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Jeana Ross

Republican · AL · AL State Representative

Jeana Ross serves in the Alabama House and was secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education from 2012 to 2020. She graduated from the University of Alabama.

Where Jeana Ross stands, based on their records

Supports

Cost of Living Reduction (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Public Education Quality (1 record),

Opposes

Immigration (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (1 support · 2 oppose), Gun Control (1 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to agree 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, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Cost of Living Reduction

Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
  • Voted to agree 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, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 1 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 oppose
  • 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 Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support · 2 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Sponsored HB30, exempting certain veterans-benefit-only households from solid-waste collection fees, in the 2026 regular session.

    January 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: alison.legislature.state.al.us

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support
  • Sponsored HB78, establishing limited-screen-time guidelines and training requirements for early-childhood and kindergarten settings, in the 2026 regular session.

    January 13, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: alison.legislature.state.al.us

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 2 support
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support
  • Voted to agree 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, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — General

General · 9 records
  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Sponsored HB131, adding veterans exposed to radiation to those eligible for distinctive Alabama license tags, in the 2026 regular session.

    January 13, 2026

    Source: alison.legislature.state.al.us

  • Voted to agree 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Served as secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education from 2012 until her retirement in 2020.

    May 21, 2020

    Source: governor.alabama.gov

  • Served as a commissioner for the Education Commission of the States after Governor Kay Ivey appointed her in 2017.

    January 1, 2017

    Source: education.ua.edu

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