The 2019 Legislative session is in the books. House Republican Chairman Lance Harris feels overall it’s been a great session. Harris says among the most positive pieces of legislation was the controversial fetal heartbeat abortion ban, which has already been signed into law by Governor Edwards.
“I’m 100% pro-life. I thought that was a good bill. It reflects, in my district, most of my constituents thoughts and beliefs,” said Harris.
However, Harris says there were some measures that for one reason or another didn’t make it through the session. Among them, the effort to save Louisiana drivers money on their auto insurance rates.
“One of them was the insurance omnibus bill which would have brought down automobile insurance. I think it’s terrible that we are still going to be paying the second highest insurance rate in the country,” said Harris.
Harris was in favor of making an effort to also save Louisiana taxpayers money by lowering the state’s sales tax rate. That effort ultimately failed this session.
“I think we had a very good debate about it. I’m a little disappointed that we weren’t able to give our taxpayers some of the money back that I think we over collected, but that’s how the process goes and we’ll try again next year,” said Harris.
