# Michael Echols

Michael Echols is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 14
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/22590bd7-29fe-454d-b61d-2c54c4562274

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/22590bd7-29fe-454d-b61d-2c54c4562274 (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

52% of Echols’s statements discuss policy, 1.6 times the State House Republican average of 32%.

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

227 classified statements: 227 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 | Echols | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.6% | 2.9% | 259 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.4% | 9.3% | 324 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 51.5% | 31.9% | 107 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 1.8% | 425 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.4% | 12.7% | 437 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 390 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 23% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 21% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 16% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Commerce 15% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 516 donors and 959 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 96.9% (89%). 36 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 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 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 33 bills: 32 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 76. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 74 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 225: ENVIRONMENT: Urges and requests the Department of Environmental Quality, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Ouachita… (in committee, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR225/
- HB 1217: HEALTH: Provides with respect to pharmacy benefit managers (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1217/
- HB 1160: PHYSICIANS: Provides relative to rural physician licenses (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1160/
- HB 919: INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers (RE +$238,163 SG EX See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB919/
- HB 954: INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Creates a mandatory right of appraisal for automobile repairs (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB954/
- HB 945: INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Requires transparency of automobile repairs (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB945/
- HB 558: TEACHERS/SALARY: Provides relative to public school teacher compensation (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB558/
- HB 357: WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides for the adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (RE +$100,000 SD EX See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB357/
- HB 221: HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE: Designates the new bridge to be constructed over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana Highway 1 and Louisiana Highway 30 as the… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB221/
- HB 198: HEALTH: Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement of ambulatory surgical centers for certain procedures (EN +$400,228 GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB198/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2112875937842774311
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2108327961837654327
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2107756376147608004
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2102728207904526518
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2102224746322747418
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2101151541180711007
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2100189909851996611
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2099521240155271293
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2099525876043989010
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/michaelechols/status/2097780179812630550

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=14
- Campaign site: https://www.michaelechols.com/
- X: https://x.com/michaelechols
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaelechols4louisiana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelcharlesechols
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcharlesechols/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/22590bd7-29fe-454d-b61d-2c54c4562274