Julie Emerson
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Notable Efforts
- Introduced HB17 (2024 1st Extraordinary Session) to provide for closed party primary elections for certain offices.
- October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 39) receiving 72% of the vote.
- 2023 - Received a 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.
- 1 of only 19 to vote against breaking the spending cap (SCR3 2023)
- Voted in favor of moving forward (House - Civil Law and Procedure Committee) Valarie Hodge’s HB537 prohibiting foreign ownership of immovable property. (Video 42:10) May 15, 2023
- Voted to favorably report (House – Education Committee) Heather Cloud’s SB7 seeking to prohibit erotic materials in the children’s section of public libraries. (Video 2:21:45) May 23, 2023
- Introduced HB102 (2023) requiring parish and municipal libraries to adopt and implement a policy relative to a minor's access to sexually explicit materials
- Introduced HB174 (2023) prohibiting certain persons handling voter registration information from disclosing the active duty or dependent status and the physical mailing address of a voter who requested an absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)
- Co-sponsored HB462 (2023) to require each public school governing authority to post on its website certain fiscal information and requires the treasurer to post the information on the website of the Dept. of the Treasury
- Introduced HB81 (2022) to provides additional representation on the Occupational Licensing Review Commission
- Introduced HB240 (2022) to allow graduates of state-approved, Louisiana-based massage therapy schools to receive a three-month provisional license upon graduation and a one-time renewal of the provisional license
- Introduced HB550 (2022) relative to charter schools establishing learning pods
- Supports School Choice
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