Chuck Owen'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 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 in favor 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 in favor of HB288 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide relative to the inclusion of immunization records on autopsy reports of infants.
•   Voted against killing HB777 (2024) to keep funding advocacy for erotic children's books
•   Introduced HB16 (2024) to change the number of votes required for a conviction for an offense in court-martial proceedings fro 2/3 to unanimous.
•   October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 30) receiving 85% 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.
•   1 of only 19 to vote against breaking the spending cap (SCR3 2023)
•   Voted to favorably report (House – Education Committee) Heather Cloud’s SB7 seeking to prohibit erotic materials in the children’s section of public libraries. (Video 2:21:45) May 23, 2023
•   Introduced HB291 (2023) to create the "No Patient Left Alone Law" and establishes minimum requirements for in-person visits at certain healthcare facilities
•   Introduced HB315 (2023) to provide relative to public school administration
•   Co-sponsored HB361 (2023) to make agency heads responsible for implementing a plan created by the office of technology services and approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity to prohibit the use of Tiktok on all computers, devices, and networks owned or leased by the state
•   Co-sponsored HB372 (2023) to provide that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization do not have jurisdiction in this state
•   Co-sponsored HB462 (2023) to require each public school governing authority to post on its website certain fiscal information and requires the treasurer to post the information on the website of the Dept. of the Treasury
•   Introduced HCR07 (2023) memorializing congress to take such actions as are necessary to halt the influx of fentanyl from Mexico and China into the U.S.
•   Introduced HCR87 (2023) requesting the DPS&C to provide information pertaining to incarcerated individuals in the department's custody who have been held beyond their scheduled release dates and to report this information to the legislature no later than Oct. 1, 2023
•   Introduced HB185 (2022) to revise provisions relative to expressive activities on college campuses
•   Introduced HB355 (2022) to prohibit municipalities from enacting certain regulations relative to fuel retailers and transportation infrastructure
•   Introduced HB450 (2022) to provide for access to an adopted person's original birth certificate
•   Introduced HB459 (2022) to enact the Life-Sustaining Care Act which establishes a duty for healthcare providers and institutions to provide life-sustaining care in certain instances
•   Introduced HB555 (2022) to allow persons who hold occupational licenses or other credentials in another state to apply for licensure in this state based on the out-of-state license or credentials
•   Introduced HCR12 (2022) requesting that congress reduce or eliminate funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to protect the civil liberties of the citizens of Louisiana