Michael Echols
Michael Echols's Badges Earned
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Michael Echols's Major Donors
Michael Echols's Notable Efforts
- 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.
- 2023 - Received a 100% Pro-Life Voting Record with Louisiana Right to Life as a State Legislator.
- Voted in favor of moving forward (House - Civil Law and Procedure Committee) Valarie Hodge’s HB537 prohibiting foreign ownership of immovable property. (Video 42:10) May 15, 2023
- Introduced HB60 (2023) to add "electricity disbursed by electric vehicle supply equipment" and "electric vehicle supply equipment" to certain definitions under the La. Weights and Measures Law
- Introduced HB125 (2023) to restrict ownership of agricultural lands by foreign adversaries
- Introduced HB215 (2023) to require the office of motor vehicles within the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to accept credit cards, charge cards, and debit cards for the payment of fees, fines, taxes, penalties, and interest
- Introduced HB585 (2023) to create a council focused on economic development goals
- Introduced HCR08 (2023) requesting the Gov. Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the La. State Police to provide weekly joint reports by electronic mail on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and overdose rates, illegal immigration statistics, and other specific threats that endanger the health and safety of citizens of La.
- Introduced HB117 (2022) to authorize the prescription, administration, and dispensing of certain drugs for off-label use by healthcare professionals with prescriptive authority
- Introduced HB928 (2022) to prohibit unlawful employment practices based upon a medical or physical condition, immunity status, or vaccination status
- Supports School Choice
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