Economic Freedom Scorecard

2017 ECONOMIC FREEDOM SCORECARD Dear Concerned Taxpayer, 2 AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY’S MISSION Americans for Prosperity has developed into the Americans for Prosperity – Mississippi exists to recruit, educate, and mobilize citizens in preeminent grassroots support of the policies and goals of a free society at the local, state, and federal level, policy organization in the helping every American live their dream. Over 21,000 citizens having taken action with the country, with nearly 3.2 Mississippi chapter of AFP to date in its fight for more freedom and more opportunity for all million activists nationwide Mississippians. engaging their Congressmen, legislators, and local elected officials in the fight to advance economic freedom. ABOUT AMERICANS FOR METHODOLOGY PROSPERITY’S ECONOMIC AFP Mississippi is celebrating its 2-year anniversary FREEDOM SCORECARD This year’s Economic Freedom Scorecard around the release of the 2017 Economic Freedom includes 36 un-weighted House votes and 26 Scorecard. Our staff has worked hard to identify AFP Mississippi’s Economic Freedom un-weighted Senate votes, including some and promote ideas that will improve the lives of Scorecard informs citizens about the procedural votes on significant pieces of Mississippians. We continue to shape debate. performance of their elected representatives legislation. It also includes one bonus vote and senators on important tax, spending, (discussed below). For each correct vote, AFP Mississippi’s grassroots army has made hundreds regulatory, and education legislation. legislators received 1 point. For every incorrect of thousands of live voter contacts on a host of vote, legislators received 0 points. For every important issues. We have offered concerned citizens Selected bills were scored consistent absent or abstaining vote, 0.5 points. Unless educational opportunities through training and multiple with the principles spelled out at AFP’s otherwise noted, the vote scored was the last policy events with top-notch speakers. MSGrowthProject.com. These principles substantive vote taken on the legislation in a include fairer taxes that allow taxpayers to respective chamber. In 2017, we launched our “Not 1 More Cent” campaign, keep more of what they earn; spending limited designed to hold taxes and spending in check. Over to core functions of government; fewer job Legislators were eligible for 1 bonus point 22,000 emails were sent to legislators and over half killing regulations; and more freedom and for opposition to SB 3033, a bond bill which a million Mississippi residents saw our ads. Our team innovation in education. contained a number of expenditures that was also instrumental in supporting positive regulatory are inconsistent with the principle of limiting reform that will put more Mississippians to work. We In compiling its 2017 Economic Freedom spending to the core functions of government. also worked to end wasteful spending programs like Scorecard, AFP Mississippi considered Representatives Bomgar, Criswell, Eubanks, “Handouts to Hollywood.” thousands of pieces of legislation. We ultimately Foster, Hale, Henley, Hopkins, Horne, Hughes scored 37 votes on bills in the Mississippi and Shirley received this bonus. No Mississippi The Economic Freedom Scorecard is yet another House of Representatives and 27 votes on Senators voted against this bond bill. layer in our effort to inform the public about the bills in the Mississippi Senate. Multiplied over inner-workings of their government and to hold their the 122 members of the Mississippi House and GRADING SCALE leaders accountable. 52 members of the Mississippi Senate, the Economic Freedom Scorecard includes close to A – 90%-100% “Champion of Freedom” We invite you to join us as we push big ideas for a 6,000 individual votes. B – 80-89% “Friend of Freedom” better Mississippi. C – 70-79% The end result is the most comprehensive, D – 60-69% Sincerely, objective look at where our leaders stand F – 59% or Below on advancing economic freedom of any scorecard in the state. This year’s Economic Freedom Scorecard also introduces a lifetime average component to inform citizens of their legislators’ larger body of work.

Simply put, their votes are their record. HOUSE 2017 SCORES 3

A’s Larry Byrd B (85%) B (88%) Tom Weathersby B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Lester "Bubba" Carpenter B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Jason White B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Score John Glen Corley B (83.5%) B (83.5%) Cory Wilson B (86.5%) A (90%) William Tracy Arnold A (90.5%) B (88.5%) Carolyn Crawford B (83.5%) B (87.25%) H.B. "Hank" Zuber, III B (85%) B (89.25%) Joel Bomgar A (103%) A (101.5%) Scott DeLano B (83.5%) B (87.25%) C’s Randy Boyd A (90.5%) B (88.5%) William Denny B (85%) B (84.5%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Chris Brown A (97.5%) A (94%) Casey Eure B (82%) B (86.5%) Score

Gary Chism A (92%) B (89.75%) Andy Gipson B (89%) B (87%) Donnie Bell C (76.5%) D (69%)

Dana Criswell A (99%) A (99.5%) Jeffrey C. Guice B (83.5%) B (87.25%) C. Scott Bounds C (72.5%) B (80.5%)

Beckie Currie A (93.5%) A (91%) Philip Gunn B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Charles Busby C (78%) C (77%)

Dan Eubanks A (100%) A (97.75%) Ashley Henley B (89%) A (91.25%) Angela Cockerham C (78%) C (75%)

Mark Formby A (94.5%) A (91.5%) Timmy Ladner B (85%) B (85.75%) Steve Horne C (72.5%) C (78%)

Robert Foster A (103%) A (100.5%) Trey Lamar, III B (81%) C (79.38%) Mac Huddleston C (75%) B (81.75%)

Jeff Hale A (94.5%) B (87.75%) Vince Mangold B (81%) B (83.75%) Steve Massengill C (71%) D (60%)

Joey Hood A (94.5%) A (92.25%) Roun S. McNeal B (82%) B (84.75%) Doug McLeod C (78%) C (77%)

Steve Hopkins A (103%) A (100.5%) Nolan Mettetal B (82%) B (85.25%) Randall H. Patterson C (78%) B (83.25%)

Chris Johnson A (94.5%) A (92.75%) Alex Monsour B (82%) B (86%) Bill Pigott C (78%) B (82.75%)

Bill Kinkade A (92%) A (91.5%) Ken Morgan B (81%) B (82.63%) Rob Roberson C (74%) C (75%)

Sam C. Mims, V A (90.5%) B (89.5%) Karl Oliver B (81%) B (83.75%) Margaret Ellis Rogers C (78%) C (76%)

John L. Moore A (92%) B (89.75%) Brent Powell B (86.5%) B (88.75%) William Shirley C (78%) C (78.75%) Patricia Willis A (92%) A (91%) John O. Read B (81%) B (86%) Jody Steverson C (78%) D (66%) B’s Ray Rogers B (83.5%) C (76.13%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Randy Rushing B (82%) B (84.75%) Score Shane Aguirre B (81%) C (73.5%) Donnie Scoggin B (89%) B (89%)

Mark Baker B (89%) A (91%) Jeff Smith B (83.5%) B (86%)

Shane Barnett B (82%) B (84.75%) Greg Snowden B (85%) B (87.5%)

Manly Barton B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Brad A. Touchstone B (86.5%) B (87.5%)

Jim Beckett B (81%) C (79%) Mark K. Tullos B (81%) B (81%)

Richard Bennett B (82%) B (86.5%) Jerry R. Turner B (82%) B (84.25%) HOUSE 2017 SCORES 4

D’s F’s Orlando W. Paden F (57%) F (47.75%) Willie J. Perkins, Sr. F (51.5%) F (44.25%) Lifetime Lifetime Name 2017 Score Name 2017 Score Score Score Omeria Scott F (50%) F (43.5%) Nick Bain D (60%) F (57.25%) Jeramey D. Anderson F (53%) F (45%) Preston E. Sullivan F (56%) F (47.75%)

Earle S. Banks D (60%) F (46.75%) Willie L. Bailey F (49%) F (44.25%) Kathy Sykes F (57%) F (49.5%) Kenneth Walker F (57%) F (49.5%) David Baria D (62.5%) F (49.75%) Sonya Williams-Barnes F (53%) F (46.25%) Adrienne Wooten F (57%) F (49.5%) Toby Barker D (62.5%) C (70%) Christopher M. Bell F (58.5%) F (48.5%)

Alyce Griffin Clarke D (64%) F (53%) Edward Blackmon F (57%) F (47%)

Deborah Butler Dixon D (69.5%) C (70.5%) Cedric Burnett F (58.5%) F (56.25%)

Jarvis Dortch D (60%) F (49.75%) Credell Calhoun F (51.5%) F (51%)

Michael T. Evans D (62.5%) F (51%) Bryant Clark F (58.5%) F (48.5%)

Karl Gibbs D (61.5%) F (52.75%) Oscar Denton F (56%) F (46.5%)

Greg Haney D (69.5%) D (61.75%) Tyrone Ellis F (57%) F (49.5%)

Kevin Horan D (66.5%) F (52.5%) Bob Evans F (53%) F (46.75%)

Jay Hughes D (62.5%) F (52.25%) John G. Faulkner F (54.5%) F (49.25%)

Latisha Jackson D (61.5%) F (51.25%) Debra Hendricks Gibbs F (54.5%) F (54.5%))

Carl L. Mickens D (68.5%) F (56.25%) John W. Hines F (54.5%) F (45.25%)

Tom Miles D (68.5%) F (59%) Steve Holland F (56%) F (48.25%)

Tommy Reynolds D (61.5%) F (55.25%) Gregory Holloway, Sr. F (58.5%) F (56.25%)

Noah Sanford D (69.5%) D (68.25%) Robert E. Huddleston F (54.5%) F (47%)

Gary Staples D (69.5%) C (71.75%) Abe Marshall Hudson F (56%) F (56%)

Rufus E. Straughter D (60%) F (51%) Robert L. Johnson, III F (53%) F (45.75%)

Sara Richardson Thomas D (64%) D (61.5%) Kabir Karriem F (51.5%) F (45.5%)

Percy W. Watson D (60%) F (45%) America "Chuck" Middleton F (53%) F (51.75%)

Charles Young, Jr. D (61.5%) F (57.25%) David W. Myers F (42%) F (39%) SENATE 2017 SCORES 5

A’s B’s D’s Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime Name 2017 Score Name 2017 Score Name 2017 Score Score Score Score Kevin Blackwell A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Nickey Browning B (81%) C (79%) Juan Barnett D (65.5%) C (73.75%)

Terry C. Burton A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Lydia Chassaniol B (88.5%) B (89.25%) David Blount D (65.5%) F (58.75%)

Chris Caughman A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Tommy A. Gollott B (87%) B (88.5%) Hob Bryan D (69.5%) D (64.5%)

Eugene S. "Buck" Clarke A (92.5%) A (91.25%) W. Briggs Hopson, III B (87%) B (84.5%) Deborah Dawkins D (65.5%) F (58.75%)

Dennis DeBar, Jr. A (92.5%) B (81%) Billy Hudson B (88.5%) B (86.5%) Bob Dearing D (69.5%) C (76.5%)

Sally Doty A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Gary Jackson B (81%) B (84%) John Horhn D (65.5%) F (57.25%)

Joey Fillingane A (90.5%) A (90.25%) Dean Kirby B (85%) B (84.75%) Robert Jackson D (63.5%) D (60.75%)

Josh Harkins A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Chris Massey B (88.5%) B (88%) Sampson Jackson, II D (69.5%) C (77%)

Angela Burks Hill A (90.5%) A (90.25%) Chris McDaniel B (88.5%) A (91.75%) Russell Jolly D (69.5%) D (64.5%)

J. Walter Michel A (92.5%) B (86%) Chad McMahan B (85%) B (82.5%) David Jordan D (67.5%) D (60.75%)

Philip Moran A (90.5%) B (86.25%) Dr. David L. Parker B (87%) B (89.75%) Bill Stone D (65.5%) F (58.75%) John Polk A (92.5%) A (92.5%) Rita Potts Parks B (85%) B (83.5%)

Sean Tindell A (92.5%) B (88.75%) Joseph "Mike" Seymour B (88.5%) B (84.25%) F’s Lifetime Michael Watson A (92.5%) A (92.5%) Gray Tollison B (88.5%) B (89.25%) Name 2017 Score Score Brice Wiggins A (92.5%) A (91.25%) Charles A. "Chuck" Younger B (85%) B (87.5%) Barbara Blackmon F (50%) F (45.75%) C’s Hillman Terome Frazier F (52%) F (45.25%) Sollie B. Norwood F (50%) F (44.25%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Score Derrick T. Simmons F (58%) F (51%) Jennifer Branning C (75%) B (80.5%) Angela Turner Ford F (58%) F (52.25%)

Videt Carmichael C (77%) C (79.5%) Tammy F. Witherspoon F (54%) F (51.5%)

Willie Simmons C (73.5%) C (72.25%)

J.P. Wilemon, Jr. C (77%) C (77%) HOUSE VOTES 6

Representative HB711 HB131 HB812 HB481 HB144 HB1116 HB572 HB938 HB1127 HB843 HB996 HB464 HB1106 HB1109 HB1330 SB2610 District HB1426 HB1090 HB1033 SB2275 HB1076 SB2384 SB2350 HB 1322 HB974 (Tab.) HB974 (Tab.) HB974 HB480 (Tab.) HB480 (Tab.) HB974 (Orig.) HB974 HB1425 (Tab.) HB1425 (Tab.) HB1425 (Conf.) HB480 (Orig.) HB1425 (Orig.) HB1046 (Conf.) HB1046 (Orig.)

Shane Aguirre 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jeramey D. Anderson 110 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 William Tracy Arnold 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Willie L. Bailey 49 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Nick Bain 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Mark Baker 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Earle S. Banks 67 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 David Baria 122 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ Toby Barker 102 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Sonya Williams-Barnes 119 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 Shane Barnett 86 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 Manly Barton 109 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jim Beckett 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Christopher M. Bell 65 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Donnie Bell 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 Richard Bennett 120 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Edward Blackmon 57 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Joel Bomgar 58 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C. Scott Bounds 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 Randy P. Boyd 19 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Chris Brown 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cedric Burnett 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Charles Busby 111 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ Larry Byrd 104 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Credell Calhoun 68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Lester "Bubba" Carpenter 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Gary A. Chism 37 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bryant W. Clark 47 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report HOUSE VOTES 7

Alyce Griffin Clarke 69 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Angela Cockerham 96 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 John Glen Corley 106 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Carolyn Crawford 121 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dana Criswell 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Becky Currie 92 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Scott DeLano 117 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 William C. Denny, Jr. 64 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Oscar Denton 55 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Deborah Butler Dixon 63 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jarvis Dortch 66 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Tyrone Ellis 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Dan Eubanks 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Casey Eure 116 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bob Evans 91 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Michael T. Evans 45 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 John G. Faulkner 5 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Mark Formby 108 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Robert Foster 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Debra Hendricks Gibbs 72 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Karl Gibbs 36 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1

Andy Gipson 77 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Jeffrey S. Guice 114 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Philip Gunn 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Jeff Hale 24 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Greg Haney 118 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

Ashley Henley 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report HOUSE VOTES 8

John W. Hines 50 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Steve Holland 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Gregory Holloway, Sr. 76 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Joey Hood 35 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Steve Hopkins 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Kevin Horan 34 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Steve Horne 81 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Mac Huddleston 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Robert E. Huddleston 30 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Abe Marshall Hudson 29 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Jay Hughes 12 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Latisha Jackson 11 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 Chris Johnson 87 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Robert L. Johnson, III 94 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 Kabir Karriem 41 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Bill Kinkade 52 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Timmy Ladner 93 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ Trey Lamar, III 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Vince Mangold 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Steve Massengill 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Doug McLeod 107 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 Roun S. McNeal 105 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 Nolan Mettetal 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Carl L. Mickens 42 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 America "Chuck" Middleton 85 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Tom Miles 75 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ Sam C. Mims, V 97 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Alex Monsour 54 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report HOUSE VOTES 9

John L. Moore 60 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ken Morgan 100 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 David W. Myers 98 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Karl Oliver 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ Orlando W. Paden 26 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Randall H. Patterson 115 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Willie J. Perkins, Sr. 32 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Bill Pigott 99 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Brent Powell 59 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 John O. Read 112 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tommy Reynolds 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Rob Roberson 43 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Margaret Ellis Rogers 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ray Rogers 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Randy Rushing 78 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 Noah L. Sanford 90 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ Donnie Scoggin 89 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Omeria Scott 80 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 William Shirley 84 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 Jeff Smith 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Greg Snowden 83 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Gary V. Staples 88 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Jody Steverson 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rufus E. Straughter 51 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Preston E. Sullivan 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Kathy Sykes 70 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Sara Richardson Thomas 31 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Brad A. Touchstone 101 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report HOUSE VOTES 10

Mark K. Tullos 79 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 Jerry R. Turner 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Kenneth Walker 27 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Percy W. Watson 103 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Tom Weathersby 62 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jason White 48 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Patricia H. Willis 95 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cory Wilson 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Adrienne Wooten 71 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Charles Young, Jr. 82 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 H.B. "Hank" Zuber, III 113 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Senator HB812 HB1116 HB572 HB938 SB2110 HB996 HB464 SB2275 HB1106 HB1109 HB1322 SB2610 District HB1426 SB2274 SB2249 HB1033 HB1330 SB2855 SB2384 SB2350 HB1090 SB2567 (Tab.) SB2567 HB1425 (Orig.) HB1425 (Conf.) HB1046 (Orig.) HB1046 (Conf.)

Juan Barnett 34 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Barbara Blackmon 21 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Kevin Blackwell 19 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 David Blount 29 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Jenifer Branning 18 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 Nickey Browning 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Hob Bryan 7 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Terry C. Burton 31 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Albert Butler 36 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Videt Carmichael 33 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Chris Caughman 35 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Lydia Chassaniol 14 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Eugene S. "Buck" Clarke 22 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Deborah Dawkins 48 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Bob Dearing 37 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Dennis DeBar, Jr. 43 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Sally Doty 39 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Joey Fillingane 41 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Hillman Terome Frazier 27 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Tommy A. Gollott 50 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Josh Harkins 20 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Angela Burks Hill 40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ W. Briggs Hopson, III 23 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 John Horhn 26 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Billy Hudson 45 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Gary Jackson 15 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Robert Jackson 11 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Sampson Jackson, II 32 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0

AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report SENATE VOTES 12

Russell Jolly 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 David L. Jordan 24 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Dean Kirby 30 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Chris Massey 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Chris McDaniel 42 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Chad McMahan 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 J. Walter Michel 25 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Philip Moran 46 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Sollie B. Norwood 28 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Dr. David L. Parker 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Rita Potts Parks 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 John Polk 44 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Joseph M. (Mike) Seymour 47 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Derrick T. Simmons 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Willie Simmons 13 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Bill Stone 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Sean Tindell 49 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Gray Tollison 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Angela Turner Ford 16 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Michael Watson 51 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Brice Wiggins 52 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 J. P. Wilemon, Jr. 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Tammy F. Witherspoon 38 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Charles A."Chuck" Younger 17 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

AFP Position: PRO | CON ORIG. = Original Floor Action TAB. = Motion to Table a Motion to Reconsider (Necessary for a bill to proceed in legislative process) CONF. = Conference Report BILL CATEGORIES & SUMMARIES 13

HB 480 | Internet Sales Tax being presented to a jury that often grossly MISSISSIPPI GROWTH PROJECT AFP Position: Opposed | Died in Senate overestimates the damages suffered by the plaintiff in formulating an award. In 2016, AFP Mississippi rolled out the HB 480 would have required that out-of- Mississippi Growth Project, a policy roadmap state businesses, with no physical presence in HB 812 | Civil Asset Forfeiture Reporting focused on fairer taxes, less regulation, Mississippi, collect and remit sales taxes from AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law responsible spending, and student-centered Mississippi residents. On its face, the bill conflicts education. Underlying each of these areas is with the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Quill v. HB 812 increases transparency and adds important a commitment to the idea that Mississippians North Dakota and is unconstitutional. Passing HB due process protections for property owners should have more freedom over how they 480 would have resulted in litigation against the subjected to civil asset forfeiture. It represents an provide for their families, spend their money state of Mississippi, at the expense of taxpayers. important first step in protecting property rights in and educate their children. Find out more It would have also opened the door to a massive circumstances involving alleged criminal activity. about the project at MSGrowthProject.com. web of regulations that could hurt Mississippi’s small businesses and consumers. Lastly, without HB 843 | Landlord Property Rights offsets, it would have contributed to the growth of AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate FAIRER TAXES & PROTECTION OF government in Mississippi. PROPERTY RIGHTS HB 843 would have provided updated notice The claims by some that HB 480 was an attempt procedures and state cooperation for landlords looking The money you earn is your property. It belongs to direct voluntarily collected taxes to roads and to evict tenants for non-payment. The bill would have to you. Not the government. Taxes should be bridges is simply inaccurate. When HB 480 left simplified existing law to provide additional protections low, simple, behavior neutral and broad-based. the Mississippi House of Representatives, prior to for the property rights of owners. (msgrowthproject.com/taxes/) being killed in Senate finance, it was not limited to voluntarily collected taxes. HB 1426 | Asbestos Transparency Act HB 131 | Tax Liability Settlement AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate Because opposition to HB 480 was a priority for AFP Mississippi in the 2017 session, the original HB 1426 is sensible tort reform designed to protect HB 131 would have authorized the Department floor action on the bill was scored, along with property rights by ensuring that plaintiffs in of Revenue to compromise and settle certain tax two votes to table a motion to reconsider. Had asbestos lawsuits are not compensated multiple liabilities. The bill aimed to reduce bureaucracy that the motion to table the motion to reconsider times for the same injury by requiring disclosure of might otherwise prohibit satisfactory settlement for not passed in the House, the bill would not have previous asbestos claims. both the state and taxpayers. proceeded to the Senate. SB 2110 | Franchisor-Franchisee Relationships HB 144 | Protection Against Errant Tax Liens HB 481 | Accurate Reporting of Medical Expenses AFP Position: Support | Died in House AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate in Litigation AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate SB 2110 sought to clarify that a franchisor is not HB 144 would have made the Department of to be considered an employer of its franchisee Revenue liable for costs incurred by a taxpayer if HB 481 would have resulted in more accurate unless the relationship is reduced to writing. This the department filed a lien against the taxpayer reporting of medical expenses in civil litigation, is an important distinction in contract law for in error. The bill would have helped to deter thus protecting defendants’ property rights and the protection of private property and the fair questionable liens and would have rightfully ensuring a fairer legal system. Under current adjudication of claims. restored a taxpayer falsely accused. law, attorneys are not allowed to tell a jury the actual amount of medical expenses paid by or on behalf of a plaintiff. This leads to information BILL CATEGORIES & SUMMARIES 14

SB 2249 would have provided for expedited small HB 938 provides for a moratorium on the purchase HB 1109 is a “good government” measure that claims court procedures aimed at making the of vehicles by state agencies as a way to reduce establishes new procurement procedures, changing small claims process less onerous, which would, government expenditures. the method for advertising and accepting bids for in turn, make it easier and less costly to resolve certain state services to include the use of reverse property disputes. HB 974 | Personnel Board Exemption auction bidding for certain types of contracts. AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate While AFP Mississippi would have preferred some RESPONSIBLE SPENDING of the exemptions contained in the bill not exist, HB HB 974 would have exempted certain state 1109 is a positive step to ensuring that Mississippi Every dollar the government spends is one less agencies from personnel board requirements taxpayers are not overpaying for products/services dollar in your pocket, your neighbor’s pocket, or for a three-year period and would have required provided by private vendors. the pocket of the job creators in your community. Spending should be limited to only core functions agencies to track and submit salary increases. of government with the goal of protecting This added flexibility would have allowed for HB 1116 | Public Meetings Notice taxpayers. It should not be used to favor the greater streamlining and simultaneously afforded AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law politically connected or to compete against private accountability. In the view of AFP Mississippi, HB business. (msgrowthproject.com/spending/) 974 would have been an important first step in HB 1116 is a “good government” measure that ensuring that government employment coincides requires that notice of special meetings be HB 572 | Disposal of State Owned Property with public need. posted on the website of the public body hosting AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law the meeting, thereby increasing transparency Because of the significance of this legislation, the surrounding decisions that could come at a cost HB 572 authorizes the Department of Finance original floor action on the bill was scored along to citizens. & Administration to sell identified state-owned with two votes to table a motion to reconsider. Had property, providing a path to efficiently reduce the the motion to reconsider not been tabled, the bill HB 1127 | Open Meetings Act size of government. would have died in the House. AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate

HB 711 | “Handouts to Hollywood” HB 1090 | HOPE Act HB 1127 was a “good government” measure that AFP Position: Oppose | Died in Senate AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law would have required that minutes from a public body’s meeting be posted on their website within a HB 711 would have extended a program that provided HB 1090 aims to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse certain time period following the meeting, thereby cash incentive to out-of-state film and commercial in programs like Medicaid by requiring eligibility increasing transparency surrounding decisions that producers under the Mississippi Motion Picture verification. If properly implemented, HB 1090 could come at a cost to citizens. Incentive Act. Opposition to HB 711 was a priority for should restrain some of the primary drivers of the AFP Mississippi in the 2017 session. Using taxpayer massive budget growth experienced in Mississippi. SB 2774 | Disposal of Property from Failed dollars to make movies is not a core function of Economic Development Project government. Moreover, the state loses money on this HB 1106 | Electronic Bidding AFP Position: Support | Died in House program every year. At a time when many politicians AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law are seeking additional tax revenue, it is offensive that SB 2274 sought to authorize MDA to dispose of some would continue to push for this kind of spending. HB 1106 is a “good government” measure that will property from a failed economic development require government purchasing entities to allow project and hopefully recoup a portion of the loss for electronic bidding from vendors, increasing incurred on taxpayers’ behalf. efficiency and security in bidding. BILL CATEGORIES & SUMMARIES 15

SB 2275 | Agency Reporting SB 3033 | Sales Tax Diversion Withholding HB 996 | Dispensing of Drugs Used to Prevent AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law AFP Position: Oppose/Bonus Vote | Signed into Law Opioid Overdose AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law SB 2275 is a “good government” measure that SB 3033 is a bond bill (debt owed by taxpayer). provides for annual reports from state agencies The vast majority of the money borrowed under the HB 996 allows pharmacies to dispense drugs to be published on the Transparency Mississippi bill will be given to the “state shipyard,” which is used to prevent opioid overdose without a website. This has the potential of holding down occupied by private shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls. prescription. This is a good free-market reform spending if the public pays attention to how their AFP Mississippi does not believe it is the proper which will increase access to potentially life- tax dollars are being used. function of government to provide financial support saving medication. to private businesses at taxpayers’ expense. SB 2384 | Public Purchasing Bid Advertisement HB 1033 | Prisoner Re-Entry Reform AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate SB 3033 was a “bonus vote,” meaning those who AFP Position: Support | Vetoed voted correctly received an additional point in SB 2384 is a “good government” measure that the calculation of their score, but an incorrect HB 1033 would have removed barriers to requires advertisement of bids on the DFA vote did not negatively affect legislators. Only employment for rehabilitated public offenders, procurement portal, increasing transparency that Representatives Bomgar, Criswell, Eubanks, Foster, increasing the likelihood of hiring and reducing the hopefully results in more judicious spending. Hale, Henley, Hopkins, Horne, Hughes and Shirley likelihood of recidivism at a savings to the state. received this bonus. No Mississippi Senators voted SB 2567 | Mental Health Reform against this bond bill. AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate HB 1076 | Growth & Prosperity Zones LESS REGULATION. MORE OPPORTUNITY. AFP Position: Support | Died in Senate SB 2567 sought to place the Department of Mental Health under the auspice of the Governor’s It is time to have faith in the history-proven HB 1076 would have reduced regulatory burdens office to provide additional accountability to an efficacy of the free market by removing and taxes in “Growth and Prosperity Districts” to agency that services some of Mississippi’s most burdensome restrictions that stand in the way help spur economic growth. If passed, these areas vulnerable patients. of people working, limit consumer choices, and would have had greater economic freedom. protect entrenched interests from competition. SB 2567 originally passed the Senate but was Let people decide for themselves how to earn a HB 1322 | Craft Brewery Freedom “held” on a motion to reconsider, a standard living, spend their money, and raise their families. AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law procedural move. A motion to table the motion (msgrowthproject.com/regulation/) to reconsider was brought, which would have HB 1322 allows craft brewers operating in Mississippi allowed the bill to move to the House chamber HB 464 | Extension & Expansion of to sell their product onsite at their breweries. It for consideration. The motion to table failed, Cosmetology License represents a sensible free market reform. effectively killing the bill. Because the motion to AFP Position: Oppose | Signed into Law table was ultimately what determined the bill’s HB 1330 | Abolishing Inactive Boards outcome, that vote is what was scored. HB 464 extends the State Board of Cosmetology and Commissions and makes more onerous the requirements AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law associated with cosmetology licensing. AFP Mississippi opposes occupational licensure HB 1330 abolishes boards and commissions that are regulations that make it harder for people to work inactive, thereby reducing the size of government absent a compelling public interest and no less and the scope of the regulatory state. burdensome path to satisfy that interest. Too often these boards and licenses serve as a barrier to entry for entrepreneurs protecting existing businesses from competition and driving up consumer costs. BILL CATEGORIES & SUMMARIES 16

HB 1425 | Comprehensive Occupational SB 2350 | Business Corporation Act STUDENT-CENTERED EDUCATION Licensing Reform AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law Our education system should be student-centered. SB 2350 provides for technical revisions to the Policy development starts with the admission that HB 1425 provides required “active supervision” Business Corporation Act aimed at simplifying our children are unique. One-size-fits-all, top-down to executive branch boards that regulate private regulations on corporate business filings. education does not work. We need to give parents sector professions using state power and are choice in how they educate their children, focus on performance, and embrace the reality that healthy controlled by active market participants within SB 2610 | Medical Trial Expansion competition drives excellence. (msgrowthproject. the profession they are regulating. The process AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law com/education/) is designed to ensure that these boards are not hurting competition and are using the least SB 2610 will expand a medical trial at UMMC using HB 1046 | Dyslexia Scholarships restrictive regulation possible to satisfy a legitimate CBD oil, meaning more patients might have access AFP Position: Support | Signed into Law public purpose. The goal of the legislation is to to a potential health care solution. reduce onerous regulations that make it harder for HB 1046 expands options for students with people to work. SB 2855 | Expansion of Construction Licensing dyslexia and is consistent with AFP Mississippi’s AFP Position: Oppose | Died in House student-centered approach in education. Because support of HB 1425 was a priority for AFP Unfortunately, amendments to the bill in the Mississippi in the 2017 session, both the original floor SB 2855 would have expanded licensing Senate which would have made it much stronger action and conference report vote was scored, along requirements for residential builders and were removed in conference. with two votes to table a motion to reconsider. Had remodelers. AFP Mississippi opposes occupational the motion to table the motion to reconsider not licensure regulations that make it harder for people Because of AFP Mississippi’s commitment to passed, the bill would have died in the House. to work absent a compelling public interest and no providing options to parent and students in less burdensome path to satisfy that interest. Too education, both the original floor action and the often these boards and licenses serve as a barrier conference report vote are included. to entry for entrepreneurs protecting existing businesses from competition and driving up consumer costs. 17

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