# Franklin Foil

Franklin Foil is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a8344aaa-aff7-42b3-b1a2-59539191fbb2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8344aaa-aff7-42b3-b1a2-59539191fbb2 (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

83% of Foil’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 422 donors and 849 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 90.1% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 93.2% (93.6%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 66 bills: 38 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 62. 51.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 18 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 181: HEALTH CARE: Requests the Department of Health to establish the Louisiana Tumor Registry Expansion and Data Modernization Task Force. (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR181/
- SR 150: CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Robert H. "Bob" Baumann. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR150/
- SR 152: CONDOLENCES: To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Susan Ann Traylor Bittick on the occasion of her passing. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR152/
- SR 151: CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of Edith Kay Kirkpatrick. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR151/
- SR 124: CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Carolyn Ann Cherry Moore on the occasion of her passing. (introduced, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR124/
- SCR 56: COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the Young Men's Christian Association on the occasion of its 175th anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR56/
- SR 103: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Monday, May 4, 2026, as Disability Awareness Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (introduced, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR103/
- SR 99: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, April 29, 2026, as Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (introduced, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR99/
- SCR 35: NOTARIES: Urges and requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the use of remote online notarization for executing certain authentic acts. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR35/
- SR 81: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 16 through 23, 2026, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana. (introduced, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR81/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=16
- Campaign site: https://franklinfoil.com
- X: https://x.com/franklinjfoil
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/franklin.foil
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-foil-3791bb5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8344aaa-aff7-42b3-b1a2-59539191fbb2