State · Louisiana Senate
Gary Carter
State Senator · Senate District 7 · Party: Democratic
1567 final-passage votes on record.
A member of Louisiana's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Did not vote on HB 319 (BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Trace Commission and Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area). It passed. Jun 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on HB 268 (CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Amends terminology regarding pornography involving juveniles). It passed. Jun 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on HB 267 (DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville). It passed. Jun 8, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 7
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 2021-06-30
- Website
- Official site ↗
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Last verified Oct 9, 2026.
Official source ↗No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Gary Carter's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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HB 319
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Trace Commission and Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area
FINAL PASSAGE (#703)
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 268
CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Amends terminology regarding pornography involving juveniles
FINAL PASSAGE (#695)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 267
DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville
FINAL PASSAGE (#694)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 575
ABORTION: Provides relative to liability for the unlawful termination of a pregnancy
AMENDMENT # 3056 BY DUPLESSIS, HB 575 BY VENTRELLA (#763)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 318
HOUSING/MANUFACTURED: Provides relative to manufactured and modular housing in flood-prone areas
FINAL PASSAGE (#702)
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 688
LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank
FINAL PASSAGE (#741)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 199
CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to proceedings in forma pauperis for prisoners (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
FINAL PASSAGE (#693)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 548
ENERGY: Provides for the dedication of revenue from carbon dioxide sequestration on state lands and water bottoms
FINAL PASSAGE (#726)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 116
MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#688)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 457
CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to solitary confinement (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#717)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 679
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#740)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 600
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#732)
Yes Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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HB 384
STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Provides relative to disciplinary penalties for certain public school students found to be in possession of certain substances on school property
FINAL PASSAGE (#768)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 474
MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Provides relative to emergency vehicles for coroners
FINAL PASSAGE (#767)
Yes Source ↗ -
No Source ↗
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HB 85
BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to permits for construction (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#686)
Yes Source ↗ -
SCR 68
COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the LSU Shreveport Pilots Baseball Team on winning the 2025 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Baseball National Championship.
ADOPT (#678)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 416
REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#759)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 165
WATERWAYS: Removes the designated deadline the board of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District has to promulgate regulations for watershed management within the district
FINAL PASSAGE (#692)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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Yes Source ↗
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HB 531
NURSES: Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors
FINAL PASSAGE (#720)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 496
INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Provides relative to lapses in required insurance coverage
FINAL PASSAGE (#752)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 357
INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#706)
Not voting Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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HB 63
JUDGES: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement of judges (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#682)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 53
DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish
FINAL PASSAGE (#760)
Yes Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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HB 649
DISTRICTS/RECREATION: Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the Capital Area Transit System
FINAL PASSAGE (#736)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 323
ELECTIONS/DATES: Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#754)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 531
NURSES: Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors
CO-AUTHORS (#721)
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 108
MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum
FINAL PASSAGE (#687)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 538
AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides with respect to the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#722)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 299
CEMETERIES: Increases the maximum rate of ad valorem taxes the governing authority of Morehouse Parish is authorized to levy for public cemeteries and provides for the use of the proceeds of the taxes
FINAL PASSAGE (#700)
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 6
CRIME/THEFT: Creates the crime of misappropriation of funds in connection with the payment of utility services (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#681)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 19
RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the administration and participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan for the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)
CO-AUTHORS (#750)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 639
GAMING/REVENUE: Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (EN +$34,700,000 SD RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#734)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 652
SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)
CO-AUTHORS (#738)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 518
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#743)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 691
ENERGY: Establishes public safety and accountability procedures for carbon dioxide sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#742)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 19
RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the administration and participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan for the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)
FINAL PASSAGE (#749)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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HB 366
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes parishes to exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes and authorizes parishes to reduce the percentage of fair market value applicable to business inventory (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#770)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 385
PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Provides that the oath or affirmation of a public official shall be recorded at no charge to the official (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
FINAL PASSAGE (#709)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 280
WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the collection of workers' compensation premiums (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#756)
No Source ↗ -
HB 5
CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to penalties for certain sex offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#680)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 184
TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT: Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts a taxpayer receives through hardship distributions from retirement accounts (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#771)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 481
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits
FINAL PASSAGE (#723)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 425
ABORTION: Provides relative to coerced abortion (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#715)
No Source ↗
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