Gene Newman, Mississippi House District 61: Voting Record

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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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Gene Newman'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 House90thpercentile

More conservative than 89% of the Mississippi House.

Most liberalMost conservative

13th most conservative of 120

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

82%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Gene Newman.

On 278 contested votes where both voted97% on all 2,335 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

94%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Gene Newman.

On 160 party-line votesPartisan rank: 79 of 120 in the House (tied with 1 other)78 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Gene Newman
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	61	0
Passed both chambers	3	0
Became law	3	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 31 of 120 in the House (tied with 8 others) · 29 of 77 Republicans (tied with 7 others)

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: Gene Newman
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 188 (2025 Regular Session) "Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act"; enact	Statewide	Became law	March 18, 2025
HB 438 (2024 Regular Session) Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of	Statewide	Became law	May 8, 2024
HB 313 (2024 Regular Session) Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to regulate cosmetology and barber professions	Statewide	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

50 against the Speaker; 50 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Gene Newman
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 29, 2026	SB 3111: Alcohol taxes, markups and other charges; exempt up to 10 cases of wine donated annually by a permittee to nonprofits Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 29, 2026	HB 1936: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 29, 2026	SB 3088: Appropriation; Corrections, Department of Conference Committee Report	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)
March 5, 2026	SB 3111: Alcohol taxes, markups and other charges; exempt up to 10 cases of wine donated annually by a permittee to nonprofits Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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)
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 561: Lottery tickets; authorize alcohol package retailer's permit holders to be lottery retailers and sell Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 517: "MS Charter School Act of 2013"; bring forward provisions related to Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1394: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; bring forward for purposes of amendment Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 672: Alcoholic beverages; authorize governing authorities of wet jurisdictions to authorize package retail sales on Sunday Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 671: Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of, revise certain provisions regarding delivery service permits Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 670: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 669: Alcoholic beverages; authorize direct sales and shipments of distilled spirits to be made to residents in this state Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 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)	Yea (split)
Jan. 15, 2026	HB 2: "Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act of 2026"; establish to provide greater flexibility and opportunity for school choice Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 28, 2025	SB 2026: Appropriation; Corrections, Department of 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
March 11, 2025	SB 2510: Gaming; include online, interactive and computerized versions thereof, increase penalties, and authorize forfeiture Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 2851: Alcoholic beverages; allow persons to bring onto premises with on-premise retailer's permits in certain qualified resorts Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	SB 2452: Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 20, 2025	HB 1769: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	HB 1157: Used motor vehicle dealers; require continuing education as a condition of application for licensure renewal Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 12, 2025	HB 849: CRNAs; exempt from collaborative agreement, and license anesthesiologist assistants Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 92: Alcoholic beverages; authorize governing authorities of wet jurisdictions to authorize package retail sales on Sunday Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 91: Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of, revise certain provisions regarding delivery service permits Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 51: Alcoholic beverages; revise certain provisions regarding distance restrictions from churches, schools, kindergartens and funeral homes Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 1456: Department of Public Safety Headquarters; transfer facility in Jackson, MS to UMMC Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 1175: Alcoholic beverages; authorize direct sales and shipments of wine Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 1617: "Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 6, 2025	HB 1435: Student transfers; provide greater access to open enrollment and remove requirement for home district approval of release Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 3, 2025	HB 1302: Mobile Sports Betting; regulate Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2024	HB 1190: Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2024	HB 1824: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2024	SB 2405: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2024	SB 2457: Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2024	SB 2853: Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Corporation; create Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2024	SB 2405: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2024	SB 2567: On-premises tobacco permit; authorize Department of Revenue to issue Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 14, 2024	HB 1824: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2024	HB 867: Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2024	HB 1683: MS Charter School Act of 2013; bring forward for purposes of possible amendments Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2024	HB 430: Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipment of certain wines to residents in this state Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2024	HB 867: Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2024	HB 430: Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipment of certain wines to residents in this state Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2024	HB 1192: Virtual public schools; authorize operation by certain educational providers or locally sponsored virtual public schools Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	HB 1161: Alcoholic beverages; authorize municipalities in dry counties vote to come out from under the dry law Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	HB 1525: Alcoholic beverages; revise certain provisions regarding locations for sale of Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 1, 2024	HB 329: Alcoholic beverages; authorize local authorities of wet jurisdiction to permit package retail sales on Sunday Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 6, 2024	HB 777: Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 1, 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)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Gene Newman
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: gnewman@house.ms.gov
Capitol office: State Capitol 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
District office: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215

Committees

Public Property Vice chair
Apportionment and Elections
Corrections
Judiciary B
Military Affairs

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.