Louisiana House of Representatives

The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) 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 42,500 people (2000 figures). Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of three terms (twelve years). The House is one of the five state legislative lower houses that has a four-year term, as opposed to the near-universal two-year term.

Louisiana House of Representatives
Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane
71st Louisiana Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
3 Terms (12 years)
History
New session started
March 9, 2020
Leadership
Clay Schexnayder (R)
since January 13, 2020
Speaker pro tempore
Tanner Magee (R)
since January 13, 2020
Majority Leader
Blake Miguez (R)
since January 12, 2020
Minority Leader
Sam Jenkins (D)
since January 13, 2020
Structure
Seats105
Political groups
Majority
  •   Republican (71)

Minority

Vacant

Length of term
4 years
AuthorityArticle III, Section 3, Louisiana Constitution
Salary$16,800/year plus per diem.
Elections
Last election
October 12 and November 16, 2019
Next election
October 14 and November 18, 2023
RedistrictingLegislative control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber
Louisiana State Capitol
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Website
Louisiana House of Representatives
Politics of Louisiana
Constitution and law
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
Administrative divisions
Federal representation

The House convenes at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Leadership
See also: List of Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The speaker is customarily recommended by the governor (although this is not in House rules), then elected by the full House.[1] In addition to presiding over the body, the speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Louisiana House of Representatives also elects a speaker pro tempore to preside in the absence of the Speaker.

The current speaker is Republican Clay Schexnayder, who was elected to that position in 2020. His deputy is the speaker pro tempore, currently Republican Tanner Magee who was also elected to the position in 2020. The speaker pro tempore presides when the Speaker is not present.

Composition

The Louisiana House of Representatives comprises 105 representatives elected from across the state from single-member districts by registered voters in the district. Representatives must be electors, be at least eighteen years old, be domiciled in the district they represent at least one year, and have resided in the state two years. It is the judge of its members' qualifications and elections. All candidates for state representative in a district compete in a nonpartisan blanket primary; if no candidate earns 50+1 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance into the general election. Elections occur every four years and representatives are limited to three four-year terms (12 years). If a seat is vacant, it will be filled in a special election. Its sessions occur along with the Louisiana State Senate, every year, for sixty legislative days in even-numbered years and forty-five legislative days in odd-numbered years in which only monetary bills can be considered. It is the lower legislative chamber of the Louisiana State Legislature; the upper house is the Louisiana State Senate. The Louisiana House has sole authority to impeach state officials and introduce appropriation bills. The Louisiana House of Representatives was established, along with its functions and authority, in Article III, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution.

Party membership
Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Republican Ind Democratic Vacant
End of legislature 2011 57 2 46 105 0
Begin 2012 58 2 45 105 0
End of legislature 2015 59 44
Begin 2016 61 2 42 105 0
End of legislature 2019 60 5 39 104 1
Begin 2020 68 2 35 105 0
December 1, 2020[2] 67 104 1
January 12, 2021[3] 66 103 2
January 19, 2021[4] 67 104 1
May 10, 2021[5] 68 105 0
July 1, 2021[6] 3 34
July 2, 2021[7] 33 104 1
July 16, 2021[8] 32 103 2
November 13, 2021[9] 34 105 0
January 30, 2022[10] 33 105 1
March 26, 2022[11] 34 105 0
June 14, 2022[12] 69 2 34 105 0
November 8, 2022[13] 2 33 104 1
December 1, 2022[14] 3 32 104 1
March 16, 2023[15] 70 3 31 104 1
March 25, 2023[16] 32 105 0
March 29, 2023[17] 2 33
April 10, 2023[18] 71 32
April 27, 2023[19] 1 33
August 21, 2023[20] 0 104 1
Latest voting share 68.3% 0% 31.7%

Members
District Name Party Parishes represented First elected Eligible for reelection
1 Danny McCormick Rep Bossier and Caddo 2019 Yes
2 Sam Jenkins Dem Bossier and Caddo 2015 Yes
3 Tammy Phelps Dem Caddo 2019 Yes
4 Cedric Glover Dem Caddo 2015 Yes
5 Alan Seabaugh Rep Caddo 2010 No
6 Thomas A. Pressly Rep Bossier and Caddo 2019 Yes
7 Larry Bagley Rep Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine 2015 Yes
8 Raymond J. Crews Rep Bossier 2017 Yes
9 Dodie Horton Rep Bossier 2015 Yes
10 Wayne McMahen Rep Webster and Bossier 2018 Yes
11 Patrick O. Jefferson Dem Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln 2011 No
12 Christopher Turner Rep Lincoln and Union 2019 Yes
13 Jack McFarland Rep Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, and Winn 2015 Yes
14 Michael Charles Echols Rep Morehouse and Ouachita 2019 Yes
15 Foy Bryan Gadberry Rep Ouachita 2019 Yes
16 Adrian Fisher Dem Morehouse and Ouachita parishes 2021 Yes
17 Pat Moore Dem Ouachita 2019 Yes
18 Jeremy LaCombe Rep Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana 2019 Yes
19 Francis C. Thompson[21] Rep East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, and West Carroll 2019 Yes
20 Neil Riser Rep Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas 2019 Yes
21 C. Travis Johnson Dem Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas 2019 Yes
22 Gabe Firment Rep Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn 2019 Yes
23 Kenny R. Cox Dem DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River 2011 No
24 Rodney Schamerhorn Rep Natchitoches, Sabine, and Vernon 2019 Yes
25 Lance Harris Rep Rapides 2011 No
26 Ed Larvadain III Dem Rapides 2019 Yes
27 Michael T. Johnson Rep Rapides 2019 Yes
28 Daryl Deshotel Rep Avoyelles 2019 Yes
29 Edmond Jordan Dem East Baton Rouge and West Baton Rouge 2016 Yes
30 Charles Owen Rep Beauregard and Vernon 2019 Yes
31 Jonathan I. Goudeau Rep Lafayette and Vermilion 2019 Yes
32 R. Dewith Carrier Rep Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu 2019 Yes
33 Les Farnum Rep Calcasieu 2019 Yes
34 Wilford Carter Sr. Dem Calcasieu 2019 Yes
35 Brett F. Geymann Rep Beauregard and Calcasieu 2021 Yes
36 Phillip Eric Tarver Rep Calcasieu 2019 Yes
37 Troy D. Romero Rep Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis 2019 Yes
38 Rhonda Gaye Butler Rep Evangeline and St. Landry 2019 Yes
39 Julie Emerson Rep Lafayette and St. Landry 2015 Yes
40 Dustin Miller Dem St. Landry 2015 Yes
41 Phillip DeVillier Rep Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry 2015 Yes
42 John M. Stefanski Rep Acadia and Lafayette 2017 Yes
43 Stuart J. Bishop Rep Lafayette 2011 No
44 Vincent J. Pierre Dem Lafayette 2011 No
45 Jean-Paul Coussan Rep Lafayette 2015 Yes
46 Mike Huval Rep Iberia, St. Landry, and St. Martin 2011 No
47 Ryan Bourriaque Rep Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion 2019 Yes
48 Beau Beaullieu Rep Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin 2019 Yes
49 Blake Miguez Rep Iberia and Vermillion 2015 Yes
50 Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III Rep St. Martin and St. Mary 2019 Yes
51 Beryl Amedee Rep Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, and Terrebonne 2015 Yes
52 Jerome Zeringue Rep Lafourche and Terrebonne 2015 Yes
53 Tanner Magee Rep Lafourche and Terrebonne 2015 Yes
54 Joseph A. Orgeron Rep Jefferson and Lafourche 2020 Yes
55 Bryan Fontenot Rep Lafourche 2019 Yes
56 Gregory A. Miller Rep St. Charles and St. John the Baptist 2011 No
57 Randal L. Gaines Dem St. Charles and St. John the Baptist 2011 No
58 Ken Brass Dem Ascension, Iberville, and St. James 2017 Yes
59 Tony Bacala Rep Ascension 2015 Yes
60 Chad Brown Dem Assumption and Iberville 2015 Yes
61 C. Denise Marcelle Dem East Baton Rouge 2015 Yes
62 Roy Daryl Adams Dem East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, and West Feliciana 2019 Yes
63 Barbara Carpenter Dem East Baton Rouge 2015 Yes
64 Valarie Hodges Rep East Baton Rouge and Livingston 2011 No
65 Barry Ivey Rep East Baton Rouge 2013 Yes
66 Rick Edmonds Rep East Baton Rouge 2015 Yes
67 Larry Selders Dem East Baton Rouge 2019 Yes
68 Scott McKnight Rep East Baton Rouge 2019 Yes
69 Paula Davis Rep East Baton Rouge 2015 Yes
70 Barbara Reich Freiberg Rep East Baton Rouge 2019 Yes
71 Buddy Mincey Jr. Rep Livingston 2019 Yes
72 Robby Carter Dem East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa 2015 Yes
73 William Wheat Jr. Rep Tangipahoa 2019 Yes
74 Lawrence "Larry" Frieman Rep St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington 2019 Yes
75 Malinda White Rep St. Tammany and Washington 2015 Yes
76 Robert "Bob" Owen Rep St. Tammany 2019 Yes
77 Mark Wright Rep St. Tammany 2017 Yes
78 John R. Illg Jr. Rep Jefferson 2019 Yes
79 Debbie Villio Rep Jefferson 2019 Yes
80 Polly Thomas Rep Jefferson 2016 Yes
81 Clay Schexnayder Rep Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, and St. James 2011 No
82 Laurie Schlegel Rep Jefferson 2021 Yes
83 Kyle M. Green Jr. Dem Jefferson 2019 Yes
84 Timothy P. Kerner Sr Rep Jefferson 2019 Yes
85 Vacant Jefferson Yes
86 Nicholas Muscarello Rep Tangipahoa 2018 Yes
87 Rodney Lyons Dem Jefferson 2015 Yes
88 Kathy Edmonston Rep Ascension 2019 Yes
89 Richard Nelson Rep St. Tammany 2019 Yes
90 Mary DuBuisson Rep St. Tammany 2018 Yes
91 Mandie Landry Dem Orleans 2019 Yes
92 Joseph A. Stagni Rep Jefferson and St. Charles 2017 Yes
93 Alonzo Knox Dem Orleans 2023 Yes
94 Stephanie Hilferty Rep Jefferson and Orleans 2015 Yes
95 Sherman Q. Mack Rep Livingston 2011 No
96 Marcus Anthony Bryant Dem Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin 2019 Yes
97 Matthew Willard Dem Orleans 2019 Yes
98 Aimee Adatto Freeman Dem Orleans 2019 Yes
99 Candace N. Newell Dem Orleans 2019 Yes
100 Jason Hughes Dem Orleans 2019 Yes
101 Vanessa Caston LaFleur Dem East Baton Rouge 2022 Yes
102 Delisha Boyd Dem Orleans 2021 Yes
103 Raymond E. Garafolo Rep Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines 2011 No
104 Paul Hollis Rep St. Tammany 2011 No
105 Mack Cormier Dem Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines 2019 Yes

Committee assignments

The committees of the Louisiana House review proposed bills and either kill them or recommend their passage to the full house. Each committee has a specialized area it oversees. Committees can call upon state officials to testify at committee meetings. Committee memberships, including chairmanships and vice chairmanships, are assigned by the Speaker.[22]

NameChairmanVice Chair
Administration of Criminal Justice Vacant Tony Bacala
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, & Rural Development Jack McFarland Dustin Miller
Appropriations Jerome Zeringue Francis C. Thompson
Civil Law and Procedure Gregory A. Miller Mike Johnson
Commerce Paula Davis Stephanie Hilferty
Education Lance Harris Patrick O. Jefferson
Health & Welfare Larry Bagley Christopher Turner
House & Governmental Affairs John M. Stefanski Royce Duplessis
Insurance Mike Huval Edmond Jordan
Judiciary Randal L. Gaines Sherman Q. Mack
Labor & Industrial Relations Barbara Carpenter Neil Riser
Municipal, Parochial, & Cultural Affairs Rick Edmonds Joseph A. Stagni
Natural Resources & Environment Jean-Paul Coussan Ryan Bourrique
Retirement Phillip DeVillier John R. Illg Jr.
Transportation, Highways, & Public Works Mark Wright Ken Brass
Ways and Means Stuart J. Bishop Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV

Past composition of the House of Representatives
Main article: Political party strength in Louisiana

See also

References
  1. (see House Rule 2.3 Archived May 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, House Journal of the 2000 Organizational Session and House Journal of the 2004 Organizational Session Archived June 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, House Journal of January 14, 2008 Archived May 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine).
  2. Republican Stephen Dwight (District 35) resigned to become the District Attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Louisiana
  3. Republican Charles Henry (District 82) resigns.
  4. Republican Brett Geymann sworn in to succeed Dwight.
  5. Republican Laurie Schlegel sworn in to succeed Henry.
  6. Rep. Malinda White switched from the Democratic Party to no party registration., Washington Times, Washington DC, July 1, 2021.
  7. Democrat Gary Carter Jr. (District 102) resigned after being elected to the Louisiana Senate in a special election
  8. Democrat Frederick D. Jones (District 16) resigned after being elected to the Fourth Judicial District Court.
  9. Democrats Adrian Fisher (District 16) and Delisha Boyd (District 102) elected to succeed Jones and Carter Jr., respectively.
  10. Democrat Ted James (District 101) resigned to take a position with the federal government.
  11. Democrat Vanessa Caston Lafleur elected to succeed Ted James.
  12. Alford, Jeremy [@lapoliticsnow] (June 14, 2022). "PARTY CHANGE: Rep. @MalindaBWhite has switched from Ind to GOP" (Tweet). Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
  13. Sledge, Matt. "Seven candidates angle to replace Royce Duplessis in state House election before Mardi Gras". NOLA.com.
  14. @lapoliticsnow (January 9, 2023). "Rep. @votelandry has switched to no party. Did so in November. Dems have one less in the stage House. #lalege #lagov" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. Hilburn, Greg (March 16, 2023). "Thompson party flip gives Republicans super majority in Louisiana Legislature". The News Star. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  16. "Alonzo Knox wins bitter Louisiana House 93 race". NOLA.com. March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  17. Bridges, Tyler. "State Rep. Mandie Landry rejoins Louisiana Democratic Party, will run for re-election". NOLA.com.
  18. Karlin, Sam. "Another Louisiana House Democrat has switched parties to Republican". The Advocate.
  19. "Louisiana state representative changes political parties". BRProud.com. April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  20. "Gretna legislator quits Louisiana House, is appointed temporary judge". nola.com. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  21. Hazard, Charlotte. Democrat in Louisiana Legislature switches to GOP, giving Republicans a supermajority, Just the News, March 18, 2023.
  22. "House Standing Committees". Louisiana House of Representatives.

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