Larry Bagley

BornJanuary 4, 1949 (age 77)

Children7, including two foster sons

Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley, Jr.

Louisiana State Representative for District 7 (Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine parishes)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2016
Preceded by	Richard Burford

Personal details
Born	(1949-01-04) January 4, 1949 (age 77) Longstreet, Louisiana, U.S.
Party	Republican
Children	7, including two foster sons
Parent(s)	Lawrence and Sally Bagley
Alma mater	Baptist Christian College Stephen F. Austin State University Northwestern State University
Occupation	Businessman; insurance agent retired educator

Lawrence A. Bagley Jr. (born January 4, 1949),^[1] known as Larry Bagley, is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 7, which encompasses Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine parishes in northwestern Louisiana. In January 2016, he succeeded outgoing Republican Representative Richard Burford, an unsuccessful candidate against the Conservative Democrat John Milkovich for the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in the general election held on November 21, 2015.

Attempt to end automobile inspection stickers

In the primary election held on October 24, 2015, Bagley with 5,531 votes (52.8 percent) defeated two other Republicans, Robert S. "Steve" Casey, who received 2,775 votes (26.5 percent), and Perry D. McDaniel, who polled 2,170 votes (20.7 percent).^[2]

In 2016, Bagley joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state sales tax.^[3]

In April 2017, Representative Bagley proposed legislation which would halt most automobile inspection stickers required annually since 1961 on all vehicles in Louisiana. Bagley's bill would limit inspections to student transportation and commercial vehicles and would not impact the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, and West Baton Rouge, which are required under the Clean Air Act of 1963 to conduct specialized inspections for vehicle emissions, Displayed on windshields, the stickers are considered proof that the inspections was conducted.^[4]

On May 15, 2017, the House Transportation Committee, citing skepticism for Bagley's legislation by the Louisiana State Police, tabled the bill. Bagley claimed that the legislation would end what he called a $6 million per year industry in fraudulent stickers. Representative Terry Landry, a former state police superintendent from Lafayette Parish, said that he thought ending inspections would be "sacrificing safety. I just fundamentally disagree with your bill."^[5]

As the issue played out, lobbyists representing those who perform the inspections also lined up against Bagley's proposal. These businesses make nearly half of their overall income from the inspections. Bagley favored adding the inspection fee to one's motor vehicle registration. However, the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 places a cap on the amount of that fee. Hence the proposed change would require a constitutional amendment to adjust the vehicle registration fee structure. Bagley vowed, assuming that he is reelected in 2019, to bring back the matter in the 2021 economic session of the legislature. Bagley said that he wants to hire 150 new state troopers with money that the state spends on the inspections.^[6]

Louisiana hence remains one of thirteen states with motor vehicle inspection laws.^[5]

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Speaker of the House Phillip DeVillier (R) Speaker pro tempore Michael T. Johnson (R)
▌Danny McCormick (R) ▌Steven Jackson (D) ▌Tammy Phelps (D) ▌Joy Walters (D) ▌Dennis Bamburg Jr. (R) ▌Michael Melerine (R) ▌Larry Bagley (R) ▌Raymond Crews (R) ▌Dodie Horton (R) ▌Wayne McMahen (R) ▌Rashid Armand Young (D) ▌Chris Turner (R) ▌Jack McFarland (R) ▌Michael Echols (R) ▌Foy Gadberry (R) ▌Adrian Fisher (D) ▌Pat Moore (D) ▌Jeremy LaCombe (R) ▌Francis C. Thompson (R) ▌Neil Riser (R) ▌C. Travis Johnson (D) ▌Gabe Firment (R) ▌Shaun Mena (D) ▌Rodney Schamerhorn (R) ▌Jason Brian DeWitt (R) ▌Ed Larvadain III (D) ▌Michael T. Johnson (R) ▌Daryl Deshotel (R) ▌Edmond Jordan (D) ▌Charles Owen (R) ▌Troy Hebert (R) ▌R. Dewith Carrier (R) ▌Les Farnum (R) ▌Wilford Carter (D) ▌Brett Geymann (R) ▌Phillip Tarver (R) ▌Reese Broussard (R) ▌Rhonda Butler (R) ▌Doyle Boudreaux (R) ▌Dustin Miller (D) ▌Phillip DeVillier (R) ▌Chance Keith Henry (R) ▌Josh Carlson (R) ▌Tehmi Jahi Chassion (D) ▌Annie Spell (R) ▌Chad Michael Boyer (R) ▌Ryan Bourriaque (R) ▌Beau Beaullieu (R) ▌Jacob Jules Gabriel Landry (R) ▌Vincent St. Blanc III (R) ▌Beryl Amedee (R) ▌Jerome Zeringue (R) ▌Jessica Domangue (R) ▌Joseph Orgeron (R) ▌Bryan Fontenot (R) ▌Beth Anne Billings (R) ▌Sylvia Elaine Taylor (D) ▌Ken Brass (D) ▌Tony Bacala (R) ▌Chasity Martinez (D) ▌C. Denise Marcelle (D) ▌Roy Daryl Adams (D) ▌Barbara West Carpenter (D) ▌Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (R) ▌Lauren Ventrella (R) ▌Emily Chenevert (R) ▌Terry Landry Jr. (D) ▌Dixon McMakin (R) ▌Paul Sawyer (R) ▌Barbara Reich Freiberg (R) ▌Roger William Wilder III (R) ▌Robby Carter (D) ▌Kimberly Coates (R) ▌Peter F. Egan (R) ▌John Wyble (R) ▌Stephanie Berault (R) ▌Mark Wright (R) ▌John Illg (R) ▌Debbie Villio (R) ▌Polly Thomas (R) ▌Jeffrey Wiley (R) ▌Laurie Schlegel (R) ▌Kyle Green (D) ▌Tim Kerner (R) ▌Vincent Cox III (R) ▌Nicholas Muscarello (R) ▌Rodney Lyons (D) ▌Kathy Edmonston (R) ▌Christopher Kim Carver (R) ▌Brian Glorioso (R) ▌Mandie Landry (D) ▌Joseph A. Stagni (R) ▌Alonzo Knox (D) ▌Stephanie Hilferty (R) ▌Shane Mack (R) ▌Marcus Bryant (D) ▌Ed Murray (D) ▌Aimee Adatto Freeman (D) ▌Candace Newell (D) ▌Dana Henry (D) ▌Vanessa Caston LaFleur (D) ▌Delisha Boyd (D) ▌Michael Bayham (R) ▌Jay Gallé (R) ▌Jacob Braud (R)
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Attempt to end automobile inspection stickers

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