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He was the vice chair of the House Commerce Committee and a member of the Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=80|title=Rep. Joseph P. Lopinto|publisher=house.louisiana|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref> In his first term, Lopinto backed the positions of the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the Louisiana Family Forum 100 percent of the time. He sided with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, a type of statewide chamber of commerce, 88 percent of the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=93741|title=Rep. Joseph P. Lopinto, III|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>

He was the vice chair of the House Commerce Committee and a member of the Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=80|title=Rep. Joseph P. Lopinto|publisher=house.louisiana|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref> In his first term, Lopinto backed the positions of the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the Louisiana Family Forum 100 percent of the time. He sided with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, a type of statewide chamber of commerce, 88 percent of the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=93741|title=Rep. Joseph P. Lopinto, III|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>

Lopinto was reelected to the House in the primary held on October 22, 2011.<ref>State of Louisiana, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011</ref>Lopinto has also held the District 80 seat on the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03242012/03242012_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 3/24/2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref> On entering his third House term on January 11, 2016, Lopinto announced his support for the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Walt Leger, III, of New Orleans as the state House Speaker. Leger was the choice of Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', December 17, 2015.</ref> However, in an upset, lawmakers chose not Leger as Speaker but Republican Taylor Barras, a more [[conservative]] representative from New Iberia in south Louisiana.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', January 11, 2016.</ref>

Lopinto was reelected to the House in the primary held on October 22, 2011.<ref>State of Louisiana, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011</ref> Lopinto has also held the District 80 seat on the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03242012/03242012_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 3/24/2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref> On entering his third House term on January 11, 2016, Lopinto announced his support for the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Walt Leger, III, of New Orleans as the state House Speaker. Leger was the choice of Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', December 17, 2015.</ref> However, in an upset, lawmakers chose not Leger as Speaker but Republican Taylor Barras, a more [[conservative]] representative from New Iberia in south Louisiana.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', January 11, 2016.</ref>

Lopinto joined the sheriff's office in 1997, first as a patrol officer and then a [[narcotics]] detective. He returned to the patrol division so that he could attend Loyola Law School at night. He left the agency in 2004 and was in the private practice of law until he returned as executive counsel to Sheriff Normand in 2016. After eight years in the legislature, he stepped down to rejoin the sheriff's office. Lopinto succeeded to the sheriff's position when Normand stepped down tin 2017 to host a [[radio]] talk show on station WWL in New Orleans.<ref name=sheriffsrace>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_4b0e199e-f173-11e7-ae61-33187e96721a.html|title=In heated Jefferson sheriff race, candidates battle over whose experience is better|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=January 6, 2018|author=Jim Mustian and Faimon Roberts, III|accessdate=January 7, 2018}}</ref>

Lopinto joined the sheriff's office in 1997, first as a patrol officer and then a [[narcotics]] detective. He returned to the patrol division so that he could attend Loyola Law School at night. He left the agency in 2004 and was in the private practice of law until he returned as executive counsel to Sheriff Normand in 2016. After eight years in the legislature, he stepped down to rejoin the sheriff's office. Lopinto succeeded to the sheriff's position when Normand stepped down tin 2017 to host a [[radio]] talk show on station WWL in New Orleans.<ref name=sheriffsrace>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_4b0e199e-f173-11e7-ae61-33187e96721a.html|title=In heated Jefferson sheriff race, candidates battle over whose experience is better|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=January 6, 2018|author=Jim Mustian and Faimon Roberts, III|accessdate=January 7, 2018}}</ref>