House Committee on Civil Law
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
31 bills pending
Josh Carlson — House District 43
🔴 Republican
👍 4 Partner Likes · #10 House
📜 18 Primary Authored Bills
🗳 1746 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 3 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
Roger William Wilder III
93.0%
agreement
369 shared votes
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R
Dodie Horton
92.1%
agreement
380 shared votes
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R
Peter F. Egan Sr.
91.5%
agreement
378 shared votes
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R
Emily Chenevert
90.9%
agreement
386 shared votes
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R
Jack William Jay Gallé Jr.
90.8%
agreement
360 shared votes
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R
Phillip Eric Tarver
90.4%
agreement
323 shared votes
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D
Wilford Carter Sr.
41.2%
agreement
250 shared votes
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D
Ed Murray
44.6%
agreement
379 shared votes
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D
Tammy T. Phelps
45.9%
agreement
342 shared votes
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D
Joy Walters
46.0%
agreement
248 shared votes
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D
C. Denise Marcelle
47.6%
agreement
361 shared votes
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D
Candace N. Newell
47.6%
agreement
359 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%
12 of 12 shared final votes
Louisiana Right to Life
100%
6 of 6 shared final votes
Louisiana Family Forum
98%
45 of 46 shared final votes
Louisiana Motor Transport Association
90%
9 of 10 shared final votes
Health Freedom Louisiana
88%
14 of 16 shared final votes
Pelican Institute
65%
24 of 37 shared final votes
Professional Association of Law Enforcement Officers
64%
7 of 11 shared final votes
Citizens for a New Louisiana
52%
62 of 120 shared final votes
Committee Assignments
House Committee on Education
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
41 bills pending
House Retirement
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
7 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.
HB431
👎 2
Requires certain training for certain local officials (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
June 23, 2026Became Law Without Signature
HB71
Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances
June 2, 2026Signed by Governor
HB310
👎 2
Provides for the reassignment of a defendant's case when the right to a jury trial has been waived
May 29, 2026Signed by Governor
HR260
Requests the Department of Insurance to study the impact on automobile insurance rates when bodily injury claimants submit medical treatment claims for accident-related injuries to out-of-network providers rather than in-network providers
May 28, 2026Enrolled
HR230
Commends Pamela Granger and McBade Engineering for ten years of business in Youngsville and the Lafayette area
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HR264
Directs the Board of Regents and certain Boards of Supervisors of public postsecondary education institutions to conduct a fiscal review of all state and federal funds expended in furtherance of certain executive budget objectives and to transmit their findings to the legislative auditor for consolidation into a written report to the legislature (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
May 13, 2026Pending: House Education
HR80
Directs the legislative auditor to conduct a comprehensive fiscal audit of all state and federal funds expended by the Board of Regents and certain boards of supervisors, colleges, and universities under its jurisdiction relative to certain executive budget metrics (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
May 12, 2026Introduced in House
HB553
👎 1
Increases the membership of the assessor's certification program committee and provides for educational requirements for certification and recertification of assessors (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
HB232
👍 1
Provides relative to employment certificates for minors (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
HR177
Designates May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month in Louisiana
April 24, 2026Enrolled
HB1188
Provides relative to protections for minors regarding use of chatbots
April 1, 2026Pending: House Commerce
HB1184
Prohibits public contracts with entities owned or controlled by foreign adversaries for the provision of artificial intelligence technology (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
April 1, 2026Pending: House Appropriations
HB1093
Creates the Louisiana Board of Naturopathic Medicine
April 1, 2026Pending: House Health and Welfare
HB734
👎 1
Creates a consumer bill of rights regarding artificial intelligence
March 30, 2026Introduced in House
HB1002
Provides relative to recoverable medical expenses
March 25, 2026Pending: House Civil Law and Procedure
HB658
👍 1👎 1
Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes by the Dept. of Revenue (OR +$10,674,073 SG EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HB620
👍 2👎 1
(Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to provide by law for the collection of all sales and use taxes imposed by any taxing authority in the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HB418
Provides for defense and indemnification for officials, officers, and employees of a political subdivision
March 9, 2026Pending: House Judiciary