Francis Thompson'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 against 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.
•   October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 19) receiving 78% 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.
•   Introduced HB132 (2023) to authorize the secretary of the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to enter sponsorship agreements and to authorize the placement of advertising and sponsorship signs on department property and assets
•   Introduced HB194 (2023) to provide grandparents with post-adoption visitation rights regardless of the marital status of the parents of the adopted child.
•   Introduced HB329 (2023) to define "municipality" for the purposes of payment for coroner's services and provides for the payment of expenses incurred in the disposition of paupers arranged by the coroners
•   Introduced HB569 (2023) to modify relative to property, casualty, and liability insurance providers with respect to the cancellation and nonrenewal of policies, deductibles, and rights of such insurers withdrawn from the homeowners' insurance market
•   Introduced HB327 (2022) to provide for the suspension of a state assessment on soybeans while the imposition of a similar federal assessment remains in place
•   Introduced HB382 (2022) to add Mitragynine and Tianeptine to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law