Mississippi House · District 73

Jill Ford

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 83% On 266 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 95% Partisan rank: 68 of 120 in the House (tied with 10 others) Didn't vote at roll call 2% 49 of 2,367 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 3 54 sponsored · 3 became law · Rank 31 of 120 in the House (tied with 8 others) Local and private bills passed 0 2 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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Jill Ford'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 84% of the Mississippi House.

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19th most conservative of 120

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

83%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jill Ford.

On 266 contested votes where both voted97% on all 2,303 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

95%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jill Ford.

On 154 party-line votesPartisan rank: 68 of 120 in the House (tied with 10 others)67 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Jill Ford
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	54	2
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: Jill Ford
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 1131 (2026 Regular Session) Prostitution; revise penalties for procurement of	Statewide	Became law	March 17, 2026
HB 1723 (2026 Regular Session) Artificial intelligence; define	Statewide	Became law	March 9, 2026
HB 1126 (2024 Regular Session) "Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act"; establish to protect minors from harmful content	Statewide	Became law	April 30, 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

44 against the Speaker; 40 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Jill Ford
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
March 31, 2026	HB 1662: Joint custody matters; create rebuttable presumption in favor of 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 17, 2026	HB 1152: Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act; create Concurrence	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 2432: State inmate housing rate; allow counties to contract services Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 4, 2026	SB 2383: Banks and banking; revise various definitions, procedures and provisions related to 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. 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 1665: Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act and State Health Insurance Plan; revise Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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. 21, 2026	HB 534: Mississippi Health Information Exchange; create 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	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
April 1, 2025	SB 2386: Medicaid; make various amendments to the provisions of the program Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2025	HB 1502: MS Hemp Cultivation Act; revise provisions of and legalize manufacture and sale of hemp beverages Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	SB 2248: Fresh Start Act; revise 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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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 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 558: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own 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)
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 2780: Authority of Secretary of State to approve leases located on Public Trust Tidelands; clarify Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2024	SB 2853: Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Corporation; create 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 12, 2024	HB 41: Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements 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 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)
March 1, 2024	HB 328: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 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)
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)
Feb. 6, 2024	HB 777: Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Jill Ford
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: jford@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

Technology Chair
Apportionment and Elections
Ethics
Judiciary B
Tourism
Workforce Development

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