# Polly Thomas

Polly Thomas is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 80.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 80
- Serving since: 2016-08-24
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d95410b8-a66c-4662-bcc6-1884252e061b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d95410b8-a66c-4662-bcc6-1884252e061b (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

100% of the 5 bills Thomas sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 101 in the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 63 donors and 1,148 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 93.6% (89%). 59 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 31. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 1 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 547: ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides for election offenses (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB547/
- HB 267: COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides with respect to the membership of the Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB267/
- HB 241: BANKS/BANKING: Provides changes to the disclosure of financial records (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB241/
- HB 482: REAPPORTIONMENT: Provides for review of local redistricting plans (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB482/
- HB 91: BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to disclosure of financial records (became law, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB91/
- HCR 110: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 9 annually as Louisiana Gray Day to increase awareness of brain cancer (passed one chamber, 2024-05-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HCR110/
- HB 722: CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides for the modification of custody (in committee, 2024-03-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HB722/
- HB 581: ELECTIONS: Provides requirements and restrictions on the ability to witness election documents (became law, 2024-06-19) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HB581/
- HB 522: DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Provides relative to reporting requirements for persons convicted of production or manufacturing of methamphetamine (OR INCREASE LF EX See… (in committee, 2024-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HB522/
- HB 531: WILDLIFE & FISHERIES DEP: Provides relative to the regulation of reptiles and amphibians (in committee, 2024-03-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2024/HB531/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=80
- Campaign site: https://pollythomas.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polly.thomas.378

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d95410b8-a66c-4662-bcc6-1884252e061b