# Louisiana House of Representatives

The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane; Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Luisiana) 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.
The House convenes at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

## Leadership

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. 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 Phillip DeVillier. His deputy is the speaker pro tempore, currently Republican Michael T. Johnson. 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) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Republican | Ind | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
| End of legislature 2011 | 57 | 2 | 46 | 105 | 0 |
| Begin 2012 | 58 | 2 | 45 | 105 | 0 |
| End of legislature 2015 | 59 | 2 | 44 | 105 | 0 |
| Begin 2016 | 61 | 2 | 42 | 105 | 0 |
| End of legislature 2019 | 60 | 5 | 39 | 104 | 1 |
| Begin 2020 | 68 | 2 | 35 | 105 | 0 |
| End of legislature 2023 | 71 | 0 | 33 | 104 | 1 |
| Begin 2024 | 73 | 0 | 32 | 105 | 0 |
| March 11, 2025 | 72 | 0 | 31 | 103 | 2 |
| Latest voting share | 69.9% | 0% | 30.1% | | |

### Members

| District | Name | Party | Parishes represented | First elected | Eligible for reelection |
| 1 | Danny McCormick | Rep | Caddo | 2019 | Yes |
| 2 | Steven Jackson | Dem | Bossier and Caddo | 2023 | Yes |
| 3 | Tammy Phelps | Dem | Caddo | 2019 | Yes |
| 4 | Joy Walters | Dem | Caddo | 2023 | Yes |
| 5 | Dennis Bamburg Jr. | Rep | Bossier, Caddo and Red River | 2023 | Yes |
| 6 | Michael Melerine | Rep | Bossier and Caddo | 2023 | Yes |
| 7 | Larry Bagley | Rep | Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine | 2015 | No |
| 8 | Raymond J. Crews | Rep | Bossier | 2017 | No |
| 9 | Dodie Horton | Rep | Bossier | 2015 | No |
| 10 | Wayne McMahen | Rep | Webster and Bossier | 2018 | Yes |
| 11 | Rashid Armand Young | Dem | Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln | 2023 | Yes |
| 12 | Christopher Turner | Rep | Lincoln and Union | 2019 | Yes |
| 13 | Jack McFarland | Rep | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches and Winn | 2015 | No |
| 14 | Michael Charles Echols | Rep | 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 | Rep | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, and West Carroll | 2019 | Yes |
| 20 | Neil Riser | Rep | Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Ouachita | 2019 | Yes |
| 21 | C. Travis Johnson | Dem | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, and Tensas | 2019 | Yes |
| 22 | Gabe Firment | Rep | Grant, LaSalle and Natchitoches | 2019 | Yes |
| 23 | Shaun Mena | Dem | Orleans | 2023 | Yes |
| 24 | Rodney Schamerhorn | Rep | Beauregard, Sabine, and Vernon | 2019 | Yes |
| 25 | Jason Brian DeWitt | Rep | Natchitoches and Rapides | 2023 | Yes |
| 26 | Ed Larvadain III | Dem | Rapides | 2019 | Yes |
| 27 | Michael T. Johnson | Rep | Rapides | 2019 | Yes |
| 28 | Daryl Deshotel | Rep | Avoyelles and St. Landry | 2019 | Yes |
| 29 | Edmond Jordan | Dem | East Baton Rouge and West Baton Rouge | 2016 | No |
| 30 | Charles Owen | Rep | Beauregard and Vernon | 2019 | Yes |
| 31 | Troy Hebert | Rep | Lafayette and Vermilion | 2023 | Yes |
| 32 | R. Dewith Carrier | Rep | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis | 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 Rapides | 2019 | Yes |
| 39 | Julie Emerson | Rep | Lafayette | 2015 | No |
| 40 | Dustin Miller | Dem | St. Landry | 2015 | No |
| 41 | Phillip DeVillier | Rep | Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry | 2015 | No |
| 42 | Chance Keith Henry | Rep | Acadia and Lafayette | 2023 | Yes |
| 43 | Josh Carlson | Rep | Lafayette | 2023 | Yes |
| 44 | Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Dem | Lafayette | 2023 | Yes |
| 45 | Vacant | | | | |
| 46 | Chad Michael Boyer | Rep | St. Landry, and St. Martin | 2023 | Yes |
| 47 | Ryan Bourriaque | Rep | Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion | 2019 | Yes |
| 48 | Beau Beaullieu | Rep | Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin | 2019 | Yes |
| 49 | Jacob Jules Gabriel Landry | Rep | Iberia, Lafayette and Vermillion | 2023 | 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 | No |
| 52 | Jerome Zeringue | Rep | Terrebonne | 2015 | No |
| 53 | Jessica Domangue | Rep | Terrebonne | 2023 | Yes |
| 54 | Joseph A. Orgeron | Rep | Jefferson and Lafourche | 2020 | Yes |
| 55 | Bryan Fontenot | Rep | Lafourche | 2019 | Yes |
| 56 | Beth Anne Billings | Rep | St. Charles and St. John the Baptist | 2023 | Yes |
| 57 | Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Dem | St. Charles and St. John the Baptist | 2023 | Yes |
| 58 | Ken Brass | Dem | Ascension, St. James and St. John | 2017 | No |
| 59 | Tony Bacala | Rep | Ascension | 2015 | No |
| 60 | Chad Brown | Dem | Assumption and Iberville | 2015 | No |
| 61 | C. Denise Marcelle | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2015 | No |
| 62 | Roy Daryl Adams | Dem | East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana | 2019 | Yes |
| 63 | Barbara Carpenter | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2015 | No |
| 64 | Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Rep | East Baton Rouge and Livingston | 2023 | Yes |
| 65 | Lauren Ventrella | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2023 | Yes |
| 66 | Emily Chenevert | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2023 | Yes |
| 67 | Vacant | | | | |
| 68 | Dixon McMakin | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2023 | Yes |
| 69 | Paula Davis | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2015 | No |
| 70 | Barbara Reich Freiberg | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2019 | Yes |
| 71 | Roger William Wilder, III | Rep | Livingston | 2023 | Yes |
| 72 | Robby Carter | Dem | St. Helena, and Tangipahoa | 2015 | No |
| 73 | Kimberly Coates | Rep | Tangipahoa | 2023 | Yes |
| 74 | Peter F. Egan, Sr. | Rep | St. Tammany | 2023 | Yes |
| 75 | John Wyble | Rep | Washington | 2023 | Yes |
| 76 | Stephanie Berault | Rep | St. Tammany | 2023 | Yes |
| 77 | Mark Wright | Rep | St. Tammany | 2017 | No |
| 78 | John R. Illg Jr. | Rep | Jefferson | 2019 | Yes |
| 79 | Debbie Villio | Rep | Jefferson | 2019 | Yes |
| 80 | Polly Thomas | Rep | Jefferson | 2016 | No |
| 81 | Jeffrey Wiley | Rep | Ascension, Livingston and St. James | 2023 | Yes |
| 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 | Vincent Cox III | Rep | Jefferson | 2023 | Yes |
| 86 | Nicholas Muscarello | Rep | Tangipahoa | 2018 | Yes |
| 87 | Rodney Lyons | Dem | Jefferson | 2015 | No |
| 88 | Kathy Edmonston | Rep | Ascension | 2019 | Yes |
| 89 | Christopher Kim Carver | Rep | St. Tammany | 2023 | Yes |
| 90 | Brian Glorioso | Rep | St. Tammany | 2023 | Yes |
| 91 | Mandie Landry | Dem | Orleans | 2019 | Yes |
| 92 | Joseph A. Stagni | Rep | Jefferson and St. Charles | 2017 | No |
| 93 | Alonzo Knox | Dem | Orleans | 2023 | Yes |
| 94 | Stephanie Hilferty | Rep | Jefferson and Orleans | 2015 | No |
| 95 | Shane Mack | Rep | Livingston and Tangipahoa | 2023 | Yes |
| 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 | Michael Bayham | Rep | St. Bernard | 2023 | Yes |
| 104 | Jack Galle | Rep | St. Tammany | 2023 | Yes |
| 105 | Jacob Braud | Rep | Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines | 2023 | 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.
| Name | Chairman | Vice 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 |