Barbara Carpenter
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 63
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: East Baton Rouge
Seat mate: Sylvia Taylor
Phone: 225-771-5674 call
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.barbarawestcarpenter.com
Facebook: b.w.carpenter63
Twitter: @barbarawestcar1
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Party: Democrat
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Barbara Carpenter's Notable Efforts
- 🔴 Voted against SB244 (Hensgens) to end Legacy Lawsuits and Carbon Capture Expropriation
- 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.
- Authored and 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.
- November 18, 2023 - Re-elected Representative for House District 63.
- 2023 - Received a 61% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- 2023 - Didn’t show-up to the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution.
- 07/13/2023 - Declared that the veto override session required by Article 3, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution was unnecessary.
- Introduced HB337 (2023) to eliminate the requirement of a minimum child support award
- Introduced HB375 (2023) to require high performing charter schools to report certain information to local school systems
- Introduced HB519 (2023) to provide that a sheriff or his representative may deliver via hand delivery or facsimile the applications for absentee voting and completed absentee ballots of incarcerated voters in the custody and care of the sheriff who are otherwise eligible to vote absentee by mail
- Introduced HB68 (2022) seeking to add adds minor children of the offender to the list of specific victims of the crime of first degree murder
- Introduced to HB1003 (2022) to create the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act
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