# Jay Gallé

Jay Gallé is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 104.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 104
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ef1c54d6-d162-48d3-b3b5-b02da086c1ee

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef1c54d6-d162-48d3-b3b5-b02da086c1ee (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

Gallé sits at +0.68 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 91% of State House Republicans.

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

82 classified statements: 82 posts 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 | Gallé | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.7% | 2.9% | 210 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.5% | 9.3% | 320 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.5% | 31.9% | 400 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.4% | 12.7% | 650 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 271 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 16% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Finance and Financial Sector 12% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Commerce 8.0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 72 donors and 467 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 98.9% (89%). 115 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, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 60. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 36 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1041: HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT: Prohibits certain entities from prohibiting access based on a person's medical intervention status (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1041/
- HB 683: CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to service of process (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB683/
- HB 789: CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the seizure of off-road vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB789/
- HB 918: PHARMACIES: Provides relative to pharmaceutical costs (OR +$153,127 GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB918/
- HB 816: MILITARY AFFAIRS: Prohibits foreign adversaries from acquiring or owning property near military installations (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB816/
- HB 629: HEALTH CARE: Provides with respect to informed consent for medical interventions (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB629/
- HB 291: CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB291/
- HB 224: TAX/INSURANCE PREMIUM: Decreases the annual premium tax on certain vehicle insurance policies (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note) (in committee, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB224/
- HB 261: CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB261/
- HB 60: VETERANS: Provides relative to healthcare facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for war veterans (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note) (became law, 2025-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB60/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 71% 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.

- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/2099201488417374476
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/2093780142418018520
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/2049454283288879559
- 2025-11-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1987946711545741587
- 2025-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1971304917488074855
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1965861645458280531
- 2025-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1961992022841078109
- 2025-08-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1953649173691006987
- 2025-08-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1951844224464240745
- 2025-07-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaygalle/status/1949157187172933931

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=104
- Campaign site: https://www.jaygalle.com/
- X: https://x.com/jaygalle
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jay.galle1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jay.galle
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-galle-98aa544/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef1c54d6-d162-48d3-b3b5-b02da086c1ee