The start of the 2022 regular legislative session is still two months away, but today lawmakers can begin filing bills to be heard in the three-month-long session. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says some of the controversial bills that failed to pass last year, will be back this year.
“Starting with critical race theory, you are also going to see bills filed once again regarding transgender athletes, vaccine mandates,” said Alford.
Alford says it’s a non-fiscal session, so bills to raise taxes can not be filed, but legislators will still discuss state finances as they have to pass a budget and determine how to spend over a billion dollars in surplus money.
“I think longtime lawmakers recognize that this huge influx of cash the state has seen is only temporary nature, this is a one-time source of money that’s not going to last forever,” said Alford.
Alford says after two years of getting battered by hurricanes and homeowners wrestling with their insurance providers over claims, Republican lawmakers are eager to pass insurance reform legislation.
“Trying to figure something out on the insurance front is a top issue for them and it’s also a top issue they’ve identified that where they think they’ll be able to work across the aisle with Democrats and I think Democrats feel the same way even all the way up to the governor,” said Alford.
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