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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The CROWN Act is on its way to the full Senate after being reported favorably by a Senate Committee Wednesday morning.

House Bill 1083 by State Representative Candance Newell was approved Monday by the Louisiana House.

Rep. Newell sat down with Fox 44 ahead of the Senate Committee vote to discuss the bill and why it’s needed.