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Bishop's legislative ratings have ranged from 97 to 100 percent from LABI. In 2012, he was rated 100 percent by the National Federation of Independent Business]]. In 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum scored him 90 percent each year. [[Right to Life]] rated him 100 percent. In 2013 and 2014, the Louisiana Association of Educators rated him 0 percent for both years.<ref name=politicalsummary>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/134602/stuart-bishop#.VVIiO_lViko|title=Stuart Bishop's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>​

Bishop's legislative ratings have ranged from 97 to 100 percent from LABI. In 2012, he was rated 100 percent by the National Federation of Independent Business]]. In 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum scored him 90 percent each year. [[Right to Life]] rated him 100 percent. In 2013 and 2014, the Louisiana Association of Educators rated him 0 percent for both years.<ref name=politicalsummary>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/134602/stuart-bishop#.VVIiO_lViko|title=Stuart Bishop's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>​

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In 2014, Bishop co-sponsored the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics; the bill was approved by the full House, 88-5. In 2014, he voted to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted to prohibit the transportation of dogs in the beds of pick-up trucks while traveling on [[interstate highway]]s. He did not vote on the requirement that companies give notice when they engage in hydraulic [[fracking]]. He voted against the [[repeal]] of the anti-sodomy laws. He co-sponsored the establishment in 2013 of surrogacy contracts. He voted to reduce penalties for the possession of [[marijuana]]. He supported lifetime concealed carry gun permits and voted for concealed carry in restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages. He opposed making information about permit holders a matter of public record. Bishop in 2013 voted against an increase in judicial pay and opposed the removal of the mandatory retirement age for judges. In 2012, he voted to prohibit telephone usage while one is driving. Bishop supported the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/134602/stuart-bishop#.VVIj0flVikp|title=Stuart Bishop's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=January 31, 2020}}</ref>​

In 2014, Bishop co-sponsored the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics; the bill was approved by the full House, 88-5. In 2014, he voted to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted to prohibit the transportation of dogs in the beds of pick-up trucks while traveling on [[interstate highway]]s. He did not vote on the requirement that companies give notice when they engage in hydraulic [[fracking]]. He voted against repealing the anti-sodomy laws. He co-sponsored the establishment in 2013 of surrogacy contracts. He voted to reduce penalties for the possession of [[marijuana]]. He supported lifetime concealed carry gun permits and voted for concealed carry in restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages. He opposed making information about permit holders a matter of public record. Bishop in 2013 voted against an increase in judicial pay and opposed the removal of the mandatory retirement age for judges. In 2012, he voted to prohibit telephone usage while one is driving. Bishop supported the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/134602/stuart-bishop#.VVIj0flVikp|title=Stuart Bishop's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=January 31, 2020}}</ref>​

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===Anti-littering campaign===

===Anti-littering campaign===

In April 2017, the House Education Committee approved legislation introduced by Representative Bishop, to require public schools to add [[litter]] prevention and awareness instruction for pupils in [[kindergarten]] to the fifth grade. "I grew up on Bayou Teche, and it's filthy; I live half a mile from the Vermilion River, and it's filthy. It's a travesty what we are doing to our state. I'm tired of seeing cans and bottles floating down our bayous," Bishop said in plugging for his bill.<ref name=litterlaw/> A few weeks earlier, then state parks director Robert Jocelyn Barham, a former state senator from Morehouse Parish, in testimony before a House committee termed Louisiana "the trashiest state in the nation. We should hang our heads in shame when [[Arkansas]] and [[Mississippi]] are cleaner than Louisiana."<ref name=litterlaw>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/04/28/trashiest-state-lawmaker-believes-kids-can-change-las-litter-culture/101018884/|title=Trashiest state? Lawmaker believes kids can change La.'s litter culture|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=April 28, 2017|accessdate=May 1, 2017; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

In April 2017, the House Education Committee approved legislation introduced by Representative Bishop, to require public schools to add [[litter]] prevention and awareness instruction for pupils in [[kindergarten]] to the fifth grade. "I grew up on Bayou Teche, and it's filthy; I live half a mile from the Vermilion River, and it's filthy. It's a travesty what we are doing to our state. I'm tired of seeing cans and bottles floating down our bayous," Bishop said in plugging for his bill.<ref name=litterlaw/> A few weeks earlier, then state parks director Robert Jocelyn Barham, a former state senator from Morehouse Parish, in testimony before a House committee termed Louisiana "the trashiest state in the nation. We should hang our heads in shame when [[Arkansas]] and [[Mississippi]] are cleaner than Louisiana."<ref name=litterlaw>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/04/28/trashiest-state-lawmaker-believes-kids-can-change-las-litter-culture/101018884/|title=Trashiest state? Lawmaker believes kids can change La.'s litter culture|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=April 28, 2017|accessdate=May 1, 2017; no longer on-line}}</ref>​