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*Note: This page will be continuously updated as votes are taken and posted. To view the full text of a measure, click on the bill number. To view the vote totals, click on the date immediately beneath the bill title.

1. The following resolutions were adopted by the House in a block vote on 2/1/16. I voted Yes, and the measures passed   117-0.

2. The following resolutions were adopted by the House in a block vote on 2/2/16. I voted Yes, and the measures passed   119-0

3. The following resolutions were adopted by the House in a block vote on 2/2/16. I voted Yes, and the measures passed   119-0

4.  The House voted on a resolution to mourn the loss of fallen Hattiesburg Police Patrolman Benjamin J. Deen, on 2/2/16. I voted Yes. The measure passed 120-0.

5.  On Thursday, the Legislature convened for a Special Session called by the Governor. The House voted on HB1, a bill that authorizes the state to borrow $275 million to distribute to several corporations that are considering locating in Mississippi. I wholeheartedly support efforts to bring jobs to Mississippi, but I was not comfortable with the bill that borrows new money to provide incentives to a selected few companies. That is why I voted no on HB1. The measure passed the House 118-3.

I received the following note from a constituent: “As a constituent, thanks for voting against the bill. Why we want to give a couple hundred million dollars to a company whose net income was in excess of $2B each of the last two years, is foreign to me. I understand both sides of the Econ development argument, but I don’t think tax incentives are why companies pick one location over another. And tax incentives demoralize existing industry. Continental revs last year were over $34B. $200M in incentives isn’t driving long term decisions like plant location.”