# Tammy Phelps

Tammy Phelps is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 3
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a838e3b6-52ea-4ad0-a308-2337762a492b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a838e3b6-52ea-4ad0-a308-2337762a492b (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

24% of the 42 bills Phelps sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 18 donors and 895 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 97.3% (89%). 79 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 nay · 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 42 bills: 26 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 79. 23.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 91 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 402: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Loretta Wiley for completing a master's degree at the age of seventy-five (introduced, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR402/
- HR 390: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Anita Whitaker-LaFontaine on her artistic achievements as an author, actress, and singer (introduced, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR390/
- HR 378: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Department of Education 2026 Middle School Student of the Year Kaejha Mary-Anne Christine Stewart (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR378/
- HR 379: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Department of Education 2026 High School Student of the Year Melissa An Le (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR379/
- HR 377: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Department of Education 2026 Elementary Student of the Year Sanil Savita Thorat (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR377/
- HR 361: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Department of Education 2026 Students of the Year Sanil Savita Thorat, Kaejha Mary-Anne Christine Stewart, and Melissa An Le (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR361/
- HR 358: RAILROADS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to communicate with certain railroad companies to address abandoned and… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR358/
- HR 337: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Green Whitaker, Sr., on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR337/
- HR 338: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Ponder "P.C." Clinton, Jr. (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR338/
- HR 332: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Anita Whitaker-LaFontaine on her artistic achievements as an author, actress, and singer (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR332/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,400 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=3
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhelpsRep3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phelpsrep3

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a838e3b6-52ea-4ad0-a308-2337762a492b