# Jimmy Harris

Jimmy Harris is a Democratic member of the Louisiana Senate for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce11601e-9a67-48a1-9408-b80943312303

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce11601e-9a67-48a1-9408-b80943312303 (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

Harris missed 22% of 2,495 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 37 in the Louisiana Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 44 donors and 1,000 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 78% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 96.7% (93.6%). 9 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 63. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 30 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 136: ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Requests Louisiana Economic Development to study and report on the riverfront and adjacent neighborhoods and districts in Orleans Parish. (introduced, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR136/
- SB 337: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (8/1/26) (OR +$2,265,844 SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB337/
- SB 384: TECHNOLOGY: Authorizes creation of the Pilot Innovation Hub. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) (passed both chambers, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB384/
- SB 385: LOCAL OFFICIALS: Provides for appointments to the board of commissioners and insurance for the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association. (8/1/26) (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB385/
- SB 377: HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (gov sig) (OR +$2,265,844 SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB377/
- SB 366: MALPRACTICE: Provides relative to the Medical Malpractice Act. (8/1/26) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB366/
- SB 227: LAW ENFORCEMENT: Creates a pre-Spectrum Alert action plan. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB227/
- SR 45: COMMENDATIONS: Commends the LSU Health New Orleans burn team led by Dr. Jeffrey Carter. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/SR45/
- SR 46: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Nicholas Bazan, neuroscientist and director of LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Research Excellence. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/SR46/
- SR 47: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, on his appointment as director of the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/SR47/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=4
- X: https://x.com/jimmy4nola
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jimmy-Harris-99-100057669927287/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce11601e-9a67-48a1-9408-b80943312303