Denise Marcelle
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 61
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: East Baton Rouge
Seat mate: Dustin Miller
Phone: 225-359-9362 call
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.marcelleformayor.com
Facebook: marcelleformayor
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Instagram: cdmarcelle_d61
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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 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 41% 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 HB26 (2023) to provide relative to the voting requirements of the Board of Pardons
- Introduced HB89 (2023) to repeal a provision that specifies that the collection and reporting of traffic stop statistical data is inapplicable to law enforcement entities with written policies against racial profiling
- Introduced HB259 (2023) seeking a Constitutional Amendment to provide that a nongovernmental entity has two years in which to spend funds appropriated to the entity
- Introduced HB353 (2023) to provide relative to student behavior, discipline, and behavioral and mental health
- Introduced HB422 (2023) to limit the additional collection fee assessed by the office of debt recovery on delinquent debts that originate from certain criminal fines, fees, and costs to no more than 15% of the total liability of the final debt
- Introduced HB491 (2023) to repeal the automatic reductions in the individual income tax rates and the corporation franchise tax rate if certain revenue thresholds are met
- Introduced HCR65 (2023) to request the office of public health of the La. Dept. of Health, the La. State Coroner's Association, the La. Public Health Institute, the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, the La. Sheriffs' Association, the La. Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Voice of the Experienced, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, the La. Stop Solitary Coalition, the Justice Collaborative, LLC, and the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic to conduct a study on the current system of reporting deaths of individuals committed to the custody of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and to the custody of a parish jail and the feasibility of periodic analysis of mortality in correctional facilities in La. as a means of reducing carceral mortality
- Introduced HR7 (2023) to direct the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to establish a policy to permit incarcerated parents at penal or correctional facilities to virtually attend the award ceremonies and graduate commencement exercises of their children
- Introduced HR109 (2023) to recognize May 1, 2023, as La. Reproductive Justice Day
- Introduced HR143 (2023) to authorize the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or a subcommittee thereof, to study and make recommendations concerning the policies and procedures of high- speed pursuits by law enforcement officers and to report its findings prior to the convening of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature
- 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 HB90 (2022) to create the office on women's health within the La. Department of Health and provides for the functions of the office
- Introduced HB223 (2022) to provide for expanded eligibility relative to participation in a workforce development sentencing program
- Introduced HB281 (2022) to provide that per day civil penalties for failing to file or failing to timely file campaign reports begins after certified notice of delinquency is received and changes the cap for those per day penalties for district office candidates from $2,000 to $500 and for other office candidates from $1,000 to $500
- Introduced HB311 (2022) to establish a state minimum wage rate
- Introduced HB846 (2022) to repeal provisions of law providing relative to suspension of registration and voting rights based on conviction of a felony
- Introduced HB871 (2022) to waive reinstatement fees and fines upon resolution of a suspension for a failure to honor a written promise to appear
- Introduced HB873 (2022) to prohibit the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing any permits for the open burning of any munitions or waste explosives within five miles of a residence, hospital, or school
- Introduced HB922 (2022) to create a uniform data collection requirement for law enforcement agencies and makes such data public
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