SB 2016 - Mississippi Senate (2026) - Department of Tourism; create. - Bill Sponsor

Mississippi Senate Bill 2016

Session 2026

Department of Tourism; create.

Introduced

Introduced in Senate on Jan 15, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Jan 7, 2026

Latest Action

Feb 6, 2026

Origin Chamber

Senate

Type

Bill

Bill Number

2016

State

Mississippi

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Lydia Graves Chassaniol

Primary

Senate Votes (1)

checkPassed on January 14, 2026

Motion Text

Passage

Senate Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Angela Burks Hill

No

Angela Turner-Ford

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other

Yes

Chuck Blackwell

Yes

Yes

Daniel H. Sparks

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Dennis DeBar, Jr.

Yes

Derrick T. Simmons

Yes

DuPree

Yes

Edward Blackmon, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Gillespie Isom

Yes

Hartness

No

Hillman Terome Frazier

Yes

Yes

J. Walter Michel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Joel R.Carter, Jr.

Yes

Joey Fillingane

Yes

Joseph M. Seymour

Yes

Joseph Thomas, Jr.

Yes

Yes

No

Lydia Graves Chassaniol

Yes

Michael McLendon

Yes

Mumford

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pope

Yes

Rickey Thompson

Yes

Rita Potts Parks

Yes

Robert L. Jackson

Yes

Robert L. Johnson III

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sollie B. Norwood

Yes

Yes

Yes

W. Briggs Hopson III

Yes

Williams

Yes

Summary

Unavailable

Text (2)

Current version

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2016PS.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2016PS.pdf

As Introduced

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2016IN.htm

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2016IN.pdf

Actions (5)

Show Only Major Actions

02/06/2026

House

Referred To State Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

01/15/2026

Senate

Transmitted To House

01/14/2026

Senate

Passed

01/13/2026

Senate

Title Suff Do Pass

01/07/2026

Senate

Referred To Tourism

Sources

MS Legislature

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2016PS.pdf

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Chassaniol.xml

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2016.xml

Open States

https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2016/

Record Created

Jan 7, 2026 11:00:12 PM

Record Updated

Feb 7, 2026 6:00:13 AM