# Dustin Miller

Dustin Miller is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 40
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dcf2c7e1-e124-424c-ac0c-8d1e6600e970

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcf2c7e1-e124-424c-ac0c-8d1e6600e970 (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

Miller voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 129 times; party unity 58%, in the bottom 5% of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## What Miller 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 Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Miller | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.32 (standard error 0.01), from 134 donors and 875 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

3,172 roll calls. Attendance 91.7% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 58% (89%). 129 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 (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 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 (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted not voting · 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/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 24 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 87. 48.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 48 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 384: HEALTH: Requests the Louisiana State University School of Health Sciences to conduct certain studies to identify associations between environmental risk… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR384/
- HR 308: COMMENDATIONS: Commends His Holiness Pope Leo XIV for his faithful leadership of the Catholic Church (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR308/
- HR 313: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Lemelle family of St. Landry Parish on the occasion of their pilgrimage to Rome and audience with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR313/
- HCR 28: NURSES: Creates the Task Force on School Nurse Orientation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR28/
- HCR 76: HEALTH CARE: Continues the Health Inequities and Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR76/
- HCR 88: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes April 28, 2026, as Nurses Day and May 6 through May 12, 2026, as National Nurses Week in Louisiana (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR88/
- HB 1214: HEALTH/LDH: Establishes the office of state health care facilities within the La. Dept. of Health and provides for the administration of certain state… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1214/
- HR 186: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Hearts of Hope Children's Advocacy Center for its work in support of young victims of abuse and trafficking (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR186/
- HR 159: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 15, 2026, as Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR159/
- HB 962: NURSES: Provides relative to reconstitution of medications for intravenous therapy (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB962/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2025-03-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_Miller/status/1896906542894735852

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=40
- X: https://x.com/Rep_Miller
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepdustinmiller40/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepdustin/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-miller-39a547a8/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcf2c7e1-e124-424c-ac0c-8d1e6600e970