Louisiana State Legislature

Louisiana State Legislature

Législature de l'État de Louisiane
Legislatura del Estado de Luisiana
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Term limits
Senate 3 consecutive terms (12 years)
House 3 consecutive terms (12 years)
Established1812
Leadership
Cameron Henry, (R)
since January 8, 2024
Phillip DeVillier, (R)
since January 8, 2024
Structure
Seats144 voting members
  • 39 senators
  • 105 representatives
State Senate political groups
  •   Republican (27)
  •   Democratic (12)
House of Representatives political groups
Length of term
Senate 4 years
House 4 years
Salary$16,800/year + expenses/per diem
Elections
Last State Senate election
October 14 and November 18, 2023
Last House of Representatives election
October 14 and November 18, 2023
Next State Senate election
October 23 and November 20, 2027
Next House of Representatives election
October 23 and November 20, 2027
RedistrictingLegislative control
Motto
Union, justice, and confidence
Meeting place
Louisiana State Capitol
Baton Rouge
Website
Louisiana State Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of Louisiana

The Louisiana State Legislature (French: Législature de l'État de Louisiane;[1] Spanish: Legislatura del Estado de Luisiana) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is a bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana State Senate with 39 senators. Members of each house are elected from single-member districts of roughly equal populations.

The Louisiana State Legislature meets in the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. In March 2023, Republicans gained a supermajority of the Louisiana legislature for a first in the history of Louisiana.[2]

  1. ^ A common name for the Louisiana State Legislature is "the General Assembly", a name used first in English in the 1812 Louisiana Constitution,([1]) which in turn is a translation of French Assemblée générale and found in other states to designate the lower house.
  2. ^ Hazard, Charlotte. Democrat in Louisiana Legislature switches to GOP, giving Republicans a supermajority, Just the News, March 18, 2023.