# Jason DeWitt

Jason DeWitt is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 25
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/daa3d2db-d395-4c08-9020-b90d6bc2c498

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/daa3d2db-d395-4c08-9020-b90d6bc2c498 (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

DeWitt has 12 classified statements in the LA 2025–26 session.

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

12 classified statements: 12 posts 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 | DeWitt | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 66.7% | 31.9% | 28 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 16.7% | 1.8% | 4 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 16.7% | 12.7% | 248 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Finance and Financial Sector 50% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Agriculture and Food 25% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Emergency Management 13% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State House Republicans 3.4%); Transportation and Public Works 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 140 donors and 489 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 95.2% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 96.4% (89%). 36 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 28 bills: 27 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 118. 60.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 26 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 114: HEALTH: Directs the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners to study the feasibility and practicality of creating a physician review panel (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR114/
- HB 1082: CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1082/
- HB 1236: INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements (EN +$2,265,844 SG EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1236/
- HB 1227: PHYSICIANS: Provides with respect to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (OR NO IMPACT See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1227/
- HB 996: CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Provides for the use of campaign funds for clothing required for holding office (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB996/
- HB 894: CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the powers and duties of certain firefighters in the city of Alexandria (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB894/
- HB 848: MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS: Provides with respect to all terrain vehicle dealerships (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB848/
- HB 866: INSURANCE CLAIMS: Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers and managed care plans from reducing pharmacy reimbursements (OR +$11,093,778 SG EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB866/
- HB 868: MTR VEHICLE/TRAILERS: Provides relative to the requirement that trailers have approved safety chains while being towed by certain vehicles (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB868/
- HB 557: INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to long-term care pharmacy (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB557/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% 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.

- 2025-02-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1894756867773010101
- 2025-02-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1891548247790927944
- 2025-02-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1890400631673811014
- 2025-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1889672056888861115
- 2025-02-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1888958669351465461
- 2025-02-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1887161829132001729
- 2025-02-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1886535160759284123
- 2025-01-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1884662821759127579
- 2025-01-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1882485046654730694
- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/DewittForLA/status/1881382434702336269

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=25
- Campaign site: https://dewittforla.com/
- X: https://x.com/DewittForLA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.dewitt.961556/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-dewitt-37047638/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/daa3d2db-d395-4c08-9020-b90d6bc2c498