# Travis Johnson

Travis Johnson is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 21
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/871d5c01-9710-46f4-aeba-b321bdf11e30

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/871d5c01-9710-46f4-aeba-b321bdf11e30 (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

Johnson voted against the majority of Louisiana House Democrats 70 times; party unity 72%, in the bottom tenth of the Louisiana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.01), from 138 donors and 847 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 72% (89%). 70 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 14 bills: 10 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 67. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 46 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 270: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 13, 2026, as Alpha Phi Alpha, Incorporated, Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR270/
- HR 117: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Ferriday High School boys basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Division IV Non-Select… (introduced, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR117/
- HB 663: DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Modifies the composition of the board of the commissioners of the Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB663/
- HB 380: COLLEGES/COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL: Authorizes any institution under the supervision and management of the Bd. of Supervisors of Community and Technical… (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB380/
- HB 260: ETHICS/CODE: Authorizes legislators to accept complimentary reasonable transportation to foreign countries (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB260/
- HB 182: NURSES: Provides relative to victims of sexual assault (EG +$4,000,000 LF See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB182/
- HB 116: DISTRICTS/RAILROAD: Provides relative to the Northeast Louisiana Multimodal District (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB116/
- HB 90: DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ferriday Downtown Entertainment District (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB90/
- HB 72: GAMING: Provides for parish elections to permit gaming (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB72/
- HR 114: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, May 7, 2025, as Alpha Phi Alpha, Incorporated, Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2025-05-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HR114/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.4K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=21
- Campaign site: https://www.ctravisjohnson.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CTravisJohnsonD21
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctravisjohnson
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-travis-johnson-1b8119a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/871d5c01-9710-46f4-aeba-b321bdf11e30