Mississippi Senate · District 14

Lydia Chassaniol

Republican

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Chassaniol
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Lydia Chassaniol'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 Senate36thpercentile
More liberal than 64% of the Mississippi Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
19th most liberal of 51
Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore
93%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lydia Chassaniol.

On 298 contested votes where both voted99% on all 2,469 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
92%
Democrats Republicans 35%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lydia Chassaniol.

On 168 party-line votesPartisan rank: 29 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 5 others)28 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Lydia Chassaniol
StatewideLocal and private
Sponsored337
Passed both chambers25
Became law25
Vetoed by the Governor00

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 29 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 6 others) · 26 of 34 Republicans (tied with 4 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: Lydia Chassaniol
BillTypeResultFinal action
SB 3392 (2026 Regular Session)
Town of Vaiden; authorize tax on restaurants for tourism and parks and recreation
Local and private Became law April 8, 2026
SB 3230 (2026 Regular Session)
Greenwood Leflore Hospital; authorize to petition for debt relief under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code
Local and private Became law March 16, 2026
SB 3060 (2025 Regular Session)
City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the tourism tax and the Greenwood Tourism Commission
Local and private Became law April 10, 2025
SB 2357 (2025 Regular Session)
Delta Correctional Facility; authorize work release program for eligible inmates at
Statewide Became law April 10, 2025
SB 3267 (2025 Regular Session)
Greenwood Utilities Commission; authorize to bottle and sell its water directly to consumers
Local and private Became law April 2, 2025
SB 3158 (2024 Regular Session)
City of Winona; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on restaurants
Local and private Became law April 25, 2024
SB 2643 (2024 Regular Session)
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 8 to William Forrest Winter
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

22 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 23 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Lydia Chassaniol
DateBill and motion Their voteSenate President Pro TemporeMost of their party
March 27, 2026 HB 4135: City of Waynesboro; authorize assessments on convictions obtained in municipal court for maintenance of city building infrastructure
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 25, 2026 SB 3404: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Pamela Null
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
March 11, 2026 HB 1637: Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create under State Department of Health
Amendment
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 10, 2026 HB 895: Medical cannabis; eliminate mandatory follow-up visit and extend validity periods of certification and ID cards to 24 months
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
Feb. 12, 2026 SB 2118: Jail docket; require sheriff to include certain information about incarcerated persons awaiting trial in
Passage
Yea Nay (split) Nay (split)
Feb. 11, 2026 SB 2589: Campaign finance; modify the reporting process and make reports accessible to the public via a website run by the SOS
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026 SB 2679: Mississippi Land Bank Act; local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 2232: Vehicle safety equipment; increase sanctions for failure to use and divert funds to driver safety programs
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
Feb. 5, 2026 SB 2202: Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions
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
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 11, 2025 HB 924: Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 6, 2025 HB 924: Creating Logic for Efficiency and Accountability (CLEAR) Act; create
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2025 SB 2499: Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 14, 2025 SB 2449: ORP; revise for existing participants, and terminate for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026
Passage
Nay Yea (split) 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 2798: County boards of supervisors; require to regulate county and municipal cemeteries
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
May 1, 2024 SB 2405: Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits under certain conditions
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 HCR 64: Legislature; extend 2024 Regular Session, suspend deadline for certain bills, and set date of sine die adjournment
Adoption
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 29, 2024 SB 2144: Runoff elections; amend to lengthen the timing requirement
Conference Committee Report
Yea Nay (split) Nay (split)
April 24, 2024 SB 2015: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (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
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (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 2567: On-premises tobacco permit; authorize Department of Revenue to issue
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 2567: On-premises tobacco permit; authorize Department of Revenue to issue
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Lydia Chassaniol voted on each of the 2,512 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Lydia Chassaniol
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate President Pro TemporeYeas–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
lchassaniol@senate.ms.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol Room 215, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-2395
District office
P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215

Committees

  • Tourism Chair
  • Corrections Vice chair
  • Agriculture
  • Constitution
  • Economic and Workforce Development
  • Elections
  • Energy
  • Ethics
  • Finance
  • Gaming
  • Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review

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