Matthew Willard
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 97
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Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: Orleans
Seat mate: Jason Hughes
Phone: 504-283-4261 call
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: MatthewWillard97
Twitter: @mattwillard97
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Party: Democrat
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Notable Efforts
- Voted against HB267 (2023 Regular Session) seeking a moratorium on Carbon Capture projects in Lake Maurepas.
- 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
- 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.
- Vote to kill HB777 (2024) to keep funding advocacy for erotic children's books
- 2023 - Received a 31% 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 HB162 (2023) to increase the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% to 10% through Dec. 31, 2030
- Introduced HB180 (2023) to allow a housing applicant to provide certain information and the consideration thereof
- Introduced HB272 (2023) to require health insurance coverage for maternity support services provided by a doula
- Introduced HB294 (2023) to provide for insurance premium discounts for insureds who comply with the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IIBHS)
- Introduced HB322 (2023) to specify that certain violations are secondary offenses that cannot be used as grounds for a stop absent a primary moving violation
- Introduced HB408 (2023) to extend the termination date of the research and development tax credit from Dec. 31, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2029, exempts certain credit recipients from detailed examinations by the Dept. of Economic Development (DED), and authorizes certain taxpayers to receive incentives from multiple programs
- Introduced HB449 (2023) to provide for an Americans with Disabilities Act officer appointed by the secretary of state, a Voting Accessibility Advisory Group within the Dept. of State, and the instruction and examination of elections commissioners relative to the rights of voters with disabilities
- Introduced HB618 (2023) to limit the credit for taxes paid to other states to taxes paid and reported to the other state on taxable income which is computed in accordance with income tax laws and regulations of the other state
- Co-sponsored HB632 (2023) to establish the Next Generation Tax Credit as a $250 per child income tax credit for each child five years of age or younger claimed as a dependent by a taxpayer on a La. return
- Introduced HCR108 (2023) to urge and request the Dept. of Transportation and Development work with representatives from local political subdivisions and the La. Task Force on Contraflow and Sirens to study contraflow procedures, evaculanes, and siren systems used for natural and manmade disasters. Requires the department to provide a written report detailing its findings to the House and Senate transportation committees and the La. Task Force on Contraflow and Sirens by Feb. 1, 2024
- 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 HB248 (2022) to remove Robert E. Lee Day, Confederate Memorial Day, President George Washington's birthday, and Huey P. Long Day as legal holidays and to add President's Day as a legal holiday
- Introduced HB287 (2022) to require the annual occupational license tax levied on certain computer programming businesses to be set at a flat rate
- Introduced HB395 (2022) seeking a constitutional amendment to remove the requirement that certain property owners annually certify income to receive the special assessment level for ad valorem property taxes
- Introduced HB557 (2022) to require private health plans and state Medicaid health plans to reimburse for a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs dispensed at one time
- Introduced HB558 (2022) to provide that an insurer shall make a determination as to whether it has received satisfactory proof of loss and begin the claims settlement process within 90 days of receiving a claim from an insured
- Introduced HB577 (2022) to provide when the U.S. Supreme Ct. or La. Supreme Ct. overrules or holds any provision of criminal procedure unconstitutional it shall be retroactively applied
- Introduced HB655 (2022) to require a housing provider to conduct individualized assessment of an application and prohibits the consideration of certain criminal history record information for the basis of providing a conditional offer
- Introduced HB786 (2022) to establish the Small Business Innovation Retention Fund
- Introduced HB796 (2022) to establish the Small Business Innovation Fund
- Introduced HB1063 (2022) to require a housing provider to conduct individualized assessment of an application and prohibits consideration of certain criminal history record information when evaluating an application for housing
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