Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session
HB 2: "Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act of 2026"; establish to provide greater flexibility and opportunity for school choice
Amendment (roll call 7) · Jan. 15, 2026 · Yeas 40, nays 66 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Jason White voted nay.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 2
- Motion
- Amendment
- Date
- Jan. 15, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 40, nays 66; 16 didn't vote yes or no (1 voted present)
- Result
- Failed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the roll call (PDF) ↗
The bill's history on the Legislature's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (40)
- Jeramey Anderson D-110
- Otis Anthony D-31
- Willie Bailey D-49
- Earle Banks D-67
- Chris Bell D-65
- Lawrence Blackmon D-57
- Bo Brown D-70
- Cedric Burnett D-9
- Grace Butler-Washington D-69
- Bryant Clark D-47
- Justin Crosby D-22
- Ronnie Crudup D-71
- Oscar Denton D-55
- Gregory Elliott D-82
- Bob Evans D-91
- John Faulkner D-5
- Stephanie Foster D-63
- Justis Gibbs D-72
- Karl Gibbs D-36
- Jeffery Harness D-85
- John Hines D-50
- Greg Holloway D-76
- Kenji Holloway D-27
- Jeffrey Hulum D-119
- Keith Jackson D-45
- Hester Jackson-McCray D-40
- Timaka James-Jones D-51
- Robert Johnson D-94
- Kabir Karriem D-41
- Carl Mickens D-42
- Daryl Porter D-98
- Tracey Rosebud D-30
- Robert Sanders D-29
- Noah Sanford R-90
- Omeria Scott D-80
- Zakiya Summers D-68
- Cheikh Taylor D-38
- Rickey Thompson D-16
- Percy Watson D-103
- Otha Williams D-26
Nay (66)
- Shane Aguirre R-17
- Brent Anderson R-122
- Tracy Arnold R-3
- Perry Bailey R-23
- Shane Barnett R-86
- Manly Barton R-109
- Donnie Bell R-21
- Richard Bennett R-120
- Chuck Blackwell R-88
- Scott Bounds R-44
- Randy Boyd R-19
- Elliot Burch R-105
- Larry Byrd R-104
- Billy Adam Calvert R-83
- Bubba Carpenter R-1
- Carolyn Crawford R-121
- Sam Creekmore R-14
- Jim Estrada R-33
- Casey Eure R-116
- Kevin Felsher R-117
- Jimmy Fondren R-111
- Kevin Ford R-54
- Zack Grady R-115
- Jeff Guice R-114
- Jeff Hale R-24
- Rodney Hall R-20
- Doc Harris R-28
- Josh Hawkins R-10
- Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes R-108
- Joey Hood R-35
- Kevin Horan R-34
- Steve Horne R-81
- Celeste Hurst R-75
- Justin Keen R-6
- Bill Kinkade R-52
- Timmy Ladner R-93
- Trey Lamar R-8
- Steve Lott R-107
- Vince Mangold R-53
- Steve Massengill R-13
- Brad Mattox R-2
- Missy McGee R-102
- Jay McKnight R-95
- Jonathan McMillan R-58
- Sam Mims R-97
- Ken Morgan R-100
- Gene Newman R-61
- Karl Oliver R-46
- Jansen Owen R-106
- Bill Pigott R-99
- Brent Powell R-59
- John Read R-112
- Kimberly Remak R-7
- Rob Roberson R-43
- Randy Rushing R-78
- Donnie Scoggin R-89
- Fred Shanks R-60
- Troy Smith R-84
- Jody Steverson R-4
- Bubba Tubb R-87
- Mark Tullos R-79
- Jerry Turner R-18
- Beth Waldo R-15
- Jason White R-48
- Lee Yancey R-74
- Hank Zuber R-113
Abstained (1)
- Andy Boyd R-37
Not voting (15)
- Angela Cockerham I-96
- Becky Currie R-92
- Clay Deweese R-12
- Dan Eubanks R-25
- Jill Ford R-73
- Greg Haney R-118
- Lataisha Jackson D-11
- Clay Mansell R-56
- Kent McCarty R-101
- Dana McLean R-39
- Fabian Nelson D-66
- Solomon Osborne D-32
- Lance Varner R-62
- Price Wallace R-77
- Shanda Yates I-64