# Paul Sawyer

Paul Sawyer is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 69.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 69
- Serving since: 2026-03-23
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a05f602f-6eb8-4668-9f25-f438adb5faea

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a05f602f-6eb8-4668-9f25-f438adb5faea (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

Sawyer reported $311.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 212 donors and 169 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

1,587 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 94.7% (89%). 22 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 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 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 9 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 70. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 34 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 319: RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requests the actuary for the legislative auditor, in consultation with the actuaries of the two retirement systems, to study the cost… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR319/
- HCR 97: CURRICULA: Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, study the… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR97/
- HR 263: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 11 through 16, 2026, as National Police Week 2026 in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR263/
- HB 1193: CONTRACTS/BIDS: Provides for Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity construction phase contracts (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1193/
- HB 1187: INSURANCE: Provides for emergency assessments of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1187/
- HR 213: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Pastor Gerrit Scott Dawson for his spiritual leadership of First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge on the occasion of his designation… (introduced, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR213/
- HB 1130: CURRICULA: Provides for a hunting course for certain public school students (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1130/
- HB 802: WATER/RESOURCES: Provides with respect to the management of watershed restoration (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB802/
- HB 139: DISTRICTS/CRIME PREVENT: Creates the Parkview Oaks Crime Prevention and Improvement District in East Baton Rouge Parish (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB139/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $311.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% 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/a05f602f-6eb8-4668-9f25-f438adb5faea