# Jerome Zeringue

Jerome Zeringue is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 52
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2dafe5b8-cb5a-411a-b270-322dcaf18293

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2dafe5b8-cb5a-411a-b270-322dcaf18293 (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

70% of the 23 bills Zeringue sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 27 donors and 1,111 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 90% (89%). 48 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted not voting · 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 23 bills: 21 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 71. 69.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 11 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 41: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Amends administrative rules relative to alcohol rebates (passed both chambers, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR41/
- HB 1177: PUBLIC RECORDS: Establishes a public records exemption for personal information related to hunting and fishing licenses (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1177/
- HCR 45: FUNDS/FUNDING: Memorializes Congress to grant an extension of time for expending American Rescue Plan Act funds in order to complete various critical… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR45/
- HB 980: SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Establishes additional qualifications for service on the Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB980/
- HB 1055: FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Establishes the Louisiana Urban Search and Rescue Program within the office of state fire marshal (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1055/
- HCR 12: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary (passed both chambers, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR12/
- HB 872: FISHING/COMMERCIAL: Requires all commercial menhaden reduction fishery vessels to use an AIS system (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB872/
- HB 439: PAROLE: Provides relative to parole ineligibility (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB439/
- HB 398: PUBLIC OFFLS/EMPS: Prohibits payment for meals and incidental expenses for state public officials and employees from exceeding amounts for such expenses… (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB398/
- HB 417: FUNDS/FUNDING: Increases the maximum balance of the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Fund (EN NO IMPACT See Note) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB417/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=52
- Campaign site: https://zeeforstaterep.com
- X: https://x.com/JZeeRep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zeeforstaterep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerome-zeringue-3790b917/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2dafe5b8-cb5a-411a-b270-322dcaf18293