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Bob Owen

State Senator · Senate District 1 · Party: Republican

1168 final-passage votes on record.

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A member of Louisiana's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on HB 150 (SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public). It passed. Jun 8, 2025
  • Voted Yes on HB 495 (TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)). It passed. Jun 8, 2025
  • Voted Yes on HB 136 (CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to certain positions in the fire and police civil service). It passed. Jun 8, 2025

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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 1
Party
Republican
Term
Since 2024-01-08
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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  • HB 150

    SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public

    FINAL PASSAGE (#940)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 495

    TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#733)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 136

    CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to certain positions in the fire and police civil service

    FINAL PASSAGE (#691)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 580

    PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Increase the penalties for operating a vehicle with fictitious plates and provides for specifications for temporary registration plates issued by dealers and the display of temporary registrations plates issued by dealers (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#729)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 595

    MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage through the TEFRA option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#731)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 165

    JUVENILES: Provides for the governance of the Juvenile Justice District and adds Lafourche Parish to the Juvenile Justice District. (8/1/25)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#961)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 146

    CRIMINAL/HABIT OFFENDERS: Provides relative to the Habitual Offender Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#765)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 547

    RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#725)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 575

    ABORTION: Provides relative to liability for the unlawful termination of a pregnancy

    FINAL PASSAGE (#764)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 371

    RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion

    FINAL PASSAGE (#707)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 274

    HOMELAND SECURITY: Provides relative to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#696)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 77

    TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#684)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 319

    BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to the Atchafalaya Trace Commission and Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area

    FINAL PASSAGE (#703)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 268

    CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Amends terminology regarding pornography involving juveniles

    FINAL PASSAGE (#695)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 267

    DISTRICTS/TAXING: Creates the Hotel Francis District within the town of St. Francisville

    FINAL PASSAGE (#694)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 122

    CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. (8/1/25)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#957)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 69

    HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for hunting and fishing licenses. (8/1/25) (EN -$1,302,912 SD RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#952)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 318

    HOUSING/MANUFACTURED: Provides relative to manufactured and modular housing in flood-prone areas

    FINAL PASSAGE (#702)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 688

    LEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank

    FINAL PASSAGE (#741)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 199

    CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to proceedings in forma pauperis for prisoners (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#693)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 125

    EXPLOSIVES: Provides relative to explosives. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#958)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 548

    ENERGY: Provides for the dedication of revenue from carbon dioxide sequestration on state lands and water bottoms

    FINAL PASSAGE (#726)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 116

    MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#688)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 457

    CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to solitary confinement (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#717)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 679

    MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#740)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 37

    MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. (8/1/25)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#949)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 600

    TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#732)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 343

    SEIZURES/SALES: Provides relative to condominium associations

    FINAL PASSAGE (#705)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 384

    STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Provides relative to disciplinary penalties for certain public school students found to be in possession of certain substances on school property

    FINAL PASSAGE (#768)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 474

    MTR VEHICLE/EMERGENCY: Provides relative to emergency vehicles for coroners

    FINAL PASSAGE (#767)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 407

    WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides relative to concealed handgun permits

    FINAL PASSAGE (#713)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 85

    BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to permits for construction (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#686)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 416

    REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#759)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 175

    PLUMBERS: Provides relative to the State Plumbing Board. (gov sig)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#955)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 165

    WATERWAYS: Removes the designated deadline the board of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District has to promulgate regulations for watershed management within the district

    FINAL PASSAGE (#692)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 483

    BANKS/BANKING: Provide relative to virtual currency kiosks

    FINAL PASSAGE (#747)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 359

    MENTAL HEALTH: Provides relative to victims of human trafficking

    FINAL PASSAGE (#708)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 531

    NURSES: Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors

    FINAL PASSAGE (#720)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 16

    HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to health stop-loss insurance. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#963)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 496

    INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Provides relative to lapses in required insurance coverage

    FINAL PASSAGE (#752)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 24

    FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for dedication of revenue and use of monies in the Medical Assistance Programs Fraud Detection Fund. (7/1/26) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#946)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 357

    INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#706)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 428

    SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Transportation and Development

    FINAL PASSAGE (#716)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 63

    JUDGES: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the mandatory retirement of judges (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#682)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 53

    DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish

    FINAL PASSAGE (#760)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 649

    DISTRICTS/RECREATION: Provides relative to the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the Capital Area Transit System

    FINAL PASSAGE (#736)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 323

    ELECTIONS/DATES: Provides for election dates for municipal officers and school board members (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#754)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 108

    MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Provides relative to the position of museum director for the Louisiana State Museum

    FINAL PASSAGE (#687)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 538

    AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides with respect to the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

    FINAL PASSAGE (#722)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 299

    CEMETERIES: Increases the maximum rate of ad valorem taxes the governing authority of Morehouse Parish is authorized to levy for public cemeteries and provides for the use of the proceeds of the taxes

    FINAL PASSAGE (#700)

    Jun 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

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