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 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
•   Voted in favor of 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.
•   October 14, 2023 - Re-elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 40) receiving 81% of the vote.
•   2023 - Received a 88% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
•   07/13/2023 - Declared that the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution was unnecessary.
•   Introduced HB106 (2023) to add Xylazine to Schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law
•   Introduced HB480 (2023) to allow a person 16 years of age or older to be employed as a direct support professional, direct support worker, or personal care attendant for certain Medicaid- related services
•   Introduced HB493 (2023) to provide for the imposition of fees for emergency ground ambulance service providers
•   Introduced HB599 (2023) to grant advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) and physician assistants (PA) the authority to certify illness and disability of teachers, teaching staff, and bus drivers, and grants APRNs the authority to execute documents pertaining to patients' wishes with respect to end of life care
•   Introduced HB645 (2023) to create the crime of unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of Xylazine
•   Introduced HB652 (2023) to grant advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) and physician assistants (PA) the authority to certify the existence of an illness of teachers, teaching staff, and bus drivers for the purposes of leave and extended leave
•   Introduced HCR96 (2023) to create the Task Force on Physical and Mental Health to study the inappropriate association of physical and mental health issues for patients in Louisiana.
•   Introduced HCR100 (2023) to continue the 21-member Health Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force as a subcommittee of the Statewide Health Equity Consortium within the La. Department of Health and provides for the duties of the task force. Requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the legislative committees on health and welfare on or before March 1, 2024
•   Introduced HB212 (2022) to exclude fentanyl test kits/equipment from the definition of drug paraphernalia
•   Introduced HB312 (2022) to establish duties and requirements of licensed healthcare facilities and the La. Department of Health with respect to addressing and preventing healthcare workplace violence
•   Introduced HB764 (2022) to provide that an alleged delinquent child in St. Landry Parish may be placed in an adult jail when certain conditions are met
•   Introduced HB946 (2022) to provide relative to membership on and reports produced by local special education advisory councils, which advise public schools regarding special education
•   Introduced HB958 (2022) to establish the Nurse Staffing Agency Licensing Law
•   Supports School Choice