State · Louisiana Senate
Bill Wheat
State Senator · Senate District 37 · Party: Republican
1567 final-passage votes on record.
A member of Louisiana's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on SCR 62 (BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Creates a statewide task force to study and make recommendations on implementing a comprehensive plan to address property blight within the state.). It passed. Jun 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on HB 56 (CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States). It passed. Jun 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on HB 257 (WATER/SEWER OPERATORS: Provides relative to receivership of water or wastewater companies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)). It passed. Jun 2, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 37
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2024-01-08
- Website
- Official site ↗
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This tab shows Bill Wheat's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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SCR 62
BLIGHTED PROPERTY: Creates a statewide task force to study and make recommendations on implementing a comprehensive plan to address property blight within the state.
ADOPT (#533)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 56
CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States
FINAL PASSAGE (#556)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 257
WATER/SEWER OPERATORS: Provides relative to receivership of water or wastewater companies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#614)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 100
BAIL: Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#564)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 32
MUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES: Provides relative to maximum penalties for violations of ordinances in St. Bernard Parish
FINAL PASSAGE (#552)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 47
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Alexandria
FINAL PASSAGE (#554)
Yes Source ↗ -
HCR 76
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Wossman High School Lady Wildcats basketball team for winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2025 Division II Non-Select state championship
CONCUR (#538)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 86
DISTRICTS/RECREATION: Provides relative to membership of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge
FINAL PASSAGE (#618)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 684
STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
CO-AUTHORS (#613)
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 459
ENERGY/ALTERNATE: Provides for renewable energy regulation and permitting
FINAL PASSAGE (#615)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 368
CONSUMERS: Provides relative to earned wage access services (EN +$16,544 SG EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#594)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 355
ETHICS/CODE: Provides for an exception to post-employment restrictions for sexual assault nurse examiners
FINAL PASSAGE (#591)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 107
DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates an economic development district in the city of St. Martinville
FINAL PASSAGE (#565)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 499
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Establishes penalties for persons exceeding the speed limit or breaching construction zones and utility work safety zones under active construction with workers on site (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#603)
Yes Source ↗ -
SR 156
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Michael Guidry on receiving the 2025 David A. Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award.
CO-AUTHORS (#501)
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 32
FARMING: Provides for limitation of liability related to the utilization of gypsum. (8/1/25)
CONCUR (#512)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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HB 525
HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#521)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 99
TRAFFIC: Provides relative to traffic cameras for the issuance of citations. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
CONCUR (#504)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 468
VETERANS: Provides relative to the Civilian Honor Medal Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#518)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 18
RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to the funding of supplemental benefits for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN +$5,714,000 FC SG EX)
FINAL PASSAGE (#525)
Yes Source ↗ -
HCR 31
ATHLETICS: Requests the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to refrain from hosting games during Easter weekend
CONCUR (#516)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 188
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Authorizes a local sales tax exemption for certain adaptive driving equipment and vehicle modifications (EN -$83,000 LF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#526)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 46
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: To prohibit the intentional release, or dispersion of chemicals into the environment of this state with the express purpose of affecting temperature. (8/1/25)
CONCUR (#511)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 118
TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
CONCUR (#508)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 228
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the Uniform Construction Code Council. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
CONCUR (#509)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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Yes Source ↗
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HB 520
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain antique motor vehicles and increases the fee for issuance of special license plates for those vehicles (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#529)
Yes Source ↗ -
HCR 8
SEAFOOD: Memorializes Congress to compel the United States Food and Drug Administration to increase inspection and testing of imported seafood
CONCUR (#514)
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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HB 510
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Authorizes the town of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish to designate certain alternative pathways along state highways for golf carts and low-speed vehicles
FINAL PASSAGE (#520)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 100
STATE AGENCIES: Provides for the gathering of data relative to the legal status of individuals receiving state services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#513)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 176
AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. (8/1/25) (EN +$251,239 FC SG EX)
CONCUR (#507)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 470
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Provides relative to revenue-based financing transactions
FINAL PASSAGE (#519)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 167
PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for work performed by certain public entities to restore or rehabilitate certain levees. (8/1/25)
CONCUR (#506)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 245
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides relative to qualifications for state supplemental pay for firemen (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#528)
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 31
PUBLIC LANDS: Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig)
CONCUR (#510)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 648
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Increases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#523)
Yes Source ↗ -
HCR 13
ATHLETICS: Requests that the Southeastern Conference schedule LSU football games after 6:00 p.m. in September for health and safety reasons related to the heat during day games
CONCUR (#515)
Yes Source ↗ -
SR 155
CONDOLENCES: Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Phil Alexander Robertson on the occasion of his passing.
CO-AUTHORS (#500)
Not voting Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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HCR 33
CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to modify the H-2B temporary non-agricultural program to assist with labor workforce shortage in the state
CONCUR (#530)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 238
TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#527)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 352
EARLY CHILDHOOD: Provides relative to background checks for certain early childhood workers (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#495)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 254
UTILITIES: Provides for creating a list of energy utility providers that provide annual consumption reporting mechanisms (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#493)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 157
PRIVATE SECURITY: Provides relative to fees for private contract security companies (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
FINAL PASSAGE (#487)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 96
MILITARY AFFAIRS: Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces
FINAL PASSAGE (#458)
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 67
CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to sex offenses committed against minors
FINAL PASSAGE (#457)
Yes Source ↗
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