# Joey Fillingane

Joey Fillingane is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 41.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 41
- Serving since: 2006-12-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bc0bd61c-da9a-40db-bf66-a0108b01275e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc0bd61c-da9a-40db-bf66-a0108b01275e (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

Fillingane sits at +0.07 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State Senate Republicans.

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

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

| Label | Fillingane | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 10 donors and 1,066 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,122 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.2% (88%). 18 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 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 84 bills: 84 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 49. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 21 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 74: Commend Mississippi Forestry Commission on its 100th Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR74/
- SR 69: Commend Columbia High School Wildcats Football Team on winning the 2025 MHSAA Class 4A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR69/
- SR 56: Commend Sumrall High School Boys Soccer Team for first-ever State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR56/
- SB 3156: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Walthall County for the construction of an additional courtroom. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3156/
- SB 3155: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Marion County for paving and street improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3155/
- SB 3127: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Columbia for the expansion of, renovation of, and improvement to its sports complex. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3127/
- SB 3121: Retailer Tax Fairness act; enact. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3121/
- SB 2314: Mississippi Driver's License Law; revise provisions of. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2314/
- SB 2801: Hand-held mobile telephones; increase civil penalties for texting while driving. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2801/
- SB 2710: Juvenile crime; revise provisions related to. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2710/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2025-03-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoeyFillingane/status/1901728756357648676

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/fillingane.xml
- X: https://x.com/JoeyFillingane
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeyforMS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joeyfillingane/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorFillingane

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc0bd61c-da9a-40db-bf66-a0108b01275e