Dodie Horton
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Dodie Horton's Notable Efforts
- Voted against 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.
- Co-sponsored HB17 (2024 1st Extraordinary Session) to provide for closed party primary elections for certain offices.
- October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 9) receiving 60% 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 as amended (House – Administration of Criminal Justice Committee) Danny McCormick’s HB131 on Constitutional Carry. (Video 1:02:35) May 16, 2023
- Introduced HB08 (2023) to require the display of the national motto in each classroom in each public school and in each public postsecondary education institution
- Introduced HB122 (2023) to provide that cytomegalovirus (CMV) shall be added to the list of genetic conditions tested by physicians attending newborn children
- Introduced HB216 (2023) to authorize certain qualified nonresident active duty servicemembers serving at a military installation in La. and their dependents to serve as election commissioners at any precinct in the parish where the military installation is located
- 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
- Introduced HB466 (2023) to provide relative to instruction on and discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity with certain public school students
- Introduced HB643 (2023) to require cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing for newborns
- Introduced HB837 (2023) to limit discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools
- Introduced HB878 (2023) to provide that the development of a certain percentage of hearing loss while employed in the classified police service is classified as an occupational disease
- Introduced HB1072 (2023) to provide that the development of a certain amount of hearing loss while employed in the classified police service is classified as an occupational disease
- Suggest another notable effort
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