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D Louisiana Senate · District 5 · Former member

Sen. Karen Carter Peterson

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Total votes
4,574
all sessions
Attendance
58%
1,933 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
319
bills & resolutions
Among the lowest in the chamber
Committees
0
assignments
4,574 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
2,390
voted in favor
Nay
249
voted against
Absent
1,933
missed votes
Total cast
4,574
across all sessions
Crossed party
128
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SCR 123
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH:  Designates June 11-15, 2018, as Meningitis B Awareness Week.
Other
Passed
25–0
May 17, 2018
HB 372
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS:  Establishes the Occupational Board Compliance Act (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 17, 2018
SB 508
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:  Provides relative to the direct shipment of wine. (8/1/18)
Yea
Passed
27–0
May 17, 2018
HCR 54
CRIMINAL/MENTAL CAPACITY:  Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health and other parties to study jointly the language in the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648
Yea
Passed
29–0
May 17, 2018
HB 656
STUDENTS:  Provides relative to literacy screenings for students (REF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 17, 2018
SB 248
CHILDREN'S CODE:  Revises definition of "children" in the Children's Code. (gov sig)
Yea
Passed
28–0
May 17, 2018
HB 845
COMMERCE:  Provides relative to enforcement of unfair sales of motor fuel
Nay
Passed
20–12
May 17, 2018
HCR 51
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS:  Creates the Slavery Ancestral Burial Grounds Preservation Commission
Yea
Passed
28–0
May 17, 2018
HCR 76
HEALTH/SMOKING:  Creates a study committee to evaluate Louisiana's prevalence of tobacco-related illnesses resulting from secondhand smoke exposure
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 17, 2018
HB 661
DRUGS:  Provides relative to drug paraphernalia
Other
Failed
9–19
May 17, 2018
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