Beryl Adams Amedée (born October 14, 1964) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (; ) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 4 ...

from the 51st district. Elected in November 2015, she assumed office on January 11, 2016.

Early life

Amedée was born in

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 109,580. The parish seat is Houma. The parish was founded in 1822. Ter ...

Career

Amedée is the co-owner of Forerunner Errand and Concierge. She is also a pastor at the Vision Christian Center in Bourg, Louisiana and has served as a Terrebonne Parish elections commissioner since 2001. She was elected to the

in November 2015 and assumed office on January 11, 2016. Amedée authored legislation that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in schools. She also authored a proposal that would require medical providers to give patients a list of information about vaccines before administering them. Additionally, Amedée introduced a bill seeking to apply state obscenity laws to school libraries; however, this bill ultimately died in committee.

References

Living people People from Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature Women state legislators in Louisiana People from Houma, Louisiana H. L. Bourgeois High School alumni 21st-century American women politicians 1964 births {{Louisiana-House-of-Representatives-stub