Debbie Villio
Badges Earned
Endorsements
Major Donors
Notable Efforts
- Voted against HB267 (2023 Regular Session) seeking a moratorium on Carbon Capture projects in Lake Maurepas.
- Voted in favor of SB1 (2024 Extraordinary Session) "Constitutional Carry" to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit
- Voted in favor of SB2 (2024 Extraordinary Session) relative to liability for persons authorized to carry a concealed handgun
- Voted in favor of HB1 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to create the Truth and Transparency in the Louisiana Criminal Justice System Program
- Voted in favor of HB2 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provide for immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances for peace officers and public entities that employ or appoint peace officers
- Voted in favor of HB4 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to changes for post conviction relief procedures
- Voted in favor of HB9 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to parole
- Voted in favor of HB9 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to diminution of sentence
- Voted in favor of HB23 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provide with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law
- Voted in favor HB866 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide relative to the refusal of certain medical services.
- Voted against HB743 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters.
- Voted against HB550 (2024 - Regular Session) to terminate approval of home study programs by the State Board. of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), provides for the enrollment of students in home schools, and provides for one-time notification to BESE upon such enrollment.
- Voted against HB288 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide relative to the inclusion of immunization records on autopsy reports of infants.
- 2023 - a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- Voted to favorably report as amended (House – Administration of Criminal Justice Committee) Danny McCormick’s HB131 on Constitutional Carry. (Video 1:02:35) May 16, 2023
- Co-sponsored HB16 (2023) to provide additional penalties for the crime of simple burglary under certain circumstances
- Introduced HB65 (2023) to designate the crime of "simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling" as a crime of violence
- Introduced HB66 (2023) to provide for forfeiture of good time and credits earned toward the reduction of sentence in certain circumstances
- Introduced HB70 (2023) to provide relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for fourth or subsequent nonviolent felony offenses
- Introduced HB75 (2023) to provide relative to penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl or carfentanil
- Co-sponsored HB147 (2023) to provide that as a condition for parole eligibility, provides that offenders shall not have any disciplinary offenses within 24 consecutive months prior to their parole eligibility and hearing date
- Introduced HB151 (2023) to provide for forfeiture of good time and credits earned toward diminution of sentence in certain circumstances
- Introduced HB321 (2023) to create the Truth and Transparency in the Louisiana Criminal Justice System Pilot Program
- Introduced HB178 (2022) seeking a constitutional amendment limiting the right to vote to citizens of the United States
- Introduced HB188 (2022) to provide relative to prohibitions and requirements for digital material of a political nature
- Introduced HB265 (2022) to provide relative to additional methods of victim notification
- Introduced HB544 (2022) to provide relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for offenders convicted a fourth or subsequent time of a nonviolent felony offense
- Introduced HB820 (2022) to provide relative to civil forfeiture of funds and property used in theft and monetary offenses
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