# Sollie Norwood

Sollie Norwood is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2013-03-04
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b5fb3d4-b284-4886-bb0b-4c00febb1724

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b5fb3d4-b284-4886-bb0b-4c00febb1724 (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

Norwood sits at −0.33 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 90% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.33 (standard error 0.01), from 6 donors and 1,074 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 85% (88%). 51 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 nay · 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 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 nay · 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 61 bills: 61 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 120. 22.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 31 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 536: Commend Crime Victims Survivors Program and recognize "Crime Survivors Speak Mississippi Day." (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC536/
- SR 71: Paying tribute to the memory of pioneering Journalist and JSU Professor Dr. Elayne Hayes-Anthony of Jackson, Mississippi. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR71/
- SR 68: Commend dedicated service of Colonel Charles Haynes with Mississippi Highway Patrol and new appointment with Mississippi College. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR68/
- SR 66: Recognize JSU basketball standout Daeshun Ruffin as 2025-2026 SWAC Player of the Year. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR66/
- SB 3360: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Jackson for infrastructure repairs and street lights within Ward 5. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3360/
- SB 3357: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to JSU for infrastructure within the CCID. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3357/
- SB 3359: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for the acquisition, demolition and/or removal of blighted properties. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3359/
- SB 3358: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Jackson for certain projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3358/
- SC 521: Extend congratulations of Legislature to Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr., President Emeritus of JSU and oldest living HBCU President. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC521/
- SC 509: Extend sympathy on passing of Rod Paige. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC509/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,700 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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/norwood.xml
- X: https://x.com/NorwoodSollie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorNorwood28
- TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/sollienorwood/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sollie-norwood-b6723976/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b5fb3d4-b284-4886-bb0b-4c00febb1724