# Daryl Deshotel

Daryl Deshotel is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 28
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2ace9f60-8f90-43ab-a45d-d1c64bdb7462

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ace9f60-8f90-43ab-a45d-d1c64bdb7462 (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 Deshotel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 77 donors and 949 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 94.9% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 93.2% (89%). 53 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 nay · 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 28 bills: 25 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 67. 64.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 19 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 354: UTILITIES: Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to study incorporating Louisiana One Call as a state agency (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR354/
- HR 304: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends the Louisiana Oil Marketers Association on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary and designates May 20, 2026, as… (introduced, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR304/
- HB 1252: COURTS: Provides relative to the city court system in Avoyelles Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1252/
- HB 1039: TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Provides for local sales and use tax audit procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1039/
- HB 1230: COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Money Transmission Act (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1230/
- HB 1207: PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides relative to selection of contractors by public entities (RE NO IMPACT See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1207/
- HB 1010: TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Requires annual reporting on amounts of ad valorem taxes collected in each parish (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1010/
- HB 1165: COURTS: Provides relative to the court system in Avoyelles Parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1165/
- HCR 34: COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the two hundred nineteenth anniversary of Avoyelles Parish (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR34/
- HB 727: ENVIRONMENT: Provides for the burning of untreated, unpainted dimensional lumber (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB727/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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=28
- Campaign site: https://daryldeshotel.com/
- X: https://x.com/deshotelfor28
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daryldeshotelforstaterep/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daryldeshotel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryl-a-deshotel-7248188/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ace9f60-8f90-43ab-a45d-d1c64bdb7462