Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development Committee
🏛️ Chair House
📅 Not Scheduled
6 bills pending
Rhonda Gaye Butler — House District 38
🔴 Republican
👍 2 Partner Likes · #12 House
📜 24 Primary Authored Bills
🗳 1746 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 2 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Compared only with current house members on explicit yes-or-no votes from non-unanimous roll calls. Louisiana's configured final-vote patterns retain substantive final action; procedural and unanimous votes are excluded. Each percentage measures agreement, and the shared-vote count shows how much common voting history supports it.
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R
Jason Brian DeWitt
95.7%
agreement
423 shared votes
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R
Phillip DeVillier
95.7%
agreement
279 shared votes
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R
Dixon Wallace McMakin
95.3%
agreement
359 shared votes
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R
Emily Chenevert
94.5%
agreement
419 shared votes
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R
Stephanie Hilferty
94.2%
agreement
311 shared votes
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R
Paul Sawyer
93.9%
agreement
412 shared votes
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D
Wilford Carter Sr.
48.6%
agreement
278 shared votes
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D
Ed Murray
54.3%
agreement
411 shared votes
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D
Joy Walters
55.8%
agreement
258 shared votes
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D
Aimee Adatto Freeman
56.2%
agreement
354 shared votes
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D
Candace N. Newell
56.8%
agreement
387 shared votes
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D
Tammy T. Phelps
56.8%
agreement
366 shared votes
Organization Alignment
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Alignment compares this legislator's explicit yes-or-no votes with each public organization's current bill likes and dislikes. Only Louisiana's configured substantive final-vote patterns count; procedural votes are excluded. The shared-vote count is the number of graded bills on which both cast a position.
AFA Action
100%
10 of 10 shared final votes
Louisiana Right to Life
100%
4 of 4 shared final votes
Louisiana Family Forum
98%
42 of 43 shared final votes
Louisiana Motor Transport Association
91%
10 of 11 shared final votes
Health Freedom Louisiana
88%
15 of 17 shared final votes
Pelican Institute
64%
23 of 36 shared final votes
Professional Association of Law Enforcement Officers
58%
7 of 12 shared final votes
Citizens for a New Louisiana
51%
67 of 131 shared final votes
Committee Assignments
Health and Welfare Committee
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
34 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
HB36
Removes Evangeline Parish as a member of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District
June 9, 2026Signed by Governor
HCR79
Memorializes Congress and the United States Forest Service to take such actions as are necessary to allow the use of dogs for hunting in the Kisatchie National Forest
June 5, 2026Enrolled
HCR67
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and report on gaps in acute healthcare access for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
June 2, 2026Enrolled
HB1092
Renames the office of citizens with developmental disabilities within the Louisiana Department of Health
June 2, 2026Signed by Governor
HB1253
👍 1
Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act to provide for documentation, notification, and communication in the handling and disposition of human remains and internal organs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
June 1, 2026Signed by Governor
HB1200
Provides for the Louisiana Rural Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
May 22, 2026Signed by Governor
HR277
Commends Jeffery Craig Whittington for his outstanding coaching career
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HR188
Memorializes Congress to oppose any provision in the federal Farm Bill that may negatively impact the use of hunting dogs
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HCR77
Memorializes the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pass the H-2B Certified Seasonal Employer Designation and reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program.
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HB847
Provides for the election, duties, and requirements of district supervisors of the soil and water conservation commission (EN DECREASE LF EX See Note)
May 15, 2026Signed by Governor
HB370
Provides for the assessment rate on agricultural commodities for the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund (EN +$626,130 SD RV See Note)
May 15, 2026Signed by Governor
HCR65
Memorializes the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program
May 11, 2026Introduced in House
HB367
Provides for the enforcement procedures of the Structural Pest Control Commission
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
HB454
👍 1
Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act which provides for the chain of custody for human remains and internal organs (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
May 6, 2026Introduced in House
HCR82
Urges and requests the United States Congress, the United States Department of Labor, and the United States Department of Homeland Security to authorize Louisiana to establish a pilot program allowing the state to administer and regulate the H-2B temporary worker visa programs for horticulture and landscaping, sugar processing, and seafood processing industries
April 27, 2026Pending: House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development
HR158
Designates Tuesday, April 28, 2026, as Louisiana 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) Day at the state capitol and commends the state officers of the Louisiana 4-H and the Louisiana FFA Association
April 22, 2026Enrolled
HCR73
Memorializes the United States Congress to include expanding H-2B worker visas in its appropriations bill or other appropriate legislative instrument for Fiscal Year 2027
April 21, 2026Introduced in House
HR77
Commends Rosa Mae Briley Pitre on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday
April 8, 2026Enrolled
HB1158
Provides relative to the registration of pesticides
April 1, 2026Pending: House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development
HB1135
Provides relative to license renewal requirements for arborists and utility arborists
April 1, 2026Pending: House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development
HR48
Designates the week of March 23-27, 2026, as Louisiana Agriculture Week at the state capitol and in the state of Louisiana and commends the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness leaders who participate in this initiative
March 27, 2026Enrolled
HR47
Designates the week of March 23 through 27, 2026, as Louisiana Agriculture Week at the state capitol and in the state of Louisiana and commends the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness leaders who participate in this initiative
March 23, 2026Introduced in House
HR19
Designates Tuesday, March 17, 2026, as Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day at the state capitol and commends the members of the association
March 19, 2026Enrolled
HB40
Provides relative to the payment of unfunded accrued liability by employers of the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (OR SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Retirement