ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 27
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER AND SENATOR CORTEZ AND
REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, BACALA, BAGALA, BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU,
BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARRIER,
CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, DAVIS, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON,
DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON,
FARNUM, FIRMENT, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN,
GADBERRY, GAINES, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, HENRY,
HILFERTY, HOLLIS, HORTON, HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES,
JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KERNER,
LACOMBE, LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MCCORMICK,
MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, GREGORY MILLER,
MINCEY, MOORE, NELSON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PHELPS,
PIERRE, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH,
SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STEFANSKI, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TURNER,
VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE AND
SENATORS ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX,
BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, FESI, FIELDS, FOIL,
HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT,
LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL,
MORRIS, PEACOCK, PETERSON, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT,
TARVER, WARD, WHITE, AND WOMACK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To express consent of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana Senate for
the other house to adjourn the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature until 11:00
a.m. on March 31, 2020.
WHEREAS, the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 and the effects of its risk of
person-to-person transmission throughout the United States and Louisiana threatens the
safety, health, and security of the citizens of the state; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for
responding to the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that large events and mass gatherings can
contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States via travelers who attend these
events and introduce the virus to new communities; and
WHEREAS, this guidance further recommends organizers cancel or postpone
in-person events that consist of fifty people or more throughout the United States; and
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WHEREAS, CDC guidance also encourages social distancing and prevention of
unnecessary personal interactions; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 10(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that
when the legislature is in session, neither house shall adjourn for more than three days or to
another place without consent of the other house; and
WHEREAS, by concurrence in this Resolution, the Louisiana House of
Representatives and the Louisiana Senate acknowledge that the intent of the other chamber
is to adjourn the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature for a period longer than three days
and that the requirements of Article III, Section 10(C) are satisfied hereby; and
WHEREAS, the House of Representatives finds that it is appropriate to grant consent
to the Senate to adjourn in order to protect the health and welfare of all persons who would
come to the state capitol to attend to the state's business; and
WHEREAS, the Senate finds that it is appropriate to grant consent to the House of
Representatives to adjourn in order to protect the health and welfare of all persons who
would come to the state capitol to attend to the state's business.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in order to minimize the spread of COVID-
19 among Louisiana citizens while meeting the legislature's constitutional responsibilities
without needlessly putting anyone at risk, the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express
consent for each legislative house to independently adjourn until 11:00 a.m. on March 31,
2020.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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