Laurie Garrand Schlegel is an American politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 82nd district. She assumed office on May 10, 2021.
Education
Schlegel attended St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Louisiana State University and a Master of Arts in marriage and family counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Career
Schlegel began her career as a sales manager for Marriott International. From 2001 to 2011, she was a pharmaceutical sales representative for AstraZeneca. In 2014 and 2015, she was a counselor for Catholic Counseling Services. Since 2015, she has worked for Lighthouse Counseling Center. She is a certified certified sex addiction counselor. She was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in a May 2021 special election, succeeding Charles Henry.
Political positions
Schlegel has supported legislation that would ban transgender students from competing on girls' sports teams in schools.
In 2022, she sponsored a bill requiring online pornographic content providers to verify that end-users are 18 or more in Louisiana. After the bill was passed, it was mostly ignored in the press but has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other states and has been described as a significant step towards the Supreme Court reconsidering previous decisions in this field.
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