Mississippi House · District 60
Fred Shanks
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Fred Shanks'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 House member, by party; the dot is Fred Shanks.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Fred Shanks.
Bills
The bills Fred Shanks sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local and private | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 119 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 20 | 0 |
| Became law | 20 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 7 of 120 in the House · 7 of 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1772 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 1761 (2026 Regular Session) Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 942 (2026 Regular Session) Chiropractors; extend repealer on licensure law |
Statewide | Became law | March 17, 2026 |
| HB 750 (2026 Regular Session) Strengthening MS Academic Research Through Business Act; extend repealer on |
Statewide | Became law | March 13, 2026 |
| HB 953 (2025 Regular Session) Harvest permits; extend repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2025 |
| HB 972 (2025 Regular Session) Income tax; extend repealer on jobs tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises |
Statewide | Became law | March 20, 2025 |
| HB 970 (2025 Regular Session) Sales tax; extend repealer on exemption of certain sales to Toughest Kids Foundation for Camp Kamassa in Copiah County |
Statewide | Became law | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 964 (2025 Regular Session) MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance economic development projects |
Statewide | Became law | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 961 (2025 Regular Session) Income tax; codify and extend repealers on tax credits for certain charges for using certain port and airport facilities |
Statewide | Became law | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 962 (2025 Regular Session) Energy Academy Act; extend repealer on authority of Vicksburg-Warren & Claiborne County schools to partner with nuclear plant |
Statewide | Became law | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 959 (2025 Regular Session) Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program; extend repealer on |
Statewide | Became law | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 1316 (2025 Regular Session) State Board of Funeral Services; extend repealer on |
Statewide | Became law | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 765 (2024 Regular Session) MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on |
Statewide | Became law | May 10, 2024 |
| HB 770 (2024 Regular Session) MS Office of Workforce Development; extend exemption from Public Procurement Review Board rental agreement requirements |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2024 |
| HB 764 (2024 Regular Session) State Department of Health and State Board of Health; extend repealer on |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2024 |
| HB 691 (2024 Regular Session) Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise composition of and provide with investigative authority |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2024 |
| HB 757 (2024 Regular Session) State offenders; extend repealer on authority to house in county jails when space is unavailable |
Statewide | Became law | April 30, 2024 |
| HB 349 (2024 Regular Session) Squatted vehicles; prohibit modifications to motor vehicle which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender |
Statewide | Became law | April 25, 2024 |
| HB 760 (2024 Regular Session) MS Qualified Health Center Grant Program; extend date for Department of Health Grants for increased services and physicians |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2024 |
| HB 751 (2024 Regular Session) Commercial motor vehicles; extend repealer on authority of Commissioner of Public Safety to create voluntary inspection program |
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; 13 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Fred Shanks voted on each of the 2,367 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- fshanks@house.ms.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-3770 - District office
- P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
Committees
- Rules Chair
- Constitution
- Corrections
- Insurance
- Investigate State Offices
- Public Health and Human Services
- Public Utilities
- State Affairs
- 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