Bill Wheat
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Position: Senate
District: Senate District 37
Running for:
Parishes: Tangipahoa
Seat mate: Valarie Hodges
Phone: 985-386-7844 call
Email: hse073@legis.la.gov
Facebook: drbillwheatstaterep
Twitter: @drbillwheatsta1
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Party: Republican
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Bill Wheat's Notable Efforts
- Voted in favor of 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 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
- October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana Senate (District 37) receiving 61% of the vote.
- 2023 - Received a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator and answered the Louisiana Right to Life Questionnaire 100% Pro-Life.
- Introduced HB179 (2023) to prohibit the sale of certain e-liquid and vapor products
- Introduced HB267 (2023) to establish a ten year moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration wells and pipelines on Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
- Introduced HB308 (2023) to require an environmental impact statement that meets federal requirements as part of the application process for a coastal use permit for the construction of a Class VI injection well or installation of pipelines to transport carbon dioxide for geologic sequestration
- Introduced HB384 (2022) to require pediatric day health care facilities licensed by the La. Dept. of Health to install and operate cameras at their premises and provides requirements and limitations relative to audio and video recordings made by such cameras
- Suggest another notable effort
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