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A look at the last week at the state Capitol

WHAT'S COMING UP:

• A Senate judiciary committee is expected to again take a look at House-passed legislation that would make it illegal to knowingly transport illegal immigrants within Louisiana. The committee stalled the bill (House Bill 135 last week amid debate over enforcement and whether it could threaten humanitarian and religious groups.

Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, said he's aiming the proposal at arresting and prosecuting people who transport, and take advantage of, job-seeking immigrants who are in the country illegally. But senators questioned whether the bill would discourage employers from trying to find out an immigrant's legal status and delayed a vote on the measure.

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