Concerns about adolescents dipping their spoons into rum-infused Blitzed Berry ice cream and other boozy concoctions temporarily derailed legislation Thursday at the State Capitol.
House Bill 471 aims to bring alcohol-laced frozen treats to Louisiana grocers’ freezers. The state Attorney General’s Office concluded last year that legislators needed to tweak state law before the specialty ice cream can be sold in Louisiana.
The problem that state Rep. Marcus Hunter, D-Monroe, wants to fix is that the ice cream needs a specific exception in the law in order to be sold in Louisiana.