Rhonda Butler
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 38
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Parishes: Evangeline, St. Landry
Seat mate: Gabe Firment
Phone: 337-363-3900 call
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: State-Representative-Rhonda-Butler
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Party: Republican
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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 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 in favor 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 in favor of HB288 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide relative to the inclusion of immunization records on autopsy reports of infants.
- 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 HB09 (2023) to create and provide for the administration of a program for the purpose of providing state funding for qualified education expenses for students with exceptionalities in grades kindergarten through 12 who are not enrolled in a public school.
- Introduced HB155 (2023) to establish the La. Infrastructure Rural Revolving Loan Program to provide financial assistance for eligible infrastructure projects of local governments.
- Introduced HB210 (2023) to authorizes the La. Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority to administer and expend financial assistance, guarantees, insurance, or subsidies from a private source. Authorizes the authority to loan money to a state agency. Provides that the powers of the authority shall extend to all parishes of the state. Authorizes the authority to exercise these powers directly or through the establishment of a joint commission by entering into a local services agreement with a parish or municipality pursuant to present law (R.S. 33:1321 et seq.).
- Introduced HB624 (2023) to create the Evangeline Economic Development Authority as a political subdivision in Evangeline Parish
- Introduced HB194 (2023) seeking to create and provide for a program to provide state funding for the education of students with exceptionalities not enrolled in public school
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