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Lower house of the legislature of the U.South. land of Louisiana

Louisiana House of Representatives Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane
71st Louisiana Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	3 Terms (12 years)
History
New session started	March nine, 2020
Leadership
Speaker	Clay Schexnayder (R) since January xiii, 2020
Speaker pro tempore	Tanner Magee (R) since January xiii, 2020
Majority Leader	Blake Miguez (R) since January 12, 2020
Minority Leader	Samuel Jenkins Jr. (D) since January thirteen, 2020
Structure
Seats	105
Political groups	Majority  Republican (68) Minority  Democratic (33)  Independent (3)  Vacant (1)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article Iii, Department 3, Louisiana Constitution
Salary	$15,362/year
Elections
Last election	October 12 and November 16, 2019 (105 seats)
Next ballot	October 14 and November 18, 2023 (105 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Louisiana State Capitol Billy 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 Land Legislature, the state legislature of the US country of Louisiana. The Firm is equanimous of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people (2000 figures). Members serve four-twelvemonth terms with a term limit of iii terms (twelve years). The House is one of the 5 state legislative lower houses that has a four-year term, as opposed to the near-universal 2-twelvemonth term.

The Firm convenes at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Leadership of the House [edit]

The Speaker of the House presides over the Firm of Representatives. The Speaker is customarily recommended by the governor (although this is not in House rules), and so elected by the total House.^[1] In addition to presiding over the torso, 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 Clay Schexnayder, who was elected to that position in 2020. His deputy is the Speaker pro tempore, currently Republican Tanner Magee who was likewise elected to the position in 2020. The Speaker pro tempore presides when the Speaker is non present.

Composition [edit]

The Louisiana House of Representatives comprises 105 representatives elected from across the state from single-member districts by registered voters in the commune. Representatives must exist electors, be at least eighteen years former, be domiciled in the district they stand for at least one year, and have resided in the country two years. The House is the gauge of its members' qualifications and elections. All candidates for state representative in a district compete in a nonpartisan blanket master; if no candidate earns fifty+1 pct of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance into the general election. Elections occur every iv years and representatives are limited to iii four-twelvemonth terms (12 years). If a seat is vacant, it will be filled in a special ballot. House sessions occur forth with the Louisiana Land Senate, every year, for sixty legislative days in even-numbered years and forty-v legislative days in odd-numbered years in which simply monetary bills tin exist considered. The House is the lower legislative chamber of the Louisiana State Legislature; the upper house is the Louisiana Country Senate. The Louisiana Firm has sole authorization to impeach land officials and introduce appropriation bills. The Louisiana House of Representatives was established, along with its functions and authority, in Article Three, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution.

Party membership [edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority conclave)			Total
	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
Cease of legislature 2011	57	2	46	105	0
Begin 2012	58	2	45	105	0
Cease of legislature 2015	59		44
Begin 2016	61	2	42	105	0
Cease of legislature 2019	60	five	39	104	1
Begin 2020	68	2	35	105	0
Dec ane, 2020[ii]	67			104	1
Jan 12, 2021[three]	66			103	2
January 19, 2021[4]	67			104	ane
May ten, 2021[5]	68			105	0
July 1, 2021[half dozen]		three	34
July two, 2021[seven]			33	104	1
July 16, 2021[8]			32	103	2
November thirteen, 2021[9]			34	105	0
January xxx, 2022[ten]			33	105	1
Latest voting share	64.viii%	2.9%	31.4%

Members [edit]

Commune	Name	Party	Parishes represented	First elected	Eligible for reelection
ane	Danny McCormick	Rep	Bossier and Caddo	2019	Yes
two	Sam Jenkins	Dem	Bossier and Caddo	2015	Yes
iii	Tammy T. Phelps	Dem	Caddo	2019	Yes
4	Cedric Glover	Dem	Caddo	2015	Yeah
5	Alan Seabaugh	Rep	Caddo	2010	No
six	Thomas A. Pressly	Rep	Bossier and Caddo	2019	Yeah
7	Larry Bagley	Rep	Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine	2015	Yes
8	Raymond J. Crews	Rep	Bossier	2017	Yes
9	Dodie Horton	Rep	Bossier	2015	Yeah
10	Wayne McMahen	Rep	Webster and Bossier	2018	Yeah
xi	Patrick O. Jefferson	Dem	Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln	2011	No
12	Christopher Turner	Rep	Lincoln and Wedlock	2019	Yep
13	Jack McFarland	Rep	Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, and Winn	2015	Yeah
14	Michael Charles Echols	Rep	Morehouse and Ouachita	2019	Yep
15	Foy Bryan Gadberry	Rep	Ouachita	2019	Yes
xvi	Adrian Fisher	Dem	Morehouse and Ouachita parishes	2021	Yep
17	Pat Moore	Dem	Ouachita	2019	Yes
xviii	Jeremy LaCombe	Dem	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana	2019	Aye
nineteen	Francis C. Thompson	Dem	East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, and West Carroll	2019	Yes
xx	Neil Riser	Rep	Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas	2019	Yes
21	C. Travis Johnson	Dem	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas	2019	Yes
22	Michael "Gabe" Firment	Rep	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Crimson River, and Winn	2019	Aye
23	Kenny R. Cox	Dem	DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Reddish River	2011	No
24	Rodney Schamerhorn	Rep	Natchitoches, Sabine, and Vernon	2019	Yes
25	Lance Harris	Rep	Rapides	2011	No
26	Ed Larvadain Iii	Dem	Rapides	2019	Yes
27	Mike Johnson	Rep	Rapides	2019	Yes
28	Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Rep	Avoyelles	2019	Yeah
29	Edmond Jordan	Dem	East Baton Rouge and W Baton Rouge	2016	Yes
30	Charles Owen	Rep	Beauregard and Vernon	2019	Yes
31	Jonathan I. Goudeau	Rep	Lafayette and Vermilion	2019	Yeah
32	R. Dewith Carrier	Rep	Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu	2019	Yep
33	Les Farnum	Rep	Calcasieu	2019	Yep
34	Wilford Carter Sr.	Dem	Calcasieu	2019	Yes
35	Brett F. Geymann	Rep	Beauregard and Calcasieu	2021	Yes
36	Phillip Eric Tarver	Rep	Calcasieu	2019	Yes
37	Troy D. Romero	Rep	Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis	2019	Yeah
38	Rhonda Gaye Butler	Rep	Evangeline and St. Landry	2019	Yep
39	Julie Emerson	Rep	Lafayette and St. Landry	2015	Yes
xl	Dustin Miller	Dem	St. Landry	2015	Yep
41	Phillip DeVillier	Rep	Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry	2015	Yes
42	John M. Stefanski	Rep	Acadia and Lafayette	2017	Yes
43	Stuart J. Bishop	Rep	Lafayette	2011	No
44	Vincent J. Pierre	Dem	Lafayette	2011	No
45	Jean-Paul Coussan	Rep	Lafayette	2015	Yes
46	Mike Huval	Rep	Iberia, St. Landry, and St. Martin	2011	No
47	Ryan Bourriaque	Rep	Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion	2019	Yes
48	Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Iv	Rep	Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin	2019	Yes
49	Blake Miguez	Rep	Iberia and Vermillion	2015	Yeah
50	Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III	Rep	St. Martin and St. Mary	2019	Yes
51	Beryl Amedee	Rep	Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, and Terrebonne	2015	Yes
52	Jerome Zeringue	Rep	Lafourche and Terrebonne	2015	Yes
53	Tanner Magee	Rep	Lafourche and Terrebonne	2015	Yes
54	Joseph A. Orgeron	Rep	Jefferson and Lafourche	2020	Yes
55	Bryan Fontenot	Rep	Lafourche	2019	Yes
56	Gregory A. Miller	Rep	St. Charles and St. John the Baptist	2011	No
57	Randal L. Gaines	Dem	St. Charles and St. John the Baptist	2011	No
58	Ken Brass	Dem	Ascension, Iberville, and St. James	2017	Yes
59	Tony Bacala	Rep	Ascension	2015	Yes
60	Chad Brown	Dem	Assumption and Iberville	2015	Aye
61	C. Denise Marcelle	Dem	East Billy Rouge	2015	Yes
62	Roy Daryl Adams	Ind	East Billy Rouge, East Feliciana, and West Feliciana	2019	Yep
63	Barbara Carpenter	Dem	East Baton Rouge	2015	Yes
64	Valarie Hodges	Rep	East Baton Rouge and Livingston	2011	No
65	Barry Ivey	Rep	Due east Baton Rouge	2013	Yes
66	Rick Edmonds	Rep	Eastward Baton Rouge	2015	Yep
67	Larry Selders	Dem	Due east Baton Rouge	2019	Yeah
68	Scott McKnight	Rep	Eastward Baton Rouge	2019	Aye
69	Paula Davis	Rep	Due east Baton Rouge	2015	Yes
lxx	Barbara Reich Freiberg	Rep	East Baton Rouge	2019	Yes
71	Buddy Mincey Jr.	Rep	Livingston	2019	Yes
72	Robby Carter	Dem	East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa	2015	Yes
73	William Wheat Jr.	Rep	Tangipahoa	2019	Yes
74	Lawrence "Larry" Frieman	Rep	St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington	2019	Aye
75	Malinda White	Ind	St. Tammany and Washington	2015	Yep
76	Robert "Bob" Owen	Rep	St. Tammany	2019	Yes
77	Mark Wright	Rep	St. Tammany	2017	Aye
78	John R. Illg Jr.	Rep	Jefferson	2019	Yes
79	Debbie Villio	Rep	Jefferson	2019	Aye
fourscore	Polly Thomas	Rep	Jefferson	2016	Yes
81	Clay Schexnayder	Rep	Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, and St. James	2011	No
82	Laurie Schlegel	Rep	Jefferson	2021	Yes
83	Kyle M. Green Jr.	Dem	Jefferson	2019	Yes
84	Timothy P. Kerner	Rep	Jefferson	2019	Yes
85	Joseph A. Marino III	Ind	Jefferson	2016	Yeah
86	Nicholas Muscarello	Rep	Tangipahoa	2018	Yes
87	Rodney Lyons	Dem	Jefferson	2015	Yeah
88	Kathy Edmonston	Rep	Rising	2019	Yes
89	Richard Nelson	Rep	St. Tammany	2019	Yes
90	Mary DuBuisson	Rep	St. Tammany	2018	Aye
91	Mandie Landry	Dem	Orleans	2019	Yes
92	Joseph A. Stagni	Rep	Jefferson and St. Charles	2017	Yes
93	Royce Duplessis	Dem	Orleans	2018	Yes
94	Stephanie Hilferty	Rep	Jefferson and Orleans	2015	Yep
95	Sherman Q. Mack	Rep	Livingston	2011	No
96	Marcus Anthony Bryant	Dem	Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin	2019	Yes
97	Matthew Willard	Dem	Orleans	2019	Yep
98	Aimee Adatto Freeman	Dem	Orleans	2019	Yes
99	Candace N. Newell	Dem	Orleans	2019	Yes
100	Jason Hughes	Dem	Orleans	2019	Yep
101	Vacant		East Baton Rouge
102	Delisha Boyd	Dem	Orleans	2021	Yep
103	Raymond E. Garafolo	Rep	Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines	2011	No
104	Paul Hollis	Rep	St. Tammany	2011	No
105	Mack Cormier	Dem	Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines	2019	Yes

Committee assignments [edit]

The committees of the Louisiana House review proposed bills and either impale them or recommend their passage to the total Business firm. Each committee has a specialized area it oversees. Committees can call upon country officials to testify at committee meetings. Committee memberships, including chairmanships and vice chairmanships, are assigned by the Speaker.^[11]

Name	Chairman	Vice Chair
Administration of Criminal Justice	Vacant	Tony Bacala
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, & Rural Development	Jack McFarland	Dustin Miller
Appropriations	Jerome Zeringue	Francis C. Thompson
Civil Law and Process	Gregory A. Miller	Mike Johnson
Commerce	Paula Davis	Stephanie Hilferty
Education	Lance Harris	Patrick O. Jefferson
Health & Welfare	Larry Bagley	Christopher Turner
House & Governmental Affairs	John M. Stefanski	Royce Duplessis
Insurance	Mike Huval	Edmond Jordan
Judiciary	Randal L. Gaines	Sherman Q. Mack
Labor & Industrial Relations	Barbara Carpenter	Neil Riser
Municipal, Parochial, & Cultural Affairs	Rick Edmonds	Joseph A. Stagni
Natural Resources & Environment	Jean-Paul Coussan	Ryan Bourrique
Retirement	Phillip DeVillier	John R. Illg Jr.
Transportation, Highways, & Public Works	Mark Wright	Ken Contumely
Ways and Means	Stuart J. Bishop	Gerald "Fellow" Beaullieu 4

Past composition of the House of Representatives [edit]

See also [edit]

• List of speakers of the Louisiana Firm of Representatives
• Louisiana State Capitol
• Louisiana State Legislature
• Louisiana Senate

References [edit]

1. ^ (run into House Rule 2.3, House Journal of the 2000 Organizational Session and Firm Journal of the 2004 Organizational Session, House Journal of January 14, 2008).
2. ^ Republican Stephen Dwight (Commune 35) resigned to get the District Attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Louisiana
3. ^ Republican Charles Henry (District 82) resigns.
4. ^ Republican Brett Geymann sworn in to succeed Dwight.
5. ^ Republican Laurie Schlegel sworn in to succeed Henry.
6. ^ Rep. Malinda White switched from the Democratic Party to no party registration., Washington Times, Washington DC, July one, 2021.
7. ^ Democrat Gary Carter Jr. (District 102) resigned after beingness elected to the Louisiana Senate in a special election
8. ^ Democrat Frederick D. Jones (District 16) resigned later on being elected to the Fourth Judicial District Courtroom.
9. ^ Democrats Adrian Fisher (Commune 16) and Delisha Boyd (District 102) elected to succeed Jones and Carter Jr., respectively.
10. ^ Democrat Ted James (District 101) resigned to accept a position with the federal government.
11. ^ "House Continuing Committees." Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana Firm of Representatives, house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/H_Reps_StandCmtees.aspx.

External links [edit]

• Louisiana House of Representatives
• House district maps
• Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2024
• 2012–2016 Business firm Orientation Guide
• In The Loop Official Blog of the Louisiana House of Representatives
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives

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