Mississippi · Current officeholder
Daniel Sparks
Republican Mississippi Senate, District 5
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Sponsored legislation
141 bills in the current data (64 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 3388 | Prentiss County; authorize assessments on convictions for maintenance and renovations of courthouse. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 2632 | Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program; create. | Co-sponsor | Vetoed | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 3064 | Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2026 |
| SB 3090 | Appropriation; Revenue, Department of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3089 | Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3088 | Appropriation; Corrections, Department of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3069 | Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3067 | Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3066 | Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3065 | Appropriation; Ethics Commission. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3063 | Appropriation; Community and Junior College Board - Support for community and junior colleges. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 3062 | Appropriation; Community and Junior College Board - Administrative expenses. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2898 | Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2821 | Capital sexual battery; create crime of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2805 | MDCPS state central registry; revise provisions related to. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2401 | Workforce development; extend the date of repeal of certain sections and make technical amendments. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| SC 534 | Urge Congress to authorize reliability report on Marine Highway 65. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 6, 2026 |
| SR 128 | Extend condolences of Mississippi Senate on the passing of former Ole Miss Athletic Director Warner Alford, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SR 127 | Recognize WWII Veteran Staff Sergeant William Thurman Epps and congratulate upon the occasion of his 100th birthday. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SR 119 | Congratulate Tishomingo High School's Meg Moore as "Gatorade Mississippi Girls Basketball Player of the Year." | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SR 118 | Commend Tishomingo County High School Lady Braves Basketball Team for Class 4A State Championship. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SR 117 | Commend Booneville High School Lady Blue Devils Girls Basketball Team for back-to-back 3A State Championships. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SR 105 | Commend Ole Miss Rifle Team for first-ever National Smoothbore Championship. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| SB 2924 | Appropriation; additional for MEMA for purposes authorized under the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 30, 2026 |
| SR 92 | Congratulate former MS Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Maxwell upon his investiture as United States District Court Judge. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2026 |
| SR 90 | Congratulate former State Senator Bobby Chamberlin upon his investiture as United States District Court Judge. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2026 |
| SB 3087 | Appropriation; Audit, Department of. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 3068 | Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 25, 2026 |
| SR 76 | Paying tribute to life and legacy of Mississippi businessman and humanitarian Robert "Bob" Dunlap of Batesville. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2026 |
| SC 520 | Designate official "Rockabilly Districts" in certain Northeast Mississippi communities. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 19, 2026 |
| SB 3092 | Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2026 |
| SB 2338 | Statute of limitations; except felonious assistance program fraud from. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2026 |
| SB 2416 | Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| SB 2018 | The Mississippi National Guard Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program; create. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| SC 526 | Congratulate Ole Miss Rebels Football Team for outstanding 2025-2026 Sugar Bowl Season finishing No. 3 in Final Football Rankings. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 4, 2026 |
| SB 2912 | MS Deferred Compensation; allow Roth and other after-tax accounts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2911 | PERS; provide alternative return to work provisions. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2910 | PERS; require any terminated plan to pay net pension liability to board in a lump sum before termination. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2909 | PERS Tier 5; reduce creditable service requirement for retirement regardless of age from 35 to 30 years. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2765 | Income verification system; bring forward code sections concerning. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2707 | Administrative Office of Courts and intervention courts; bring forward sections related to. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2672 | Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services; bring forward code sections. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2671 | Maximum compensation for certain public officers and employees; bring forward code section concerning. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2668 | "Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act"; provide restrictions on persons assisting with claims. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2630 | MS Grant and Subgrant Administration Transparency and Accountability of Non- Governmental Organizations Act; create. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2623 | State apprenticeship program advisory council; create. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2613 | PERS Tier 5 Cola Account; create and direct transfers to. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2483 | J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2480 | Capacity Project Fund; direct transfer to. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2417 | State employee telework policies; reenact and amend. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2337 | Technical violation hearing; exempt need for hearing for participant's of intervention courts upon judge's findings of violations. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2336 | Expungement and criminal liability; amend provisions related to human trafficking. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2190 | Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; increase minimum balance of. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2046 | Mississippians' Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act; enact. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2017 | Various obsolete commissions; repeal. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2004 | Mississippi PERS Stability Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2001 | School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2771 | Fresh Start Act; revise. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2734 | Uniform Public Expression Protection Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2692 | Real estate wholesale and industrial buying of residential real estate; bring forward code for possible revision. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2514 | Mississippi Open to Religion Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2412 | Legal assistants; bring forward code section related to. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2400 | Tishomingo County Water District; amend provisions concerning compensation and reimbursement. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2374 | Ending Agency Overreach Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2355 | Intervention courts; bring forward code sections related to. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2335 | CDLs; treat certain moving violations as regular license holders. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 2334 | Giglio letter; require prosecutors to give law enforcement officers an opportunity to be heard before sending. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 3057 | City of Booneville; extend date of repeal on city's hotel, motel and restaurant tax. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SB 2489 | Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SC 544 | Extend condolences on the passing of talk radio icon Paul Gallo and paying tribute to his public contributions. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 7, 2025 |
| SC 537 | Designate April 24, 2025, as "Reman Day" in Mississippi. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| SB 3256 | Tishomingo County Water District; amend provisions concerning compensation and reimbursement. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| SB 2289 | State employee telework policies; amend. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 3, 2025 |
| SB 2248 | Fresh Start Act; revise. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 3, 2025 |
| SR 148 | Commend Ole Miss Basketball Coach Chris Beard for winning the 2025 National Coach of the Year Award. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| SB 2606 | Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide for DFA to receive payments on approved loans from. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 3095 | Tax; cut income and grocery taxes, increase fuel excise tax, and adjust distribution of certain fuel and sales taxes. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 29, 2025 |
| SC 541 | Commend Booneville High School Lady Blue Devils Girls Basketball Team for Class 3A State Championship. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 28, 2025 |
| SC 540 | Commend Booneville High School Boys Basketball Team for winning fourth State Championship in a row. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 28, 2025 |
| SC 539 | Encouraging further economic relations with Taiwan. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 28, 2025 |
| SC 531 | Mississippi-Israel Joint Legislative Caucus; recognize creation of. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 28, 2025 |
| SR 125 | Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the State Fire Academy. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| SR 99 | Commemorate the legacy of Mississippi Representative Icey Day the "Father of Mississippi Industries for the Blind." | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| SR 97 | Commend Major General John Trent Kelly for distinguished military service and congratulate on retirement. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| SR 114 | Commend the pilot and crew of the medical helicopter who were lost in the line of duty after transporting a patient. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| SR 104 | Commend Ole Miss Cheer Team for winning first National Championship in UCA competition. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| SC 535 | Extend the deepest sympathy of the Legislature on the passing of former Speaker Pro Tempore Robert George Clark, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 19, 2025 |
| SB 2290 | One Door Policy; create study committee to evaluate reauthorization of WIOA policy. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2025 |
| SR 96 | Recognize Senator Hillman T. Frazier for Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) Thomas Murphy Legacy Award. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 2846 | Economic development projects; expand local government authority to enter certain agreements in support of. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 2766 | Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 2515 | REFOCUS Act; enact. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 2314 | Uniform Controlled Substances Law; include certain hemp products on Schedule I. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 2286 | Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contributions; provide for suspensions under certain circumstances. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 2285 | MDES background check requirements; amend to ensure compliance with certain Internal Revenue Service regulations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SC 529 | Congratulate Ole Miss 2024 Football Team for winning Gator Bowl and for back-to-back 10-win seasons. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 11, 2025 |
| SR 68 | Recognize Senator Angela Turner Ford for COABE 2024 Legislative Champion Award. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2025 |
| SR 63 | Commend the life of Black Hawk pilot U.S. Army Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 532 | Extend sympathy to surviving family of National Republican Committee Woman Jeanne Luckey. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 528 | Remembering the influential life and career of Mississippi political pioneer Clarke Reed and extending condolences on his passing. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 527 | Recognize Trudy Moody for 2025 TIME Automobile Dealer of the Year Award. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 524 | Extending the sincerest sympathy of the Legislature on the passing of former U.S. President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 514 | Commend the life and mourn the passing of Mississippi native James Earl Jones. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SC 510 | Extend sincerest sympathy of Mississippi Senate to surviving family of first-year Representative Andy Stepp. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 6, 2025 |
| SB 2359 | Parole; revise technical violation. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2025 |
| SB 2863 | MS Deferred Comp; allow Roth and other after-tax accounts, and comply with qualified domestic relations orders. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2850 | Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sales of. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2794 | PERS; require any terminated plan to pay net pension liability to board in a lump sum before termination. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2563 | Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; increase the limit of diversion to. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2449 | ORP; revise for existing participants, and terminate for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2444 | Tuition for certain veterans to attend universities or community colleges; establish program for combat veterans. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2439 | PERS; create a fifth tier, and terminate SLRP, for employees hired on or after March 1, 2026. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2347 | Methamphetamine; revise penalty for simple possession of certain amounts. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2322 | Expungements; authorize for certain trafficked persons. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2288 | Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990; bring forward. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2197 | Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 2147 | Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| SR 65 | Extend sincerest sympathy of the Senate to surviving family and friends of Hinds County Deputy Sheriff Martin Shields, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| SR 53 | Recognize Centennial (100th) Anniversary Celebration of The Coliseum Theatre in Corinth, Mississippi. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| SR 51 | Recognize Caterpillar Inc., in Corinth, Mississippi, on company's 100th Anniversary celebration. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| SR 49 | Extend sympathy of Senate to surviving family of Hinds County Senior Circuit Court Judge William Swan Yerger. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| SR 47 | Extend congratulations of Mississippi Senate to Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver A.J. Brown for Super Bowl Championship. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2025 |
| SC 502 | Extend sympathy of the MS Senate on the passing of former Senator and MS Appellate Judge John J. Fraiser, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 20, 2025 |
| SC 503 | Extend sincerest sympathy of MS Senate to surviving family of former Senator Edwin Pittman who served in 3 branches of government. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 18, 2025 |
| SR 30 | Extend condolences on the passing of MS Representative Charles L. Young, Jr. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2025 |
| SR 27 | Extend sympathy of the Senate to surviving family of National Republican Committee Woman Jeanne Luckey. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2025 |
| SR 23 | Commend career and public service of Law Research Senior Counsel and Vietnam Veteran Honorable Cotton Ruthven. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2025 |
| SR 12 | Congratulate "Visit Mississippi's" Rose Parade float for winning 2025 "Past Presidents Award". | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2025 |
| SR 10 | Congratulate Baldwyn High School Bearcats Football Team for first Class 1A State Championship since 2008. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2025 |
| SC 506 | Extend sincerest sympathy of the Legislature to the surviving family of former State Senator Nickey Browning of Pontotoc, MS. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 17, 2025 |
| SC 504 | Extend sincerest sympathy of Mississippi Senate to surviving family of former Senator Charles Pittman. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 17, 2025 |
| SB 2431 | Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 2329 | Giglio letter; require prosecutors to give law enforcement officers an opportunity to be heard before sending. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 2786 | Ending Agency Overreach Act; enact. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2678 | Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; bring forward and prohibit spread pricing. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2506 | Bidding terms for public deposits; amend when depository is designated during the last year of a board of supervisor's term of office. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2503 | Intervention courts; bring forward code sections related to. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2502 | Administrative forfeiture; reenact section repealed on July 1, 2018, amend notice and contest procedures. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2432 | Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the FLSA. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SB 2346 | Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act; amend certain provisions related to the filing of motions under. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SC 501 | Honor the 30-year Anniversary of the establishment of the Mississippi Court of Appeals and commend its accomplishments. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | January 9, 2025 |