# Larry Byrd

Larry Byrd is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 104.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 104
- Serving since: 2008-01-08
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/57419404-003c-4a1d-93c0-dce987b11c00

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57419404-003c-4a1d-93c0-dce987b11c00 (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

100% of Byrd’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 3 donors and 1,185 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 98.7% (90.1%). 22 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 23. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 74 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2000: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Petal with wastewater infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB2000/
- HB 4001: Appropriation; City of Petal for wastewater infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4001/
- HR 57: Republic of China (Taiwan); encourage further economic ties and friendship with State of Mississippi. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR57/
- HB 4002: Appropriation; Forrest County for making critical emergency-staging upgrades at The Center at Forrest County. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4002/
- HB 1946: Appropriation; Military Department for purchasing land adjacent to or near Camp Shelby. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1946/
- HB 1525: Counties; authorize to participate in a group purchasing program operated by the Mississippi Association of Supervisors. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1525/
- HB 1877: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Military Department with purchasing land adjacent to/near Camp Shelby. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1877/
- HB 1691: Housing of municipal prisoners in county jails; revise methods that counties and municipalities use to calculate costs for payments of. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1691/
- HB 1735: Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1735/
- HB 1526: Fire apparatus; prohibit mandatory retirement based solely on the equipment's age. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1526/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.2K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/byrd.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larry.byrd.3150

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57419404-003c-4a1d-93c0-dce987b11c00