# Bill Wheat

Bill Wheat is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/20547e38-711f-4012-9217-b739f4450b91

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20547e38-711f-4012-9217-b739f4450b91 (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

100% of Wheat’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.03), from 494 donors and 498 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 91.7% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 95.0% (93.6%). 22 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 30 bills: 24 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 72. 56.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 14 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 169: TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT: Directs the Department of Transportation and Development to establish a two-year minimum pilot program for the use of dispute review… (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR169/
- SR 144: WATER/WATERWAYS: Establishes the Upper Pontchartrain Basin Task Force, provides for an assessment of the basin, and requests a suspension of approving certain… (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR144/
- SCR 28: COMMENDATIONS: Commends and celebrates Elmer Candy and recognizes Tuesday, May 5, 2026, as Elmer Candy Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR28/
- SB 452: WATER/WATERWAYS: Prohibits issuance of certain coastal use permits on Lake Maurepas. (8/1/26) (OR -$1,142,000 GF RV See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB452/
- SCR 20: MEDICAID: Memorialize Congress and urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement certain eligibility redeterminations. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR20/
- SR 25: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, March 17, 2026, as Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (introduced, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR25/
- SCR 8: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Monday, March 16, 2026, as Amite Oyster Festival Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and commends the Amite Oyster Festival… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR8/
- SCR 7: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, April 7, 2026, as Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR7/
- SB 295: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for insurance coverage of services for persons with acquired brain injuries. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB295/
- SB 216: DEATH/MORTALITY: Provides relative to medical pronouncement of death. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB216/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=37
- Campaign site: https://www.votebillwheat.com/
- X: https://x.com/DrBillWheatSta1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drbillwheat

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20547e38-711f-4012-9217-b739f4450b91