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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Shane Patrick Barnett
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 86 (Greene, Perry, and Wayne counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Sherra Hillman Lane
| succeeded=
| birth_date=July 4, 1986
| birth_place=Laurel<br>Jones County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=
| children=
| alma_mater=Jones County Junior College
| occupation=[[Real estate]] appraiser
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| residence=Waynesboro, Mississippi
}}
'''Shane Patrick Barnett''' (born July 4, 1986) is a [[real estate]] appraiser from his native Waynesboro, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 86, which encompasses Greene, Perry, and Wayne counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/barnett.xml|
title=Shane Barnett|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Barnett attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi. He is affiliated with Barnett Appraisal Services and is a former [[firefighter]] in Waynesboro. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156365/shane-barnett#.WeAqNbpFzb0|title=Shane Barnett's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015, Barnett unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Sherra Hillman Lane, 4,147 (54.3 percent) to 3,495 (45.7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> Lane had won her seat in 2011 with 54.6 percent of the ballots cast in a race against Republican Mark Purvis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf
|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Barnett serves on these House committees: (1) Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (vice chairman), (2) Conservation and Water Resources, (3) Energy, (4) Forestry, (5) Judiciary B, and (6) Marine Resources.<ref name=pvs/> In 2012, Representative Barnett voted against dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He co-sponsored the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He co-sponsored legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He supported the bill to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and backed the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156365/shane-barnett#.WeDOSLpFzb0|title=Shane Barnett's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
==References==
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