# Wayne McMahen

Wayne McMahen is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 10
- Serving since: 2018-07-31
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c3e1299d-034f-4e70-9c86-c003c6e35964

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c3e1299d-034f-4e70-9c86-c003c6e35964 (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

McMahen has served since 2018.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 51 donors and 1,172 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 90% (89%). 38 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 49. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 36 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 327: MILITARY AFFAIRS/NATL GD: Expresses support for continuing the Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden and recognizes its importance… (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR327/
- HB 965: HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 163 as the "Sergeant William 'Billy' Earl Collins, Jr., Memorial Highway" (became law, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB965/
- HB 808: CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the intentional exposure to HIV (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB808/
- HB 834: ANIMALS: Provides relative to animal shelters (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB834/
- HB 792: CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of screening procedures for the purpose of testing inmates for certain infectious diseases (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB792/
- HB 927: MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB927/
- HB 543: DENTISTRY/HYGIENISTS: Provides relative to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact (EN +$3,700 SG RV See Note) (became law, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB543/
- HB 375: CRIME: Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB375/
- HB 154: PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in the parishes of Webster and Bienville (became law, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB154/
- HB 65: COURTS/MAYORS: Creates a mayor's court in Webster Parish, village of Dubberly (in committee, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB65/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=10
- X: https://x.com/rwmdvm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepWayneMcMahen
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-mcmahen-138818a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c3e1299d-034f-4e70-9c86-c003c6e35964