Les Farnum

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- 2023 - Received 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.
- Introduced HB159 (2023) to require the Dept. of State to conduct a supplemental annual canvass of registered voters
- Introduced HB488 (2023) relative to riverboat gaming, provides relative to the definition of "riverboat" and provides relative to inspections of riverboat landside facilities by the state fire marshal
- Introduced HB510 (2023) to provide relative to credits against state insurance premium taxes authorized in the La. New Markets Jobs Act and allocates additional equity investment authority in accordance with that law
- Introduced HB646 (2023) to require the Dept. of State to conduct a annual canvass of registered voters
- Introduced HB35 (2022) to provide for a supplemental annual canvass of registered voters
- Introduced HB814 (2022) to prohibit the Department of Transportation and Development from exercising powers relative to tolling on existing interstate systems
- Introduced HCR63 (2022) to suspend a portion of law that allows a private entity to impose tolls or user fees on any existing free road or system of roads, bridge, tunnel, or overpass, if the road or system of roads, bridge, tunnel, or overpass is improved or expanded
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