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→Political life
Bagley formerly served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] on the Logansport City Council.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 18, 2004.</ref>
Bagley formerly served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] on the Logansport City Council.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 18, 2004.</ref>
On October 24, 2015, Bagley won the state representative position with 5,531 votes (52.8 percent). He defeated two other Republican candidates, Robert S. "Steve" Casey, who received 2,775 votes (26.5 percent), and Perry D. McDaniel, with 2,170 votes (20.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
On October 24, 2015, Bagley won the state representative position with 5,531 votes (52.8 percent). He defeated two other Republican candidates, Robert S. "Steve" Casey, who received 2,775 votes (26.5 percent), and Perry D. McDaniel, with 2,170 votes (20.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
As a legislator, Bagley is identified with public education and the teacher retirement program, fighting [[narcotics]], and expanded highway improvements.<ref name=bagleybio/> In 2016, Bagley joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]].<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>
As a legislator, Bagley is identified with public education and the teacher retirement program, fighting [[narcotics]], and expanded highway improvements.<ref name=bagleybio/> In 2016, Bagley joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]].<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=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
===Automobile inspection sticker controversy===
===Automobile inspection sticker controversy===
On May 15, 2017, the House Transportation Committee, citing skepticism for Bagley's legislation by the state police, tabled the bill. Bagley said that the legislation would have halted what he called a $6 million per year industry in fraudulent stickers. Then Representative Terry Clyde Landry, Sr., a former state police superintendent from [[Lafayette]], said that he thought ending inspections would "sacrifice safety. I just fundamentally disagree with your bill."<ref name=theadvocate>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_b2988f22-3760-11e7-9779-0fc79dd1e740.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest|title=Bid to repeal Louisiana's motor vehicle inspection law killed by House committee|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Will Sentell|date=May 15, 2017|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
On May 15, 2017, the House Transportation Committee, citing skepticism for Bagley's legislation by the state police, tabled the bill. Bagley said that the legislation would have halted what he called a $6 million per year industry in fraudulent stickers. Then Representative Terry Clyde Landry, Sr., a former state police superintendent from [[Lafayette]], said that he thought ending inspections would "sacrifice safety. I just fundamentally disagree with your bill."<ref name=theadvocate>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_b2988f22-3760-11e7-9779-0fc79dd1e740.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest|title=Bid to repeal Louisiana's motor vehicle inspection law killed by House committee|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Will Sentell|date=May 15, 2017|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
Opposition developed when [[Lobbying|lobbyists]] representing the people who perform the inspections lined up against Bagley's proposal. Many of 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 Constituiton 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 that on his reelection in 2019, he would bring back the matter in the 2021 economic session of the legislature. Bagley said that he wants to hire 150 new state troopers by using the funds that the state spends on the inspections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/inspection-stickers-not-going-away-in-louisiana/|title=Inspection Stickers Not Going Away in Louisiana|publisher=KEEL [[Radio]] ([[Shreveport]])|date=May 23, 2019|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> Louisiana hence remains one of thirteen states with motor vehicle inspection laws.<ref name=theadvocate/>
Opposition developed when [[Lobbying|lobbyists]] representing the people who perform the inspections lined up against Bagley's proposal. Many of 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 Constituiton 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 that on his reelection in 2019, he would bring back the matter in the 2021 economic session of the legislature. Bagley said that he wants to hire 150 new state troopers by using the funds that the state spends on the inspections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/inspection-stickers-not-going-away-in-louisiana/|title=Inspection Stickers Not Going Away in Louisiana|publisher=KEEL Radio ([[Shreveport]])|date=May 23, 2019|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> Louisiana hence remains one of thirteen states with motor vehicle inspection laws.<ref name=theadvocate/>
===Reelected in 2019===
===Reelected in 2019===
On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his second term, Bagley was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers as well as the Republican dissenters.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his second term, Bagley was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers along with the Republican dissenters.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
==References==
==References==