# Mike Seymour

Mike Seymour is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2016-01-05
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/70b45762-64ee-4a16-b15a-194e4e3c9bf6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70b45762-64ee-4a16-b15a-194e4e3c9bf6 (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

5.9% of the 34 bills Seymour sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Mississippi Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 4 donors and 1,062 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.0% (88%). 74 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 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 nay · 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 109. 5.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 43 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3113: Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to Beauvoir. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3113/
- SB 2422: Mississippi Adjutant General; authorize to convey real property to political subdivision for exclusive use of nonprofit entity. (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2422/
- SB 2944: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Harrison County for U.S.ighway 49 corridor improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2944/
- SB 2976: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Stone County for the purchase and installation of fire hydrants in certain communities. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2976/
- SB 2945: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Wiggins for sewer infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2945/
- SB 2646: Administrative rules; require agencies to send notice of proposed rule adoption to all members of the Legislature. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2646/
- SB 2382: Knives; prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts regarding and regulating. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2382/
- SB 2349: Voter fraud; increase penalties for. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2349/
- SB 2394: Cottage foods; further define and increase sellers allowed annual gross sales amount to $120,000.00. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2394/
- SB 2379: Youth records; authorize member of Legislature to inspect upon written release. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2379/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,250 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70b45762-64ee-4a16-b15a-194e4e3c9bf6