Heather Cloud
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- 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 HB10 (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
- 2023 - Received a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- Voted AGAINST SCR3 (2023) the second procedural vote to spend $2 BILLION more than allowed by law
- DID NOT OBJECT to Luneau’s (Senate – Judiciary A Committee) move to defer HB537 brought by Valarie Hodges to ban foreign adversaries of the United States from purchasing any land in Louisiana.
- Introduced SB07 (2023) relative to access to sexually explicit materials in public libraries
- Introduced SB129 (2023) to require certain state entities to report corrective actions taken to mitigate state risk exposure upon request of the litigation subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
- Introduced SB164 (2023) to provide relative to prior authorization for services, procedures, and pharmaceuticals
- Introduced SB181 and SB233 (2023) to create the Expanding Louisiana's Health Care Workforce Fund as a special fund in the state treasury
- Introduced SB203 (2023) to allow for the correction of errors made by a Registrar of Voters to a voter registration at any time and to require verification of the registrants' homestead exemption
- Introduced SB226 (2022) seeking a constitutional amendment to grant the attorney general additional authority to institute, prosecute, or intervene in any criminal action or proceeding concerning a felony election offense of the La. Election Code
- Introduced SB313 (2022) to require mayors who are authorized to conduct mayor's court or municipal court to undergo certain training
- Introduced SB350 (2022) to provide relative to elections
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