Mississippi Senate · District 4
Rita Parks
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Rita Parks'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 senator, by party; the dot is Rita Parks.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Rita Parks.
Bills
The bills Rita Parks sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local and private | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 42 | 2 |
| Passed both chambers | 2 | 2 |
| Became law | 2 | 2 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
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
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2508 (2025 Regular Session) Mortgage brokers and lenders; authorize to perform organization activities at a remote location |
Statewide | Became law | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 2495 (2025 Regular Session) Mississippi Credit Availability Act; extend repealer, revise and create cap adjustment based on the CPI-U |
Statewide | Became law | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 3230 (2024 Regular Session) Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend authority to contribute to NE MS Comm. Servs |
Local and private | Became law | May 10, 2024 |
| SB 3216 (2024 Regular Session) Town of Walnut; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels, and motels and to issue bonds for parks and recreation |
Local and private | Became law | May 10, 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
35 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 31 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Rita Parks voted on each of the 2,512 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
- rparks@senate.ms.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 212-C, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
601-359-2886 - District office
- P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
- District office
- P.O. Box 303, Corinth, MS 38835
Committees
- Local and Private Chair
- Public Health and Welfare Vice chair
- Appropriations
- County Affairs
- Energy
- Highways and Transportation
- Investigate State Offices
- Judiciary, Division A
- Medicaid
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