# Shanda Yates

Shanda Yates is an independent member of the Mississippi House for district 64.

- Party: Independent
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 64
- Serving since: 2022-01-13
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de5a9a25-1b08-45ba-9aff-e635905498ba

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de5a9a25-1b08-45ba-9aff-e635905498ba (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

Yates voted against the majority of Mississippi House Democrats 68 times; party unity 4.6%, the lowest of 112 in the Mississippi House (average 90.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 131 donors and 1,023 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House independents score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,508 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 4.6% (90.1%). 68 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 13. 41.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 26 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1677: Metro Jackson Water Authority Act; create. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1677/
- HB 1404: Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted. (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1404/
- HB 1849: Ad valorem tax and sales tax; authorize certain exemptions. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1849/
- HB 1395: School districts; revise certain provisions regarding sale or lease of unused property. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1395/
- HB 1669: Youth court jurisdiction; exclude youth previously adjudicated delinquent for committing certain acts with firearm. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1669/
- HB 1273: Insurance; establish minimum requirements for certain large motor vehicles not subject to minimums under Motor Carrier Regulatory Law. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1273/
- HB 1272: Drag racing penalties; include forfeiture of vehicles used in the crime of. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1272/
- HB 1274: Insurance; prohibit cancellation of, nonrenewal of, or increase in rates for nonfault motor vehicle incident of the insured. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1274/
- HB 1682: Wholesalers; require certain written disclosures for when purchasing residential real estate for transfer to third party purchaser. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1682/
- HB 1670: Youth court; revise various provisions pertaining to. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1670/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,000 (State House independents median $23.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/yates.xml
- Campaign site: https://yatesforhouse64.com/
- X: https://x.com/repshandayates
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yatesforhouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yatesforhouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanda-yates-8a00a07/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de5a9a25-1b08-45ba-9aff-e635905498ba