Jay Morris
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Position: Senate
District: Senate District 35
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Seat mate: Sam Jenkins
Phone: 318-362-4270 call
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: jaymeansjobs
Twitter: @jayjaymorris3
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Party: Republican
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- 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
- 2023 - Received a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- Introduced SB48 (2023) seeking a Constitutional amendment to eliminate a judge's discretion to grant bail for certain offenses after conviction
- Introduced SB54 (2023) to remove the requirement that a police officer must issue a summons for misdemeanor offenses, and theft or possession of stolen things where the value of the thing is $500 or more but less than $1,000, under certain circumstances, in lieu of arrest where certain factors are present
- Introduced SB128 (2023) to provide for certain practices of public postsecondary institutions, including but not limited to: transparency in admissions criteria, elimination of preferential treatment and creating a legal remedy for enforcement
- Introduced SB130 (2023) authorizing retired law enforcement officers and retired elected law enforcement department heads to carry concealed firearms if POST certified at the time of retirement
- Introduced SR43 (2023) requesting the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations on legislation relative to electronic filing and records retention
- Introduced SB04 (2022) seeking a constitutional amendment to eliminate the provision for granting of bail after a defendant has been convicted but has not yet been sentenced when the maximum sentence which may be imposed is greater than five years
- Introduced SB89 (2022) to provide that a person convicted of a crime of violence for which the maximum sentence is more than five years imprisonment will be denied bail and that when a person is convicted of a crime of violence the sentence must be imposed no later than six months after the date of conviction, unless good cause is shown
- Introduced SB129 (2022) to expand exemptions certain infused or injected prescription drugs from local sales tax
- Introduced SB141 (2022) to prohibit insurance companies from requiring a person or business to have a certain vaccination status or requiring information from an applicant or policyholder regarding vaccination status
- Introduced SB142 (2022) to prohibit a court from waiving the minimum mandatory sentence for all crimes of violence
- Introduced SB143 (2022) to create an additional exception for any La. resident who does not possess a concealed handgun permit but otherwise meets the same eligibility requirements as those who do possess a concealed handgun permit, if the resident is a reserve or active-duty member of any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces with no pending disciplinary proceedings; a reserve or active-duty member of the La. National Guard or the La. Air National Guard with no pending disciplinary proceedings; or a former member of any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the La. National Guard, or the La. Air National Guard who has been honorably discharged from service
- Introduced SB228 (2022) to specify that a custodian who releases records in response to a public records request shall be immune from any lawsuit for invasion of privacy alleged to be caused by the release of public records, provided the custodian acts on advice of counsel as long as the release was not arbitrary and capricious
- Introduced SB263 (2022) seeking a constitutional amendment to eliminate the requirement that the court of original jurisdiction authorize the attorney general to institute criminal prosecution and provides that the legislature may define "cause" for the attorney general to institute a prosecution
- Introduced SB385 (2022) to restrict non-competition agreements involving physicians
- Introduced SB387 (2022) to provided that the attorney general may supercede district attorney authority when he has cause, which includes the indictment of the district attorney or the failure to timely file a bill of information or indictment charging a crime of violence and allows an additional 15 calendar days to file an information or indictment
- Introduced SB396 (2022) to provide that a surety's obligation is relieved upon conviction except for obligations owed and rights accrued to the state to obtain a judgment of bond forfeiture under present law when the conviction occurs after the lapse of 180 days from the date of issuance of the warrant of arrest
- Introduced SB440 (2022) to provide relative to facsimile transmission of filings in civil actions
- Introduced SB486 (2022) to clarify that public access to electronically filed pleadings and documents in the office of Clerks of Court shall be in accordance with the rules governing access to paper filings
- Introduced SB487 (2022) to require an insurer provide an insured a waiver of liability form to not hold a collision shop liable when certain repairs and services are not completed by the collision shop
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