# Dana Henry

Dana Henry is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 100.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 100
- Serving since: 2026-03-23
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1175d9fd-94fc-4988-98ee-de8d0029de06

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1175d9fd-94fc-4988-98ee-de8d0029de06 (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

57% of Henry’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 120 donors and 175 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

1,587 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 82% (89%). 49 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 9 bills: 7 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 64. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 93 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 117: INSURANCE: Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to establish a Homeowner Protection and Efficiency (HOPE) Committee (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR117/
- HR 307: PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Creates the Expropriation and Acquisition for Strategic Transformation Task Force (E.A.S.T.) to study the feasibility of expropriating… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR307/
- HR 261: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 12, 2026, as A Day Without Child Care at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR261/
- HB 1104: CRIME: Prohibits relative to the manufacturing and sale of motor vehicle key programming or emulation devices (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1104/
- HR 215: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 29, 2026, as Hospital Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR215/
- HB 1210: INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Creates a mandatory pre-suit claim review process relative to residential property insurance (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1210/
- HB 1133: HOUSING: Creates the Dream Starter Act (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1133/
- HB 1226: INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Creates a public dashboard for insurance rate transparency and requires data submissions from insurers (OR +$276,240 SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1226/
- HB 1225: INSURANCE/PROPERTY: Provides with respect to residential property and catastrophic event modeling (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1225/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $105.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 57% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1175d9fd-94fc-4988-98ee-de8d0029de06