# Bryant Clark

Bryant Clark is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 47
- Serving since: 2004-01-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d191683-0d9c-408f-812b-5d986a3030a6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d191683-0d9c-408f-812b-5d986a3030a6 (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

Clark missed 17% of 1,511 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Mississippi House (average 95.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,035 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 95.9% (90.1%). 58 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted nay · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted not voting · Passage · HC 65 Suspend deadlines for the further consideration of HB 938; extend repealers on several youth court statutes. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC65/
- 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 · Passage · SB 3410 City of Brandon and West Rankin Utility Authority; authorize to enter agreements w/data center for water & wastewater infrastructure. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3410/
- 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/
- 2026-04-02 · 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/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2409 Mississippi Department of Insurance; establish comprehensive mitigation program for retrofitting insurable homes. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2409/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2103 Education; provide pay increases, revise counseling ethical requirements, and reform school attendance law. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2103/
- 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/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 112 bills: 112 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 87. 1.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 92 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1504: Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1504/
- HB 1503: Department of Health; prohibit from requiring fluoridation in water systems. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1503/
- HB 1524: Mississippi Congressional Districts; reapportion. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1524/
- HB 240: Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB240/
- HB 268: Appropriation; Yazoo County for the Lake George Bridge Replacement Project. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB268/
- HB 5: CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB5/
- HB 7: Criminal investigators; add to the 22nd Circuit Court District. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB7/
- HB 277: Age of majority; revise. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB277/
- HB 264: Appropriation; Holmes County Heritage and Cultural Foundation for construction of Hazel Brannon Smith Memorial Park. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB264/
- HB 274: Budget of county sheriff, assessor and tax collector; remove certain obsolete reporting requirements concerning. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB274/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,500 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/clark.xml
- Campaign site: http://www.bryantwclark.com/
- X: https://x.com/bryantclark
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bryant.clark2
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryant-clark-1a5b50aa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d191683-0d9c-408f-812b-5d986a3030a6