DPEC Recommendation: No

This proposed amendment comes from the larger GOP conspiracy of nefarious interference in the 2020 Presidential election. Passing it could make chronic underfunding of our elections even worse. There are already laws in place to address this issue.

DPEC Recommendation: No

This amendment was drafted in response to some churches' anger at having to abide by the state mandated shutdown at the height of the Covid pandemic. Religious institutions are already protected under the constitution, but no entity should be able to ignore public health mandates as this would put the entire community in danger.

DPEC Recommendation: No

We already allocate 10% of surplus funds toward retirement debts. Increasing it has two possible negative outcomes: 1) Legislators will be unable to use that extra 15% on anything else, such as Louisiana’s crumbling infrastructure (roads and bridges for example) and 2) Legislators can put off actually solving the debt crisis by using this Amendment as an empty promise.

DPEC Recommendation: No

Local authorities already have the ability to issue citations to nonprofits for safety violations. This amendment could allow politics and subjective decisions to remove the substantial tax breaks they receive, which may cause them to close and leave a gap in services for the public. The amendment is vague and does not stipulate warning periods or time frames for the nonprofit to correct the issues before being penalized this way.