# Annie Spell

Annie Spell is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 45
- Serving since: 2025-04-14
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a6a9544c-d12b-44cc-a52d-f2ec0e01f556

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a6a9544c-d12b-44cc-a52d-f2ec0e01f556 (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

66% of the 32 bills Spell sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.03), from 101 donors and 273 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 90.3% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 89% (89%). 39 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 not voting · 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 32 bills: 24 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 151. 65.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 17 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 371: U.S.: Commemorates the commencement of the American Revolution and recognizes the importance of America's founding documents (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR371/
- HR 320: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Arsenal Football Club on winning the 2025-2026 Premier League Championship (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR320/
- HR 288: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 22, 2026, as World Preeclampsia Awareness Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR288/
- HR 284: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 22, 2026, as World Preeclampsia Awareness Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR284/
- HR 267: HEALTH: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputations (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR267/
- HB 1247: CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates a statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1247/
- HCR 27: EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health and the state Department of Education to analyze the adequacy of autism support services in the… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR27/
- HB 1052: CHILDRENS CODE: Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy… (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1052/
- HCR 90: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 2026 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Louisiana (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR90/
- HR 192: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR192/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $120.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=45
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annie.w.spell/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a6a9544c-d12b-44cc-a52d-f2ec0e01f556