# Dennis DeBar

Dennis DeBar is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2016-01-05
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8c139a04-43ed-48c5-98cc-e2d308efa65b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c139a04-43ed-48c5-98cc-e2d308efa65b (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

DeBar sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,090 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,122 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.0% (88%). 23 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 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 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 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 124. 41.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 15 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 100: Support devolution of power of U.S. Department of Education to the states. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR100/
- SR 60: Commending 25 Mississippi coaches chosen for the 2025-2026 "Tomorrow's 25 Coaching Fellowship" Class. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR60/
- SB 2487: Literacy in Grades 4 through 8; develop intervention strategies to support the promotion of. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2487/
- SB 2286: Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise provisions concerning. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2286/
- SB 2023: County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2023/
- SB 2288: Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act; expand CTE incentive grant purposes, and extend repealer. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2288/
- SB 2031: Age of majority; revise. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2031/
- SB 2072: Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance and distribution of procurement cards or digital solutions for classroom supplies. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2072/
- SB 2266: Memorial highways; designate a segment of U.S. Hwy 98 in Greene County as the "Michael Robbins Memorial Highway." (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2266/
- SB 2071: School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2071/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,000 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/debar.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dennis.debarjr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debardennis/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/404/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c139a04-43ed-48c5-98cc-e2d308efa65b