Dixon McMakin — House - District 68
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HB554: Establishes a notice of voting restriction and a restriction code applicable to persons who are not United States citizens and aliens lawfully present in the United States but have not attained United States citizenship (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2025.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB603: Amends the appointing process for certain occupational licensing boards, committees, and authorities
Last Action: Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Date: 2025-06-08
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HB84: Repeals the Capital Area Transit System Act
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 Municipal 52 📅 Not Scheduled
REDUCES GOVERNMENT: Repeals the Capital Area Transit System Act.
HB166: Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for compensation earned by certain intercollegiate athletes for use of their name, image, or likeness (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
CREATES AN INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
Aren't we eliminating the income tax in Louisiana? McMakin doesn't think so. LOL
STOP CREATING DEDUCTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
HB200: Provides for membership of the executive committee of a recognized political party in East Baton Rouge Parish
Last Action: Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
Date: 2025-04-22
Author: 👤 Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 House and Governmental Affairs 50 📅 Not Scheduled
While the RPEC has many issues that need to be addressed, this is not a helpful solution. It is part of a peeing match.
HB256: Provides relative to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission
Last Action: Effective date: 06/11/2025.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Co-sponsors: Delisha Boyd (D) Tehmi Chassion (D)
📅 Not Scheduled
Allows them to serve two terms instead of just one.
HB282: Creates the Cypress Point Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish
Last Action: Effective date: 06/26/2025.
Date: 2025-07-01
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
LOCAL BILL. CREATES MORE GOVERNMENT AND FEES.
HB333: Reduces the rate of individual income tax incrementally over a period of time before ultimately eliminating the tax (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 Ways and Means 93 📅 Not Scheduled
ATTEMPTS TO START REDUCING income tax
HB44: Appropriates funds for payment of a consent judgment against the state in the suit entitled State of La., through the Dept. of Transportation and Development v. Martin T. Frey et al.
Last Action: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-04-14
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 71 📅 Not Scheduled
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR JUDGMENT
HB586: Provides for calling a constitutional convention (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last Action: Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2025-06-04
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Pending: 🏛 Appropriations 71 📅 Not Scheduled
HB86: Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor.
Date: 2025-06-20
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
LOCAL BILL: Board to be reduced from nine to five members.
The commission is comprised of nine members, six of whom are appointed by the city-parish governing authority and three of whom are ex officio members. The three ex officio members are the mayor-president or his designee, a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish school board designated by the school board, and a member of the planning commission designated by the planning commission. Provides that four members constitute a quorum.
Provides that the five members shall be mayors of the following municipalities: Baker, Baton Rouge, Central, St. George, and Zachary. Provides that three members constitute a quorum.
HB87: Repeals provisions relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge
Last Action: Withdrawn from the files of the House.
Date: 2025-04-30
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
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HCR1: Repeals a provision within an administrative rule relative to the certification and procurement of voting systems
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-13
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HCR16: Provides for the nongovernmental entity funding request (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action: Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Date: 2025-06-10
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HCR68: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study adding a third turn lane to the off ramp on Interstate 10 East on Siegen Lane
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR149: Directs the La. State Law Institute to study the justice of peace courts in Louisiana
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-30
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR161: Designates May 13, 2025, as Louisiana Community Tennis Association Day and May 2025 as National Tennis Month
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-15
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR188: Commends the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-23
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR202: Directs the Louisiana Board of Ethics and the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to provide reports on justices of the peace
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-05
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR215: Commends Warrick Dunn for his incredible athletic career and requests that the National Football League Hall of Fame Committee consider his induction into the NFL Hall of Fame
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-28
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR216: Commends Coach Bob Starkey for his contributions to women's basketball and requests the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Committee to consider his induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-28
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR229: Commends WBRZ-TV reporter Bess Casserleigh on winning the 2024 Region 9 Edward R. Murrow Investigative Reporting Award
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-30
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR235: Commends WBRZ-TV anchor Sylvia Weatherspoon on winning the 2024 Region 9 Edward R. Murrow Feature Reporting Award
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-05-30
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR283: Designates June 2-6, 2025, as CPR and AED Awareness Week in Louisiana and commends Caroline Ross, Layton Fontenot, and Hayes Kirkpatrick for their heroic acts and commitment to the well-being of others
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-05
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR296: Commemorates the celebration of St. Patrick's Day and recognizes the cultural and historic links between Ireland and Louisiana and the establishment of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
Co-sponsors: Daryl Adams (D) Beryl Amedee (R) Tony Bacala (R) Mike Bayham (R) Stephanie Berault (R) Beth Billings (R) Chad Boyer (R) Chad Brown (D) Josh Carlson (R) Kim Carver (R) Vincent Cox (R) Raymond Crews (R) Peter Egan (R) Julie Emerson (R) Gabe Firment (R) Barbara Freiberg (R) Jay Galle (R) Brian Glorioso (R) Chance Henry (R) Stephanie Hilferty (R) Jason Hughes (D) John Illg (R) Steven Jackson (D) Mandie Landry (D) Terry Landry Jr. (D) Shane Mack (R) Candace Newell (D) Charles Owen (R) Neil Riser (R) Sylvia Taylor (D) Francis Thompson (R) Joy Walters (D) Roger Wilder (R) John Wyble (R) Jerome Zeringue (R)
...and 30 more.
📅 Not Scheduled
HR307: Commends Dr. William F. Tate, IV, Louisiana State University president, for his dedication to the LSU community
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-11
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled
HR315: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the benefits of implementing the D.R.I.V.E. Initiative (Department of Transportation and Development's Responsibility for Interstate 12 Vitality and Efficiency) for major improvements to the shoulders and capacity of the Interstate 12 and Interstate 55 Interchange
Last Action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
Date: 2025-06-13
Author: Dixon McMakin (R)
📅 Not Scheduled