# Chad Boyer

Chad Boyer is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 46
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a31429da-4cde-4dbe-9510-af2dfa8ab2ed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a31429da-4cde-4dbe-9510-af2dfa8ab2ed (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

100% of Boyer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 70 donors and 497 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 92.9% (89%). 35 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 23 bills: 18 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 120. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 25 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 324: HEALTH: Requests certain entities to evaluate the use of certain terms related to miscarriage (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR324/
- HR 297: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Breaux Bridge resident Jacob Lewis on being selected by Louisiana Public Broadcasting as the Louisiana representative in the PBS Kids… (introduced, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR297/
- HB 989: MOTOR VEHICLES: Modifies charges collected by public license tag agents (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB989/
- HB 1192: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association" special prestige license plate (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1192/
- HR 198: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Karaline Elizabeth Leblanc for being named the 2026 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Queen (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR198/
- HB 1038: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to the authority of a marshal to issue commissions to deputy marshals (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1038/
- HR 178: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Emma Renee Bonin on being named the 2026-2027 St. Francis Regis Church 30th Étouffée Festival Queen (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR178/
- HB 774: INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to insurance coverage for hearing aids (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB774/
- HB 634: PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in St. Martin Parish (became law, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB634/
- HB 534: ELECTION DAYS: Provides for local bond and tax elections to be held only during a primary election (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB534/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.3K (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=46
- X: https://x.com/chadboyer1971
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1480118987
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chadboyer7
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-boyer-78a57460/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a31429da-4cde-4dbe-9510-af2dfa8ab2ed