# Rod Hickman

Rod Hickman is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 32.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2021-12-08
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eb5bde8b-1497-4a27-9806-128cf68cb00d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb5bde8b-1497-4a27-9806-128cf68cb00d (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

Hickman sits at −0.26 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 6 donors and 679 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,116 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 82% (88%). 28 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 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 78 bills: 78 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 96. 20.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 35 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3395: Suffrage; restore to Melvin Jackson of Monroe County. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3395/
- SB 3396: Suffrage; restore to Lawrence Daniels. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3396/
- SB 3405: Suffrage; restore to Ray Gillespie. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3405/
- SB 3398: Suffrage; restore to Joseph Jones. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3398/
- SB 3399: Suffrage; restore to Gerald Laird. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3399/
- SB 3397: Suffrage; restore to Frankie Ward, Jr. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3397/
- SB 3374: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Louisville for renovating and revitalizing the Strand Theater. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3374/
- SB 3368: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Marion for construction of a new city hall. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3368/
- SB 3372: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Noxubee County for Courthouse Renovations. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3372/
- SB 3369: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Noxubee County for District 4 building, purchasing and repairing the supervisor's workshop. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3369/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,000 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/hickman.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.rodhickman.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HickmanForDistrict32
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hickmanology/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-hickman-1aa665b0/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb5bde8b-1497-4a27-9806-128cf68cb00d