# Adam Bass

Adam Bass is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 36
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d1a7b74-9ed8-4d8c-a1fc-f2caafc3d364

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d1a7b74-9ed8-4d8c-a1fc-f2caafc3d364 (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

Bass sits at +0.67 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 149 donors and 476 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 97.6% (93.6%). 47 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 18 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 89. 52.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 17 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 63: LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFC: Requests the legislative auditor to examine and evaluate the process of creating fiscal notes during the legislative session. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR63/
- SR 106: CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Vickey Thrash. (introduced, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR106/
- SR 102: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, May 5, 2026, as Literacy Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and recognizes The Center for Literacy & Learning for… (introduced, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR102/
- SB 447: LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides relative to promotional seniority and civil service classification in the Bossier City Police Department. (gov sig) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB447/
- SR 28: CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Patricia Ann McKinney Pendergrass. (introduced, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR28/
- SCR 12: COMMENDATIONS: Commends John Keith, of AllState Land and Timber, upon being named the "Louisiana Outstanding Logger of the Year". (introduced, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR12/
- SB 323: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to penalties for violations of the Louisiana Insurance Code. (gov sig) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB323/
- SB 387: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (1/1/27) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB387/
- SB 372: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (8/1/26) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB372/
- SB 381: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for pharmacy benefit managers. (gov sig) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB381/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $107.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=36
- Campaign site: https://www.adambassforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adam.bass.3958
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bass-6b633b23/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d1a7b74-9ed8-4d8c-a1fc-f2caafc3d364