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Dennis DeBar

MS Senate District 43

Republican Mississippi since Jan 5, 2016

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Issue areas

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Education 39 Government Operations & Budget 37 Healthcare 6 Agriculture 5 Economy & Taxes 5 Criminal Justice & Policing 4 Banking & Finance 2 Environment & Energy 2 Labor & Employment 2 Transportation & Infrastructure 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Defense & Military 1 Elections & Voting 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
MS Senate District 43 current Mississippi	Republican	Jan 5, 2016	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MS Senate District 43 Mississippi	Republican	Jan 3, 2012	Jan 5, 2016	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (1,070 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 21 — Appropriation; Fire Academy.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 39 — Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 37 — Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 19 — Appropriation; Health, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 38 — Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 43 — Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2042 — Appropriation; Audit, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 18 — Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 36 — Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 14 — Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 31 — Appropriation; Athletic Commission.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 24 — Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 45 — Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 3 — Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1 — Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 7 — Appropriation; Port Authority, State.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 40 — Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building - FY 2025.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 47 — Surplus property; certain purchases of from Legislature are not violations of ethics laws.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 42 — Appropriation; Education, Department of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 25 — Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 44 — Appropriation; Library Commission.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 41 — Appropriation; Arts Commission.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 23 — Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 28 — Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 30 — Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.	Yea	May 29, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (30 as lead sponsor)

SB 2181 MS · —
Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program.

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SR 106 MS · —
Commend Mississippi coaches selected for "Tomorrow's 25 Coaching Fellowship."

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SB 2177 MS · —
Vocational education; modify description of programs eligible for payments out of state appropriations.

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SB 2618 MS · —
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.

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SB 2606 MS · —
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide for DFA to receive payments on approved loans from.

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SB 2601 MS · —
Education Scholarship Account Program; make certain changes to.

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SB 2147 MS · —
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12.

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SB 2570 MS · —
Groceries; exempt from state sales tax, and authorize municipalities to levy sales tax at lower rate.

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SB 2176 MS · —
Interim superintendents; modify role when state of emergency is lifted.

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SB 2178 MS · —
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.

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