# Lauren Ventrella

Lauren Ventrella is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 65.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 65
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d2ecd14d-09ce-4e45-8969-149531759584

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d2ecd14d-09ce-4e45-8969-149531759584 (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

Ventrella reported $8,867 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## What Ventrella says (LA 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ventrella | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 40 donors and 459 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 93.0% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 92.1% (89%). 70 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 66. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 67 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1053: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to the definitions of a "dealer" and a "retail dealer" (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1053/
- HB 1244: MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Establishes a driver's license designation for persons with brain injuries (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1244/
- HB 1248: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Permits the possession of white-tailed deer by wildlife rehabilitators (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1248/
- HB 1121: HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Authorizes certain healthcare entities to refuse to provide healthcare services under certain circumstances (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1121/
- HB 1219: CIVIL/LAW: Establishes regulations on consumer legal funding (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1219/
- HB 1181: DISTRICTS/TAXING: Provides relative to the creation of and levy of taxes by certain special districts (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1181/
- HB 1145: PSYCHOLOGISTS: Provides relative to psychologists (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1145/
- HB 1075: APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funds for payment of the judgment against the state in the suit captioned Dawn Marie DePedro et al. v. State of… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1075/
- HB 863: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Requires a search warrant before wildlife enforcement agents can conduct inspections (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB863/
- HB 862: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides with respect to not-for-profit wildlife rehabilitation organizations (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB862/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,867 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-03-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/ventrellalaw/status/2031805764122128714

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=65
- Campaign site: https://www.lvforla.com/
- X: https://x.com/ventrellalaw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leventrella
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyer_lv
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ventrellalaw/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d2ecd14d-09ce-4e45-8969-149531759584