Mississippi Senate · District 43
Dennis DeBar
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Dennis DeBar'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
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Dennis DeBar.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Dennis DeBar.
Bills
The bills Dennis DeBar sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local and private | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 85 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 8 | 0 |
| Became law | 8 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 15 of 51 in the Senate · 14 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
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2288 (2026 Regular Session) Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act; expand CTE incentive grant purposes, and extend repealer |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2266 (2026 Regular Session) Memorial highways; designate a segment of U.S. Hwy 98 in Greene County as the "Michael Robbins Memorial Highway." |
Statewide | Became law | March 13, 2026 |
| SB 2730 (2025 Regular Session) Mississippi Burn Care Fund; provide that SBH shall equitably divide funds among all certified health centers |
Statewide | Became law | April 10, 2025 |
| SB 2181 (2025 Regular Session) Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program |
Statewide | Became law | April 10, 2025 |
| SB 2177 (2025 Regular Session) Vocational education; modify description of programs eligible for payments out of state appropriations |
Statewide | Became law | March 18, 2025 |
| SB 2803 (2024 Regular Session) Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area." |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2024 |
| SB 2695 (2024 Regular Session) Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto |
Statewide | Became law | May 10, 2024 |
| SB 2246 (2024 Regular Session) Preschool reporting requirements; revise technical provisions related thereto |
Statewide | Became law | April 15, 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
30 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 25 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Dennis DeBar voted on each of the 2,512 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President Pro Tempore | 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
- ddebar@senate.ms.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-3250 - District office
- P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
- District office
- P.O. Box 1090, Leakesville, MS 39451
Committees
- Education Chair
- Appropriations Vice chair
- County Affairs
- Gaming
- Insurance
- Interstate and Federal Cooperation
- Judiciary, Division A
- Public Health and Welfare
- Rules
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