# Chasity Martinez

Chasity Martinez is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 60.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 60
- Serving since: 2026-03-09
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c58cdaf8-5e0d-4a0c-ac40-7e95c38ac83e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c58cdaf8-5e0d-4a0c-ac40-7e95c38ac83e (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

Martinez voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 67 times; party unity 66%, in the bottom tenth of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 78 donors and 165 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

1,624 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 66% (89%). 67 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 not voting · 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 9 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 105. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 61 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 400: UTILITIES: Creates the Louisiana Energy and Power Association Municipal Utility Task Force (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR400/
- HR 391: COURTS: Creates a task force to study the effectiveness of the 18th Judicial District Court Drug Court Program (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR391/
- HCR 118: INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Requests the Louisiana Department of Insurance to annually compile and publish certain data and information (passed both chambers, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR118/
- HR 241: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 29, 2026, as Assumption Parish Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR241/
- HB 1077: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1077/
- HR 105: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Youth Legislature of Louisiana and recognizes its contributions to middle school students (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR105/
- HB 1142: INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Requires the Department of Insurance to issue an annual market accountability report (OR +$119,160 SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1142/
- HB 801: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Classic Black" specialty license plate (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB801/
- HB 772: BAIL: Provides relative to notice for warrants for arrest (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB772/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c58cdaf8-5e0d-4a0c-ac40-7e95c38ac83e