# Bob Hensgens

Bob Hensgens is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2018-12-10
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7dac3861-2ffb-45ba-b690-a8e199eb2acd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7dac3861-2ffb-45ba-b690-a8e199eb2acd (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 Hensgens’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 12 donors and 1,089 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 95.8% (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 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 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 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 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 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 22 bills: 17 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 53. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 22 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 98: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Tuesday, April 21, 2026, as Louisiana Renewable Energy Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (introduced, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR98/
- SB 490: ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: Provides for private use electrical networks. (gov sig) (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB490/
- SB 428: SERVITUDES: Provides for the regulation of pipeline servitudes. (8/1/26) (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB428/
- SB 420: ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Provides for the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB420/
- SR 7: COASTAL PROTECT/RES AUTH: Approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for Fiscal Year 2027, as adopted by the Coastal Protection and… (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR7/
- SB 379: NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides for the Department of Conservation and Energy. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB379/
- SB 213: BOATS/BOATING: Provides for titles of certain vessels and outboard motors. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB213/
- SB 214: WATER MANAGEMENT: Provides for emergency preparedness. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB214/
- SB 205: BOATS/BOATING: Provides for boat registrations. (8/1/26) (EN -$14,850 SD RV See Note) (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB205/
- SB 5: MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for the regulation of mental health chatbots that use artificial intelligence technology. (gov sig) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB5/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=26
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobhensgens

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7dac3861-2ffb-45ba-b690-a8e199eb2acd