Gerald Allen

Voted to pass Senate Bill 71, which stops Alabama agencies from setting pollution limits tougher than federal rules. The ban covers limits on chemicals in drinking water, in the air, at polluted sites, and in waste. Where there is no federal rule, a state agency may set a limit only with proof that being exposed at that level directly causes a real, diagnosed illness or injury. Agencies also may no longer lean by default on a federal risk database when they set water quality limits. The Alabama Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

February 3, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 168, which made fentanyl test strips legal in Alabama. Equipment designed to detect fentanyl or a synthetic version of it is taken out of the drug paraphernalia law, so a person may possess, hand over or sell it. Every other part of the paraphernalia law is unchanged, including the rule that testing equipment for other drugs remains illegal. The Senate passed it 19-5 and it became law.

February 10, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass the Senate's version of Senate Bill 53, which made it a felony, called human smuggling, to knowingly bring a person into Alabama while knowing that person is in the country illegally. Jails must also try to learn whether a person booked for certain serious crimes is in the country illegally, and must hold a person for up to 48 hours when federal immigration agents send paperwork asking for the hold. At first the smuggling charge excused only lawyers and school trips; the House later added health care workers, church and charity rides, and government transport, and the Senate agreed 30-0. The Alabama Senate passed its version 24-8 and the bill became law.

February 13, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 63, which said police may not release a person in custody who is in the country illegally until they take that person's fingerprints and a DNA sample. Only the federal government's records can label someone as being in the country illegally under this law; state officers may not decide that on their own. The fingerprints go to the state police, the DNA goes to the state crime lab, and a criminal court fee rises from $12 to $15 to pay for the DNA database. The Alabama Senate passed it 24-7 and it became law.

February 13, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass House Bill 289, which set out who may see police body camera and dashboard camera video. A person who was recorded may ask in writing to view the parts that concern them, and so may a parent, guardian, spouse or lawyer, or the family of someone who died. The agency may refuse while an investigation or prosecution is active, may charge for editing, and the viewer may not keep a copy. The Senate passed it 21-8 and it became law.

June 1, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 272, which let Alabamians carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Permits remain available and still matter in some places, but no permit is needed to carry. Anyone carrying concealed must tell an officer who asks and may not touch the gun during a stop, a new crime, and the state set aside up to $5 million a year for three years to replace the permit fees counties lose. The Senate passed it 24-6 and it became law.

March 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 95, the Alabama Post-Election Audit Act, which makes each county's probate judge audit the ballots from one precinct after every countywide and statewide general election. In the version both chambers passed, each county's canvassing board picked the precinct and at least one race at random, and the audit happens after the deadline to contest the election. The Governor then returned the bill with a change of her own that deleted the random-selection rule, so the canvassing board now simply chooses the precinct and race. Both chambers accepted that change with no votes against, and it became law. Results go to the Secretary of State, who must post them for the public, and poll watchers and reporters may watch the count. The Alabama Senate passed it 22-7.

March 31, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1, which made it a crime to be paid for handling another person's absentee ballot form. Taking money or a gift to hand out, collect, fill in or deliver someone else's form is a Class C felony, and paying someone to do it is a Class B felony. Turning in another voter's filled-in form is also barred unless there is a medical emergency, though a voter who is blind, disabled or cannot read may still pick someone to help, so long as it is not a boss or a union officer. The Senate passed it 26-8 and it became law.

February 13, 2024Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 194, which barred election officials from taking private money to run elections. No state or local official responsible for an election may accept money, property or services from a person or private group to pay for election costs, voter education, outreach or registration. Breaking the rule is a Class B misdemeanor, though lending space for a polling place is still allowed. The Senate passed it 25-7 and it became law.

April 7, 2022Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 116, the Alabama Voter Confidence Act, which allowed one trial audit of the 2022 general election. The Secretary of State could check up to three counties that asked to take part, looking at one polling place and two races in each. A circuit judge had to approve first and could stop it, and the results had to be posted publicly and reported to the Governor and Legislature. The Senate passed it 21-6 and it became law.

April 22, 2021Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 128, which made it a crime to photograph someone else's ballot at a polling place. Taking a picture of another person's ballot, or showing its contents to anyone other than someone lawfully helping that voter, is a Class A misdemeanor. Photographing your own ballot stays legal, and so does sharing that picture online. The Senate passed it 23-7 and it became law.

May 7, 2019Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 379, the Alabama Property Protection Act. It bars the government of China, Iran, North Korea or Russia, their officials and political parties, and bodies on a United States sanctions list, from buying farm or forest land in Alabama. The same bar covers land within 10 miles of a military base or of a critical site such as a power plant, water plant, port or airport, and land bought before the law took effect is not affected. The Senate passed it 26-7 and it became law.

May 18, 2023Supports National Defense

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Voted to pass House Bill 147, which barred Alabama cities from starting new taxes on what people earn at work. No municipality may impose an occupational or license tax on a person's trade or profession unless the Legislature passes a law for that city by name. Every such tax already in place before February 2020 is untouched, and ordinary business license taxes are not affected. The Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

February 27, 2020Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Allen sponsored a Senate resolution urging the National Congress of American Indians, a national tribal group, to let Alabama's state-recognized tribes rejoin as members (Senate Joint Resolution 62). It was introduced February 25, 2026.

February 25, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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On 2026-01-13, the official Alabama Legislature introduced SB6 listing Senator Gerald Allen as sponsor; the bill would revise Alabama Memorial Preservation Act requirements, waiver timing, penalties, and Attorney General enforcement authority.

January 13, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 129, which shut down diversity, equity and inclusion offices in state agencies, school boards and public colleges. Those bodies may no longer run such programs, or make a student, worker or contractor agree with a listed set of ideas about race, sex, faith or where a person is from. Public colleges must also label shared restrooms by sex at birth, and staff who break the law can be fired, though a course may still teach those ideas in an even-handed way. The Senate passed it 26-7 and it became law.

February 22, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 184, which made it a felony to give a minor medical care meant to affirm a gender other than their sex at birth. Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and the listed surgeries are all barred, and breaking the rule is a Class C felony. Children born with a medically proven difference of sex development are excepted, and school staff may not keep a child's stated gender from a parent. The Senate passed it 24-6 and it became law.

February 23, 2022Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 79, which would have set one statewide set of fair-hearing rules for school discipline. Pupils through fifth grade could not have been suspended or expelled unless they endangered someone, and no pupil could have been suspended for truancy or lateness. A long suspension or expulsion would have required a hearing within 10 school days, advance sight of the evidence, and a written decision. The Senate passed it 24-8, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 385, which rewrote what Alabama schools must teach in sex education. It deleted the requirement that classes teach that homosexuality is not acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a crime under state law. It also changed several standards from ones schools should meet to ones they must meet, including that material be age appropriate and medically accurate. The Senate passed it 18-6 and it became law.

April 20, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 261, which barred state and local government from contracting with companies that run economic boycotts. A company with 10 or more staff seeking a contract worth $15,000 or more must certify in writing that it does not refuse to deal with firms over fossil fuels, timber, mining, farming or guns. The same bar covers refusing to deal over a firm's greenhouse gas reporting, its board makeup, or whether it helps people get an abortion or gender-change treatment. The Senate passed it 27-8 and it became law.

May 18, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1, a backup plan for Alabama's primary elections for Congress. If a federal court let the state go back to the map the Legislature drew in 2023, and the ruling came too late for the normal primary, the Governor would call a new one. The top vote-getter would win the party slot, with no runoff, and the first primary would not count. The Senate passed it 27-8 on a party-line vote, and it became law.

May 8, 2026

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1, a backup plan for Alabama's State Senate primary elections. If a federal court let the state go back to the map the Legislature drew in 2021, and the ruling came too late for the normal primary, the Governor would call a new one. The top vote-getter would win the party slot, with no runoff, and the first primary would not count. The Senate passed it 26-7 on a party-line vote, and it became law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted to pass House Bill 580, which limits how professors help run Alabama's four-year public colleges and sets state rules for tenure. Only a college's governing board may set up a faculty senate, and senates that already exist end on October 1, 2026 unless the board keeps them. A senate can only give advice, and it may not speak for the college in public. Each governing board also gets final say over the courses and curriculum required for a degree, and control over any course taught. Each board must review tenured professors at least every six years and must allow firing for poor work, serious misconduct, or conduct that harms the college. The Alabama Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

April 9, 2026

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Voted to pass House Bill 357, which gave heated tobacco products, devices that heat tobacco instead of burning it, their own state tax rate. The tax is 1.7 cents per unit starting November 1, 2025, while regular cigarettes are taxed at about 3.4 cents each, so heated products are taxed at about half the cigarette rate. Counties and cities that already tax tobacco also collect a smaller local tax on these products. The Alabama Senate passed it 24-6 and the bill became law.

May 7, 2025

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Voted to pass House Bill 445, which put THC products made from hemp, such as delta-8 gummies and drinks, under strict state control. An edible or a drink may hold no more than 10 milligrams of THC per serving, every product needs lab testing and warning labels, and no one under 21 may buy them. The law bans smokable hemp and online sales, limits sales to licensed 21-and-up stores, pharmacies, and grocery-store drink sections, adds a 10 percent tax, and makes a third unlicensed sale a felony. The Alabama Senate passed it 19-13 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025

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Voted against the final, conference committee version of House Bill 151, which would have asked Alabama voters to allow some gambling. It would have set up a school lottery, up to seven sites for electronic games of chance at named tracks and bingo halls, charity raffles and bingo, and a deal with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Sports betting and casino table games were not in it, and it would have taken effect only if voters said yes. The Senate vote was 20-15, short of the three fifths a constitutional amendment needs, so the bill died.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 152, the bill that would have set the rules for gambling in Alabama if voters approved the change to the constitution. The version the Senate voted on would have set up a state gambling board with its own police unit, a state lottery, licenses for pooled betting on races, and one charity game permit, with no casino games and no sports betting. It could only take effect with the change to the constitution, which failed. The Senate passed it with its own amendments 22-11 over these votes.

March 7, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 129, the CHOOSE Act, which pays families public money toward private school and home school costs. A parent gets a refundable tax credit of $7,000 for each child at a taking part school, or up to $4,000 in total for children taught at home, paid into an education savings account. For 2025 and 2026 a family must earn no more than three times the federal poverty level, and from 2027 any family may apply, with at least $100 million set aside each year. The Senate passed it 23-9 and it became law.

March 7, 2024

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 10, which would have put county and city library boards under the direct control of the officials who appoint them. Board members would have served at the pleasure of the appointing body and could be removed at any time by a two-thirds vote. Each board would also have had to report every year to the Governor and legislative leaders on any items it reviewed or removed from its shelves. The Senate passed it 25-7, but the House never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 14, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 5, the House's own plan for redrawing Alabama's seven districts for the U.S. House. It was one of two competing maps in the special session called after the Supreme Court ruled in Allen versus Milligan that the 2021 map likely broke the Voting Rights Act. The Senate's plan became law instead and this bill died. The Senate passed its own amended version 23-7.

July 21, 2023

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Voted for the final, conference committee version of Senate Bill 5, which redrew Alabama's seven districts for the U.S. House. The Legislature met in a special session after the Supreme Court ruled in Allen versus Milligan that the map drawn in 2021 likely broke the Voting Rights Act. This map was the Legislature's answer and became Act 2023-563. The Senate agreed 24-6 and it became law.

July 21, 2023

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Voted to pass House Bill 363, which changed how Alabama's public charter schools are overseen and paid. It altered how members of the state charter school commission are chosen, let the commission hire its own staff, and required members to train each year. It also set out how a new charter school is funded in its first year, including how much federal, state and local money a converted school gets per pupil. The Senate passed it 26-8 on its second vote of the day and it became law.

May 31, 2023

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Voted to pass House Bill 125, a mid-year spending bill adding $207.6 million from the state general fund and $10 million for veterans. The money went to dozens of items, among them $50 million to the budget reserve, $39.9 million for debt, $22 million for mental health, $30 million for economic development and $10 million for volunteer fire departments. The Senate passed this version 28-7, agreed to the final version 27-3 the next day, and it became law.

May 25, 2023

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 263, which widened Alabama's tax-credit scholarship program for private school costs. The law renamed failing schools as priority schools, opened scholarships to more students at schools that are not failing, changed the income limit, and raised the yearly cap on tax credits from $30 million to $40 million. The cap rises by $10 million, up to $60 million, whenever more than 90 percent of it is used in three of four years. The Senate passed it 26-7 and it became law.

May 24, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 200, which delayed by two years the rule holding back third graders who cannot read well enough. Under the Alabama Literacy Act a third grader who fails to show sufficient reading skill may not move up to fourth grade, and this pushed the start from the 2021 to 2022 school year to 2023 to 2024. Everything else in the Act, including reading help and summer camps, continued unchanged. The Senate passed it 20-12 over these votes and it became law.

February 22, 2022

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Voted to pass House Bill 2, which redrew the 105 districts of the Alabama House of Representatives using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn. The Senate passed it 25-7 and it became law.

November 3, 2021

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Voted to pass House Bill 1, which redrew Alabama's seven districts for the U.S. House using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn, and a federal court later held this map likely broke the Voting Rights Act, so the Legislature redrew it in 2023. The Senate passed it 22-7 and it became law.

November 3, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1, which redrew the 35 districts of the Alabama Senate using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn. The Senate passed it 25-7 and it became law.

November 1, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 46, the Compassion Act, which created a medical cannabis program in Alabama. Patients with one of 16 listed conditions can hold limited doses in tablet, capsule, cream or patch form, but not raw plant, anything smoked or vaped, or edibles. Employers can still refuse to hire or can dismiss someone for using it, whether or not they were impaired at work. The Senate passed it 20-9, and Governor Ivey signed it into law as Act 2021-450.

May 6, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 246, which let Alabama schools teach yoga again after a long ban, under tight conditions. Lessons are limited to poses, exercises and stretching, all poses must have English names, and chanting, mantras, guided imagery and the greeting namaste are all forbidden. Taking part is optional, and a parent must sign a form that includes the sentence that yoga is part of the Hindu religion. The Senate passed it 23-7 over these votes and it became law.

May 6, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 123, which let more people keep their details off the public voter list. Someone who signs a statement that they are a prosecutor, a judge, a legislator, a law enforcement officer, or the spouse of one may have everything but their name withheld. The two existing grounds, for victims of domestic violence, remain, and lists given to state and federal agencies are not affected. The Senate passed it 18-10 over these votes and it became law.

April 20, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 319, a second attempt to ask voters to allow a lottery, casinos and sports betting. Licenses at six named sites would have gone by competitive bid, with minimum bids from $5 million to $35 million, taxed at 20 percent. Like the earlier bill it defined bingo as paper only and repealed 18 local bingo amendments, and it barred any new form of gambling for 10 years. The Senate passed it 23-9, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 13, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 94, which would have delayed by two years the rule holding back third graders who cannot read well enough. Under the Alabama Literacy Act such a pupil may not move up to fourth grade, and this would have moved the start from the 2021 school year to 2023. The reading help, summer camps and reporting duties in the Act would have continued unchanged during the delay. The Senate passed it 23-9, but Governor Ivey vetoed it and the delay never took effect.

April 13, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 97, which would have cut back emergency powers in Alabama. A state of emergency would end after 45 days instead of 60, and past 120 days only the Legislature could extend it, though the Governor kept unlimited extensions for weather, oil spills and emergencies touching under a third of counties. A state health order would take effect only with the Governor's approval, and no vaccination could be ordered over a stated medical, religious or personal objection. The Senate passed it 24-8, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 1, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 214, which would have asked voters to allow a state lottery, casinos at five named sites and sports betting. A new gaming commission would have licensed and taxed them at 20 percent of net revenue, with lottery money going to scholarships. It also redefined bingo as a paper-only game, which would have closed the electronic bingo halls outside those five sites. The Senate vote was 19-13 and the bill failed.

March 9, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 165, the Compassion Act, which would have created a medical cannabis program in Alabama. Patients with one of 16 listed conditions could buy limited doses in tablet, capsule, cream or patch form after other treatment had failed. Raw plant, anything smoked or vaped and edibles were excluded, and the number of grower, processor and dispensary licenses was capped. The Senate passed it 22-11, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 12, 2020

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Voted against passing House Bill 361, the Fantasy Contests Act, which legalized paid fantasy sports in Alabama. Operators must register with the Attorney General, verify players are 19 or older, keep player money separate, bar contests on high school and youth sports, and pay a tax on their Alabama revenue. Fantasy contests are taken out of the state gambling laws, and breaking the rules is treated as a deceptive trade practice rather than a crime. The Senate passed it 22-8 over these votes and it became law.

May 28, 2019

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 220, which would have asked voters to allow a state lottery. Games would have been limited to paper tickets and drawn numbers, and the amendment wrote an unusually detailed ban on video lottery terminals and casino-style machines into the constitution itself. Proceeds would first repay past transfers out of the Alabama Trust Fund. The Senate passed it 21-12, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 25, 2019

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 222, which would have ended the election of county school superintendents. From 2023 a county board would appoint its superintendent as terms ended or seats fell vacant. No sitting elected superintendent would have been removed, and a board could keep one on by contract without running an open search. The Senate passed it 19-10, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 4, 2019

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 22, which would have let taxpayers send part of a state refund to We Build The Wall, a private group raising money for a barrier on the southern border. It added that group to the list of charities on the state income tax form. A recipient that raises less than $7,500 a year over three years is dropped from the form. The Senate passed it 23-6, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 21, 2019

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 119, which would have ended Common Core in Alabama schools. It would have terminated every program tied to those standards, including the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, and required the state board to adopt replacements for math and English by the 2021 school year. It also barred joining any group that gives up control over Alabama education. The Senate passed it 23-7, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 21, 2019

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Introduced a bill to bar Alabama state and local government agencies from buying or flying drones made by companies tied to a foreign adversary country (Senate Bill 260). It never got a committee vote.

March 19, 2025

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 181, which would have set one statewide set of fair-hearing rules for students facing suspension or expulsion. Each local school board writes its own student conduct rules today, and the bill would have replaced that patchwork with uniform steps, with the State Board of Education writing the details. The vote was 11-20, short of the majority the Senate needed, so the bill failed.

May 16, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 301, which would have added mandatory extra prison time for carrying a gun during a violent crime. The extra term ran from five years for possession up to 20 years for a repeat offense, served on top of the sentence for the crime itself. None of that added time could be reduced by probation, early release, work release or good behavior credit. The Senate passed it 16-6, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 31, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 158, the Alabama Lead Reduction Act, which rebuilt the state's lead paint program. The State Board of Health must now run a certification scheme rather than merely being allowed to, and anyone doing lead work must pass training and an exam. Fines rise from a single misdemeanor to a daily civil penalty reaching $2,500 a day for repeat offenders, alongside a Class A misdemeanor. The Senate passed it 18-8 over these votes and it became law.

March 30, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 51, which would have required every Alabama school system to employ a mental health service coordinator. The coordinator would have arranged mental health services across the system, and could qualify through social work, school counseling, nursing or professional mental health experience. Each one would have had a year to earn a state certificate, and the duty was conditional on the Legislature funding it. The Senate vote was 10-16 and the bill failed.

March 1, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 26, the Agent Billy Clardy III Act, which would have given Alabama its own wiretap power for felony drug cases. The Attorney General could have asked a judge to authorize interception for up to 30 days, with the state police holding the only lawful equipment. It also let the state police demand phone toll records and subscriber details by administrative subpoena, with no judge involved. The Senate vote was 13-13 and the bill failed.

February 10, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 2, which changed when long-sentence prisoners move from prison to supervision, and put them on electronic monitoring. For a sentence of 10 years or more the release window narrows from between 12 and 24 months before the end of the sentence to between 10 and 12 months. Everyone released under that rule, and everyone on parole, must wear a monitor for as long as the director decides, at the board's expense. The Senate passed it 24-6 over these votes and it became law.

October 1, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 154, which requires every Alabama campaign finance report to be filed electronically with the Secretary of State. The filings go into a searchable public database. The old exemption letting small campaigns raising $5,000 or less file on paper is removed, and fines for late or missing reports are now issued by the Secretary of State rather than local officials. The Senate passed it 17-12 over these votes and it became law.

April 22, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 91, which would have banned racial profiling in traffic stops. Race or ethnicity could not have been the sole basis for a stop, and every police agency would have adopted a written policy and collected data on who was stopped, by whom, and what followed. The word solely is doing a lot of work: a stop with any other contributing reason falls outside the ban. The Senate passed it 19-7, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 20, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 158, which would have built a statewide database of police misconduct. Agencies would have had to report discipline within seven days, use-of-force complaints within 30 days, and every officer departure, and would have had to run a ten-item check before hiring. The database would have been closed to the public and released only by court order. The Senate passed it 21-8, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 4, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 423, which would have made kindergarten compulsory in Alabama. A child who turns five by September 1 would have had to enroll rather than merely being entitled to a place. A child turning five between September and December could start early where space allowed and the local board had set readiness rules. The Senate vote was 13-18 and the bill failed.

May 31, 2019

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