Candace Newell
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 99
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: Orleans
Seat mate: Kyle Green
Phone: 504-240-3435 call
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://candacenewell.com
Facebook: RepNewell99
Twitter: @CandaceForLA99
Instagram: candaceforla99
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Party: Democrat
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Notable Efforts
- Voted against HB267 (2023 Regular Session) seeking a moratorium on Carbon Capture projects in Lake Maurepas.
- Voted AGAINST SB1 (2024 Extraordinary Session) "Constitutional Carry" to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit
- Voted AGAINST SB2 (2024 Extraordinary Session) relative to liability for persons authorized to carry a concealed handgun
- Voted AGAINST HB1 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to create the Truth and Transparency in the Louisiana Criminal Justice System Program
- Voted AGAINST 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 AGAINST HB4 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to changes for post conviction relief procedures
- Voted AGAINST HB9 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to parole
- Voted AGAINST HB10 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provides relative to diminution of sentence.
- Voted AGAINST HB23 (2024 Extraordinary Session) to provide with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law
- Voted against HB866 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide relative to the refusal of certain medical services.
- Voted in favor 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.
- Vote to kill HB777 (2024) to keep funding advocacy for erotic children's books
- 2023 - Received a 33% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- 2023 - Didn’t show-up to the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution.
- 07/13/2023 - Declared that the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution was unnecessary.
- Introduced HB17 (2023) to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, and retail sale of cannabis and cannabis products
- Introduced HB24 (2023) to decriminalize the possession and distribution of marijuana contingent upon legislative enactment of a statutory regulatory system and establishment of a sales tax and provides relative to applicability
- Introduced HB306 (2023) to authorize surveys of certain Orleans Parish public school students about sex
- Introduced HB374 (2023) to establish a state minimum wage rate
- Introduced HB598 (2023) to amend definitions relative to the crime of abortion
- Introduced HB612 (2023) to levy taxes on sales of cannabis and dedicates revenues derived from those taxes
- Introduced HR04 (2023) to recognize the week of April 11 through 17, 2023, as Black Maternal Health Week
- Introduced HR106 (2023) to declare racism a public health crisis and urges certain actions by the governor and specific state entities
- Introduced HB24 to (2022) legalize the recreational use of Marijuana
- Voted against SB44 (2022) the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act", to require an athletic team or sporting event sponsored by an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary educational institution to be designated, based upon the biological sex of team members
- Introduced HB125 (2022) to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, and retail sale of cannabis and cannabis products
- Introduced HB1065 (2022) to provide for notification of polling place locations and changes to locations
- Introduced HB1083 (2022) to prohibit natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle discrimination in education, employment, public accommodations, and housing options
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