Senator • Republican
Patrick Cortez
Louisiana • District SD-023
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
43
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
71% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 39
Other: 153
Yea: 1683
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Sponsored Bills
LA SB214•Passed
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)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB177•Passed
Provides relative to required accelerated instruction for certain students. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB162•Passed
Creates the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB205•Passed
Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB201•Passed
Provides for meetings of boards and commissions via electronic means. (8/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA HB291•Passed
Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB31•Passed
Creates database to track trafficking arrests, convictions, restitution, fines, and civil asset forfeiture. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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LA SB207•Passed
Creates the School Safety Act of 2023. (gov sig) (EN +$8,969,075 GF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB204•Passed
Provides relative to the M.J. Foster Promise Award program. (gov sig)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB146•Passed
Provides for Megaprojects Leverage Fund investments. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB144•Passed
Provides relative to horse racing. (gov sig)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB110•Passed
Provides for patient's right to prompt coverage. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB152•Passed
Creates the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB12•Passed
Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA HB8•Passed
Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom
Co-Sponsor
LA SB18•Passed
Provides for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of state retirement systems and the funding therefor. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RE)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB49•Passed
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)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB160•Passed
Provides relative to the powers and duties of the Louisiana Racing Commission. (7/1/23)
Primary Sponsor
LA HB231•Passed
Provides relative to Louisiana veterans cemeteries
Co-Sponsor
LA SB21•Passed
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)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB63•Passed
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))
Co-Sponsor
LA SB115•Passed
Provides relative to educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of certain veterans. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB101•Passed
Provides for the distribution of funds from the Lafayette Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund. (7/1/23) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB42•Engrossed
Creates the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. (8/1/23) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA HB551•Passed
Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Co-Sponsor
LA SB480•Passed
Provides relative to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority. (gov sig)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB315•Passed
Provides relative to fentanyl and carfentanil. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB314•Passed
Provides relative to historic horse racing. (gov sig)
Primary Sponsor
LA HB615•Passed
Provides relative to law enforcement records
Co-Sponsor
LA SB63•Passed
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)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB434•Passed
Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees to meet critical shortage needs. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB388•Passed
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)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB490•Passed
Provides for security services in the state capitol building. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Primary Sponsor
LA HB889•Passed
Establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll Museum within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB272•Passed
Provides relative to wagering on horse races in a sports book lounge. (8/1/22)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB277•Passed
Creates the Megaprojects Leverage Fund. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Primary Sponsor
LA SB154•Passed
Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for critically ill infants with no diagnosis. (1/1/23)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB435•Passed
Provides relative to the Louisiana Highway Regulatory Act. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Primary Sponsor
LA HB261•Passed
Creates a French immersion school in the community of Pointe-au-Chien in Terrebonne Parish (EN INCREASE See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB35•Passed
Names the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy building located in Baton Rouge the "Carl W. Aron Building". (gov sig)
Co-Sponsor
LA SB261•Passed
Provides for public postsecondary education transfer pathways. (gov sig)
Co-Sponsor
LA HB131•Passed
Provides relative to the salary schedules of teachers whose employment is interrupted by military service (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Co-Sponsor
LA HB178•Passed
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the right to vote
Co-Sponsor
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