# Don Hartness

Don Hartness is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2026-01-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/035cf383-3d6b-401c-955e-2dcc3a95e4a5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/035cf383-3d6b-401c-955e-2dcc3a95e4a5 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of the 11 bills Hartness sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 47 in the Mississippi Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.81 (standard error 0.05), from 11 donors and 126 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,052 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.5% (88%). 73 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · HB 2 Appropriation; Department of Human Services of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB2/
- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · HB 1 Appropriation; Department of Human Services to establish and implement youth diversion program. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB1/
- 2026-07-15 · voted yea · Passage as Amended · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2474 Rare Disease Task Force; establish within the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2474/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1761 Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1761/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1772 Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1772/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2917 Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2917/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1330 Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area". · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1330/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1662 Joint custody matters; create rebuttable presumption in favor of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1662/
- 2026-04-01 · voted nay · Passage · HB 4120 Suffrage; restore to Charles Kenneth Landrum of Jones County. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4120/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 17. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 47 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3162: Homestead exemption; provide on full value of home for homeowners 65 & older, unremarried spouses, and military. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3162/
- SB 3148: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Pat Harrison Waterway District for infrastructure improvements at Big Creek Water Park. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3148/
- SB 3129: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Petal for wastewater infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3129/
- SB 3146: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Ellisville for infrastructure improvements to drainage structures. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3146/
- SB 3125: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Sandersville Volunteer Fire Department for renovation and expansion of its fire station. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3125/
- SB 3130: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Ellisville for wastewater infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3130/
- SB 3128: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department for the renovation and expansion of its fire station. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3128/
- SB 3147: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Sandersville for the purchase and installation of a new water well and controls. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3147/
- SC 530: Congress; urge to call convention to propose an amendment to U.S. Constitution to provide congressional term limits. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC530/
- SB 2593: Party primaries; close to only registered voters affiliated with a political party. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2593/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/035cf383-3d6b-401c-955e-2dcc3a95e4a5