# Bart Williams

Bart Williams is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2020-10-28
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5f65f3a3-db2a-4573-a5c8-59b6cc0dbf40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f65f3a3-db2a-4573-a5c8-59b6cc0dbf40 (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

Williams sits at +0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 96 donors and 1,021 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,899 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 77% (88%). 67 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/
- 2026-07-16 · voted nay · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-07-15 · voted yea · Passage as Amended · 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 · 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 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/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 51 bills: 51 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 110. 49.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 11 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3401: Town of Ackerman; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3401/
- SR 96: Commend Eupora High School Eagles Cheerleaders on winning 2025 MHSAA 2A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR96/
- SB 2925: City of Starkville; extend repeal date on economic development, tourism/convention tax. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2925/
- SR 64: Commend Starkville High School Girls Basketball Team for winning 2026 MHSAA Class 7A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR64/
- SR 65: Commend Starkville High School Boys Basketball Team for 2026 Boys Class 7A Basketball Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR65/
- SB 2526: Rural Water Oversight Committee; create and prescribe duties of. (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2526/
- SB 2594: Mississippi Antiquities Law; amend to provide certain exemptions for universities and colleges. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2594/
- SB 2310: Inadequacy of water service; authorizing the PSC to cancel a municipality's certificate upon findings of. (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2310/
- SB 2096: MDITS and SOS; require to establish minimum cybersecurity standards for SEMS. (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2096/
- SB 2654: State Security Operations Center; create within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services. (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2654/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/williams.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.votebartwilliams.com/
- X: https://x.com/BartWilliams50
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteBartWilliams/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliams4057/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-williams-17740a69

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f65f3a3-db2a-4573-a5c8-59b6cc0dbf40