# Marcus Bryant

Marcus Bryant is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 96.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 96
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4d1c2a6e-0339-4b7a-ac52-dfd9064bfbbf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d1c2a6e-0339-4b7a-ac52-dfd9064bfbbf (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 Bryant’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 25 donors and 872 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 84% (89%). 68 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 not voting · 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 21 bills: 19 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 98. 47.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 51 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 349: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Esther and Edwards families on the occasion of their Family Reunion, being held July 17 through 19, 2026, and designates Saturday,… (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR349/
- HR 322: CRIME/HOMICIDE: Creates the Task Force on Sentencing for Second Degree Murder (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR322/
- HB 1189: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides for charter boat fishing guide licenses (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1189/
- HR 69: COMMENDATIONS: Designates Jeanerette as the French Bread Capital of Louisiana (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR69/
- HB 657: HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of Louisiana highways (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB657/
- HB 693: HIGHWAYS: Creates Louisiana legislator district signs on highways and roads in the state (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB693/
- HB 656: CORRECTIONS: Creates a pilot program that provides certain DPS&C programming and services to inmates (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB656/
- HB 552: DWI: Provides relative to driving while intoxicated (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB552/
- HB 523: PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain individuals (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB523/
- HB 402: CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB402/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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=96
- X: https://x.com/laHOR96
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcus.bryant.14473426
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcus_bryant_esq._
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-anthony-bryant-09959968/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d1c2a6e-0339-4b7a-ac52-dfd9064bfbbf