LSU Manship School News Service

Despite the emotional testimony of LSU student Madison Brooks, members of the House Judiciary Committee shot down the bill in a tied 6-6 vote, expressing concerns that insurance rates would spike for bars and that sophisticated fake IDs would leave good-faith bartenders open to legal action.

The House voted 48-38 to kill a bill Thursday that would have created an avenue of hope for prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice.

A Senate committee advanced a bill, 4-1, that would allow permitless concealed carry of guns for Louisiana residents over 21.

State Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Pineville, authored a bill that would limit how close people can get to police officers who tell them to get back.