AP: “Touting the life-saving benefits of the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday vetoed three Republican-sponsored bills striking at vaccine mandates in Louisiana, among two dozen measures the Democratic governor announced he rejected as he completed his bill review.
In his veto message, Edwards wrote that the anti-vaccine mandate bills “contribute to the false narrative that the COVID-19 vaccines are anything other than safe and incredibly effective.”
Already, lawmakers seemed poised to call themselves into the first-ever veto override session under the modern constitution because of previously announced vetoes of bills banning transgender youth on school sports teams and removing the permit requirements to carry a concealed handgun.”