Mississippi House · District 59

Brent Powell

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 95% On 276 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 120 in the House (tied with 4 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.6% 15 of 2,367 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 15 67 sponsored · 15 became law · Rank 10 of 120 in the House (tied with 1 other) Local and private bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Brent Powell's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Mississippi House72ndpercentile

More conservative than 72% of the Mississippi House.

Most liberalMost conservative

34th most conservative of 120

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

95%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brent Powell.

On 276 contested votes where both voted99% on all 2,348 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brent Powell.

On 158 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 120 in the House (tied with 4 others)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

The bills Brent Powell sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Brent Powell
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	67	0
Passed both chambers	15	0
Became law	15	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 10 of 120 in the House (tied with 1 other) · 10 of 77 Republicans (tied with 1 other)

A bill's sponsors are its principal authors, as the Legislature lists them; co-authors aren't counted. Local and private bills (for one county, city or district) are counted and shown apart, not ranked.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Brent Powell
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 1393 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Energy Infrastructure Fund; create	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2026
HB 1664 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Video Service Act; create	Statewide	Became law	March 19, 2026
HB 1632 (2026 Regular Session) Community Public Wastewater System Infrastructure Sustainability Act; create	Statewide	Became law	March 19, 2026
HB 867 (2026 Regular Session) Ross Barnett Reservoir Dredging Fund; authorize expenditures for shoreline maintenance and erosion prevention activites	Statewide	Became law	March 17, 2026
HB 1073 (2026 Regular Session) Consumer freedom of choice; protect in the purchase of farm equipment, vehicles and lawn tools	Statewide	Became law	March 17, 2026
HB 1200 (2025 Regular Session) "Real Property Owners Protection Act"; create	Statewide	Became law	April 10, 2025
HB 1644 (2025 Regular Session) Equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies; revise certain provisions regarding tax exemptions	Statewide	Became law	March 28, 2025
HB 1196 (2025 Regular Session) Local governments and rural water systems improvements revolving loan and grant program; authorize Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to participate	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
HB 1191 (2025 Regular Session) Underground and submerged utility lines and facilities; revise requirements for excavators and utility operators	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
HB 1186 (2025 Regular Session) Natural gas piping systems; require testing in school facilities	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
HB 1211 (2025 Regular Session) Municipal ordinance for granting of utility franchises or use of streets; remove municipal approval of	Statewide	Became law	March 6, 2025
HB 1764 (2024 Regular Session) Sales tax; revise rate regarding certain oil, gas and other mineral resources services, equipment and materials	Statewide	Became law	May 8, 2024
HB 1471 (2024 Regular Session) BEAM; prohibit from accepting gifts or other benefits from any broadband service provider, vendor, or contractor	Statewide	Became law	April 30, 2024
HB 1664 (2024 Regular Session) Acceptance or offer of gifts; revise provisions relating to	Statewide	Became law	April 17, 2024
HB 1525 (2024 Regular Session) Alcoholic beverages; revise certain provisions regarding locations for sale of	Statewide	Became law	April 17, 2024

Budget projects

Mississippi's appropriation bills don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Mississippi legislators.

Contested votes where they split

13 against the Speaker; 12 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Brent Powell
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 10, 2026	SB 2641: Wind-Tower Agricultural and Environmental Impact Study Committee; create Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	SB 2436: Black bear hunting season; require MDWFP to create and issue harvest tags for through a lottery system Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	HB 4014: Income tax; exclude NIL compensation from gross income Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1936: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 28, 2025	HB 43: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 28, 2025	SB 2050: Special funds; revise and create certain within the State Treasury and transfer funds to Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 20, 2025	HB 1769: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	HB 927: Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 12, 2025	HB 849: CRNAs; exempt from collaborative agreement, and license anesthesiologist assistants Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2024	HB 1824: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2024	HB 1222: Laser hair removal; restrict the practice of to certain health professionals Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2024	HB 41: Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	HB 37: Physical therapists; revise circumstances and criteria under which they may implement treatment without a referral Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 7, 2024	HB 331: Counties and municipalities; authorize to choose not to be subject to requirement for permitting as a condition to construction Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Brent Powell voted on each of the 2,367 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Brent Powell
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Email: bpowell@house.ms.gov
Capitol office: State Capitol Room 119, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-3349
District office: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215

Committees

Public Utilities Chair
Energy
Management
Medicaid
Public Health and Human Services
Ways and Means

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Mississippi Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Mississippi Legislature's roll-call records, Jan. 2, 2024 to July 16, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections