese State, Northwestern State, and Southeastern Louisiana.
The $10 million settlement “can be used for research, education, and vaping cessation programs, among other things,” per Hutchinson.
Given the sheer visibility of college sports and college athletes in Louisiana, the state government will have a powerful ally.
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