# Sidney Barthelemy

Sidney Barthelemy is a Democratic member of the Louisiana Senate for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2026-03-23
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7b4128f7-b147-4cdd-b6ee-0d7d3f2edb6f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7b4128f7-b147-4cdd-b6ee-0d7d3f2edb6f (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

20% of the 5 bills Barthelemy sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 38 in the Louisiana Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.06), from 223 donors and 140 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

1,451 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 96.3% (93.6%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 5 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 35. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 38 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 168: HOUSING: Creates the Dream Starter Program Task Force to study the development and implementation of a unified statewide home ownership assistance program. (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR168/
- SR 149: RAILROADS: Directs the Department of Transportation and Development to study and review the proposed reactivation of the Norfolk Southern Railway originating… (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR149/
- SR 156: STUDENTS: Requests the Department of Education to study implementation and accountability implications of student nonenrollment determinations. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR156/
- SB 507: STUDENTS: Requires BESE to establish a uniform process to determine when a student is nonenrolled due to incarceration or unknown whereabouts in order to… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB507/
- SB 506: HOUSING: Creates the Dream Starter Act. (gov sig) (OR +$542,635 GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB506/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $184.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7b4128f7-b147-4cdd-b6ee-0d7d3f2edb6f