# Chuck Blackwell

Chuck Blackwell is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 88
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a046f0b-1286-4bb3-aea0-7284adab76fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a046f0b-1286-4bb3-aea0-7284adab76fd (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

Blackwell reported $1,000 in the 2024 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 31. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 72 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 56: South Jones High School Band; commend for winning the 2025 Bands of America Grand National Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR56/
- HB 1310: "Mississippi Open to Religion Act"; establish. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1310/
- HB 1312: Purple Angels Law; create to require registry of persistent domestic violence offenders. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1312/
- HB 1309: Gender dysmorphia; require school personnel to notify parents of students who request to be referred to as different gender. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1309/
- HB 1629: Exotic animals; enhance penalties for killing or capturing after unlawful entry into a commercial wildlife enclosure. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1629/
- HB 1311: Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue and Excellence (T.H.R.I.V.E.) Act; establish. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1311/
- HB 1104: Counties and Municipalities; clarify use of manually operated automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1104/
- HB 832: Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in elective office in same manner as for elected county or municipal offices. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB832/
- HB 707: Radar; authorize use by law enforcement officers in certain municipalities. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB707/
- HB 551: Central bank digital currency; prohibit governmental entities from using. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB551/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,000 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/blackwell.xml

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a046f0b-1286-4bb3-aea0-7284adab76fd