Candace Newell
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Position: Legislature
District: House District 99
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: Orleans
Seat mate: Kyle Green
Phone: 504-240-3435 call
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://candacenewell.com
Facebook: RepNewell99
Twitter: @CandaceForLA99
Instagram: candaceforla99
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Party: Democrat
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Notable Efforts
- 2023 - Received a 33% 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 HB17 (2023) to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, and retail sale of cannabis and cannabis products
- Introduced HB24 (2023) to decriminalize the possession and distribution of marijuana contingent upon legislative enactment of a statutory regulatory system and establishment of a sales tax and provides relative to applicability
- Introduced HB306 (2023) to authorize surveys of certain Orleans Parish public school students about sex
- Introduced HB374 (2023) to establish a state minimum wage rate
- Introduced HB598 (2023) to amend definitions relative to the crime of abortion
- Introduced HB612 (2023) to levy taxes on sales of cannabis and dedicates revenues derived from those taxes
- Introduced HR04 (2023) to recognize the week of April 11 through 17, 2023, as Black Maternal Health Week
- Introduced HR106 (2023) to declare racism a public health crisis and urges certain actions by the governor and specific state entities
- Introduced HB24 to (2022) legalize the recreational use of Marijuana
- 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 HB125 (2022) to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, and retail sale of cannabis and cannabis products
- Introduced HB1065 (2022) to provide for notification of polling place locations and changes to locations
- Introduced HB1083 (2022) to prohibit natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle discrimination in education, employment, public accommodations, and housing options
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Every Legislator is limited to only five non-fiscal bills this session. Some are great, but, as expected, some are nuts.
