Notable Efforts

•   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
•   2024 / Regular Session - Voted in favor of SB283 to repeal the crime of crime against nature by solicitation.
•   October 14, 2023 - Re-elected to the Louisiana Senate (District 2) receiving 68% of the vote.
•   2023 - Received a 78% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life.
•   07/13/2023 - Declared that the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution was unnecessary.
•   Introduced SB18 (2023) to provide for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor
•   Introduced SB21 (2023) to name the DOTD headquarters building in Baton Rouge in honor of Governor P.B.S. Pinchback
•   Introduced SB26 (2023) to provide relative to public notice of hearings of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board
•   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 SB05 (2022) to grant a nonrecurring lump-sum supplemental payment to certain eligible retirees and beneficiaries
•   Introduced SB06 (2022) to grant a permanent benefit increase to eligible system retirees and beneficiaries
•   Introduced SB07 (2022) to grant a permanent benefit increase to system retirees and beneficiaries