# Hob Bryan

Hob Bryan is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 1984-01-03
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/717de4df-c8b0-4387-a767-4d37b577f370

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/717de4df-c8b0-4387-a767-4d37b577f370 (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

Bryan voted against the majority of Mississippi Senate Democrats 117 times; party unity 36%, the lowest of 51 in the Mississippi Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 13 donors and 1,066 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,122 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 36% (88%). 117 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 24. 56.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 9 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2002: Youth Court; reenact and amend repeal dates related to. (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2002/
- SR 131: Declaring April 2, 2026, as "Drive to Arrive Day" in Mississippi to commit to distraction-free driving. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR131/
- SR 82: Recognize Mrs. Zell Long upon the occasion of her retirement as CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR82/
- SB 2441: Limited medical licenses; revise provisions regarding and create additional limited licenses. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2441/
- SB 2477: Rural Health Transformation Fund monies; require certain recipients of to be subject to competitive bidding process. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2477/
- SB 2474: Rare Disease Task Force; establish within the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2474/
- SB 2475: Department of Youth Services; bring forward code sections related to. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2475/
- SB 2478: Department of Mental Health and Community Mental Health Centers; bring forward various code sections related to. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2478/
- SB 2476: Mississippi Board of Pharmacy; authorize to establish an alternative-to-discipline program for certain impaired licensees. (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2476/
- SB 2440: Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; bring forward code sections related to. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2440/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/bryan.xml

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/717de4df-c8b0-4387-a767-4d37b577f370