# Dewith Carrier

Dewith Carrier is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 32
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2bf8549d-d379-4c42-af8c-b5b9d270f17d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bf8549d-d379-4c42-af8c-b5b9d270f17d (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 Carrier’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 48 donors and 1,023 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 94.7% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 89% (89%). 51 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 14 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 144. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 67 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1172: HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of United States Highway 165 in Oberlin, Louisiana, as the "Kulyn Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway" (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1172/
- HR 95: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 8, 2026, as Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Awareness Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR95/
- HB 957: CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the transfer of prisoners (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB957/
- HB 1083: APPROPRIATIONS/JUDGMENT: Appropriates funding for the consent judgment against the state in the suit captioned Chamberlain et al. v. State of La. et al. (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1083/
- HB 501: ENERGY: Authorizes the governing authority of Allen Parish to determine whether Class VI carbon dioxide injection wells may be permitted within the parish (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB501/
- HB 247: DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates the Allen Parish Economic Development District and abolishes the Allen Parish Tourist Commission (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB247/
- HR 375: COMMENDATIONS: Commends David Sickey on his election as chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (introduced, 2025-06-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR375/
- HB 691: ENERGY: Establishes public safety and accountability procedures for carbon dioxide sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note) (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB691/
- HR 116: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 6, 2025, as Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Awareness Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2025-05-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR116/
- HB 568: ENERGY/CONSERVATION: Establishes public safety and accountability procedures applicable to carbon capture and storage projects (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV) (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB568/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.9K (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=32
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dewith-Carrier-State-Representative-District-32-100058037380489/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dewithcarrier

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bf8549d-d379-4c42-af8c-b5b9d270f17d