# Laurie Schlegel

Laurie Schlegel is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 82.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 82
- Serving since: 2021-05-10
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1dbd875c-89b6-4ea1-a73b-7c8efdb203a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1dbd875c-89b6-4ea1-a73b-7c8efdb203a3 (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

33% of Schlegel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Schlegel says (LA 2025–26 session)

106 classified statements: 106 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Schlegel | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.9% | 403 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 19.8% | 9.3% | 111 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 61.3% | 31.9% | 46 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.5% | 1.8% | 25 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 32.1% | 12.7% | 53 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Science, Technology, Communications 32% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 25% (State House Republicans 11%); Education 23% (State House Republicans 15%); Families 14% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.2% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 143 donors and 836 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 92.2% (89%). 44 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 22 bills: 16 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 107. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 21 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 353: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes June 30, 2026, as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR353/
- HR 287: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Ready Louisiana Coalition and designates May 19, 2026, as Early Ed Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR287/
- HR 228: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 5, 2026, as Literacy Day at the state capitol and recognizes the Center for Literacy & Learning for its leadership in… (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR228/
- HCR 20: SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP: Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for FY 2026-2027 (OR -$12,159,331 GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR20/
- HB 883: GAMBLING: Provides relative to enforcement of illegal online gambling (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB883/
- HB 410: CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- HB 427: CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the duty of care for online platforms that contract with minors (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB427/
- HB 220: COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to reporting child exploitation on covered platforms (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB220/
- HB 190: LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for a standard of care in certain activities related to software and computer programs (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB190/
- HB 134: CONTRACTS: Provides relative to material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB134/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2099974202841575868
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2092728848290877841
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2092372544300913127
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2071715317084995917
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2071723344466968913
- 2026-06-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2071063010970378243
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2054673072393707655
- 2026-04-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2045248802190405730
- 2026-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2034762435400540471
- 2026-02-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSchlegel/status/2023049527142289466

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=82
- Campaign site: https://www.laurieschlegel.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepSchlegel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurie.gs.7
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-schlegel-b8652662/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1dbd875c-89b6-4ea1-a73b-7c8efdb203a3