# Jacob Braud

Jacob Braud is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 105.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 105
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfe2d39a-39a1-4992-86cd-6ab25767de92

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfe2d39a-39a1-4992-86cd-6ab25767de92 (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

Braud sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 92% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 43 donors and 467 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.8% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 78% (89%). 68 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: 24 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 69. 61.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 23 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 342: HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study the feasibility of closing a specific ramp during certain periods of… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR342/
- HR 347: HIGHWAYS: Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to study modifying toll operations within the state (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR347/
- HR 310: ENERGY/OIL & GAS WELLS: Urges and requests the Department of Conservation and Energy to study the state's liability for oil and gas well decommissioning… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR310/
- HB 1000: TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Modifies certain operations within the Department of Transportation and Development and the Highway Priority Program (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1000/
- HB 1070: CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1070/
- HB 1134: RETIREMENT/STATE EMPS: Creates the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program within the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1134/
- HB 1123: FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Transportation Backlog Fund to be used to fund certain transportation projects (OR -$20,000,000 GF RV See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1123/
- HR 41: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates March 18, 2026, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR41/
- HB 896: HIGHWAYS: Requires toll signage, toll dispute procedures, and toll customer service centers at all toll facilities within a certain radius (RE1 DECREASE SG RV… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB896/
- HB 900: TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Allocates money damages to highways to a state general fund (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB900/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=105
- Campaign site: https://jacobbraud.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacob.braud
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjacobbraud
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-braud-6761194/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfe2d39a-39a1-4992-86cd-6ab25767de92