Rita Parks

MS Senate District 4

Republican Mississippi since Jan 3, 2012

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 36 Education 21 Healthcare 9 Agriculture 8 Economy & Taxes 4 Transportation & Infrastructure 4 Banking & Finance 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Elections & Voting 2 Environment & Energy 2 Housing 2 Labor & Employment 2 Veterans Affairs 2 Defense & Military 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Other 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
MS Senate District 4 current Mississippi	Republican	Jan 3, 2012	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (1,070 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 1505 — Construction manager at risk law; revise provisions related to selection of contractors and vendors for IHL.	Yea	Mar 11, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1063 — MS State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; create.	Nay	Mar 11, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 856 — Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to.	Yea	Mar 11, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1230 — MBI and local law enforcement; require certain notification upon the escape of inmate or detainee.	Yea	Mar 11, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1194 — Water authority; authorize conversion of for-profit entity formed solely to comply with federal or state order to.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2290 — One Door Policy; create study committee to evaluate reauthorization of WIOA policy.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2899 — Court reporters; increase authorized salary for.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2526 — Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1341 — MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incentives.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1630 — "Mississippi Student Funding Formula"; revise to clarify certain provisions related to.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1402 — Vital records; fees for certain may be used by Board of Health for public health programs.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2469 — Tax sales; create study committee to study solutions related to unmerchantable and uninsurable titles.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 970 — Sales tax; extend repealer on exemption of certain sales to Toughest Kids Foundation for Camp Kamassa in Copiah County.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1193 — Public K-12 and Postsecondary schools; prohibit DEI statements and practices.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1451 — Clerks in youth court; remove prohibition against receiving compensation for attending youth court.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1459 — CCID; authorize Supreme Court Justice to appoint full-time and part-time judges.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1567 — Fire trucks and fire funds; bring forward code sections related to.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 972 — Income tax; extend repealer on jobs tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 961 — Income tax; codify and extend repealers on tax credits for certain charges for using certain port and airport facilities.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1509 — District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2280 — Mississippi Wild Turkey Stamp; establish.	Yea	Mar 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 17 — Protecting Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs Act; create.	Not voting	Mar 7, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SN 64 — Dan Henry (Hank) Singley, Jr., DMD, Meridian, Mississippi, Veterans Home Purchase Board to represent the Third Congressional District as it…	Not voting	Mar 7, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 964 — MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance economic development projects.	Not voting	Mar 7, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1268 — MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members.	Not voting	Mar 7, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (1,070 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (26 as lead sponsor)