# Chris Turner

Chris Turner is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 12
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a07b757e-a57b-4dda-aa6a-7bf5e6b3561d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a07b757e-a57b-4dda-aa6a-7bf5e6b3561d (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 Turner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Turner says (LA 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Turner | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 31.9% | 2 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 100.0% | 12.7% | 1 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 100% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 156 donors and 1,163 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 93.4% (89%). 27 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 35 bills: 29 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 48. 57.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 32 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1084: STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to tuition and mandatory fees for public postsecondary education institutions (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1084/
- HB 968: CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to electronic monitoring and associated costs (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB968/
- HB 1175: AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Provides with respect to definitions pertaining to aeronautics (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1175/
- HB 1103: BUILDING CODES: Provides with respect to the regulation of construction or improvement of industrial facilities (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1103/
- HR 171: STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Requests the Board of Regents, in coordination with Louisiana Works, the state Department of Education, the Louisiana Community and… (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR171/
- HR 51: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates March 25, 2026, as Louisiana Community and Technical College System Day at the capitol (introduced, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR51/
- HR 56: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates March 24, 2026, as Louisiana Athletic Trainers Day at the capitol and commends the members of the Louisiana Athletic… (introduced, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR56/
- HR 44: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Malcolm "Coldblooded" Lee on being named Louisiana Outstanding Log Truck Driver of the Year (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR44/
- HR 17: TOPS: Directs the Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, and Louisiana Economic Development to study the state's return on investment with respect to the Taylor… (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR17/
- HB 678: TOPS: Authorizes students who qualify for a TOPS award but graduate from an out-of-state college to apply unused award amounts to medical or dental school in… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB678/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $56.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cnturner4/status/1879693765964939378

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=12
- Campaign site: https://www.turnerfor12.com/
- X: https://x.com/cnturner4

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a07b757e-a57b-4dda-aa6a-7bf5e6b3561d