# Briggs Hopson Briggs Hopson is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 23. - Party: Republican - Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2008-01-08 - Current term: MS 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/f275881b-1096-4a6a-a607-b417eae41f2e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f275881b-1096-4a6a-a607-b417eae41f2e (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 93% of the 192 bills Hopson sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 47 in the Mississippi Senate. ## What Hopson says (MS 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Hopson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,032 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.8% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MS 2025–26 session) 2,121 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 94.3% (88%). 13 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 192 bills: 192 reached committee, 178 passed one chamber, 167 passed both, 107 became law. Cosponsored 79. 92.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 1 of 47). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 2004: Department of Human Services; revise FY2027 appropriation to. (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2004/ - SB 2003: Youth court reform; FY2027 additional appropriation for. (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2003/ - SR 86: Commend Sam Hubbard on the occasion of his retirement as Deputy Commissioner of Department of Banking and Consumer Finance. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR86/ - SR 63: Commend Warren Central High School Viking Swim Teams for capturing 2025 Class II State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR63/ - SB 3104: Appropriation; additional appropriations for various state agencies for FY2026 and FY2027. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3104/ - SR 53: Recognize Katie Blount on the occasion of her retirement as Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR53/ - SB 3105: Appropriation; additional to certain state agencies and boards for FY2026 and FY2027. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3105/ - SB 3102: Appropriation; Tourism, Department of. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3102/ - SB 3053: Appropriation; IHL - General support. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3053/ - SB 3099: Appropriation; Treasurer's Office. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3099/ ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-04-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/briggs_hopson/status/1913942655689441580 - 2025-04-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/briggs_hopson/status/1913962695860105380 ## Links - Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/hopson.xml - X: https://x.com/briggs_hopson - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briggs.hopson.7 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f275881b-1096-4a6a-a607-b417eae41f2e