# Dennis Bamburg

Dennis Bamburg is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 5
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a900feca-75c7-434e-8d00-dd67170f2b01

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a900feca-75c7-434e-8d00-dd67170f2b01 (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 Bamburg’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Bamburg says (LA 2025–26 session)

13 classified statements: 13 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bamburg | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 779 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 39 donors and 478 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 96.5% (89%). 26 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 24 bills: 20 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 85. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 46 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1089: CIVIL/DAMAGES: Creates CARE Accounts for certain damages arising from delictual actions (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1089/
- HR 203: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of the children whose lives were taken in the mass shooting in… (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR203/
- HB 1058: TOPS: Requires the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a data administration system for the collection of uniform data on all state financial… (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1058/
- HB 973: STUDENTS: Provides for the development, review, and revision of student high school graduation plans (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB973/
- HB 904: INSURANCE: Establishes guidelines for the regulation of captive insurance companies and risk retention groups (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB904/
- HB 710: WATERWAYS: Provides for withdrawal of surface water from Lake Bistineau (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB710/
- HB 951: LABOR: Creates the office of business workforce solutions within Louisiana Works (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB951/
- HB 602: TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the maximum annual amount of severance tax revenues that may be remitted to parishes in which the… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB602/
- HB 385: TOPS: Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB385/
- HB 277: DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Requires educational or marketing materials for prescription drugs directed to healthcare providers to include price information (OR SEE… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB277/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2037148924390367501
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2037148949472219423
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381528584220
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381570552319
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381591585130
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381683835243
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381713232156
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962381839048859
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962382019403862
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dennisbamburg/status/2016962382061264979

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=5
- X: https://x.com/dennisbamburg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dennis.bamburg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electdennisbamburg/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-bamburg-93ab8895/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a900feca-75c7-434e-8d00-dd67170f2b01