# Debbie Villio

Debbie Villio is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 79.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 79
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aefc2237-5913-4b96-9354-18fb7e58884c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aefc2237-5913-4b96-9354-18fb7e58884c (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

88% of the 26 bills Villio sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 67 donors and 1,029 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 89% (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 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 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 88. 88.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 2 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1068: PUBLIC CONTRACT/BIDS: Provides relative to contracts for garbage collection in parishes and municipalities (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1068/
- HB 1054: EVIDENCE: Provides relative to self-authentication of certain evidence (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1054/
- HB 1015: APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for the consent judgment against the state in the suit captioned Gina Raymond v. Allstate Ins. Co. et al. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1015/
- HCR 13: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans on the occasion of its forty-fifth anniversary and recognizes March 2026 as Louisiana… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR13/
- HB 745: WEIGHTS/MEASURES: Extends the existence of special permits for the operation of a combination of vehicles or tandem loads hauling containers to and from port… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB745/
- HB 324: JUDGES: Provides relative to judicial salaries (EN +$6,690,757 GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB324/
- HB 211: COURTS: Provides relative to the creation, administration, and eligibility requirements of the Homelessness Court program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB211/
- HB 191: CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to credit for prior custody (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB191/
- HB 147: CRIME/RACKETEERING: Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB147/
- HB 82: DWI: Provides relative to penalties for DWI offenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB82/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=79
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votevillio/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aefc2237-5913-4b96-9354-18fb7e58884c