Laurie Schlegel

Laurie Garrand Schlegel is an American politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 82nd district.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Louisiana State University and a Master of Arts in marriage and family counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

[4] Schlegel has supported legislation that would ban transgender students from competing on girls' sports teams in schools.

[5] In 2022, she sponsored a bill requiring online pornographic content providers to verify that end-users are 18 or more in Louisiana.

After the bill was passed,[2] it was mostly ignored in the press but has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other states[6] and has been described as a significant step towards the Supreme Court reconsidering previous decisions in this field.