# Rashid Young

Rashid Young is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 11
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/17cf7c94-788b-49f9-bca2-2f413974a927

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17cf7c94-788b-49f9-bca2-2f413974a927 (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

Young missed 34% of 2,668 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Louisiana House (average 90.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 350 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 66% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 87% (89%). 30 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 26 bills: 16 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 69. 38.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 70 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 235: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Haynesville High School football team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division IV Non-Select state… (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR235/
- HR 236: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Gibsland-Coleman High School boys basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Class C state… (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR236/
- HR 200: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Lincoln Preparatory School boys basketball head coach Antonio Hudson on being named the Louisiana High School Athletic Association… (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR200/
- HR 199: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Lincoln Preparatory School boys basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Division IV Select… (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR199/
- HR 201: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Ahmad Hudson of the Ruston High School boys basketball team on being named 2026 Mr. Basketball in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR201/
- HB 1056: PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Natchitoches Parish (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1056/
- HR 168: ATHLETICS: Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a comprehensive study and analysis of collegiate athletic program funding (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR168/
- HCR 36: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Grambling State University on the occasion of the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and recognizes the university's… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR36/
- HCR 37: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Grambling State University on the occasion of the centennial celebration of Tiger Athletics and recognizes its legacy of athletic… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR37/
- HCR 38: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Grambling State University on the occasion of the centennial celebration of its world-renown Tiger Marching Band and recognizes its… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR38/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.3K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=11
- X: https://x.com/rep_ryoung
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1543377928
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/young4louisiana
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashid-young-esq-aa5670152/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17cf7c94-788b-49f9-bca2-2f413974a927