Mississippi Senate · District 44

John Polk

Republican Left office Jan. 5, 2026

Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 88% On 160 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 93% On 83 party-line votes Didn't vote at roll call 4% 76 of 1,689 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 1 15 sponsored · 1 became law Local and private bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law

Where they sit

Every current senator, 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

John Polk has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. 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

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore

88%

Each tick is a current member, by party. John Polk has left office, so isn't marked.

On 160 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,597 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

Each tick is a current member, by party. John Polk has left office, so isn't marked.

On 83 party-line votes

Bills

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

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Bills: John Polk
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	15	0
Passed both chambers	1	0
Became law	1	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

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: John Polk
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 2545 (2024 Regular Session) Auditing threshold; define monetary donations	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

20 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 20 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: John Polk
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President Pro Tempore	Most of their party
April 2, 2025	SB 2248: Fresh Start Act; revise Conference Committee Report	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 1, 2025	HB 1505: Construction manager at risk law; revise provisions related to selection of contractors and vendors for IHL Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1062: Dental hygienists; authorize to provide services to patients under the general supervision of dentists under certain conditions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	HB 1063: MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create 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)
Feb. 14, 2025	SB 2499: Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 14, 2025	SB 2145: Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of wine Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	SB 2438: Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; enact Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	SB 2798: County boards of supervisors; require to regulate county and municipal cemeteries Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 13, 2025	SB 2145: Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of wine Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	SB 2471: Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	SB 2573: Department of Tourism; create Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2025	SB 2860: Construction contracts; modify "construction manager at risk" provisions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 3, 2024	HB 1406: Absentee voting; revise various provisions of Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 29, 2024	HB 1406: Absentee voting; revise various provisions of Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 8, 2024	HB 922: Election commissioner; revise office to be nonpartisan Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 4, 2024	HB 871: Balance billing; exclude practice of dentistry from prohibition on 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	Yea	Yea	Nay (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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2024	SB 2500: Homeless encampments; prohibit on public property and define as public nuisance on private property 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
March 6, 2024	SB 2756: State and School Employees' Health Insurance Board; require board to determine applicable insurance benefits and exclusions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How John Polk voted on each of the 1,689 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: John Polk
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.

Source: the Mississippi Legislature's roll-call records, Jan. 2, 2024 to July 16, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections