To commend SomebodysPraying.com and to proclaim July 2025, as a month of prayer and fasting to God so as to receive His blessings, grace, and mercy for our state and nation.
Summary
SCR 41 is a nonbinding concurrent resolution that commends SomebodysPraying.com and proclaims July 2025 as a month of prayer and fasting in Louisiana. The resolution frames the observance as a call for individuals to humble themselves, seek forgiveness, and ask for divine blessings, grace, and mercy for the state, its communities, and the nation. It contains extensive preambular language describing the state’s challenges and expressing the view that spiritual renewal, prayer, and fasting can help address them.
The resolution does not amend or create statutory law, impose duties on agencies, or change any legal rights or obligations. Its practical effect is symbolic: it expresses the Legislature’s support for a religious observance and transmits the resolution to SomebodysPraying.com and the Louisiana Family Forum. Because it is a concurrent resolution, its impact is limited to legislative expression and recognition rather than enforceable policy.
Impact
SCR 41 has no direct effect on Louisiana statutes, regulations, or appropriations. It is a ceremonial and declaratory measure that formally recognizes a month of prayer and fasting and commends a private organization, but it does not alter state law, create a program, or require government action. Its legal impact is therefore limited to the Legislature’s official expression of support for a religious observance.
Sentiment
The available vote history indicates strong support: the Senate adopted the resolution 33-0. The bill text itself is uniformly affirmative and devotional in tone, and there is no recorded committee opposition or transcript debate in the provided materials. Overall, the sentiment around the measure appears broadly favorable and largely ceremonial.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided record, and the unanimous Senate vote suggests little formal opposition. Potential areas of concern, based on the text alone, could include the resolution’s explicitly Christian language, its references to government, morality, and national decline, and its endorsement of a month of prayer and fasting as a public observance. However, no recorded objections, amendments, or committee disputes are available in the materials provided.
Resolves that a committee be appointed to act with a similar house committee to notify the governor that the legislature has convened and organized and is prepared to receive his communications.