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Latest 2025 Lobbyist Registration

 

Lobbyist's Name: MR. DAVID MICHAEL GAINES

Name Change:

Address: 521 LAUREL ST
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70801

Phone: 504-908-4673

Fax:

 12/3/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Address: 425 ATHERTON DRIVE, METAIRIE, Louisiana 70005)



 3/26/2025: Lobbyist updated: Profile Picture

Employer Information

Employer Name: HARRIS, DEVILLE & ASSOCIATES

Employer Address: 521 LAUREL STREET
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70801


 3/26/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employer Name: Gaines Strategy Group)(Employer Address: 425 Atherton Drive , Metairie, Louisiana 70005)


Registration Details

Lobbying Type: Executive Branch Lobbying
  Date of the first action which required your registration as a lobbyist: 2/13/2025  
  (The date in which lobbying became part of your principal duties or the date in which you acted in a representative capacity and made and expenditure on a Legislator.)
  If you were an executive branch lobbyist during the previous calendar year, have you completed the annual ethics training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year? Yes
  Date Registration Submitted: 2/13/2025 View Original Registration Form  
  Dates Registered: 2/13/2025  - 12/31/2025  

Lobbying Type: Legislative Branch Lobbying
  Date of the first action which required your registration as a lobbyist: 2/13/2025  
  (The date in which you acted in a representative capacity and made an expenditure on an executive branch official.)
  If you were a legislative lobbyist during the previous calendar year, have you completed the annual ethics training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year? Yes
  Date Registration Submitted: 2/13/2025 View Original Registration Form  
  Dates Registered: 2/13/2025  - 12/31/2025  


Information about Persons, Groups, or Organizations Represented:
Name: Ochsner Health
 
Description:  Health care
 
Address:  1514 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70121
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 2/13/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 2/13/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $50,000 - $99,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice
 Health care; physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses
 
 2/13/2025: Added Subject Matter: Health care; hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice
 2/13/2025: Added Subject Matter: Health care; physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses
   
Name: Anheuser-Busch
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  ONE BUSCH PLACE
ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI 63118
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Alcohol and other beverages
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Alcohol and other beverages
   
Name: Boardwalk Pipeline
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Pipelines
 
Address:  9 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 2800
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: CF Industries
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  P.O. BOX 468
DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA 70346
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Cornerstone Chemical
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  10800 RIVER ROAD
WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA 70094
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: EASTMAN Chemical
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  3790 HIGHWAY 30
ST. GABRIEL , LOUISIANA 70776
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  - 3/31/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 4/1/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 03/20/2025, Lobbying Dates: 03/20/2025 - )
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Ecolab
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industrial
 
Address:  1 ECOLAB PLACE
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $50,000 - $99,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Economic Development
 
Address:  710 BENTON ROAD, SUITE A
BOSSIER CITY , LOUISIANA 71111
  Branch: Legislative     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Business and private and commercial enterprises
   
Name: Honeywell Geismar
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  5525 HIGHWAY 3115
CARVILLE, LOUISIANA 70721
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Lotte Chemical USA Corp
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  220 BAYOU D'INDE PASS
WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA 70669
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Louisiana Chemical Association
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  ONE AMERICA PLACE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70825
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Louisiana Realtors Association (LRA)
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Realty
 
Address:  4639 BENNINGTON AVENUE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70808
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Construction, contracting, and real estate
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Construction, contracting, and real estate
   
Name: Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  9959 HIGHWAY 18
ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA 70086
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Nova Chemicals
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  1555 CORAPOLIS HEIGHTS ROAD
MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 15108
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Omega Protein Inc.
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Fisheries
 
Address:  2101 CITY WEST BLVD.
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77042
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Aquaculture and fisheries
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Aquaculture and fisheries
   
Name: Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Healthcare
 
Address:  670 MAINE AVENUE, SW-SUITE 1000
WASHINGTON , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20024
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  - 3/24/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $100,000 - $249,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 
 3/26/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 03/20/2025, Lobbying Dates: 03/20/2025 - )
 3/25/2025: Removed Subject Matter: Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
   
Name: Sasol North America Inc.
Representation added on: 3/20/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  P.O. BOX 727
WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA 70669
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/20/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/20/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/20/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Valero Services Inc
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  1 VALERO WAY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78249
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Westlake Corporation
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industrial-Manufacturing
 
Address:  2801 POST OAK BLVD
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  - 4/2/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $50,000 - $99,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 4/2/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 03/26/2025, Lobbying Dates: 03/26/2025 - )
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: G2X Energy
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Manufacturing/Energy Industry
 
Address:  600 TRAVIS-SUITE 3680
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77000
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  - 4/24/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $25,000 - $49,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 4/21/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 03/26/2025, Lobbying Dates: 03/26/2025 - )
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  20 E. GREENWAY PLAZA
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Petrologistics, LLC
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  4460 BLUEBONNET BLVD, SUITE B
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Medical Research
 
Address:  6400 PERKINS ROAD
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70808
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
   
Name: Honeywell Specialty Chemicals
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  2966 LUPINE AVENUE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70805
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Koch Government Affairs, LLC
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Industry
 
Address:  4111 E. 37TH STREET, N.
WICHITA , KANSAS 67220
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 10/15/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Rep. Name: Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC & its Affiliates )
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   
Name: Churchill Downs
Representation added on: 3/26/2025
 
Description:  Gaming
 
Address:  700 CENTRAL AVENUE
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40208
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/26/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 3/26/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Gaming
 
 3/26/2025: Added Subject Matter: Gaming
   
Name: Lincoln Parish Police Jury
Representation added on: 4/11/2025
 
Description:  Local civic issues
 
Address:  PO BOX 979
RUSTON, LOUISIANA 71273
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/11/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 4/11/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $25,000 - $49,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Government; local; municipal; parish; state; federal
 
 4/11/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Paid by Representation: Yes, Payment Category: $24,999 or less)
 4/11/2025: Removed Subject Matter: Public safety, police, and fire
 4/11/2025: Added Subject Matter: Public safety, police, and fire
 4/11/2025: Added Subject Matter: Government; local; municipal; parish; state; federal
   
Name: Capital City Press
Representation added on: 4/21/2025
 
Description:  Media/Public Information
 
Address:  PO BOX 588
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70821
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/21/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 4/21/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $25,000 - $49,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
 4/21/2025: Added Subject Matter: Business and private and commercial enterprises
   
Name: Unite America
Representation added on: 10/23/2025
 
Description:  Philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government.
 
Address:  1660 LINCOLN ST. STE 1550
DENVER, COLORADO 80264
  Branch: Legislative     Employment Start Date: 10/23/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 10/23/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $50,000 - $99,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Government; local; municipal; parish; state; federal
 
 10/23/2025: Added Subject Matter: Government; local; municipal; parish; state; federal
   
Name: Louisiana Health Services & Indemnity Company d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Representation added on: 12/22/2025
 
Description:  Health and Life Insurance
 
Address:  5525 REITZ AVENUE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809
  Branch: Legislative / Executive / Local     Employment Start Date: 12/22/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 12/22/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $50,000 - $99,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Insurance
 
 12/22/2025: Added Subject Matter: Insurance
   
Name: UBE C1 Chemicals America
Representation added on: 12/22/2025
 
Description:  Chemical manufacturing and marketing company
 
Address:  10800 RIVER ROAD
WAGGAMAN, LOUISIANA 70094
  Branch: Legislative / Executive / Local     Employment Start Date: 12/22/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 12/22/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 12/22/2025: Added Subject Matter: Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
   

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