# Kevin Felsher

Kevin Felsher is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 117.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 117
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9967ba62-2eb6-452e-8445-d3422c62a813

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9967ba62-2eb6-452e-8445-d3422c62a813 (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

67% of the 36 bills Felsher sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Mississippi House.

## What Felsher says (MS 2025–26 session)

43 classified statements: 43 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Felsher | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 51.2% | 31.9% | 112 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 16.3% | 1.8% | 5 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 44.2% | 12.7% | 11 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 32% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 27% (State House Republicans 10%); Transportation and Public Works 14% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Commerce 9.1% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 46 donors and 1,032 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 95.9% (90.1%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · 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 not voting · 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/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 44. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 8 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HC 58: Ship Island Excursions; commend on 100th anniversary. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC58/
- HR 103: MS Gulf Coast Community College Men's Golf Team; commend for winning a second consecutive NJCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR103/
- HR 73: Matt McDonnell; comend upon retirement as Executive Director of the MS Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR73/
- HB 1529: Efficiency and Transparency; revise certain laws to increase through state government. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1529/
- HB 1035: MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1035/
- HB 1577: Child abuse; clarify willful false claims of. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1577/
- HB 1845: Tobacco tax; tax ENDS product and vapor products and use revenue for UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1845/
- HB 1034: Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act; create to allow terminally ill to use in hospitals. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1034/
- HB 856: Advanced, metastatic cancer; delete repealer on prohibition against health plans requiring step therapy before covering certain drugs to treat. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB856/
- HB 431: Dental hygienists; those employed by SDH or making educational demonstrations may practice under general supervision. (became law, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB431/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2113738953375486452
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2106753380064321913
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2101713692047859965
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2073378776906408300
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2054639012225393035
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2052888125362348504
- 2026-04-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2047858977086603421
- 2026-04-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2045150891792019522
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2032084082369175957
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/Repkwfelsher/status/2029965235717628178

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/felsher.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.kevinwfelsher.ms/
- X: https://x.com/Repkwfelsher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kwdistrict117/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-felsher-2a6041168/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9967ba62-2eb6-452e-8445-d3422c62a813