Rep. Franklin Foil has passed 71 bills which have been signed into law while serving in the House of Representatives.  Some of the bills are as follows:

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Provided for health insurance coverage for children with autism

Created private school tuition assistance program for children with disabilities

Repealed the words “mentally retarded” from the continuing tutorship law

Created the ABLE savings account for people with disabilities

Expanded law to allow children with disabilities to get child support past the age of 18

Created tax credit for employers who hire people with disabilities

Forbids corporal punishment of kids with disabilities in school

VETERANS

Facilitated giving veteran owned businesses extra credit to procure contracts with the state

EDUCATION TAX SAVINGS PLANS FOR PARENTS

Created Start K-12 savings plan to give parents a tax-free savings account for payment of private school tuition

PUBLIC SAFETY

Prohibit cell phone use by school bus drivers

Created South Burbank and Hermitage crime prevention district

Created Mayfair crime prevention district

Created University Acres crime prevention district

Provides protection for a whistleblower to come forward to report hazing on college campuses

EFFICIENCY IN STATE OPERATIONS

Eliminated July election date

Reduce Saturday election hours by one hour to now start at 7 a.m.

Extended driver’s license to 6 years before having to renew

Established deferred maintenance fund for state universities

Created fund for TOPS scholarship to receive dedicated revenue

Require DOA to create registry of unpaid judgements against the state for public transparency

PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCES

Designated Bayou Manchac as a historic waterway

Created the Coastal Science Consortium among state universities

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