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Monday afternoon, Rep. Dee Richard, I-Thibodaux, presented HB 1390 to the House of Representative to freeze the leges’ pay for two years.

Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Algiers, (Leader of the biggest lege pay raise effort in history.) opposed the legislation.

The legislation needed 53 votes to pass.  Unfortunately, only 51 members of the House voted for the bill.  Thirty-one against the bill and 21 were either absent or refused to vote.

Additionally, Rep. Karen St. Germain, D-Plaquemine, voted Yea after-the-fact without a suspension of the rules.

To see how your lege voted go here.

Vote explanation

A vote FOR was a vote to freeze the lege pay.  A vote against was to continue the annual auto-magic lege pay raises. An absent is counted the same as a vote against.

Action needed

The bill can be brought up for another vote later.  If your lege voted against HB 1390 or was absent for the vote, tell them to vote FOR HB 1390 if it comes up again.

Remind your lege who didn’t vote or voted against HB 1390 their vote will be considered as another vote for a lege pay raise.

C.B.