# Neil Whaley

Neil Whaley is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2017-12-11
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/60cdec6e-abad-4d5c-97ca-83da67ed7a67

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/60cdec6e-abad-4d5c-97ca-83da67ed7a67 (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

70% of the 47 bills Whaley sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Mississippi Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 14 donors and 1,095 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 94.4% (88%). 38 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · Passage · HB 2 Appropriation; Department of Human Services of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB2/
- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · 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 yea · Passage as Amended · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-02 · 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/
- 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 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/
- 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 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 55. 70.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 3 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 120: Commend Magnolia Heights School Chiefs Baseball Team for seven consecutive MAIS 5A State Championships and No. 1 Ranking. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR120/
- SR 121: Commend Ingomar Lady Falcons Basketball Team for fourth consecutive Class 1A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR121/
- SB 3400: Suffrage; restore to Dennis Hopkins. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3400/
- SR 110: Commend 2025 West Union Eagles Baseball Team for first-ever Class 1A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR110/
- SR 109: Commend Northwest Mississippi Community College Women's Soccer Team on winning back-to-back national championships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR109/
- SR 111: Commend Ingomar Attendance Center Lady Falcons Girls Volleyball Team for 2025 Championship season. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR111/
- SR 104: Commend Northwest Mississippi Community College Cheer Team for achievements at the 2026 UCA and UDA College National Championships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR104/
- SR 102: Commend Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers Football Team for winning the 2025 MACCC Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR102/
- SR 101: Commend Northwest Mississippi College Women's Basketball Team on winning the NJCAA Region 23 Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR101/
- SR 103: Commend Northwest Mississippi Community College Dance Team upon winning a national dance championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR103/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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/whaley.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neil.whaley.7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/60cdec6e-abad-4d5c-97ca-83da67ed7a67