# Tehmi Chassion

Tehmi Chassion is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 44.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 44
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8d0bbdce-eaab-4b3a-8385-bf8c6a2e0b87

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d0bbdce-eaab-4b3a-8385-bf8c6a2e0b87 (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 Chassion’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 17 donors and 403 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 89% (89%). 47 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 49 bills: 37 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 377. 30.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 83 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 387: SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO: Requests the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language and Pathology and Audiology to study and report on current licensure and… (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR387/
- HR 333: STUDENT/DISCIPLINE: Requests public school governing authorities and employees to comply with and enforce the bullying laws of the state of Louisiana (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR333/
- HR 340: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates June 3, 2026, as Prince Hall Shriners Day in the city of Lafayette (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR340/
- HR 281: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 14, 2026, as Community Action Day in Louisiana (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR281/
- HCR 50: CORR FACILITIES/JAILS: Requests certain state and governmental entities to report on opioid abatement and treatment programs in correctional facilities, and… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR50/
- HR 252: COMMERCE: Urges and requests the attorney general to study the use of pennies and credit card fees by businesses (in committee, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR252/
- HCR 71: DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Requests the Louisiana Dept. of Health to review the implementation of existing law and guidance regarding pregnancy-related emergency… (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR71/
- HCR 19: CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the presumption of parentage (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR19/
- HR 128: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 14, 2026, as Acadiana's Red and White Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR128/
- HR 98: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 8, 2026, as Big Brothers Big Sisters Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR98/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,050 (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=44
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tehmi.chassion/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TehmiChassionSchoolBoardDistrict4/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tehmichassion

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d0bbdce-eaab-4b3a-8385-bf8c6a2e0b87