Mississippi Senate · District 36

Brian Rhodes

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 91% On 313 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 4 of 51 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 0.1% 1 of 2,512 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 5 77 sponsored · 5 became law · Rank 22 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Local and private bills passed 3 3 sponsored · 3 became law

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

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Brian Rhodes'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

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More conservative than 82% of the Mississippi Senate.

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10th most conservative of 51

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore

91%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Brian Rhodes.

On 313 contested votes where both voted99% on all 2,504 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Brian Rhodes.

On 184 party-line votesPartisan rank: 4 of 51 in the Senate3 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Brian Rhodes
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	77	3
Passed both chambers	5	3
Became law	5	3
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 22 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 20 of 34 Republicans

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: Brian Rhodes
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 2927 (2026 Regular Session) City of Richland; extend repealer on bar and restaurant tourism tax	Local and private	Became law	April 8, 2026
SB 2926 (2026 Regular Session) City of Richland; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax	Local and private	Became law	April 8, 2026
SB 2648 (2026 Regular Session) Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans; authorize MSU Extension Service and Alcorn State to assist poultry farmers with	Statewide	Became law	March 19, 2026
SB 2760 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; remove the state geologist from certain surface mining provisions	Statewide	Became law	March 13, 2026
SB 2415 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; amend certain sections concerning	Statewide	Became law	March 13, 2026
SB 2414 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Advisory Council; expand membership	Statewide	Became law	March 13, 2026
SB 2210 (2025 Regular Session) Fireworks; revise dates of sale and reduce violation to misdemeanor	Statewide	Became law	March 21, 2025
SB 3081 (2024 Regular Session) City of Florence; extend repealer on bar and restaurant tax	Local and private	Became law	April 25, 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

29 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 21 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Brian Rhodes
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President Pro Tempore	Most of their party
April 15, 2026	HB 1924: Appropriation; Attorney General Veto Override	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	HB 4120: Suffrage; restore to Charles Kenneth Landrum of Jones County Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	HB 4118: Suffrage; restore to Mary Wayne Prater of Oktibbeha County Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	HB 4164: Suffrage; restore to Krisi M. Weining-Cox of Marshall County Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	SB 2643: Memorial bridge, highway or road; designate various segments on the state highway system as Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 27, 2026	HB 4135: City of Waynesboro; authorize assessments on convictions obtained in municipal court for maintenance of city building infrastructure Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 25, 2026	SB 3404: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Pamela Null Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 11, 2026	HB 1941: Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; increase amount of monies in fund that may be used to defray board of trustees expenses in carrying out duties Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	HB 895: Medical cannabis; eliminate mandatory follow-up visit and extend validity periods of certification and ID cards to 24 months Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 18, 2026	HB 814: Dept. of Health; authorize to increase fees by certain percentage during next three fiscal years Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	SB 2679: Mississippi Land Bank Act; local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 10, 2026	SB 2257: Housing authorities; enable participation in mixed-finance projects and self-insurance pooling arrangements Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 5, 2026	SB 2232: Vehicle safety equipment; increase sanctions for failure to use and divert funds to driver safety programs Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 5, 2026	SB 2660: Catfish; classify those in the Mississippi River as a game fish and require certain daily harvest and length limits for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	SB 2041: Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 29, 2025	HB 43: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	SB 2248: Fresh Start Act; revise Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 29, 2025	HB 1174: Public adjusters licensure; revise provisions related to Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1197: The Safe Solicitation Act; create to regulate issuance of solicitation permits Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 1502: MS Hemp Cultivation Act; revise provisions of and legalize manufacture and sale of hemp beverages Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 924: Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2025	SB 2499: Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	SB 2798: County boards of supervisors; require to regulate county and municipal cemeteries Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2024	SB 2466: Alcoholic beverages; revise certain provisions relating to sales to persons under the age of 21 Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 24, 2024	SB 2015: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2024	HB 774: MS Mobile Sports Wagering Act; create to legalize "online race book" and "online sports pool" betting Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2024	HB 1149: Counties; authorize to only maintain electronic format of law books in county courtrooms and public county law libraries Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 28, 2024	HB 1725: Medicaid; seek federal waiver for plan to allow Medicaid coverage for persons described in the federal Affordable Care Act Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 28, 2024	HB 1725: Medicaid; seek federal waiver for plan to allow Medicaid coverage for persons described in the federal Affordable Care Act Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 14, 2024	SB 2770: Ballot initiative process; revise statutory implementation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 13, 2024	SB 2823: Medicaid; revise various technical provisions related thereto, including reimbursement levels and facility eligibility Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	SB 2626: Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How Brian Rhodes voted on each of the 2,512 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Brian Rhodes
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President Pro Tempore	Yeas–nays
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Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Email: brhodes@senate.ms.gov
Capitol office: State Capitol Room 213, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-4088
District office: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215

Committees

Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Chair
Forestry Vice chair
Agriculture
Education
Finance
Highways and Transportation
Insurance
Judiciary, Division B
Technology

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