# Jason Barrett

Jason Barrett is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2020-10-28
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c664f98f-0d57-4d32-abf1-a95dcec7fa31

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c664f98f-0d57-4d32-abf1-a95dcec7fa31 (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

100% of Barrett’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 2 donors and 856 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,120 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 91.3% (88%). 39 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 nay · 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 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 32. 34.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 19 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 108: Commend Brookhaven Academy Lady Cougars MAIS 4A-D3 Fast-Pitch Softball State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR108/
- SR 55: Commend Loyd Star High School Girls and Boys Golf Teams for 2025 Class 2A State Golf Championships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR55/
- SB 3215: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lincoln County for certain infrastructure projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3215/
- SB 3220: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Amite County for infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3220/
- SB 3218: General fund; FY2027 appropriation to Brookhaven for a traffic signal at Biglane Drive and Highway 51. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3218/
- SB 3216: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Brookhaven for a public safety complex. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3216/
- SB 3221: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation for assistant district attorneys within the Sixth Circuit Court District. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3221/
- SB 3219: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lawrence County for the repair and renovation of the county courthouse. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3219/
- SB 3214: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Franklin County for infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3214/
- SB 3217: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Pike County for the US 51 Railroad Bridge Project. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3217/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,850 (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 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/barrett.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.barrettlawoffice.net/firm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.barrett.39
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-barrett-93284095/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c664f98f-0d57-4d32-abf1-a95dcec7fa31