# Kirk Talbot

Kirk Talbot is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f6f401f7-7fb4-40df-84a0-b5a3f0fe9ec2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6f401f7-7fb4-40df-84a0-b5a3f0fe9ec2 (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 Talbot’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 161 donors and 881 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 91.5% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 96.1% (93.6%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · 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 (#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 yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 29 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 67. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 16 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 170: GENETICS: Requests the Department of Insurance and the Louisiana Department of Health to jointly review the implementation and enforcement of Louisiana's… (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR170/
- SB 456: JUDGES: Provides for the compensation of assigned retired judges. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC) (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB456/
- SB 455: RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for admission of entities as employers to the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. (2/3-CA10s(29)(F))(8/1/26) (EN… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB455/
- SB 443: SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the New Orleans Hospitality and Entertainment District. (gov sig) (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB443/
- SB 414: CONSUMERS: Provides for the Louisiana Medical Debt Protection Act. (gov sig) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB414/
- SB 405: NURSING HOMES: Provides for a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities. (8/1/26) (EN GF EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB405/
- SB 294: GAMING: Provides relative to the allowable amount of promotional play offered by certain gaming operators and for deductions regarding promotional play.… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB294/
- SB 401: PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides for a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB401/
- SB 293: TREASURY DEPARTMENT: Transfers certain responsibilities from the office of the treasurer to the office of motor vehicles. (8/1/26) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB293/
- SB 312: EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB312/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=10
- X: https://x.com/KirkTalbot
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirk.talbot.1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6f401f7-7fb4-40df-84a0-b5a3f0fe9ec2