Changes

In 2016, Pylant opposed the House bipartisan majority for a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]]. State representatives voted 76 to 28 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the five years for the duration of the tax to expire instead after twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018.

In 2016, Pylant opposed the House bipartisan majority for a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]]. State representatives voted 76 to 28 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the five years for the duration of the tax to expire instead after twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018.

Also in 2016, Pylant announced in a House committee meeting that he no longer supports [[capital punishment]] because of the legal costs involved. Since 2000, Louisiana has implemented only three executions, the most recent in 2010. The state spends $10 million a year on capital defense, with another $23 million for local indigent defender boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/15477863-171/james-gill-gop-ex-sheriff-changes-lifelong-view-questions-death-penalty|author=James Gill|title=GOP ex-sheriff changes lifelong view, questions death penalty|

Also in 2016, Pylant announced in a House committee meeting that he no longer supports [[capital punishment]] because of the legal costs involved. Since 2000, Louisiana has executed only three inmates, the most recent in 2010. The state spends $10 million a year on capital defense, with another $23 million for local indigent defender boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/15477863-171/james-gill-gop-ex-sheriff-changes-lifelong-view-questions-death-penalty|author=James Gill|title=GOP ex-sheriff changes lifelong view, questions death penalty|

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