Mississippi Senate · District 25

Walter Michel

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore 95% On 310 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 91% Partisan rank: 35 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 5 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.5% 12 of 2,512 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 22 79 sponsored · 22 became law · Rank 2 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Local and private bills passed 2 2 sponsored · 2 became law

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

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Walter Michel'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 liberal than 66% of the Mississippi Senate.

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18th most liberal of 51

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President Pro Tempore

95%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Walter Michel.

On 310 contested votes where both voted99% on all 2,492 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

91%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Walter Michel.

On 180 party-line votesPartisan rank: 35 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 5 others)34 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Walter Michel
	Statewide	Local and private
Sponsored	79	2
Passed both chambers	22	2
Became law	22	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 2 of 51 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 2 of 34 Republicans (tied with 1 other)

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: Walter Michel
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 2409 (2026 Regular Session) Mississippi Department of Insurance; establish comprehensive mitigation program for retrofitting insurable homes	Statewide	Became law	April 9, 2026
SB 2834 (2026 Regular Session) Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance for various purposes	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2026
SB 2596 (2026 Regular Session) MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2026
SB 2420 (2026 Regular Session) Open seasons; extend those ending on a Saturday until 30 minutes after sunset on the following Sunday	Statewide	Became law	March 19, 2026
SB 2369 (2026 Regular Session) Child support; withhold gaming winnings of persons who have outstanding child support arrearages	Statewide	Became law	March 19, 2026
SB 2704 (2026 Regular Session) Association Self-Funded Health Benefit Plan Act; enact	Statewide	Became law	March 16, 2026
SB 2699 (2026 Regular Session) State Health Plan; extend repealer on authority of board to collect premium payments from participants in	Statewide	Became law	March 13, 2026
SB 3275 (2025 Regular Session) Madison County; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued for the Madison County Economic Development Authority	Local and private	Became law	April 10, 2025
SB 2328 (2025 Regular Session) Real property; clarify eviction procedures, provide procedure for removal from RV parks	Statewide	Became law	April 10, 2025
SB 2143 (2025 Regular Session) Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area."	Statewide	Became law	April 10, 2025
SB 2894 (2025 Regular Session) Cybersecurity insurance; include in Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association statutes	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
SB 2415 (2025 Regular Session) Health insurance and employee benefit plans; extend repealer on mandated coverage for telemedicine services	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
SB 2276 (2025 Regular Session) Open seasons; extend those ending on a Friday until 30 minutes after sunset on the following Sunday	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
SB 2086 (2025 Regular Session) Real estate brokers; delete repealer on certain authorized fees	Statewide	Became law	March 12, 2025
SB 2412 (2025 Regular Session) Insurance Holding Company Act; include NAIC Group Capital Calculation test requirements	Statewide	Became law	March 6, 2025
SB 2401 (2025 Regular Session) Study Committee on the certification of Health Benefit Plans and Insurers; create	Statewide	Became law	March 6, 2025
SB 2145 (2025 Regular Session) Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of wine	Statewide	Became law	Feb. 26, 2025
SB 3221 (2024 Regular Session) City of Ridgeland; authorize to levy tax on restaurants, hotels, and motels to promote tourism, parks and recreation	Local and private	Became law	May 10, 2024
SB 2530 (2024 Regular Session) Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act; create	Statewide	Became law	April 22, 2024
SB 2470 (2024 Regular Session) Sales tax; move the back-to-school sales tax holiday to the second Friday in July	Statewide	Became law	April 22, 2024
SB 2776 (2024 Regular Session) Immediate possession; authorize for certain public agencies for roads & public utilities for an economic development project	Statewide	Became law	April 19, 2024
SB 2851 (2024 Regular Session) Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation	Statewide	Became law	April 17, 2024
SB 2740 (2024 Regular Session) Insurance; authorize counties, municipalities, school districts and other political subdivisions to pool risk	Statewide	Became law	April 15, 2024
SB 2140 (2024 Regular Session) Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact	Statewide	Became law	March 1, 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

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

Contested votes where they split: Walter Michel
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President Pro Tempore	Most of their party
March 25, 2026	SB 3404: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Pamela Null Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 17, 2026	HB 4033: Agricultural land; impose tax on sale of certain foreign owned Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 17, 2026	HB 1944: Taxation; revise credits authorized for contributions to certain eligible charitable organizations Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 10, 2026	HB 1665: Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act and State Health Insurance Plan; revise Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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. 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)
Jan. 7, 2026	SB 2002: Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	SB 2248: Fresh Start Act; revise Conference Committee Report	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	HB 1902: Taxation; revise various tax credits Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2025	HB 919: Sales tax; revise definition of "hotel" and "motel" for purposes of Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2025	HB 1502: MS Hemp Cultivation Act; revise provisions of and legalize manufacture and sale of hemp beverages Amendment	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	Yea	Yea	Nay (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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 24, 2024	SB 2015: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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 14, 2024	SB 2770: Ballot initiative process; revise statutory implementation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 13, 2024	SB 2575: Campaign finance; reform Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	SB 2652: Wild turkey stamps; require for wild turkey hunters 16 years of age or older Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2024	SB 2626: Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Walter Michel
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President Pro Tempore	Yeas–nays
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Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Email: wmichel@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

Committees

Insurance Chair
Rules Vice chair
Energy
Finance
Forestry
Housing
Interstate and Federal Cooperation
Universities and Colleges
Veterans and Military Affairs

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