# Foy Gadberry

Foy Gadberry is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 15
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/040e17ea-a4d0-47ce-8f45-527a6bdc83a7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/040e17ea-a4d0-47ce-8f45-527a6bdc83a7 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

83% of the 12 bills Gadberry sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 117 donors and 1,018 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 93.9% (89%). 40 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 33. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 4 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 93: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 6, 2026, as LMA Municipal Day at the state capitol (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR93/
- HCR 92: COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Municipal Association (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR92/
- HB 1026: BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to the issuance of permits for construction (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1026/
- HB 489: BANKS/BANKING: Provides with respect to "Transfer of Death" (TOD) beneficiary designations for investment accounts (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB489/
- HB 576: STATE DEPARTMENT: Transfers the Old Governor's Mansion to the Department of State (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB576/
- HB 387: BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to plans submitted to the fire marshal (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB387/
- HCR 20: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes April 30, 2025, as LMA Municipal Day at the state capitol (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HCR20/
- HB 347: BUDGETARY PROCEDURES: Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB347/
- HB 318: HOUSING/MANUFACTURED: Provides relative to manufactured and modular housing in flood-prone areas (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB318/
- HB 312: PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Prohibits the state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from using price or price-related information as a factor in the… (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB312/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=15
- Campaign site: https://foygadberry.com/
- X: https://x.com/FoyGadberry
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foy.gadberry
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/foy-gadberry-51520a59/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/040e17ea-a4d0-47ce-8f45-527a6bdc83a7