# Lance Varner

Lance Varner is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 62.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 62
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f9eedb57-45af-4743-b869-ece1ccb643e2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9eedb57-45af-4743-b869-ece1ccb643e2 (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

Varner reported $2,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.04), from 7 donors and 375 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 94.8% (90.1%). 25 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 yea · 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 34. 21.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 48 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4145: City of Richland; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4145/
- HB 4146: City of Richland; extend repealer on bar and restaurant tourism tax. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4146/
- HR 114: Coach Bill Hood; commend Florence High School Girls Soccer coach on outstanding coaching career. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR114/
- HR 89: Florence High School Girls Soccer Team; commend upon winning the MHSAA Class 5A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR89/
- HB 1634: SNAP benefits; require certain recipients of to participate in an employment and training program. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1634/
- HB 1685: Book fairs; require school districts to adopt policy regulating content of books for sale. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1685/
- HB 1376: Sheriffs and chief deputies; authorize use of radar speed detection equipment under certain conditions. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1376/
- HB 1686: Sexually oriented performances; prohibit in front of minors. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1686/
- HB 1377: Cleary Water, Sewer and Fire District; increase compensation for commissioners of. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1377/
- HB 1371: The Domestic Violence Transparency Act; to require certain persons convicted of domestic violence to be placed on a public registry. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1371/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/varner.xml
- X: https://x.com/lance2911
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lance.varner.10

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9eedb57-45af-4743-b869-ece1ccb643e2