Beryl Adams Amedée (born October 14,1964) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 51st district. Elected in November 2015,she assumed office on January 11,2016.
Amedée was born in Terrebonne Parish,Louisiana. [1]
Amedée is the co-owner of Forerunner Errand and Concierge. She is also a pastor at the Vision Christian Center in Bourg,Louisiana and has served as a Terrebonne Parish elections commissioner since 2001.
She was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in November 2015 and assumed office on January 11,2016. [2]
Amedée authored legislation that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls’sports teams in schools. [3] [4] She also authored a proposal that would require medical providers to give patients a list of information about vaccines before administering them. [5] Additionally,Amedée introduced a bill seeking to apply state obscenity laws to school libraries;however,this bill ultimately died in committee. [6]
Terrebonne Parish is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census,the population was 109,580. The parish seat is Houma. The parish was founded in 1822. Terrebonne Parish is part of the Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
Gray is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish,Louisiana. The population was 5,518 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
Houma is the largest city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The city's government was absorbed by the parish in 1984,which currently operates as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.
H. L. Bourgeois High School is a public high school in Gray,Louisiana,United States and one of four traditional high schools in the Terrebonne Parish School District. The school is named after Henry Louis Bourgeois,an educator who served as superintendent of the school district from 1914 to 1955. Built in response to a rising population at Terrebonne High School,the school opened in 1973 and was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1975. For its first 40 years,HLB primarily served students in grades 10–12. For the 2013–2014 school year,an all-new Freshman Center was completed to serve ninth-grade students. Prior to this,freshman students were housed at nearby Evergreen Junior High School.
Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) is a social conservative non-profit group based in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. The organization supports Louisiana's covenant marriage law and opposes abortion and same-sex marriage. The group's stated mission is to "persuasively present biblical principles in the centers of influence on issues affecting the family through research,communication and networking." According to its website the group "maintains a close working relationship with Focus on the Family and Family Research Council" and is part of a network of individual state Family Policy Councils. In 2023,the Southern Poverty Law Center designated it as a hate group.
Joseph Arthur Harrison,known as Joe Harrison,is an American politician and financial planner who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 51st district from 2008 to 2016. He formerly served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),a conservative group of state legislators and private businesspersons.
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Anthony Joseph Bacala,Jr.,known as Tony Bacala,is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and a retired law enforcement officer.
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Tanner Daniel Magee is a criminal defense lawyer from downtown Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana,who is served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 53. On January 11,2016,he succeeded fellow Republican Lenar Whitney,whom he unseated in the runoff election held on November 21,2015. He was re-elected in the primaries on October 12,2019,having no challengers. On January 13,2020 he became Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives,a position he held until 2024.
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