# Caleb Kleinpeter

Caleb Kleinpeter is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2022-12-06
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/75f165af-66d1-464e-99b0-4176b8636501

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75f165af-66d1-464e-99b0-4176b8636501 (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

Kleinpeter has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 354 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 91.9% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 97.2% (93.6%). 17 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 51 bills: 38 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 63. 51.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 20 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 135: CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the passing of Kathleen "Kathy" Sessums. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR135/
- SR 128: COMMENDATIONS: Commends and honors the 40th Anniversary of Entergy's River Bend Station in St. Francisville. (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR128/
- SR 127: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Jensen LeBlanc for being named a Children's Miracle Network National Champion. (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR127/
- SR 117: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Brusly High School basketball team on winning the 2026 LHSAA Division II Non-Select State Championship. (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR117/
- SR 116: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of Tyler Marie Grezaffi. (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR116/
- SR 101: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Judge Alvin Batiste Jr. on the occasion of his retirement from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court. (introduced, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR101/
- SCR 38: JOINT RULES: Repeals Joint Rule No. 7, relative to the Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight Committee. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR38/
- SR 71: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Olivia Daigle on her achievement of being crowned the 2025-2026 Louisiana State Queen Sugar at the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival in… (introduced, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR71/
- SR 74: COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball Lewis on turning 100 years old. (introduced, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR74/
- SCR 29: WATER QUALITY: Creates a joint legislative committee to study and make recommendations relative to the water quality of the Atchafalaya Basin. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR29/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=17
- Campaign site: https://www.kleinpeterlasenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/KleinpeterCaleb
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caleb.kleinpeter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klein03111
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@calebkleinpeterforlouisian3647
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-kleinpeter-1484a3177/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75f165af-66d1-464e-99b0-4176b8636501