# Lydia Chassaniol

Lydia Chassaniol is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2008-01-08
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/094c0731-4932-4400-ad96-84c83ba1dd59

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/094c0731-4932-4400-ad96-84c83ba1dd59 (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

Chassaniol sits at +0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 19 donors and 1,079 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,122 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.5% (88%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · Passage · HB 2 Appropriation; Department of Human Services of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB2/
- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 43. 44.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 13 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3392: Town of Vaiden; authorize tax on restaurants for tourism and parks and recreation. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3392/
- SB 3230: Greenwood Leflore Hospital; authorize to petition for debt relief under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3230/
- SB 3208: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Ethel for infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3208/
- SB 3182: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Grenada County for road improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3182/
- SB 3157: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Carroll County Sheriff's Department for the purchase of patrol vehicles. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3157/
- SB 3151: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Winona for the rehabilitation of a water treatment plant. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3151/
- SB 3154: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Kosciusko for certain infrastructure projects and purchases. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3154/
- SB 3123: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Department of Education for wearable panic alert system at each school facility. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3123/
- SB 3153: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of North Carrollton for the construction and equipping of a multipurpose complex. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3153/
- SB 3152: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Winona for the city's water treatment plant rehabilitation. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3152/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,050 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/chassaniol.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lydia.chassaniol

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/094c0731-4932-4400-ad96-84c83ba1dd59