Louis Armstrong Legislature:
The Armstrong House was introducing a bill that would replace plastic products with those of bamboo, cardboard, and paper in order to protect sea turtles. However, the bill was not passed. They also introduced a method to safeguard Louisiana students by placing scanners at the entrances of public schools. The condition of this bill is unclear. The Armstrong Senate had a bill that would allow the farthest left lane of 3-lane highways to have an increased speed limit of 80 miles per hour. After some questioning, this bill was declined.
Fats Domino Legislature:
The proposal of a bill in the Domino House led to the potential of lowering the legal drinking age. The initial change of legal age was set to be 16. However, many debated that since the legal age to enter the military isn’t even that young, it should at least be the 18 years of age. This questioning was declined, leading the bill to be passed onto the Domino Senate with the proposed new drinking age remaining 16.
The Senate of Fats Domino is where the interesting bills started to appear. Senators Cohen Jones, Jack Iles, Peyton Raley, and Nile Manual as well as their associated committees created a bill that would require the naming and tagging of all fish in fish farms in the state of Louisiana. Many believed that this was impractical and absurd, asking if potentially offensive names were allowed or if this bill included all types of fish. It was stated that the names are auctioned off whenever a fish dies. The name’s value is determined similar to a regular auction, in which its value is determined by its desirability. In the end, the bill was tabled until further notice.
Mahalia Jackson Legislature:
There are talks of two separate bills that would legalize both marijuana and organized crime. These bills began in Jackson House and potentially could be passed into the Jackson Senate. The bill that legalizes marijuana was not as complicated; the one involving gang violence, however, took an interesting turn. The conditions of the bill stated that so long as criminals registered with their local DMV and pay income taxes on the money that they stole, then no criminal charges will be pressed against them.
Jackson Senate also had a very controversial bill, ending with a 50/50 voting decision, causing it to be declined. The bill involved the construction of a high speed train, which could reach a max speed of 120 miles per hour. This bill had a budget of $25 billion. Many representatives felt that this bill was absurd given the fact of the cost-to-benefit ratio. The train was set to travel through Cameron, Caddo, and Franklin, explicitly excluding the city that the creators of the bill resided in, which raised suspicions. It was also brought up that the train would not pass through the state capital, making it unreasonable to spend $25 billion on the project.
Allen Toussaint Legislature:
Only a snippet of information was heard of the Toussaint Legislature. This was hints of a bill that would require nightly showers for all citizens of LABS. For clarification, the bill also included that the citizens must adequately bathe themselves to the point that any “significant stench” is eliminated.
As the process of legislature continues, the spirit of debate and controversy rages on among these peculiar and interesting bills.
– Josiah Mire: Citizen Author, Layout Manager
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