Louisiana House of Representatives

Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	3 Terms (12 years)
New session started	March 12, 2012
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Chuck Kleckley, (R) since January 9, 2012
Speaker Pro Tempore	Walt Leger, III, (D) since January 9, 2012
Structure
Members	105
Political groups	Republican Party (58) Democratic Party (45) Independent (2)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article III, Section 3, Louisiana Constitution
Salary	$15,362/year
Elections
Last election	November 19, 2011 (105 seats)
Next election	November 2015 (105 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Louisiana State Capitol Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Website
Louisiana House of Representatives

The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people (2000 figures). Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of three terms (twelve years). The House is one of the five state legislative lower houses that has a four-year term, as opposed to the near-universal two-year term.

The House convenes at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Leadership of the House

See also: List of Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is customarily recommended by the Governor (although this is not in House rules), then elected by the full House. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The House of Representatives also elects a Speaker pro tempore to preside in the absence of the Speaker.

The current Speaker is Republican Chuck Kleckley of the 36th District (Calcasieu) who was elected in that position in 2012 succeeding Jim Tucker.

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	57	2	46	105	0
Begin	58	2	45	105	0
Latest voting share	55.24%	1.9%	42.86%

Current membership

District	Representative	Party	Parish(es) Represented
1	James H. Morris	Rep	Bossier and Caddo
2	Roy Burrell	Dem	Bossier and Caddo
3	Barbara Norton	Dem	Caddo
4	Patrick Williams	Dem	Caddo
5	Alan Seabaugh	Rep	Caddo
6	Thomas G. Carmody	Rep	Bossier and Caddo
7	Richard Burford	Rep	Caddo and DeSoto
8	Jeff Thompson	Rep	Bossier
9	Henry Burns	Rep	Bossier
10	Gene Reynolds	Dem	Webster
11	Patrick O. Jefferson	Dem	Bienville, Claiborne and Lincoln
12	Rob Shadoin	Rep	Lincoln and Union
13	Jim Fannin	Dem	Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita and Winn
14	Jay Morris	Rep	East and West Carroll, Morehouse and Ouachita
15	Frank Hoffmann	Rep	Ouachita
16	Katrina Jackson	Dem	Ouachita
17	Marcus Hunter	Dem	Ouachita
18	Major Thibaut, Jr.	Dem	Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana
19	Charles "Bubba" Chaney	Rep	East and West Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita and Richland
20	Steven Pylant	Rep	Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin and Tensas
21	Andy Anders	Dem	Concordia, East Carroll, Madison and Tensas
22	Terry Brown	Ind	Grant, LaSalle, Rapides and Winn
23	Kenny Cox	Dem	Natchitoches and Winn
24	Frank A. Howard	Rep	DeSoto, Red River, Sabine and Vernon
25	Lance Harris	Rep	Rapides and Vernon
26	Herbert Dixon	Dem	Rapides
27	Chris Hazel	Rep	Rapides
28	Robert Johnson	Dem	Avoyelles
29	Regina Barrow	Dem	East and West Baton Rouge
30	James Armes, III	Dem	Beauregard and Vernon
31	Nancy Landry	Rep	Lafayette and Vermilion
32	Dorothy Sue Hill	Dem	Allen, Beauregard and Vernon
33	Michael Danahay	Dem	Beauregard and Calcasieu
34	A B Franklin	Dem	Calcasieu
35	Brett Geymann	Rep	Beauregard and Calcasieu
36	Chuck Kleckley	Rep	Calcasieu
37	John E. Guinn	Rep	Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis
38	H. Bernard LeBas	Dem	Evangeline and St. Landry
39	Stephen Ortego	Dem	Lafayette, St. Landry and St. Martin
40	Ledricka Theirry	Dem	St. Landry
41	Mickey Guillory	Dem	Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry
42	Jack Montoucet	Dem	Acadia and Lafayette
43	Stuart Bishop	Rep	Lafayette
44	Vincent Pierre	Dem	Lafayette
45	Joel Robideaux	Rep	Lafayette
46	Mike "Pete" Huval	Rep	St. Martin
47	Bob Hensgens	Rep	Cameron and Vermilion
48	Taylor Barras	Rep	Iberia
49	Simone B. Champagne	Rep	Iberia and Vermilion
50	Sam Jones	Dem	Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary
51	Joe Harrison	Rep	Assumption, St. Mary and Terrebonne
52	Gordon Dove	Rep	Lafourche and Terrebonne
53	Lenar Whitney	Rep	Lafourche and Terrebonne
54	Jerry Gislcair	Dem	Jefferson and Lafourche
55	Jerome Richard	Ind	Lafourche
56	Gregory Miller	Rep	St. Charles and St. John the Baptist
57	Randel Gaines	Dem	St. James and St. John the Baptist
58	Ed Price	Dem	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, St. James and St. John the Baptist
59	Eddie J. Lambert	Rep	Ascension
60	Karen Gaudet St. Germain	Dem	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville and West Baton Rouge
61	Alfred Williams	Dem	East Baton Rouge
62	Kenny Harvard	Rep	East Baton Rouge, East and West Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa
63	Dalton Honore	Dem	East Baton Rouge
64	Valarie Hodges	Rep	East Baton Rouge and Livingston
65	Clifton Richardson	Rep	East Baton Rouge
66	Hunter Greene	Rep	East Baton Rouge
67	Patricia Haynes Smith	Dem	East Baton Rouge
68	Stephen Frank Carter	Rep	East Baton Rouge
69	Erich Ponti	Rep	East Baton Rouge
70	Franklin Foil	Rep	East Baton Rouge
71	J. Rogers Pope	Rep	Livingston
72	John Bel Edwards	Dem	East and West Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa
73	Steve Pugh	Rep	Tangipahoa
74	Scott Simon	Rep	St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington
75	Harold Ritchie	Dem	St. Tammany and Washington
76	Kevin Pearson	Rep	St. Tammany
77	John Schroder	Rep	St. Tammany and Tangipahoa
78	Kirk Talbot	Rep	Jefferson
79	Tony Ligi	Rep	Jefferson
80	Joseph Lopinto	Rep	Jefferson
81	Clay Schexnayder	Rep	Jefferson
82	Cameron Henry	Rep	Jefferson and Orleans
83	Robert Billiot	Dem	Jefferson
84	Patrick Connick	Rep	Jefferson
85	Bryan Adams	Rep	Jefferson
86	Chris Broadwater	Rep	Jefferson and Orleans
87	Girod Jackson III	Dem	Jefferson
88	John Berthelot	Rep	Ascension and Livingston
89	Timpthy Burns	Rep	St. Tammany
90	George Gregory Cromer	Rep	St. Tammany
91	Walt Leger, III	Dem	Orleans
92	Tom Willmott	Rep	Jefferson
93	Helena Moreno	Dem	Orleans
94	Nicholas Lorusso	Rep	Orleans
95	Sherman Mack	Rep	Orleans
96	Terry Landry	Dem	Orleans
97	Jared Brossett	Dem	Orleans
98	Neil Abramson	Dem	Orleans
99	Wesley Bishop	Dem	Orleans
100	Austin Badon	Dem	Orleans
101	Edward James	Dem	Orleans
102	Jeff Arnold	Dem	Orleans
103	Ray Garofalo	Rep	Orleans and St. Bernard
104	Paul Hollis	Rep	St. Bernard
105	Chris Leopold	Rep	Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Charles

Standing Committees

Name	Chairman	Vice Chair
Administration of Criminal Justice	Ernest Wooton	Damon Baldone
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development	Andy Anders	Harold Ritchie
Appropriations	Jim Fannin	Eddie J. Lambert
Civil Law and Procedure	Timothy Burns	Nick Lorusso
Commerce	Jeff Arnold	Joe Lopinto
Education	Austin Badon	Frank Hoffmann
Health and Welfare	Kay Katz	Rick Nowlin
House and Governmental Affairs	Rick Gallot, Jr.	Mert Smiley
Insurance	Chuck Kleckley	Tom McVea
Judiciary	Rosalind Jones	Neil Abramson
Labor and Industrial Relations	Avon Honey	Erich Ponti
Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs	Regina Barrow	Robert Billiot
Natural Resources and Environment	Gordon Dove	Karen St. Germain
Retirement	Joel Robideaux	Jean Doerge
Transportation, Highways and Public Works	Nita Hutter	Hollis Downs
Ways and Means	Hunter Greene	Jane H. Smith

See also

• List of Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Louisiana State Capitol
• Louisiana State Legislature
• Louisiana Senate

External links

• Louisiana House of Representatives
• House district maps
• Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2008
• 2012–2016 House Orientation Guide
• In The Loop Official Blog of the Louisiana House of Representatives
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