House panel rejects bar bill

Sen. Beth Mizell proposed a bill to hold bars responsible for serving people under 21. (Photo by Allison Allsop/LSU Manship School News Service)
The mother of LSU student Madison Brooks, who died in January, pleaded with a House committee Thursday to pass a bill to hold bars responsible for serving people under 21. But, despite her emotional testimony, members of the House Judiciary Committee shot down the bill in a tied 6-6 vote, expressing concerns that insurance rates would spike for bars and that sophisticated fake IDs would leaveā€¦

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