# Cheikh Taylor

Cheikh Taylor is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 38
- Serving since: 2017-12-11
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/74ef0a3e-35c9-4729-b6fd-2c07c165864d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74ef0a3e-35c9-4729-b6fd-2c07c165864d (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

Taylor sits at −0.09 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 1,135 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,420 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 95.8% (90.1%). 59 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-15 · voted nay · 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/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2294 Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2294/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 31. 32.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 35 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 112: Winston Academy Patriots Football Team; commend on winning the 2025 MAIS Class 2A Division II State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR112/
- SB 3390: City of Philadelphia; authorize a contribution to Philadelphia Transit. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3390/
- HB 4118: Suffrage; restore to Mary Wayne Prater of Oktibbeha County. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4118/
- HB 4141: Suffrage; restore to Peter Fulton of Oktibbeha County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4141/
- HR 81: JoHelen "Joey" Walker; commend on being first female and African-American elected Oktibbeha County Tax Assessor/Collector. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR81/
- SB 3110: Tax credits; authorize for contributions by certain taxpayers to certain hospitals. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3110/
- SB 3190: Sales tax; exempt retail sales of firearm safes. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3190/
- SB 2678: Duration of weekly unemployment benefits; prescribe method of determining. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2678/
- HB 1885: Appropriation; Youth Court Support Fund for funding staff and equipment for youth courts. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1885/
- SB 2571: Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act; enact. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2571/

## Campaign money (2020 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (State House Democrats median $776). 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/taylor.xml

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74ef0a3e-35c9-4729-b6fd-2c07c165864d