# Chance Henry

Chance Henry is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 42
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/75101b55-81b9-465a-8ec6-297fa75cdd07

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75101b55-81b9-465a-8ec6-297fa75cdd07 (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

66% of the 29 bills Henry sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 119 donors and 479 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,654 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 94.4% (89%). 31 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 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 29 bills: 27 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 68. 65.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 18 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 293: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 20, 2026, as Tourism Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR293/
- HR 282: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Creates a Task Force on Utility Terrain Vehicles in collaboration with Louisiana State Police and other appropriate stakeholders (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR282/
- HR 273: CORRECTIONS: Creates a task force to study the work release programs administered by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR273/
- HCR 106: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Creates a Task Force on Utility Terrain Vehicles in collaboration with Louisiana State Police and other appropriate stakeholders (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR106/
- HCR 91: CORRECTIONS: Creates a task force to study the work release programs administered by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR91/
- HR 173: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes April 21, 2026, as Wholesalers Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR173/
- HB 1163: FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1163/
- HB 925: SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO: Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB925/
- HB 623: TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides for a three-tier system of permitting for the producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT GF… (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB623/
- HB 592: MTR VEHICLE/OFF ROAD: Removes the prohibition against utility terrain vehicles operating on parish roads without a designation by the parish or municipality (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB592/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=42
- Campaign site: https://chancehenry.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chance.henry.14
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepresentativechancehenry
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chance-henry-92ab4534/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75101b55-81b9-465a-8ec6-297fa75cdd07