BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB) - A bill in Louisiana’s legislative session aims to begin the process of framing a new state constitution with a constitutional convention.
State Representative Beau Beaullieu’s (R-District 48) bill, House Bill 800 (HB800) would call for a limited constitutional convention. The convention would comprise of all 171 members of the legislature, as well as 27 delegates appointed by the governor. Starting on May 20th at 5:30 p.m., the convention would last roughly around eight weeks, requiring the state to end with a new constitution by July 15.
Read more: Measure in Louisiana’s regular legislative session calls for state constitutional convention
