St. Mary’s state legislators, especially state Sen. Bret Allain, have been busily prefiling bills for the 2020 session, which begins March 9. On the surface, some of the bills prefiled by Allain, R-Franklin, look like strictly local housekeeping measures. But the objects may be bigger than they appear. And an offering by state Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Gray, would name an existing law after a dog. The dog is Duvall, an 8-year-old Labrador retriever and facility dog for the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office. Facility dogs are “expertly trained dogs who partner with a facilitator working in a health care, visitation or education setting,” according ...