# Denise Marcelle

Denise Marcelle is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 61.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 61
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/20def39d-ba5c-45d7-ba6c-5cf43590d4b0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20def39d-ba5c-45d7-ba6c-5cf43590d4b0 (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

18% of the 38 bills Marcelle sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.03), from 20 donors and 975 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 95.2% (89%). 74 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 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 38 bills: 29 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 138. 18.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 95 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 409: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Pastor Steven "Troy" Carter (introduced, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR409/
- HR 315: WATER/RESOURCES: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the establishment of groundwater conservation districts for the Chicot,… (in committee, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR315/
- HCR 110: HEALTH/WOMEN'S: Provides relative to the maternal mortality crisis in Louisiana (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR110/
- HCR 111: DRUGS: Creates the Louisiana Recreational Cannabis Policy Task Force (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR111/
- HB 1001: HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 190 as the "Jesse Jackson Memorial Highway" (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1001/
- HR 179: DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Requests the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, or a subcommittee thereof, to study the effectiveness of… (in committee, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR179/
- HR 142: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Etta Jane Harris on the occasion of her retirement as deputy undersecretary of the Department of Children and Family Services (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR142/
- HR 145: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Carolyn Hill for her service to East Baton Rouge Parish and the state of Louisiana (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR145/
- HR 93: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Myrtle V. Willis on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR93/
- HB 1205: WATER/RESOURCES: Provides for the conservation of aquifer systems (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1205/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.2K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=61
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilwoman.c.denisemarcelle
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cdmarcelle_d61
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-denise-marcelle-7bb85a32/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20def39d-ba5c-45d7-ba6c-5cf43590d4b0