# Heather Cloud

Heather Cloud is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aa2da413-7e13-4c2b-93e8-784edc0a495e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa2da413-7e13-4c2b-93e8-784edc0a495e (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

Cloud sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.02), from 369 donors and 924 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 97.6% (93.6%). 21 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 27 bills: 21 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 78. 63.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 9 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 182: COMMENDATIONS: Commends and congratulates the Alexandria Senior High School Lady Trojans track and field team on an outstanding 2026 season by winning the… (introduced, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR182/
- SR 159: CHILDREN: Creates the Child Permanency Task Force. (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR159/
- SCR 75: MUSEUMS: Directs the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in consultation with the Louisiana State Museum Board and the National WWII… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR75/
- SCR 70: CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress and the administration of United States President Donald Trump to pass the Major Richard Star Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR70/
- SR 111: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the volunteers and members of the 2026 Concerned Women for America's Encourage-A-Legislator Project. (introduced, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR111/
- SR 61: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Rosa Mae Briley Pitre on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday. (introduced, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR61/
- SB 509: INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to bank-owned life insurance. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB509/
- SB 436: MULTIMODAL COMMERCE: Provides relative to annual aviation fuel estimates. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB436/
- SB 412: ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 13 in Evangeline Parish as the "Roy Chaffin 'Bayou Boogie' Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB412/
- SB 333: CHILDREN: Provides relative to a caregiver providing care to a child in need of care proceedings. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB333/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $84.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=28
- Campaign site: https://www.heathercloud.net/
- X: https://x.com/heathercloud
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloudForSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather_m.cloud

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa2da413-7e13-4c2b-93e8-784edc0a495e