Louisiana Gov. Landry: Voters get final say on proposed constitutional convention

Michael Scheidt
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Gov. Jeff Landry says the proposed constitutional convention is about giving the Louisiana Legislature the tools needed to address problems and the chance to make changes residents “are not only demanding, but they’re anxiously waiting for.”

In a Thursday morning press conference at the State Capitol, Landry said, “This is not a rewrite of the constitution, this is a reorganization of the constitution.” He said it’s also about changing the way the state governs itself.

“I believe that if we are going to reorganize, if we’re going to clean up the constitution, ultimately the people of this state are going to have the last say,” Landry said.

Voters would get the chance to decide on this in November.

Landry said, “Anybody that says that ‘governor, you just trying to consume more power,’ I am here to tell you all in front of the media, that is complete nonsense.”

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The House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met on Wednesday, April 24, to discuss HB 800. State Rep. Beau Beaulieu (R-LA) authored the bill that would call a limited constitutional convention.

House Governmental Affairs approved the bill by a vote of nine to five.

The bill “calls a constitutional convention to convene on May 20, 2024, to be composed of 171
delegates, who are the 105 members of the House of Representatives, the 39 members of the Senate, and 27 delegates appointed by the governor.”

There has not been a successful constitutional convention since the 1970s.

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