Mark Wright
7
Position: Legislature
District: House District 77
Running for:
Moon Griffon Nickname:
Parishes: St. Tammany
Seat mate: Richard Nelson
Phone: 985-893-6262 call
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.votemarkwright.com
Facebook: VoteMarkWright
Twitter: @wrightlouisiana
6
Party: Republican
Close Associates
Badges Earned
, 
Endorsements
Major Donors
Members Only
Notable Efforts
- 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 HB145 (2023) to change the rates and brackets for purposes of calculating income tax for individuals, estates, and trusts from a graduated rate system to a single flat rate of 4%
- Introduced HB146 (2023) to change the corporate income tax from a graduated schedule of rates dependent on the taxable income of the taxpayer to a flat rate of 4%
- Introduced HB147 (2023) to establish as a condition for parole eligibility, provides that offenders shall not have any disciplinary offenses within 24 consecutive months prior to their parole eligibility and hearing date
- Introduced HB151 (2023) to provide for forfeiture of good time and credits earned toward diminution of sentence in certain circumstances
- Introduced HB221 (2023) to require an agency to identify two agency rules to repeal at the same time it proposes to adopt a new rule and grants to a select committee on oversight of a house of the legislature the same power and authority regarding review of agency rules granted to the standing committees and any oversight subcommittee thereof
- Introduced HB257 (2023) to reduce the state sales and use tax rate from 4.45% to 4% and extends sales and use taxes imposed by the state and political subdivisions to digital goods delivered into La.
- Introduced HB170 (2022) to allow a candidate to receive campaign contributions in the form of crypto-currency
- Introduced HB179 (2022) seeking a Constitutional Amendment to remove the line item veto power of the governor
- Introduced HB227 (2022) to create and provide for a program to provide state funding for the education of students with exceptionalities not enrolled in public school
- Introduced HB390 (2022) to provide for expiration of agency rules
- Introduced HB405 (2022) to provide for calling a constitutional convention and preparations therefo
- Introduced HB476 (2022) to place the Department of Economic Development within the office of the lieutenant governor
- Introduced HB640 (2022) regarding vaccines and vaccine-related pharmaceuticals produced with aborted human fetal-derived cells or human embryonic-derived cells
- Introduced HB666 (2022) to require state statutes or rules to be interpreted de novo in judicial review cases
- Introduced HB696 (2022) to exempt in-state housing manufacturers from certain licensure requirements
- Introduced HB741 (2022) to require the Department of Revenue to accept virtual currency as a form of payment of taxes, licenses, fees, penalties, and interest due to the state
- Introduced HB799 (2022) to require the La. Dept of Health (department) to find good cause when enforcing certain regulations on a manufacturer, packer, or proprietor of certain products
- Introduced HB802 (2022) to allow banks to provide custodial services relative to digital access
- Introduced HB804 (2022) to exempt blockchain tokens from securities law when certain conditions are met
- Introduced HB985 (2022) to change the definition of "currency" to include "virtual currency"
- Introduced HB1010 (2022) to allow a governing authority to petition the state land office (office) to create deregulated industrial power zones (power zones)
- Introduced HCR103 (2022) to direct the Cash Management Review Board to consider and report on ways the state can utilize cryptocurrency
- Introduced HCR104 (2022) requesting the Dept. of Revenue to study and report on the feasibility of accepting virtual currency as a form of payment of taxes, licenses, fees, penalties, and interest due to the state
- Introduced HR180 (2022) requesting the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure to study issues surrounding the acceptance of campaign contributions in the form of crypto-currency
Related Articles
Jun
2023
19
This could never happen – but it happened
The surest sign of a suspicious financial transaction is a short deadline. It's no accident, then, that it was an artificial deadline that justified breaking the rules and breaking the bank.
Apr
2023
10
IF YOU ONLY HAD THREE WISHES…
Every Legislator is limited to only five non-fiscal bills this session. Some are great, but, as expected, some are nuts.
Mar
2022
21
Balance of Power
Soon Louisiana will elect a new governor. Citizens are asking which candidate will be most willing to work with legislators on balancing power.
May
2021
28
Paula Davis’s $2 BILLION tax transfusion
You may remember the fake "Fiscal Cliff" narrative JBE put out a few years ago. He called one special session after another, demanding (in two-year-old fashion) that taxes must be raised, or the entire state of Louisiana might just stuff off into the Gulf of...
