# Vanessa LaFleur

Vanessa LaFleur is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 101.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 101
- Serving since: 2022-04-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9510158f-4e63-4b68-ad44-daef2987b780

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9510158f-4e63-4b68-ad44-daef2987b780 (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

50% of LaFleur’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.02), from 156 donors and 719 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 91.2% (89%). 53 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · 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 30 bills: 20 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 156. 46.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 55 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 385: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Dr. Erma Waddy Hines (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR385/
- HR 246: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 11, 2026, as Artists at the Capitol Day (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR246/
- HR 184: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 21, 2026, as Junior League Day at the state capitol and commends the Junior League for its contributions to Louisiana (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR184/
- HCR 56: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana Lottery Corporation on the occasion of its thirty-fifth anniversary and recognizes Rose Hudson for twenty years of… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR56/
- HR 126: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 15, 2026, as Child Care Association of Louisiana Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR126/
- HCR 52: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 14, 2026, as AKA Day at the state capitol (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR52/
- HB 1211: HEALTH: Provides relative to summer meal distribution sites (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1211/
- HB 636: COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides relative to hazing at public postsecondary education institutions (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB636/
- HB 806: CRIME: Provides relative to hit-and-run driving offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB806/
- HB 643: LOTTERY: Provides for the purchase of certain lottery tickets through the internet (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB643/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,061 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 50% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=101
- Campaign site: https://www.lafleurforlouisiana.com/
- X: https://x.com/vclafleur
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redstickpretty
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lafleurforlouisiana
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redstickpretty
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-caston-lafleur-652a45230/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9510158f-4e63-4b68-ad44-daef2987b780