Senator • Republican

William Wheat

Louisiana • District SD-037

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 168

Other: 148

Yea: 2469

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Provides relative to the issuance of bonds for financing certain capital improvement projects within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. (2/3-CA7s6(A))(7/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Provides relative to diabetes information. (8/1/25) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Constitutional amendment to change the number of general bills a legislator may file during regular sessions that occur during odd-numbered years and for legislating with regard to dedication or rededication of funds. (2/3-CA13sl(A))

Provide for penalties for certain traffic offenses. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Designates portions of certain roadways in honor of fallen law enforcement officers. (8/1/25) (OR +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Updates licensure requirements for persons regulated by the Department of Insurance. (8/1/25)

Provides relative to perinatal behavioral health treatment. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of "healthcare professional" and "healthcare facility" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides for the jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Hammond. (8/1/25)

Provides for parishes to designate no-wake zones on state waterways. (8/1/25)

Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (Item #2) (EN GF EX See Note)

Requires the display of the Ten Commandments in schools

Prohibits social media companies from collecting data to use for targeted advertising to minors

Provides relative to agriculture land protection against foreign adversaries (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to central bank digital currency

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

Establishes the Louisiana Rural Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program to provide financial assistance to local governments and political subdivisions for certain capital infrastructure projects (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Increases the amount of supplemental pay for eligible law enforcement and fire service employees. (7/1/23) (EN +$23,553,120 GF EX See Note)

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

Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Creates the crime of unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of Xylazine (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the sale of certain vapor products for electronic cigarettes and similar devices (RE2 DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Designates the bridge located on Interstate 55 service road in Manchac between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain as the "Robert E. Mayers, Jr. Memorial Bridge"

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))

Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"

Places a moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration projects on Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Provides relative to the funding of bulletproof vests for peace officers (RE +$8,858,784 GF EX See Note)

Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Requires an environmental impact statement as part of the coastal use permit application process for certain uses of Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to supplemental pay (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to fentanyl and carfentanil. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requires the implementation of suicide prevention and student safety and violence and social isolation prevention training and the creation of clubs at certain public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Provides for new assistant district attorney positions for various judicial districts in the state (EN +$2,592,390 GF EX See Note)

Requires pediatric day health care facilities to provide for installation and operation of cameras at their premises

Provides relative to management of the Amite River Basin

Requires all nursing homes to maintain in effect emergency preparedness plans approved by the La. Department of Health

Provides for a program and a fund for the purpose of providing scholarships for students in approved teacher preparation programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides for liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors

Removes a requirement for certain Lawrason Act municipalities to use the gubernatorial election dates for municipal elections

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