# Donnie Scoggin

Donnie Scoggin is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 89.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 89
- Serving since: 2016-12-09
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2118023c-ed1d-455f-b3a6-faeefd0e87b5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2118023c-ed1d-455f-b3a6-faeefd0e87b5 (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

Scoggin reported $6,950 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.03), from 3 donors and 1,195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 94.8% (90.1%). 28 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 36. 29.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 37 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4120: Suffrage; restore to Charles Kenneth Landrum of Jones County. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4120/
- HB 17: MS Childcare Teachers Shortage Task Force; create. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB17/
- HB 1855: City of Laurel; extend repeal date on hotel and motel tax. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1855/
- HB 1866: Appropriation; DFA for Knox Academy for costs of expanding its facilities. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1866/
- HB 223: Memorial highways; designate a segment of MS Highway 537 in Jones County as the "Sgt. John Howard Tanner Memorial Highway." (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB223/
- HB 1819: Appropriation; City of Laurel for costs of certain projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1819/
- HB 1809: Appropriation; IHL for behavioral threat assessment and violence-prevention pilot program. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1809/
- HB 1812: Appropriation; Community College Board for behavioral threat assessment and violence-prevention pilot program. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1812/
- HB 1792: Income tax; authorize credit for certain employers loaning employees to serve as instructors at community colleges. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1792/
- HB 1706: 18th Circuit Court District; increase ADA's and investigators. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1706/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,950 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/scoggin.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.donniescoggin.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Donnie-Scoggin-100014567295324/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2118023c-ed1d-455f-b3a6-faeefd0e87b5