# Grace Butler-Washington

Grace Butler-Washington is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 69.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 69
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c135a4b0-9620-4eef-b561-2b08beda7289

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c135a4b0-9620-4eef-b561-2b08beda7289 (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

0% of Butler-Washington’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Mississippi, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.10 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 317 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)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 91.7% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 91.7% (90.1%). 34 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

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

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 81. 18.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 55 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 86: Crime Survivors Speak Mississippi Day; designate March 11, 2026 as. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR86/
- HB 1843: Appropriation; City of Jackson for removing dilapidated houses and blighted properties. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1843/
- HB 1844: Appropriation; City of Jackson for improvements for Leavell Woods Park. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1844/
- HR 35: Dr. Charles F. McClelland; honor for outstanding leadership as Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR35/
- HB 1808: Sales tax; exempt retail sales of menstrual hygiene products. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1808/
- HB 1374: School resource officers; require school districts to employ for each school under its control. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1374/
- HB 1373: "Alyssa's Law Pilot Program"; enact to authorize implementation and installation of silent panic alarm systems in select public and charter schools. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1373/
- HB 1453: Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program; establish within Health Dept. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1453/
- HB 1001: Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after 30-day cut off but before election day. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1001/
- HB 1454: "The Buyers Accountability Program"; create to educate those convicted of procuring prostitution. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1454/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,500 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/butler-washington.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamara.g.butler
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tgbutler/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-g-butler-78b7621b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c135a4b0-9620-4eef-b561-2b08beda7289