# Dodie Horton

Dodie Horton is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 9
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4661fe94-874c-4884-99a2-c60516c811ff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4661fe94-874c-4884-99a2-c60516c811ff (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

73% of the 15 bills Horton sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.69 (standard error 0.02), from 136 donors and 1,140 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 97.6% (89%). 128 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 nay · 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 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 nay · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 170. 73.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 7 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 21: COMMENDATIONS: Commends John Keith of AllState Land and Timber on being named Louisiana Outstanding Logger of the Year (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR21/
- HB 723: MTR VEHICLE/MOTORCYCLES: Authorizes drivers of certain two-wheeled vehicles to proceed through a red light under certain circumstances (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB723/
- HB 635: CRIME: Provides relative to criminal activity committed by an agent of a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign terrorist organization (EN SEE FISC NOTE… (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB635/
- HB 613: MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Requires the office of motor vehicles to display an image indicating the United States citizenship status on driver's licenses and state… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB613/
- HB 169: CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to extradition as a condition of probation or parole (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB169/
- HB 158: PROBATION: Provides relative to technical violations of probation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB158/
- HB 125: SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY: Provides relative to the supervised release of sex offenders (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB125/
- HB 63: BAIL: Provides relative to the placement of a defendant's name into the National Crime Information Center registry (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB63/
- HR 5: SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to examine, investigate, and audit the firemen's supplemental pay program (EN NO IMPACT See… (in committee, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR5/
- HB 478: HEALTH/SCHOOL CLINICS: Requires certain information about pregnancy, adoption, and neonatal care to be posted and distributed at school health centers in… (in committee, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB478/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.8K (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=9
- X: https://x.com/repdodiehorton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004285306738
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdodiehorton

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4661fe94-874c-4884-99a2-c60516c811ff