Mississippi House · District 112
John Read
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
John Read'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 John Read.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Read.
Bills
The bills John Read sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local and private | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 37 | 2 |
| Passed both chambers | 27 | 1 |
| Became law | 24 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 3 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 4 of 120 in the House · 4 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 1648 (2026 Regular Session) Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Loan Program; establish |
Statewide | Vetoed | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1752 (2026 Regular Session) Judges' salaries; increase and delete provision setting at level recommended by State Personnel Board |
Statewide | Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 1653 (2026 Regular Session) Local Improvements Project Fund and IHL Capital Improvements Fund; revise certain projects funded with monies from |
Statewide | Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 1651 (2026 Regular Session) State agencies; allow to charge other agencies for short-term rental of event space |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 1911 (2026 Regular Session) Appropriation; Insurance, Department of |
Statewide | Became law | April 7, 2026 |
| HB 1939 (2026 Regular Session) Appropriations; additional appropriations for various state agencies |
Statewide | Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1649 (2026 Regular Session) Capital Expense Fund; make transfer from to Main Street Revitalization Grant Fund |
Statewide | Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1390 (2026 Regular Session) State agencies; revise certain provisions in FY26 appropriations to |
Statewide | Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1940 (2026 Regular Session) Appropriations; additional appropriations for FY26 & FY27 |
Statewide | Became law | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1571 (2026 Regular Session) ARPA programs and funds; direct transfer of certain available and unexpended funds on September 30, 2026 |
Statewide | Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 1655 (2026 Regular Session) State Aid Engineer; salary to be set by Governor, subject to rules of Personnel Board |
Statewide | Became law | March 17, 2026 |
| HB 1650 (2026 Regular Session) State Treasury; close those funds having no transactional activity other than interest from pooled investments |
Statewide | Became law | March 17, 2026 |
| HB 50 (2025 First Extraordinary Session) Special funds; transfer certain sum from Capital Expense Fund to the Human Trafficking Fund |
Statewide | Vetoed | June 17, 2025 |
| HB 48 (2025 First Extraordinary Session) Department of Education; amend FY25 appropriation to revise purpose for a certain sum |
Statewide | Became law | June 17, 2025 |
| HB 47 (2025 First Extraordinary Session) Surplus property; certain purchases of from Legislature are not violations of ethics laws |
Statewide | Became law | June 17, 2025 |
| HB 46 (2025 First Extraordinary Session) Appropriations; additional for various state agencies for FY25 and FY26 |
Statewide | Became law | June 17, 2025 |
| HB 1126 (2025 Regular Session) Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; provide for maximum match requirement for assistance provided to cities and counties from |
Statewide | Vetoed | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 1131 (2025 Regular Session) 2024 Local Improvements Project Fund; clarify and correct names and purposes of certain |
Statewide | Became law | April 23, 2025 |
| HB 1127 (2025 Regular Session) ARPA programs and funds; require agencies to make certain reports regarding |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2025 |
| HB 1129 (2025 Regular Session) Education Enhancement Fund; school district educational facilities loan repayments shall be made to DFA and deposited into |
Statewide | Became law | March 28, 2025 |
| HB 1830 (2024 Regular Session) Appropriation; additional appropriation FY24 |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2024 |
| HB 1707 (2024 Regular Session) 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund; clarify and correct names and purposes of certain projects funded from |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2024 |
| HB 1705 (2024 Regular Session) Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special funds in the treasury |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2024 |
| HB 1357 (2024 Regular Session) Department of Agriculture; revise authority to spend certain funds |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2024 |
| HB 4127 (2024 Regular Session) City of Gautier; authorize to contract with and make contributions to the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance |
Local and private | Became law | April 30, 2024 |
| HB 1704 (2024 Regular Session) Appropriations; revise certain FY 2024 appropriations and direct transfers |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2024 |
| HB 2 (2024 Second Extraordinary Session) Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects |
Statewide | Became law | Jan. 30, 2024 |
| HB 1 (2024 Second Extraordinary Session) Project Atlas Fund; create |
Statewide | Became law | Jan. 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
6 against the Speaker; 8 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How John Read 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
- jread@house.ms.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 201C, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-3340 - District office
- P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
Committees
- Appropriations A Chair
- Apportionment and Elections
- Appropriations B
- Appropriations C
- Appropriations D
- Appropriations E
- Public Health and Human Services
- Public Property
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