# Chuck Younger

Chuck Younger is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2014-11-26
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c22d208a-59c7-4e90-bbe0-37b953a00b41

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c22d208a-59c7-4e90-bbe0-37b953a00b41 (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

Younger sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 8 donors and 1,084 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,119 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.7% (88%). 14 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 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 64. 31.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 23 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 544: Commend Mrs. Nora Miller for distinguished leadership as President of MUW. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC544/
- SB 3409: Lowndes County; establish industrial zone emergency response district. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3409/
- SC 534: Urge Congress to authorize reliability report on Marine Highway 65. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC534/
- SR 73: Commend Columbus High School Falcons for winning 2026 Class 5A Boys Basketball State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR73/
- SB 3205: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lowndes County for moving Old Macon Road to make room for a new railroad spur at the port. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3205/
- SB 3312: Ad valorem tax assessment; revise provision concerning inflation factor for commercial and solar wind facilities. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3312/
- SB 3204: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport for land acquisition. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3204/
- SB 2269: MS Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling Act; extend repealer on law enforcement interaction plan submission to DPS. (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2269/
- SB 2019: Lottery; delete provision that ceases payment of Lottery Proceeds Fund monies into the State Highway Fund effective July 1, 2028. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2019/
- SB 2328: Outdoor balloon releases; ban apart from certain exceptions. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2328/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/younger.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youngerforstatesenate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c22d208a-59c7-4e90-bbe0-37b953a00b41