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Votes on Mississippi's House Bill 1523

Votes on House Bill 1523

HB 1523 was authored by House Speaker Philip Gunn. Votes on the bill:

Mississippi Senate

YEAS

Blackwell, Branning, Browning, Carmichael, Caughman, Chassaniol, Clarke, DeBar, Doty, Fillingane, Gollott, Harkins, Hill, Hopson, Jackson G. (15th), Jolly, Kirby, Massey, McDaniel, McMahan, Michel, Moran, Parker, Parks, Polk, Seymour, Tindell, Tollison, Watson, Wiggins, Wilemon, Younger. Total: 32.

NAYS

Barnett, Blackmon, Blount, Bryan, Butler, Dawkins, Dearing, Horhn, Jackson R. (11th), Jackson S. (32nd), Jordan, Norwood, Simmons D. T. (12th), Simmons W. (13th), Stone, Turner, Witherspoon. Total: 17.

ABSENT AND THOSE NOT VOTING

Hudson.

Senator Burton, who would have voted yea on H. B. No. 1523, announced a pair with Senator Frazier, who would have voted nay.

Mississippi House

YEAS

Arnold, Baker, Barnett, Barton, Bell (21st), Bennett, Bomgar, Bounds, Boyd, Brown, Busby, Byrd, Carpenter, Chism, Crawford, Criswell, Currie, Denny, Eubanks, Eure, Formby, Foster, Frierson, Gipson, Guice, Hale, Haney, Henley, Hood, Hopkins, Horne, Huddleston (15th), Johnson (87th), Kinkade, Ladner, Lamar, Mangold, Massengill, McLeod, Mettetal, Mickens, Mims, Monsour, Moore, Morgan, Oliver, Patterson, Pigott, Powell, Read, Rogers (14th), Rogers (61st), Rushing, Sanford, Shirley, Shows, Smith, Snowden, Staples, Steverson, Touchstone, Tullos, Turner,Weathersby, White, Willis, Wilson, Zuber, Mr. Speaker. Total: 69.

NAYS

Aguirre, Anderson, Bailey, Banks, Baria, Barker, Williams-Barnes, Bell (65th), Blackmon, Burnett, Calhoun, Campbell, Clarke, DeLano, Denton, Dixon, Dortch, Ellis, Evans (91st), Evans (45th), Faulkner, Gibbs, Hines, Holloway, Horan, Huddleston (30th), Hughes, Jackson, Johnson (94th), Karriem, Middleton, Myers, Paden, Perkins, Reynolds, Roberson, Straughter, Sullivan, Sykes, Thomas, Walker, Watson, Wooten, Young. Total: 44.

ABSENT OR THOSE NOT VOTING

Bain, Beckett, Clark, Cockerham, Holland, Miles, Scott. Total: 7.

PRESENT

McNeal.

-- legislature.ms.gov

This story was originally published April 12, 2016 at 7:35 PM with the headline "Votes on Mississippi's House Bill 1523 ."

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