Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

2025 Louisiana legislative session

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
← 2024
2026 →


2025 Louisiana legislative session
Seal of Louisiana.png
General information
Scheduled session start:    April 14, 2025

Scheduled session end:    June 12, 2025

Leadership
Senate President
Cameron Henry (R)

House Speaker
Phillip DeVillier (R)
Majority Leader
Senate: Jeremy Stine (R)
House: Mark Wright (R)
Minority Leader
Senate: Gerald Boudreaux (D)
House: Matthew Willard (D)

Elections
Next Election:    November 20, 2027

Last Election:    November 18, 2023

Previous legislative sessions
2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
Other 2025 legislative sessions


In 2025, the Louisiana State Legislature was scheduled to convene on April 14 and adjourn on June 12.

The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2023 elections. Republicans won a 28-11 majority in the Senate and a 73-32 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Republican state government trifecta. At the start of the 2025 session, Louisiana was one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.

At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session:
  • Republicans held a majority in the Louisiana state House and state Senate.
  • Louisiana was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.
  • Louisiana's governor was Republican Jeff Landry.

    • Leadership in 2025

    See also: Leadership positions in state legislatures

    Louisiana State Senate

    Louisiana House of Representatives

    Partisan control in 2025

    See also: State government trifectas

    Louisiana was one of 20 Republican state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.

    Louisiana was also one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.

    The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Louisiana State Legislature in the 2025 legislative session.

    Louisiana State Senate

    Party As of January 2025
         Democratic Party 11
         Republican Party 28
    Total 39

    Louisiana House of Representatives

    Party As of January 2025
         Democratic Party 32
         Republican Party 73
    Total 105

    Regular session

    The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2025 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation has met these criteria yet in 2025. This information is provided by BillTrack50.

    Legislation trackers

    See also: Legislation Trackers

    Ballotpedia’s legislation trackers are your go-to resource for staying on top of key legislative topics. We capture any bill introduced on the topic across all of the 50 state legislatures, and we track the movement of the bill every step of the way. We provide real-time updates and translate legislative legalese into easily understandable language. As of the 2025 session, Ballotpedia provided tracking on the following topics. Click on the links below to view related bills from the 2025 session:

    Standing legislative committees

    See also: Standing committee and List of committees in Louisiana state government


    A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.

    At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, there were 37 standing committees in Louisiana's state government, including four joint legislative committees, 17 state Senate committees, and 16 state House committees.

    Joint legislative committees

    Senate committees

    House committees

    Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

    In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.

    The methods by which the Louisiana Constitution can be amended:

    See also: Article XIII of the Louisiana Constitution and Laws governing ballot measures in Louisiana

    The Louisiana Constitution provides two mechanisms for amending the state's constitution— a legislative process and a state constitutional convention. Louisiana requires a simple majority vote (50% plus 1) for voters to approve constitutional amendments.

    Legislature

    See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

    According to Article XII, the state Legislature can refer constitutional amendments to the ballot for voters to decide. A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one session of the Louisiana State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 70 votes in the Louisiana House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Louisiana State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments can be referred to the ballot in odd-numbered years and even-numbered years in Louisiana.

    Convention

    See also: Convention-referred constitutional amendment

    According to Article XII, the state legislature can provide for the calling of a constitutional convention by law enacted by two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the legislature.


    Historical context: A total of 48 constitutional amendments appeared on the statewide ballot in Louisiana during odd-numbered years from 2003 through 2023. Of the 48 amendments, 33 (68.75%) were approved and 15 (31.25%) were defeated.

    Legislatively-referred constitutional amendments, 1999-2023
    Total number Approved Percent approved Defeated Percent defeated Odd-year average Odd-year median Odd-year minimum Odd-year maximum
    48 33 68.757% 15 31.25% 4 4 0 15


    Historical partisan control

    The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Louisiana.

    Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2025
    Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Seven years of Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    Governor D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R
    Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
    House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

    Historical Senate control

    Republicans won control of the Louisiana State Senate in 2011. In 2023, they won a 28-11 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the Louisiana Senate following every general election from 1991 to 2023. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    Louisiana State Senate election results: 1991-2023

    Party 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23
    Democrats 33 25 27 24 24 15 14 12 11
    Republicans 6 14 12 15 15 24 25 27 28

    Historical House control

    Republicans won control of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2011. In 2023, they won a 73-32 majority.

    The table below shows the partisan history of the Louisiana House following every general election from 1991 to 2023. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

    Louisiana House of Representatives election results: 1991-2023

    Party 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23
    Democrats 86 76 75 68 53 45 42 35 32
    Republicans 17 28 30 36 50 58 61 68 73
    Other 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0

    Analysis

    Adopted legislation, 2011-2024

    See also: The State Legislative Decade - Louisiana

    In 2024, Ballotpedia released analysis of bills enacted in each state in the preceding decade. The charts and table below detail legislation passed each year by party sponsorship.

    See also

    Elections Louisiana State Government State Legislatures State Politics
    Ballotpedia Elections Badge-VOTE-no shadow-Square.jpg
    Louisiana State Flag-Close Up.jpg
    State Houses-Tile image.png
    State Courts-Tile image.png

    External links

    Footnotes

    v • e
    State legislatures
    Legislatures
    Alabama (H, S) · Alaska (H, S) · Arizona (H, S) · Arkansas (H, S) · California (A, S) · Colorado (H, S) · Connecticut (H, S) · Delaware (H, S) · Florida (H, S) · Georgia (H, S) · Hawaii (H, S) · Idaho (H, S) · Illinois (H, S) · Indiana (H, S) · Iowa (H, S) · Kansas (H, S) · Kentucky (H, S) · Louisiana (H, S) · Maine (H, S) · Maryland (H, S) · Massachusetts (H, S) · Michigan (H, S) · Minnesota (H, S) · Mississippi (H, S) · Missouri (H, S) · Montana (H, S) · Nebraska · Nevada (A, S) · New Hampshire (H, S) · New Jersey (GA, S) · New Mexico (H, S) · New York (A, S) · North Carolina (H, S) · North Dakota (H, S) · Ohio (H, S) · Oklahoma (H, S) · Oregon (H, S) · Pennsylvania (H, S) · Rhode Island (H, S) · South Carolina (H, S) · South Dakota (H, S) · Tennessee (H, S) · Texas (H, S) · Utah (H, S) · Vermont (H, S) · Virginia (H, S) · Washington (H, S) · West Virginia (H, S) · Wisconsin (A, S) · Wyoming (H, S)
    SLP badge.png
    2025
    2024
    2023
    Historical elections
    2022 •  2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
    Features of
    state legislatures
    State senates
    State houses
    Leadership positions
    Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=2025_Louisiana_legislative_session&oldid=10264491"