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Sen. Sam Jenkins

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Session

Total votes

3,971

all sessions

Attendance

89%

448 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

3,216

voted in favor

Nay

307

voted against

Absent

448

missed votes

Total recorded

3,971

across all sessions

Crossed party

43

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 182

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates United States Highway 425 in Franklin Parish as the "Mayor Billy Cobb Memorial Highway". (8/1/26) (EN +$1,500 SG EX See Note)

Other

Failed

10–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 49

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Removes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from the list of party primary elections. (8/1/26) (EG -$5,428,000 GF EX See Note)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 8

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for participation by certain entities in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 41

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Expands the number of days required for public bodies to publish minutes for open meetings from twenty days to forty-five days. (8/1/26)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 23, 2026

HCR 21

COMMENDATIONS: Commends John Keith of AllState Land and Timber on being named Louisiana Outstanding Logger of the Year

Yea

Passed

36–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 253

PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to peptides. (8/1/26)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 248

VOTERS/VOTING: Provides for consolidation of precincts with fewer than 20 voters. (8/1/26)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Mar 23, 2026

SB 380

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish. (gov sig)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Mar 23, 2026

HCR 16

COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Guaranty Corporation

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 18, 2026

SB 174

PUBLIC LANDS: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish. (gov sig) (EN +$775,000 SG RV See Note)

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 18, 2026