Bob Hensgens is an American politician serving as a member of the
Louisiana State Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees.
Composition
The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...
from the
26th district. Elected in 2018, he was previously a member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...
from 2011 to 2018.
Education
Hensgens attended
Vermilion Catholic High School
Vermilion Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Abbeville, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.
Athletics
Vermilion Catholic athletics competes in the LHSAA.
Championships
Football c ...
and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
.
Career
Since 2009, Hensgens has worked as an administrator at the Gueydan Memorial Guest Home in
Gueydan, Louisiana
Gueydan (local pronunciation e(ɪ)dɔ̃ is a town in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,398 at the 2010 census, down from 1,598 in 2000. At the 2020 population estimates program, its population decreased to 1,328. ...
. He also served as the major of Gueydan from 2007 to 2011. Hensgens represented the 47th district in the
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...
from April 2011 to December 2018. He was then elected to the
Louisiana State Senate
The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees.
Composition
The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...
in a December 2018 special election. From 2012 to 2015, Hensgens served as vice chair of the House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development Committee. During the 2019–2020 legislative session, he served as vice chair of the House Judiciary C Committee. Since 2021, he has served as chair of the House Natural Resources Committee.
References
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Living people
Republican Party Louisiana state senators
Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni
People from Gueydan, Louisiana
Year of birth missing (living people)