# Albert Butler

Albert Butler is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c012fed5-c753-4a01-9c3c-9924d178c24d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c012fed5-c753-4a01-9c3c-9924d178c24d (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

Butler missed 10% of 2,118 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Mississippi Senate (average 97.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 6 donors and 409 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,118 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.8% (88%). 47 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 not voting · 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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 114. 19.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 36 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2262: Town of Meadville; authorize tax on hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts for tourism and parks and recreation. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2262/
- SB 2931: City of Natchez and Adams County; extend repealer on, and revise amounts of, authority to contribute annually to Natchez, Inc. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2931/
- SC 528: Honor the Mississippi members of the Seattle Seahawks NFL Super Bowl LX Champions. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC528/
- SR 48: Commemorate 155th Anniversary of Alcorn State University. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR48/
- SB 2610: Alcorn State University biotechnology building; rename the "Willie L. Simmons Biotechnology Building." (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2610/
- SB 3036: Bonds; authorize issuance for accessibility improvements at Alcorn State University. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3036/
- SB 3039: Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to certain buildings at Alcorn State University. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3039/
- SB 2977: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Claiborne County for radiological emergency preparedness. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2977/
- SB 3041: Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3041/
- SB 3038: Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3038/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,000 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/butler.xml
- Campaign site: https://senatoralbertbutler.com/
- X: https://x.com/albertbutlerms
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/butleralbert
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-butler-06b5402b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c012fed5-c753-4a01-9c3c-9924d178c24d