# Barbara Freiberg

Barbara Freiberg is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 70.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 70
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd179bf7-f90d-4e3a-baea-a590c3002586

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd179bf7-f90d-4e3a-baea-a590c3002586 (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

Freiberg sits at +0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 170 donors and 1,028 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.0% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 79% (89%). 80 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 not voting · 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 38 bills: 26 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 152. 44.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 58 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 105: HEALTH: Urges the Louisiana Department of Health and health insurers to increase reimbursement for Behavioral Health Crisis Centers (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR105/
- HCR 81: SCHOOLS/ENROLLMENT: Requests that the state Department of Education conduct a study of options for public school systems facing declining enrollment (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR81/
- HB 1011: JURY DUTY: Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the formal program of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1011/
- HB 1064: COURTS: Provides relative to a domestic violence intervention court pilot program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX) (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1064/
- HR 242: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the YMCA on the occasion of its one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR242/
- HB 1066: SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Prohibits law enforcement officers employed by a public postsecondary education institution from receiving state supplemental pay (EG… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1066/
- HR 195: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 27, 2026, as Louisiana Young Heroes Day at the state capitol and commends the Louisiana Public Broadcasting 2026… (introduced, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR195/
- HB 992: EARLY CHILDHOOD: Requires assignment of early childhood education identification numbers to children in certain early childhood education programs (EN SEE… (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB992/
- HB 1078: STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to tuition and fees for certain distance education courses (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1078/
- HR 127: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Teach For America for its efforts to improve educational outcomes for students in Louisiana and throughout the United States (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR127/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,767 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=70
- Campaign site: https://www.votefreiberg.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.freiberg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbarafreiberg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-freiberg-62a9b719/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd179bf7-f90d-4e3a-baea-a590c3002586