# Tim Kerner

Tim Kerner is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 84.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 84
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ebb9d9b-329d-4a43-a33c-e3608ef09cc8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ebb9d9b-329d-4a43-a33c-e3608ef09cc8 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Kerner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 198 donors and 1,023 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 90.4% (89%). 34 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 62. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 61 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 352: RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Creates a task force to study the Optional Retirement Plan within the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR352/
- HR 292: SEAFOOD: Memorializes the federal government to address unsafe imported seafood (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR292/
- HB 986: CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Requires child support payments by persons convicted of vehicular homicide (passed one chamber, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB986/
- HR 278: CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Requests the Louisiana Dept. of Justice to receive input, feedback, and suggestions relative to the framework and efficiency of electronic… (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR278/
- HCR 99: CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Creates the Louisiana Electronic Monitoring and GPS Oversight Task Force (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR99/
- HR 205: SEAFOOD: Urges and requests the United States Department of Agriculture to utilize the Commodity Procurement program under Section 32 of the Agricultural… (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR205/
- HB 1017: RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's… (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1017/
- HB 1169: PROPERTY: Requires the return of property or property rights acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for the Mid-Barataria Sediment… (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1169/
- HB 1111: CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the reemployment of certain employees of the fire and police civil service (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1111/
- HB 984: MALPRACTICE/MEDICAL: Provides relative to medical malpractice and the limitation of recovery (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB984/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=84
- X: https://x.com/KernerforDist84
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectTimKerner/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.kerner.71
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electtimkerner

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ebb9d9b-329d-4a43-a33c-e3608ef09cc8