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
SB 2086 — Real estate brokers; delete repealer on certain authorized fees.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2515 — REFOCUS Act; enact.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2200 — Parker's Law; delete repealer on crime of fentanyl delivery resulting in death.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2235 — Probation and parole officers under MS Department of Corrections; transfer to MS Department of Public Safety.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2704 — Annual inspection of the infirmary at the State Penitentiary at Parchman; require State Department of Health to conduct.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2181 — Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2555 — Native wineries; authorize to make sales at one satellite location in same county.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2596 — Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2612 — Standard educator licenses; revise requirements for.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2899 — Court reporters; increase authorized salary for.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2894 — Cybersecurity insurance; include in Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association statutes.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2162 — Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2482 — Mississippi Electronic Court system; provide free access to public defenders and county prosecutors in certain matters.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2272 — Government Efficiency; create task force to provide recommendations on.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2314 — Uniform Controlled Substances Law; include certain hemp products on Schedule I.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2151 — Education; require public schools to adopt policies prohibiting or restricting cell phone possession or use by students in class.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2313 — Sexual offense; provide immunity for reporting.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2563 — Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; increase the limit of diversion to.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2843 — State Treasury Efficiency Act; enact.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2540 — Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealers on act and related tax incentives.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2257 — Harvest permits; delete repealer on provisions establishing maximum weight and approved routes of vehicles.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2543 — Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; amend provisions related to.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2657 — Election commissioners; allow discretionary election day pay raises for.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2616 — Education funding; update language, and include grades 7-8 in CTE multiplier for grades 9-12.	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2898 — Nonemergency transportation program; require PEER Committee to evaluate performance of two years after each new contract implementation.	Yea	Feb 5, 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)