Beryl Adams Amedée is an American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

from the 51st district. Elected in November 2015, she assumed office on January 11, 2016.

Early life

Amedée was born in

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 111,860, and 110,461 in 2019. In 2020, its population declined to 109,58 ...

Career

Amedée is the co-owner of Forerunner Errand and Concierge. She is also a pastor at the Vision Christian Center in

Bourg, Louisiana Bourg is a census-designated places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. Demographics Education Terrebonne Parish School District operates publi ...

and has served as a Terrebonne Parish elections commissioner since 2001. She was elected to the

in November 2015 and assumed office on January 11, 2016. Amedée authored legislation that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in schools. She also authored a proposal that would require medical providers to give patients a list of information about vaccines before administering them.

References

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