# Tony Bacala

Tony Bacala is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 59.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 59
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9fde5725-d1b2-4afc-9897-2706dda502c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9fde5725-d1b2-4afc-9897-2706dda502c8 (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

71% of the 38 bills Bacala sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 196 donors and 1,132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 89% (89%). 51 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 38 bills: 36 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 110. 71.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 9 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 368: MEDICAID: Requests the La. Department of Health to include certain information in its Monthly Medicaid Forecast Report (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR368/
- HB 1033: CRIME: Provides relative to the definition of "critical infrastructure" (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1033/
- HB 1034: CRIME: Authorizes the establishment of temporary protection zones (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1034/
- HB 1237: RETIREMENT/STATEWIDE SYS: Provides relative to the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System and the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE… (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1237/
- HB 3: CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB3/
- HB 2: CAPITAL OUTLAY: Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget (became law, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB2/
- HB 1179: TAX/AD VALOREM-MFG/EXEMP: Extends eligibility for the ad valorem tax exemption for certain manufacturing establishments to certain aerospace manufacturing… (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1179/
- HB 1088: TAX/TAX REBATES: Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax rebate on the purchase of certain items used in aerospace facilities and activities (EN… (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1088/
- HB 1156: ENERGY: Enacts safety regulations for carbon dioxide transport and sequestration (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1156/
- HB 633: TAX RETURN: Modifies statutory timelines, penalty calculations, and exceptions for penalties for the payment of certain estimated taxes (EN DECREASE GF RV See… (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB633/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.7K (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=59
- X: https://x.com/tbacala2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonybacalala/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009336851129
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-bacala-2689b537/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9fde5725-d1b2-4afc-9897-2706dda502c8