Rodney Lyons
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 87
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Parishes: Jefferson
Seat mate: Vanessa LaFleur
Phone: 504-510-5417 call
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: RodneyLyonsStateRep87
Twitter: @lyons4leader
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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 of 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
- October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 87) receiving 70% of the vote.
- 2023 - Received a 58% 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 HB490 (2023) to prohibit requiring parental consent for high school seniors of at least 17 years of age to participate in the opportunity to register to vote offered at school, requires related policies and guidance to conform with the La. Election Code, and provides for those who may or may not assist in the opportunity
- Introduced HB557 (2023) to provide relative to a law enforcement officer's search of a person's motor vehicle
- Introduced HB626 (2023) to provide a refundable tax credit for workers who commute to out-of-state sites for jobs that had formerly been located in La
- Voted against SB44 (2023) 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 HB161 (2023) to authorize a maximum office allowance of $1500 per month for a legislator if the average rent for a reasonable commercial office space situated in a parish represented by the legislator exceeds five hundred dollars per month
- Introduced HB506 (2023) to increase in the minimum amount for the unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount
- Introduced HB726 (2023) prohibiting the the court from ordering a defendant to be incarcerated for his inability to meet those financial obligations under certain obligations
- Introduced HB739 (2023) to provide for placement of a memorial of Oscar James Dunn in the state capitol
- Introduced HB1012 (2023) to provide relative to non-emergency medical transportation services within the La. Medicaid program
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