Mark Gidley

Sponsored a bill to let Alabama join a multi-state licensing compact so dietitians licensed in other member states could practice here. The House passed it, but it died in the Senate (House Bill 317, 2024).

March 19, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 71, which stops state agencies setting pollution limits tougher than federal rules. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 67-34 and it became law.

February 17, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for the compromise version of Senate Bill 231, which cut off state business incentives for employers that recognize a union without a secret ballot. The House agreed 73-29 and it became law.

May 7, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

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Sponsored House Bill 214, which joined Alabama to the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact.

May 1, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass House Bill 7, the Laken Riley Act, a bill to let state and local police enforce federal immigration law by agreement. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 74-26, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 17, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Sponsored House Bill 22, which provided for additional public K-12 assistant-principal positions; the bill was enacted.

May 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to agree to the final version of Senate Bill 341, which lets Alabama try speed cameras in one interstate work zone. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 76-23 and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored House Bill 105, proposing to widen Alabama's crimes of enticing a child for immoral purposes and electronic solicitation of a child. The bill passed the House and moved to the Senate (House Bill 105).

March 19, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 86, which makes the parole board weigh a prisoner's work and education when deciding on release. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-22 and it became law.

February 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored House Bill 9, which changed estate and property rights after elder-abuse convictions.

January 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill barring anyone convicted of elder abuse from inheriting from that victim's estate; the Alabama House passed it 103-0 (House Bill 66).

May 1, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 363, a bill to make a death caused by drunk driving murder or manslaughter in some cases. The House passed it 76-21, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 11, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 301, which made it an offense to hold a phone while driving badly, with fines up to $150. The House passed it 57-37 and it became law.

June 6, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 206, the Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act, which made stealing over $2,500 of goods a Class B felony. It also created the crime of organized retail theft for groups that steal and resell goods. The House passed it 76-27 and it became law.

May 31, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 131, which stops the parole board considering a prisoner who is facing a new criminal charge. The House passed its version 79-23, agreed to the Senate's version 97-1, and it became law.

April 20, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1, the Deputy Brad Johnson Act, which cut the credit prisoners earn toward early release. The House passed it 79-24 and it became law.

April 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to agree to the final version of Senate Bill 57, which seeks federal permission to bar buying candy and soda with SNAP benefits. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 77-22 and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a bill to exempt the charity Sleep in Heavenly Peace from Alabama sales and use tax. The House passed it on a roll call on March 3, 2026, and it stalled after a second Senate reading (House Bill 425).

April 7, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 29, a bill to make unemployment claimants in larger counties contact five employers a week. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 76-25, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 11, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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His school-chaplain bill passed the Alabama House of Representatives.

May 1, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored House Bill 214, which joined Alabama to the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact.

May 1, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored House Bill 22, which provided for additional public K-12 assistant-principal positions; the bill was enacted.

May 9, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass House Bill 22, which called for an assistant principal in every public school and set out the job. The House passed it 66-18 and it became law.

April 2, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass House Bill 360, a bill to create a yearly sales tax holiday for guns, ammunition and hunting supplies. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 72-29, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 24, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 116, which made having, selling or using a part that turns a pistol into a machine gun a crime. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-23 and it became law.

March 6, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 356, the Pregnancy Resource Act, a bill to give a state income tax credit for gifts to pregnancy centers. The House passed it 75-28, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 195, a bill to make school sex education teach that avoiding sex outside marriage is best. The House passed it 72-22, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Sponsored House Bill 378, which would have created criminal penalties and civil remedies for transporting or harboring a minor to obtain an abortion. The bill died in a House committee.

March 19, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 95, the Alabama Post-Election Audit Act, which makes each county audit one precinct's ballots after every general election. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 69-25.

January 15, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 30, a bill to make probate judges audit one precinct's ballots after every general election. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 63-30, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 18, 2025Supports 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. The House passed it 75-28 and it became law.

March 7, 2024Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 209, a bill to make it a felony to handle another person's absentee ballot or application. The House passed it 76-28, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 4, 2023Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 9, which requires Alabama's vote counting machines to use paper ballots the voter can inspect. The House passed this version 78-27, later agreed to the final version 96-3, and it became law.

May 2, 2023Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 10, which bars vote counting machines that can go online or contain modem technology. The House passed it 77-28 and it became law.

May 2, 2023Supports Election Integrity

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Sponsored House Bill 8, which authorized campus chaplains in public K-12 schools subject to local board action; the bill was enacted.

April 16, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored a bill proposing to require Ten Commandments displays in Alabama history classrooms for grades five through twelve, paid for with donated posters or funds (House Bill 216).

March 19, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 202, which gave police officers a much stronger legal shield against lawsuits and charges. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 73-28 and the bill became law.

May 14, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored a bill to post the Ten Commandments in Alabama public schools, including history classrooms. The Alabama House passed it in late April 2025.

May 1, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 130, a bill to widen limits on classroom talk about sexual orientation and gender identity up to eighth grade. The House passed it 74-25, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 23, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 111, a bill to write fixed meanings for male and female into every Alabama law. The House passed it 77-24, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 11, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored House Bill 316, which authorized campus chaplains in public K-12 schools subject to local board action.

March 19, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 129, which shut down diversity, equity and inclusion offices in state agencies, schools and public colleges. The House passed it 75-28 and it became law.

March 7, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 379, the Alabama Property Protection Act, which bars listed foreign governments from buying Alabama land. The House passed its own version 73-23, and the narrower Senate version became law.

May 9, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 261, which barred government contracts with companies that boycott fossil fuels, timber, farming or guns. The House passed it 74-27 and it became law.

May 31, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1, a backup plan for a new congressional primary if a court restored Alabama's 2023 map too late. The House passed it 75-29 on a party-line vote, and it became law.

May 6, 2026

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Received the Alabama REALTORS Political Action Committee endorsement for the 2026 House District 29 primary.

April 28, 2026

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5, which asks voters to require every public school to play the national anthem at least once a week. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 75-27.

April 9, 2026

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Voted against agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 475, the Power to the People Act, which freezes electric base rates until 2029. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 72-26 and the bill became law.

April 1, 2026

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Voted to pass House Bill 2, the Gulf of America Act, which renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in Alabama law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 73-30 and it became law.

February 24, 2026

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Sponsored a bill proposing to bar Alabama government bodies from using the term West Bank in official documents, requiring the names Judea and Samaria instead, with a waiver available to agency heads (House Bill 81).

January 13, 2026

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Voted against agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 8, which limited unauthorized vapes to licensed vape stores that keep out anyone under 21. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 52-43 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025

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Voted against agreeing to the Senate's changes to House Bill 445, which put hemp-made THC products such as delta-8 gummies under strict state control. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 60-27 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025

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Voted to pass House Bill 247, the Gulf of America Act, a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 72-26, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 17, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 357, which taxed heated tobacco products at about half the cigarette rate. The Alabama House of Representatives passed its version 58-37 and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 234, called Alyssa's Law, a bill to give school staff wearable panic buttons that call police. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 58-30, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 20, 2025

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 186, which banned ranked-choice voting in Alabama. The House passed it 74-28 and it became law.

May 2, 2024

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Voted against the compromise version of House Bill 152, a bill to set the rules for gambling in Alabama if voters approved it. The House agreed 70-29 and the bill died with the amendment.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against the compromise version of House Bill 151, a bill asking voters to allow a school lottery, electronic gaming and a tribal gaming deal. The House agreed 72-29, but the Senate rejected the same version and the bill died.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 36, a bill to make having a pistol fitted with a machine gun conversion part a Class C felony. The House passed it 60-38, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 385, a bill to let prosecutors shut down a place that hands out material harmful to minors. The House passed it 72-28, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 25, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 63, a bill to let judges split prison sentences of up to 30 years, up from 20. The House passed it 60-34, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 23, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 129, the CHOOSE Act, which pays families $7,000 per child toward private school costs through tax credits. The House passed it 69-34 and it became law.

February 27, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 5, the House's own plan for redrawing Alabama's seven U.S. House districts after the Allen versus Milligan ruling. The House passed it 74-27.

July 19, 2023

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 278, which set up a state loan fund for colleges in financial trouble. The House passed this version 66-27, later agreed to the final version 97-0, and it became law.

May 25, 2023

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Voted against passing House Bill 392, a bill to make federal gun bans a state crime. The House passed it 64-36, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 17, 2023

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Voted against passing House Bill 229, a bill to let some prisoners sentenced under the habitual felony offender law seek resentencing. The House passed it 64-37, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 16, 2023

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Voted to pass House Bill 363, which changed how public charter schools are overseen and funded in their first year. The House passed this version 76-25, later agreed to the final version 98-3, and it became law.

May 11, 2023

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