Kathy Edmonston's Notable Efforts

• 🟢 Voted to approve 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 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 against HB743 (2024 - Regular Session) to provide for absentee voting by mail by qualified incarcerated voters.
• 🟢 Voted in favor 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.
• 🟢 Introduced HB60 (2024) to amend the exception to the unauthorized use of sperm, ovum, or embryo under certain circumstances.
• 🟢 Introduced HB47 (2024) to require that communication issued to students or parents about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school.
• 🟢 Introduced HB46 (2024) to prohibit requiring a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at a public or nonpublic school (applicable to licensed day care centers, K-12 schools, and colleges and universities).
• 🟢 October 14, 2023 - Elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 88) receiving 64% of the vote.
• 🟢 2023 - Received a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
• 🟢 1 of only 19 to vote against breaking the spending cap (SCR3 2023)
• 🟢 Voted to favorably report as amended (House – Administration of Criminal Justice Committee) Danny McCormick’s HB131 on Constitutional Carry. (Video 1:02:35) May 16, 2023
• 🟢 Introduced HB42 (2023) to require all public and nonpublic schools to accept a student's documentation relative to exemption from immunization requirements and requires that communication issued to students or parents about such requirements include exemption information
• 🟢 Introduced HB82 (2023) to abolish the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission
• 🟢 Introduced HB158 (2023) to limit civil liability for refusal to mandate vaccinations for COVID-19 or other pandemic diseases and prohibits the denial of business permits and professional licenses for failure to mandate such vaccines
• 🟢 Introduced HB182 (2023) to prohibit requiring a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at a public or nonpublic school (applicable to licensed day care centers, K-12 schools, and colleges and universities)
• 🟢 Introduced HB 372 (2023) to provide that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization do not have jurisdiction in this state
• 🟢 Introduced HB399 (2023) to require that communication issued to students or parents about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school
• 🟢 Introduced HB47 (2022) to require that any communication issued to students or their parents or guardians relative to immunization requirements include exemption information
• 🟢 Introduced HB48 (2022) to prohibit the administration of vaccines on school property and at school-sponsored events
• 🟢 Introduced HB145 (2022) seeking to restrict governor from overriding actions taken by subcommittees
• 🟢 Introduced HB177 (2022) seeking a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit discrimination based on vaccination or immunity status
• 🟢 Introduced HB232 (2022) to prohibit requiring vaccination verification or immunity status for certain transactions or for inclusion on a driver's license or special identification card
• 🟢 Introduced HB253 (2022) seeking to prohibit discriminatory practices on the basis of vaccination status or immunity status
• 🟢 Introduced HB944 (2022) to prohibit insurers from changing or canceling policies based on an insured's political ideals, political affiliations and any value-based or impact-based criteria, including but not limited to social credit scores and environmental, social, and governance credit factors.
• 🟢 Introduced HB974 (2022) to provide for the waiver of vaccine requirements in the workplace
• 🟢 Introduced HR77 (2022) to authorize and direct the office of state fire marshal to study the current application of the Life Safety and Property Protection Licensing Act relative to persons convicted of felony crimes of violence and felony crimes against property