# Robby Carter

Robby Carter is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 72.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 72
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a24e242f-3fd9-479c-8423-cf0c6e2c6273

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a24e242f-3fd9-479c-8423-cf0c6e2c6273 (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

Carter voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 200 times; party unity 47%, in the bottom 5% of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 10 donors and 1,061 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 47% (89%). 200 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 25 bills: 24 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 65. 24.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 90 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 314: NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the implementation of gravel surface mining reclamation and… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR314/
- HB 1155: HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides for the use of nitrous oxide by physicians during medical procedures (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1155/
- HB 1136: ENERGY/PIPELINES: Prohibits the transport of carbon dioxide in rights-of-way used for petroleum transportation (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1136/
- HB 659: FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Limits the amount of convenience fees charged for use of credit and debit cards for certain transactions (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB659/
- HB 876: CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB876/
- HB 879: ENERGY: Requires carbon dioxide storage facility operators pay twenty-five percent of their gross tax credit amount to the landowners of the area of operations (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB879/
- HB 878: ENERGY: Prohibits any carbon capture operations under a scenic river (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB878/
- HB 899: NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT: Provides with respect to land reclamation following non-coal mining (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB899/
- HB 877: ENERGY: Prohibits carbon capture facilities from sharing pipelines (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB877/
- HB 494: ENERGY: Prohibits carbon dioxide sequestration in St. Helena Parish (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB494/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=72
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.carter.1293575

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a24e242f-3fd9-479c-8423-cf0c6e2c6273