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R Mississippi Senate · District 37 · Former member

Sen. Melanie Sojourner

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Total votes
4,031
all sessions
Attendance
94%
238 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
93%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
4%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
117
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
4,031 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
3,527
voted in favor
Nay
272
voted against
Absent
238
missed votes
Total cast
4,031
across all sessions
Crossed party
258
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2879
Appropriations; additional appropriations for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL).
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2623
Motor vehicle insurance; extend repealer on Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 9, 2021
SN 21
Angela Sade Wheeler Bass, Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, State Board of Education, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2025, representing the First Supreme Court District, vice Johnny Franklin.
Yea
Passed
47–1
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2872
Alcoholic beverages; remove election requirement for designation of area in Rankin County as a qualified resort area.
Yea
Passed
45–1
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2602
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Yea
Passed
39–6
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2572
DUI law; revise fourth offense of and require all expunctions to be confidentially registered.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2829
Department of Revenue; allow to use tag revenue to cover tag program expenses.
Yea
Passed
48–0
Feb 9, 2021
SN 20
Glen Vernon East, Gulfport, Mississippi, State Board of Education as the School Administrator, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2023, vice Buddy Bailey.
Yea
Passed
47–1
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2621
Task Force; establish to study domestic law matters.
Yea
Passed
46–0
Feb 9, 2021
SB 2874
Residential and commercial contractors; require sales tax permit from Department of Revenue for pulling building permit. Against party
Nay
Passed
39–9
Feb 9, 2021
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