Thirteen
bills were selected and weighed for computation. These were chosen mainly from
the watch list compiled throughout the session. For a bill’s vote(s) to be
selected, in one chamber there had to be more than one legislator not voting
for the winning or losing side.
Written by the author of the blog "Between The Lines," Louisiana State University Shreveport political science professor Jeffrey D. Sadow, this blog provides commentary on actions of the Louisiana Legislature during its sessions, and even a little in between them. Check daily when the Legislature meets to find out the good, the bad, and the ugly of its legislative process with special guest appearances by various state elected executives.
26 July 2020
Legislative regular session-plus scores, 2020
With everything dealt with, the
Louisiana Legislature log presents its 2020 Louisiana Legislature scorecard. In
a first, it actually will combine both Regular and First Extraordinary Session
votes to compile this since the latter really acted as an appendage to the former.
Being that passage of bills depends upon the
seated membership of a body, not voting is counted as a negative vote. However,
if a legislator had a leave of absence granted for that day, his absent votes
weren’t counted for bills voted on that day and the score adjusted to take that
into account. The governor wasn’t scored on two items because they were
constitutional amendments.
18 July 2020
First Extraordinary Session through Jul. 18. 2020
After days of inactivity
relative to good bills of the special session, the governor acted on the remainder,
choosing not to let all of these become law without his signature. The next
edition of the Log will feature the scorecard, with bills from both the regular
and special sessions.
THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 57 was
signed by the governor; SB 9 was
signed by the governor; SB 16 was
signed by the governor; SB 18 was
signed by the governor.
SCORECARD:
05 July 2020
First Extraordinary Session through Jul. 4, 2020
The 2020 First
Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature came to a close this past
week, really just extending the regular session a month after that effort lost
essentially 45 days to inactivity over the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. As such,
the 2020 scorecard will include legislation from both and be computed once all
relevant bills have been dealt with.
THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 55 was
concurred in and was sent to the governor; HB 57
conference report was approved by the Senate, was recommitted to conference, had
conference report approved by House and Senate, and was sent to the governor; SB 12 was filed
with the secretary of state.
SCORECARD:
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