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Walter Michel
MS Senate District 25
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Government Operations & Budget 37Economy & Taxes 11Banking & Finance 7Healthcare 7Housing 5Social Services & Welfare 4Transportation & Infrastructure 4Environment & Energy 3Agriculture 2Labor & Employment 2Other 2Technology & Privacy 2Civil Rights & Liberties 1Defense & Military 1Education 1Veterans Affairs 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| MS Senate District 25 current
Mississippi |
Republican | Mar 21, 2016 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MS Senate District 25
Mississippi |
Republican | Jan 4, 2000 | Jan 3, 2012 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (1,070 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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SN 8
Major General Bobby Merriel Ginn, Jr., -, Mississippi, Adjutant General of the Mississippi National…
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Appointment Confirmation | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 57aa2f9a-e8df-447e-a5ef-3aed78144ea6 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/57aa2f9a-e8df-447e-a5ef-3aed78144ea6 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2696
Public Health Laboratory; exempt from Public Procurement Review Board approval requirement for…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 7c30c113-858b-4ddc-8640-13037d4521e9 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7c30c113-858b-4ddc-8640-13037d4521e9 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2695
Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; extend repealer on.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll fb5144de-8bfb-49ac-ab57-61114ddfcee0 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fb5144de-8bfb-49ac-ab57-61114ddfcee0 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2377
Public Procurement Review Board; expand the contract and emergency contract reviewing authority of.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4f70fcc1-d11f-47e0-bcbf-63e1f7dfb283 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4f70fcc1-d11f-47e0-bcbf-63e1f7dfb283 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2221
Campus safety; require institutions of higher learning to review safety procedures concerning…
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 76f6bead-846e-4f1a-a1a8-1346d41c6eeb | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/76f6bead-846e-4f1a-a1a8-1346d41c6eeb CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2802
Fire Protection Fee; levy on retail sale of fireworks.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 01481fd1-622b-4758-9757-08b2b2665930 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/01481fd1-622b-4758-9757-08b2b2665930 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2393
Medicaid; exclude certain assets of disabled workers during eligibility determinations for…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d91eac87-ac77-4f9b-b3d4-9090e0cd62d9 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d91eac87-ac77-4f9b-b3d4-9090e0cd62d9 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2832
County website; allow counties without local newspapers to publish certain notices on.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c27b07d1-61ef-482a-9011-c8451712d81f | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c27b07d1-61ef-482a-9011-c8451712d81f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2650
Campaign finance; allow reports to be filed and made accessible via a website run by the SOS.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d047bf1a-cc45-42e3-b7eb-26fdd26cdcc9 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d047bf1a-cc45-42e3-b7eb-26fdd26cdcc9 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2496
Mississippi Earned Wage Access Services Act; enact.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll bf440229-39fb-479c-b4e8-8449e6d205dd | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/bf440229-39fb-479c-b4e8-8449e6d205dd CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2282
Drones; allow use of for observing, trapping and taking wild hogs.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 370e161e-b1d7-4607-b246-2853c97c3b96 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/370e161e-b1d7-4607-b246-2853c97c3b96 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2392
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grant program; Dept. of Mental Health and…
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4b889b9e-1902-493e-b79a-373a5e61bbd5 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4b889b9e-1902-493e-b79a-373a5e61bbd5 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2677
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; define requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 3473b2cd-1493-4361-a867-7020bcb597a3 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/3473b2cd-1493-4361-a867-7020bcb597a3 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2002
Boards of Supervisors; authorize to designate persons to serve as hearing officers for delinquent…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll faea4e28-55c0-4108-b8ca-c6e03fa65436 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/faea4e28-55c0-4108-b8ca-c6e03fa65436 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2309
Child grooming and morphed images; criminalize and amend provisions related to.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c07d9aa1-df11-4475-a7a6-14196342bf68 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c07d9aa1-df11-4475-a7a6-14196342bf68 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2275
State Task Force for Agency Reorganization; establish.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 3938d21f-b1fc-4b93-89be-eeb15c47f58e | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/3938d21f-b1fc-4b93-89be-eeb15c47f58e CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2729
"Mississippi Public Health Trust Fund"; establish to support public health programs funded from…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll cd5d8538-7097-490b-95a2-c2d6ec73fe9f | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cd5d8538-7097-490b-95a2-c2d6ec73fe9f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2743
Funds collected for certified copies; allow use for public health programs and completion of other…
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 3374adeb-fa76-44dd-bfe1-524492e6aa3f | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/3374adeb-fa76-44dd-bfe1-524492e6aa3f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2605
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2fce977e-76a6-4a18-a1f4-9778c16b0c8c | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2fce977e-76a6-4a18-a1f4-9778c16b0c8c CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2220
Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 9583b3d7-b607-4372-b392-e9c1be1c2228 | Feb 13, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9583b3d7-b607-4372-b392-e9c1be1c2228 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2261
Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2025; enact.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 1e23769f-318b-4a17-a302-a45d3bf12001 | Feb 12, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1e23769f-318b-4a17-a302-a45d3bf12001 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2618
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school…
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll ff733cc2-07a5-48f7-a8b3-38d150f4a48a | Feb 12, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ff733cc2-07a5-48f7-a8b3-38d150f4a48a CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2499
Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 1042a8a8-a87f-4d63-ae2b-6aff0584420f | Feb 12, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1042a8a8-a87f-4d63-ae2b-6aff0584420f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2507
Mississippi Money Transmission Modernization Act; enact.
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Passage as Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 69806b82-b3dc-4d53-9589-7fc9a1c7ec9f | Feb 12, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/69806b82-b3dc-4d53-9589-7fc9a1c7ec9f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 2525
Cosmetology and barbering; technical amendments.
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Passage | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c693bf24-6d6b-4cdc-afed-f84b307d62bb | Feb 12, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c693bf24-6d6b-4cdc-afed-f84b307d62bb CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (35 as lead sponsor)
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SB 2328
MS · —
Real property; clarify eviction procedures, provide procedure for removal from RV parks.
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SB 2143
MS · —
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area."
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SC 536
MS · —
Salute Holmes County Poll Worker Freddie Ann Byrd Farmer.
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SB 2861
MS · —
Mississippi Work and Save Program; create.
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SB 2276
MS · —
Open seasons; extend those ending on a Friday until 30 minutes after sunset on the following Sunday.
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SC 529
MS · —
Congratulate Ole Miss 2024 Football Team for winning Gator Bowl and for back-to-back 10-win seasons.
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SC 528
MS · —
Remembering the influential life and career of Mississippi political pioneer Clarke Reed and extending condolences on his passing.
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SR 49
MS · —
Extend sympathy of Senate to surviving family of Hinds County Senior Circuit Court Judge William Swan Yerger.
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SB 2145
MS · —
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of wine.
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SB 2412
MS · —
Insurance Holding Company Act; include NAIC Group Capital Calculation test requirements.
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