The recent veto override session lasted only two days after legislators failed to remove a single bill rejected by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
The session cost taxpayers a little over $76,000, according to information the Louisiana House and state Senate.
House Clerk Michelle Fontenot said the House paid approximately $47,000 for per diem, mileage, payroll taxes, retirement and related expenses.
Lawmakers have never before returned to Baton Rouge to challenge a governor’s veto. The historic session began at noon July 20 and ended in the early afternoon of July 21 after the House failed to overturn the governor’s vetoes.
