BATON ROUGE - A new proposed insurance reform package would lower the state's insurance rates and put Louisiana on par with Texas in policy, Governor Jeff Landry said at a news conference Wednesday. 

During the conference, Landry introduced a reform package that he said would make the state's insurance policy more resemble Texas'. 

Part of the new legislation would make it harder for people to claim pre-existing injuries were caused by motor vehicle accidents, raise award exclusion rates for uninsured drivers, increase punishments for people caught texting and driving and exclude insurance advertisement costs from customers' premium increases.

"Each time that we were told that changes were necessary and we made them, the only casualty continued to be your wallet. And so today, I want our citizens to know that I'm actually tired of the lies I believe through these pieces of legislation. We should see automobile insurance and we can do it without, without harming those that have legitimately suffered injury at the hands of those that are negligible," Landry said.

You can watch the full conference on WBRZ's YouTube page below.