COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ron Higgins upon receiving the 2024 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
This legislative bill is a concurrent resolution that formally commends Ron Higgins for receiving the 2024 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and for his induction into the 2024 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. The document highlights Higgins' six-decade career as a sports writer, noting his numerous awards and extensive coverage of major sporting events across the country. It serves as an official recognition of his contributions to sports media rather than enacting new laws or policies.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Governor
Introduced May 1, 2024
Last action May 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2024
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 37
May 6, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
0
May 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, rules suspended, concurred in.
lower
May 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
May 1, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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