Senator • Republican

Sharon Hewitt

Louisiana • District SD-001

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Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

78% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 61

Other: 126

Yea: 1688

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Sharon Hewitt

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Sponsored Bills

Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)

Creates the Southeast Louisiana Port Authority Advisory Commission. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Create the office of port development within the Department of Economic Development and create a port development advisory committee. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to required accelerated instruction for certain students. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)

Creates the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl or carfentanil (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for meetings of boards and commissions via electronic means. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)

Creates the School Safety Act of 2023. (gov sig) (EN +$8,969,075 GF EX See Note)

Authorizes the division of administration to waive local match requirements for certain non-state entity projects. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Award program. (gov sig)

Requires numeracy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)

Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)

Provides for patient's right to prompt coverage. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Exempts certain research and development tax credit recipients from detailed examinations by the Department of Economic Development (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Adds Financial Literacy as a required course for high school students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom

Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to Louisiana veterans cemeteries

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway"

Authorizes the University of Louisiana System to establish tuition and fees for a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (EN +$576,000 SG RV See Note)

Names the DOTD headquarters building in Baton Rouge in honor of Governor P.B.S. Pinchback. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Constitutional Amendment to provide that the right of freedom of worship in churches or other places of worship is a fundamental right that is worthy of the highest order of protection. (2/3-CA13s1(A))

Provides relative to educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of certain veterans. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides for certain insurance premium discounts. (gov sig)

Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Provides relative to the sale or service of alcohol to any person under the age of twenty-one. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (gov sig)

Provides relative to penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl or carfentanil (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to law enforcement records

Provides relative to power-based violence at public postsecondary institutions. (gov sig)

Provides for remote operations of the legislature during a gubernatorially declared state of emergency. (gov sig)

Creates an education savings account for certain students reading below grade level. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for the duties of the Department of Children and Family Services regarding victims of child sex trafficking. (1/1/23) (EN +$1,943,975 GF EX See Note)

Prohibits the sale of certain abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription and provides for criminal penalties. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to boards and commissions. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the management of solar resources (EN +$250,186 SG EX See Note)

Requires disclosure of whether required ethics training has been completed upon registration. (gov sig)

Provides reporting requirements for certain state agencies that administer certain federal and state social service or financial assistance programs. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Establishes the Computer Science Education Act. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for public school choice in certain high school programs. (gov sig)

Establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll Museum within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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