Rita Parks

MS Senate District 4

Republican Mississippi since Jan 3, 2012

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Issue areas

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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
SB 2861 — Mississippi Work and Save Program; create.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2495 — Mississippi Credit Availability Act; extend repealer, revise and create cap adjustment based on the CPI-U.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2418 — Home inspectors; allow to inspect new residential construction up to 14 days prior to close of sale.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2247 — 16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2659 — Qualification deadlines; change for special and school board elections.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2143 — Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area."	Nay	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2839 — Workers' Compensation Commission; revise provision related to.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2358 — Parole eligibility date; nonviolent inmate may be released in discretion of State Parole Board.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2359 — Parole; revise technical violation.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2574 — Public works contracts; increase the threshold for performance and payment bonds.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2766 — Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2202 — Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2178 — School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2591 — Bid procurement requirement; allow public schools purchasing technology for distribution to be exempt from.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2803 — ATVs & UTVs; require titling, and exempt from ad valorem tax when held by retailers on consignment or floor plan basis.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2197 — Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2271 — Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission; move to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2830 — Public bid requirements for local governing authorities and state agencies; increase minimum expenditure amounts.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2239 — Authorization for incarceration of state offenders in county or regional correctional facilities; add Forrest and Wayne Counties.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2582 — Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee; establish.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2597 — Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2851 — Alcoholic beverages; allow persons to bring onto premises with on-premise retailer's permits in certain qualified resorts.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2260 — Blue Envelope Program; establish to enhance effective communication between law enforcement and drivers with autism.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2010 — U.S. Route 84; require appropriate signage in Lincoln County to indicate the location of the Berean Children's Home.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2515 — REFOCUS Act; enact.	Nay	Feb 6, 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)