Fillingane History

Joey has worked hard over the past twenty years in both the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate to make Mississippi the safest place for the unborn, the best business environment in the nation to expand and start a business and the State that upholds the 2nd amendment of our United State Constitution. Joey has filed numerous bills and supported even more that seeks to make Mississippi the safest state in America for the unborn. Over the years Mississippi has sought to give spousal and parental notification requirements to parents of minors who are seeking abortions in Mississippi and spouses of women who would seek abortions. In addition, fetal pain measures and minimum threshold requirements for ambulatory clinics that would offer abortion services have been introduced and passed in the Mississippi Legislature. In addition, Joey has sponsored legislation that would prohibit any state tax dollars from being used to fund abortions in Mississippi.

Joey has authored the largest state tax cut in Mississippi history. This measure lowered individual as well as corporate tax rates in Mississippi. The tax reform package helped eliminate the inventory and franchise taxes in Mississippi. The tax reform also added self-employer tax deductions to Mississippi’s tax code and eliminated the 3% tax bracket for all Mississippians who pay taxes. In addition, Joey has shepherded numerous economic development measures through the Mississippi Legislature in his eight years as Senate Finance Chairman. Several of those large economic packages included the Yokohama and Continental Tire Plants in addition to many smaller economic deals for many areas of Mississippi leading to more and better jobs for Mississippians.

Joey has supported every pro-2nd amendment measure that has come before him in the past 20 years of his legislative service, always earning a NRA top rating and endorsement for his re-elections due to his strong support for the NRA. Enhanced carrier permitting and many other important 2nd amendment legislative accomplishments have been strongly supported by Senator Fillingane. During four years of his Senate service, he served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary A Committee where he served as the point person in the State Senate for pro-2nd amendment bills.