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Amendment No. 2: Repeal of inactive special funds in Constitution. A vote for would: Remove six inactive funds with zero or near-zero balances from the Louisiana Constitution. A vote against would ...
(The Center Square) — The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a bill from Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Lafayette, which could overhaul Article 7 of the state's constitution. The bill passed ...
Voters have approved 216 amendments to their Louisiana Constitution during the past 50 years. That's compared to 27 amendments (including the original 10 in the Bill of Rights) in the U.S ...
Louisiana State Representative Dodie Horton introduced the bill to the Louisiana House of Representatives, describing the Ten Commandments as the basis of all laws. After passing the Committee on Education in a 10–3 vote, [ 4 ] the bill was signed into law by Louisiana governor Jeff Landry on June 19, 2024.
The beginning of statehood for Louisiana began with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In 1804, the land the United States purchased from France was divided in two territories: 1) the Louisiana Territory (upper territory) and 2) the area below the 33rd parallel (current Louisiana-Arkansas state line), the Orleans Territory each as an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
The politics of Louisiana involve political parties, laws and the state constitution, and the many other groups that influence the governance of the state. The state was a one-party Deep South state dominated by the Democratic Party from the end of Reconstruction to the 1960s, forming the backbone of the "Solid South."
Over the weekend, voters approved all four constitutional amendments on the ballot in the 2024 December election.
On July 18, 2012, the Colorado House of Representatives' H.R. No. 12-1003 was officially received by the United States House of Representatives, was designated by the U.S. House as Memorial No. 252, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary in that body (See 158 Congressional Record, page H5009, soft-cover preliminary edition).