# Ken Brass

Ken Brass is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 58.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 58
- Serving since: 2017-10-14
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43a80737-e614-475d-aace-2d1324cb516a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43a80737-e614-475d-aace-2d1324cb516a (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

Brass voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 83 times; party unity 75%, in the bottom tenth of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.01), from 97 donors and 1,149 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 75% (89%). 83 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 nay · 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 29 bills: 23 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 93. 48.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 49 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 285: LOCAL OFFICIALS: Requests the legislative auditor to conduct a study of compensation authorized for parish assessors and clerks of court (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR285/
- HR 247: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Laura Lewis on the occasion of her one hundred fourth birthday (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR247/
- HR 162: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 2026 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Louisiana and commends American Bikers Active Towards Education of… (introduced, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR162/
- HCR 55: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Lutcher High School girls and boys power lifting teams for winning the Louisiana High School Powerlifting Association 2026… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR55/
- HCR 51: LOCAL OFFICIALS: Requests the legislative auditor to conduct a study of compensation authorized for parish assessors and clerks of court (OR NO IMPACT See… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR51/
- HR 104: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 13, 2026, as My Sister's Keeper Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR104/
- HB 648: PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides relative to attendance at meetings of public bodies (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB648/
- HB 782: FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note) (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB782/
- HB 649: HIGHER EDUCATION: Requires the establishment and administration of a statewide application process for dual enrollment programs (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB649/
- HB 650: TAX/TAX REBATES: Authorizes a rebate for inventory taxes paid (OR DECREASE SD RV See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB650/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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=58
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ken.brass.5/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representative58brass

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43a80737-e614-475d-aace-2d1324cb516a