Health and Welfare Committee
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
34 bills pending
Tehmi Jahi Chassion — House District 44
🔵 Democrat
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 35 Primary Authored Bills
🗳 1746 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 3 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Compared only with current house members on explicit yes-or-no votes from non-unanimous roll calls. Louisiana's configured final-vote patterns retain substantive final action; procedural and unanimous votes are excluded. Each percentage measures agreement, and the shared-vote count shows how much common voting history supports it.
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D
Alonzo L. Knox
97.7%
agreement
385 shared votes
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D
Rashid Armand Young
96.7%
agreement
244 shared votes
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D
Edmond Jordan
95.0%
agreement
360 shared votes
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D
Dustin Miller
94.7%
agreement
358 shared votes
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D
Rodney Lyons
94.1%
agreement
389 shared votes
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D
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
93.9%
agreement
396 shared votes
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R
Beryl Amedée
34.2%
agreement
398 shared votes
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R
Rodney Schamerhorn
35.7%
agreement
395 shared votes
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R
Danny McCormick
35.9%
agreement
376 shared votes
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R
Raymond J. Crews
43.4%
agreement
371 shared votes
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R
Phillip Eric Tarver
46.8%
agreement
301 shared votes
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R
Les Farnum
48.1%
agreement
310 shared votes
Organization Alignment
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Alignment compares this legislator's explicit yes-or-no votes with each public organization's current bill likes and dislikes. Only Louisiana's configured substantive final-vote patterns count; procedural votes are excluded. The shared-vote count is the number of graded bills on which both cast a position.
Professional Association of Law Enforcement Officers
100%
7 of 7 shared final votes
Louisiana Right to Life
80%
4 of 5 shared final votes
AFA Action
73%
8 of 11 shared final votes
Louisiana Family Forum
70%
30 of 43 shared final votes
Health Freedom Louisiana
67%
10 of 15 shared final votes
Pelican Institute
56%
20 of 36 shared final votes
Louisiana Motor Transport Association
56%
5 of 9 shared final votes
Citizens for a New Louisiana
39%
48 of 124 shared final votes
Committee Assignments
House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
13 bills pending
House Transportation, Highways and Public Works
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
19 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
HB302
Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools
June 9, 2026Signed by Governor
HB608
Provides relative to the confidentiality of documents related to an intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program
June 8, 2026Signed by Governor
HR387
Requests the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language and Pathology and Audiology to study and report on current licensure and regulatory requirements for speech-language assistants in Louisiana
June 3, 2026Enrolled
HR333
Requests public school governing authorities and employees to comply with and enforce the bullying laws of the state of Louisiana
June 3, 2026Enrolled
HB145
Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (EN +$25,000 GF EX See Note)
June 3, 2026Signed by Governor
HB430
Enacts the MJ 911 Act to extend health insurance coverage for families of law enforcement officers and firemen employed by the City of Lafayette who are killed in the line of duty (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
June 2, 2026Signed by Governor
HR340
Designates June 3, 2026, as Prince Hall Shriners Day in the city of Lafayette
June 1, 2026Enrolled
HB609
Provides for the exemption of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments
May 29, 2026Signed by Governor
HB339
Provides relative to access to personal information of protected individuals (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
May 29, 2026Signed by Governor
HCR50
Requests certain state and governmental entities to report on opioid abatement and treatment programs in correctional facilities, and to clarify guidance regarding available funding for such programs
May 28, 2026Enrolled
HR252
Urges and requests the attorney general to study the use of pennies and credit card fees by businesses
May 25, 2026Enrolled
HR281
Designates May 14, 2026, as Community Action Day in Louisiana
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HCR19
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the presumption of parentage
May 21, 2026Enrolled
HB506
Creates certain special prestige license plates
May 15, 2026Signed by Governor
HCR71
👎 1
Requests the Louisiana Dept. of Health to review the implementation of existing law and guidance regarding pregnancy-related emergency medications in hospital and acute care settings
May 11, 2026Introduced in House
HR128
Designates April 14, 2026, as Acadiana's Red and White Day at the state capitol
April 17, 2026Enrolled
HR98
Designates April 8, 2026, as Big Brothers Big Sisters Day at the state capitol
April 10, 2026Enrolled
HR92
Expresses condolences on the death of Leotha "Leo" Bolden
April 10, 2026Enrolled
HCR48
Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a study relative to the funding structure for public postsecondary education institutions
April 8, 2026Pending: House Education
HR70
Commends the Northside High School boys basketball team on their run to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2026 Division II Select state championship game
April 1, 2026Enrolled
HR54
Honors the life of former Xavier University of Louisiana President Dr. Norman C. Francis and designates February 18, 2026, as Norman Francis Day at the state capitol
March 27, 2026Enrolled
HCR30
Requests the Board of Regents to study the potential establishment of a legislative scholarship program
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education
HCR29
Urges and requests public school governing authorities and employees to comply with and enforce the bullying laws of the state of Louisiana
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education
HB694
Provides relative to penalties for failure to timely or accurately file required reports (OR -$408,000 GF RV See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House and Governmental Affairs
HB585
Enacts the Discount Retailer Workforce Safety and Retention Act
March 9, 2026Pending: House Labor and Industrial Relations
HB556
Provides for the assessment of fees by the Board of Ethics and Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure (OR +$201,923 GF EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House and Governmental Affairs
HB531
Provides relative to student disciplinary processes with respect to suspensions and expulsions
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education
HB435
Provides relative to expungements
March 9, 2026Pending: House Administration of Criminal Justice
HB404
Provides for medication-assisted treatment for substance abuse in jails and prisons (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
March 9, 2026Pending: House Administration of Criminal Justice
HB365
Grants certain powers, duties, and responsibilities relative to a school bus operator's probationary term of employment to the superintendent instead of the school board
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education
HB318
Provides relative to the presumption of parentage
March 9, 2026Pending: House Civil Law and Procedure
HB317
Prohibits the assignment of prekindergarten or kindergarten students to an alternative school unless suspended or expelled for certain infractions
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education
HB262
👎 1
Prohibits requiring students to pass state-administered end-of-course (LEAP) tests in order to graduate from high school
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education
HB768
Provides relative to the release of police body camera footage
February 27, 2026Introduced in House
HB304
Extends health insurance coverage for families of law enforcement officers and firemen employed in Lafayette Parish who are killed in the line of duty
February 27, 2026Introduced in House