Alan Seabaugh

In 2017, Seabaugh was appointed to the House Ways and Means Committee which controls state tax policy. Seabaugh has consistently opposed proposed tax increases.

In May 2017, Seabaugh emerged as a strong opponent of Governor John Bel Edwards' proposed increase in the gasoline tax and further called for the abolition of 3,000 of the 4,700 positions in the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

In 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Seabaugh for the seat held by Dee Drell on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Drell has assumed senior status. Months passed, and the United States Senate did not act on the appointment. Therefore, in January 2019, Seabaugh announced that he was withdrawing from consideration for the judgeship. Instead, he will seek reelection to the state House and if successful contest the House Speaker's position vacated by Republican Taylor Barras of New Iberia in January 2020.

In March 2016, with the election of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, Seabaugh emerged as an opponent of tax increases.

In 2015, Seabaugh was one of a small group of conservative Republicans who opposed tax increases which were passed with the support of Governor Jindal. For this, Seabaugh was named one of seven MVPs by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2015, Seabaugh was also named State Representative of the year by the Childcare Association of Louisiana.

In the October 24, 2015 primary election, Seabaugh handily won reelection to the House by defeating an Hispanic Democrat, Eileen Velez of Shreveport, 6,956 votes (71.1 percent) to 2,827(28.9 percent).

In 2014, Representative Seabaugh targeted Washington in St. Landry Parish, home of the state Catfish Festival, as the most "notorious" speed trap in the state. He obtained approval of the House Transportation Committee to allow enforcement of traffic laws only if a community had incorporated at least one-half mile of land that extends to each side of an interstate highway, excluding overpasses and ramps. Seabaugh said that he receives many complaints from Shreveport constituents and even out-of-state residents who have been ticketed for speeding when exceeding the 75 m.p.h. limit only by a mile or two.

In 2014, he voted against the Common Core State Standards Initiative. He voted against the prohibition of the transportation of dogs in the beds of pick-up trucks while traveling on interstate highways; the measure passed the House, 53-34. He voted against reducing the penalties for the possession of marijuana. He voted to extend concealed-carry privileges to restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages. He voted against making information about permit holders a matter of public record. He voted in 2013 for an increase in judicial pay but opposed the removal of the mandatory retirement age for judges.

Prior to the start of the 2013 session, Seabaugh was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, which is primarily responsible for drafting the state's budget.

During the 2013 session, Seabaugh authored legislation which would have eliminated personal and corporate state income taxes. He also introduced legislation which would have eliminated all state taxes on retirement benefits. Seabaugh's tax cut legislation failed to pass the Republican controlled House Ways and Means Committee.

Long-running disputes over Louisiana's budget issues and the state's use of nonrecurring revenue to balance the budget led several members to band together to oppose what they viewed as irresponsible budgeting by Governor Bobby Jindal. This group became known as the "Fiscal Hawks." Seabaugh was one of the members of the group. However, in 2013, Seabaugh split with the group when it backed $329 million in revenue enhancements which largely consisted of the expiration of tax credits and exemptions passed by then Governor Bobby Jindal.

In 2013, Seabaugh was strongly encouraged to enter the upcoming 2014 U.S. Senate Race against U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat who unsuccessful sought a fourth term in the office. Republican U.S. Representative Bill Cassidy of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, based about Baton Rouge, was already challenging Landrieu, but many felt that Seabaugh could have a better chance to defeat Landrieu in a head-to-head race. Another Republican conservative, Rob Maness, a United States Air Force colonel from St. Tammany Parish, also sought the Senate seat.

In December 2013, Representative Seabaugh announced that he would present a bill in the 2014 legislative session protecting the rights of public schools to celebrate Christmas without fear of costly litigation. Threats of lawsuits by the ACLU and other groups had resulted in many schools canceling Christmas plays and parties and replacing them with "holiday parties" and "winter festivals." Seabaugh's legislation would put into Louisiana law the protections already guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the United States Supreme Court. Seabaugh said "I want people to know it’s perfectly OK to say ‘Merry Christmas’ and have a Christmas pageant or a Christmas dance.” Seabaugh's bill would closely resemble one previously passed in Texas earlier in 2013.

Prior to the start of his first full term, Seabaugh was elected vice chairman of the Louisiana House Republican delegation. He was also appointed as vice chairman of the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee, in which he led the fight for tort reform and against lawsuit abuse. Right out of the gate in the new term, Seabaugh co-authored and was one of the principal floor leaders responsible for the passage of several significant education reform measures. These bills were passed and signed into law as Acts 1 and 2 of 2012.

Seabaugh served as vice chairman of the Louisiana Republican legislative delegation from 2012-2016. st

In 2012, Seabaugh voted against the prohibition of the use of telephones while driving; the measure nevertheless passed the House, 68–29. He voted against tax incentives for attracting a National Basketball Association team to Louisiana but supported state income tax deductions for individuals who contribute to scholarship funds. He voted to reduce the number of hours that polling locations remain open; Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days. He supported changes in the teacher tenure law. In 2011, he voted against parole eligibility for elderly inmates; the measure passed the House, 65–25. He opposed the permanent tax on cigarettes. He supported redistricting plans for the Louisiana State Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

In the primary election held on October 22, 2011, Seabaugh handily defeated fellow Republican and former Shreveport City Councilwoman Cynthia Norton Robertson, receiving 79.3% of the vote.

Seabaugh's legislative ratings have ranged from 92 to 100 percent from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014, he was rated 100 percent by the National Federation of Independent Business. In 2011, 2013 and 2014, the conservative Louisiana Family Forum and Louisiana Right to Life scored him 100 percent.

Alan Seabaugh has been a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2010. He currently serves on the House Ways and Means, Insurance, and Labor Committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Capital Outlay. In 2012, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Louisiana House Republican delegation.

Seabaugh was elected to the legislature in 2010 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Republican Wayne Waddell, who accepted the position of director of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum at the fairgrounds in Shreveport.

Seabaugh was a delegate and vice chairman of the Louisiana delegation to the 2008 Republican National Convention held in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was also a member of the Electoral College that year. He cast his two votes for the unsuccessful McCain/Palin ticket. He was a delegate to the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference which convened in New Orleans.

In 2007, Seabaugh unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Sherri Smith Buffington, then Sherri Cheek of Keithville in Caddo Parish, who sought her second term in the upper legislative chamber. Seabaugh polled 14,725 votes (47 percent), but Cheek prevailed with 16,665 (53 percent). The district includes south Caddo and DeSoto Parish, the latter of which provided most of Cheek's margin of victory in the race. Buffington retired from the Senate in 2016.

Seabaugh graduated from Captain Shreve High School in 1985 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1990. In 1993, he received his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. Seabaugh is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state courts, in all three U.S. district courts in Louisiana, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. His practice includes insurance defense and claims, contracts, real estate law, property law, and all areas of civil and commercial litigation.

House District 5 has been represented by a Republican since 1972. Prior to Waddell, the representative was the current state court Judge Roy Brun. Brun succeeded the late B. F. O'Neal, Jr., a Republican and the first District 5 representative.

Alan Thomas Seabaugh (born May 20, 1967) is an American attorney from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 5 in Caddo Parish.