# Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 19
- Serving since: 2023-03-17
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7796b73e-f06a-4d0b-8a85-cfde955a4cd1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7796b73e-f06a-4d0b-8a85-cfde955a4cd1 (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

Thompson missed 23% of 2,668 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Louisiana House (average 90.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 48 donors and 920 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 77% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 92.1% (89%). 38 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted not voting · 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 9 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 102. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 16 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 982: HIGHWAYS: Designates certain portions of highways in the state (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB982/
- HB 677: PROPERTY: Provides relative to an exchange of property in Tensas Parish (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB677/
- HB 103: DISTRICTS/TAXING: Provides relative to the Walnut Street Special District in the city of Monroe (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB103/
- HR 154: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Tana Trichel for her contributions as president and CEO of the Regional Economic Development Corporation of Northeast Louisiana (introduced, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR154/
- HB 299: CEMETERIES: Increases the maximum rate of ad valorem taxes the governing authority of Morehouse Parish is authorized to levy for public cemeteries and… (became law, 2025-07-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB299/
- HB 297: CONTRACTS: Provides for a "contract limit" for public works projects by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (EN DECREASE SG EX See Note) (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB297/
- HB 322: DISTRICTS/RAILROAD: Provides relative to the Northeast Louisiana Multimodal District (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB322/
- HB 180: HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 425 in Richland Parish as "Sheriff Gary Lynn Gilley Memorial Highway" (became law, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB180/
- HB 109: STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Provides relative to scholarships awarded through the Geaux Teach Program (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) (became law, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB109/
- HCR 49: CONSERVATION: Commends and expresses support for the cooperative conservation and management work being carried out by agricultural conservation partnerships… (passed one chamber, 2024-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HCR49/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,885 (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=19
- X: https://x.com/fcjthompson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepresentativeFrancisThompson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7796b73e-f06a-4d0b-8a85-cfde955a4cd1