# Pat Moore

Pat Moore is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 17
- Serving since: 2019-04-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/88548c7a-b637-4821-b336-c99cfa475e22

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/88548c7a-b637-4821-b336-c99cfa475e22 (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

Moore voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 77 times; party unity 79%, in the bottom quarter of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.36 (standard error 0.01), from 42 donors and 882 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 79% (89%). 77 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 16 bills: 13 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 159. 43.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 65 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 272: CHILDREN: Requests a study on the intersection of parental discipline, allegations of abuse, and the impact of disciplinary avoidance on juvenile delinquency… (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR272/
- HR 262: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Tre'Shun McGee (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR262/
- HCR 64: COURTS: Requests a study to make recommendations regarding behavioral health courts (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR64/
- HR 234: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Dr. Johnny Earl Drumgole, Sr. (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR234/
- HB 966: HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 15 as the "President Barack Obama Road" (passed one chamber, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB966/
- HB 967: PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to parole eligibility for certain offenders (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB967/
- HR 322: PUBLIC HEALTH: Creates a task force to study public health outcomes related to incurable sexually transmitted diseases (in committee, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR322/
- HCR 78: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Richwood High School boys' basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division III Non-select… (passed one chamber, 2025-06-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HCR78/
- HCR 76: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Wossman High School Lady Wildcats basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division II… (passed one chamber, 2025-06-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HCR76/
- HCR 77: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Wossman High School boys' basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division II Non-Select… (passed one chamber, 2025-06-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HCR77/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,630 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 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=17
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPatMoore/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pat.moore.1253

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/88548c7a-b637-4821-b336-c99cfa475e22