Jeana Ross

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 House of Representatives passed it 67-34 and it became law.

February 17, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 8, which tightened Alabama's vaping rules to keep vapes away from people under 21. Vapes not authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration may be sold only in licensed vape specialty stores, which must keep out anyone under 21 and check every ID at the door. The law also banned vape ads with candy or cartoon themes, raised license fees and fines, and made every public school adopt a vaping prevention policy. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 52-43 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 475, the Power to the People Act, which changes the state board that sets electric rates. It bars any increase in the electric base rates in place on October 1, 2026 before January 1, 2029. After that date, power companies may not bill customers for their own lobbying, ads, or grants. Power companies also may not give money to candidates for the board, a ban that starts when the law takes effect on June 1, 2026. The board grows from three elected members to seven, one per congressional district, but the Governor first appoints four of them by July 15, 2026 from lists sent by legislative leaders of both parties. Elections phase the seven seats in through 2032, and a new state energy secretary picked by the Governor runs the board's staff and sets its agendas. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 72-26 and the bill became law.

April 1, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 7, the Laken Riley Act, which would have let state and local police sign agreements with federal agencies to help enforce immigration law. Under such an agreement, an officer could arrest someone on probable cause of being in the country illegally, and could hold and move that person to a federal facility. Jails would have had to try to determine each person's immigration status, call a federal center when someone had no papers, and hold that person when the federal government asked. 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the final version of Senate Bill 341, which lets Alabama try speed cameras in one interstate work zone. A camera may ticket a driver only for going more than 10 miles per hour over the limit, only where workers are present, and only where two warning signs stand at least 500 feet ahead. The ticket is a civil fine mailed to the vehicle's owner rather than a criminal charge, and the program ends on September 30, 2028 unless lawmakers extend it. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 76-23 and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 86, which changes what the Board of Pardons and Paroles weighs when deciding whether to release someone on parole. The board must now consider the person's work and any education completed while in prison, and it may consider a low risk of reoffending measured by a validated assessment. The law keeps the board's existing duty to protect public safety and says the guidelines create no right to release, leaving the decision fully in the board's hands. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-22 and it became law.

February 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 234, called Alyssa's Law, which would have given school staff wearable panic buttons that call police directly. By October 2030, and only if the state set aside money for it, every school board and charter school would have had to decide which staff carry a device, hand them out, and train people to use them. The device would have had to report the caller's location down to the room and floor, and the state school board would have approved the vendors. 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the final version of Senate Bill 57, which tells Alabama to ask the federal government for permission to stop people from buying candy and soda with SNAP food benefits. If the federal government says yes, the state must block those purchases; if it says no, the state must ask again every year. The law sorts candy and soda by their ingredients, leaves out baked goods and drinks with low-calorie sweeteners, and shields stores from fines for up to three accidental sales a year. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 77-22 and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

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 · researched August 6, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 29, which would have required people drawing unemployment benefits to contact more employers each week to stay eligible. The weekly minimum would have risen from three employers to five for anyone living in a county of 20,000 or more people, and stayed at three in smaller counties. Claimants would have had to show proof of their job search each week, could not count the same employer twice unless it was hiring again, and the state would have checked five percent of those proofs at random. 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 · researched September 2, 2026

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 · researched August 6, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 360, which would have created a yearly Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday in Alabama. On the last weekend of August each year, guns, ammunition, and hunting supplies would have been free of state sales tax. Hunting supplies were defined to include archery gear, gun and bow cases, hearing protection, holsters, belts, slings, and silencers, and counties and cities could have dropped their own sales tax for the same weekend. 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 116, which made it a crime in Alabama to have, sell, or use a part that turns a pistol into a machine gun, meaning a gun that fires many shots with one pull of the trigger. Breaking the ban is a felony that can bring prison time. The ban does not cover police officers doing their jobs, guns and parts registered under federal gun law, or trigger parts that speed up firing but still fire no more than two shots per pull. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-23 and it became law.

March 6, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

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 picks the precinct and at least one race at random, and the audit happens after the deadline to contest the election. Results go to the Secretary of State, who must post them for the public, and poll watchers and reporters may watch the count. The Governor later sent the bill back with a change of her own, which both chambers accepted with no votes against before it became law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 69-25.

January 15, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 30, which would have made each county's probate judge audit the ballots from one precinct after every county and statewide general election. The county canvassing board would have picked the precinct and the race at random, and the audit would have had to finish before the county certified its returns. Results would have gone to the Secretary of State to post for the public, with poll watchers and reporters allowed to watch the count. 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 202, which gave police officers a much stronger legal shield when they are sued or charged over their work, and made police agencies report yearly data on use-of-force complaints. A court must throw out such a lawsuit unless the officer recklessly risked death or serious injury for no policing reason, or violated a right courts had already made clear. Evidence sharing pauses while that question is decided, and an officer charged with a crime over use of force can ask a judge to end the case before trial. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 73-28 and the bill became law.

May 14, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 475, the Power to the People Act, which changes the state board that sets electric rates. It bars any increase in the electric base rates in place on October 1, 2026 before January 1, 2029. After that date, power companies may not bill customers for their own lobbying, ads, or grants. Power companies also may not give money to candidates for the board, a ban that starts when the law takes effect on June 1, 2026. The board grows from three elected members to seven, one per congressional district, but the Governor first appoints four of them by July 15, 2026 from lists sent by legislative leaders of both parties. Elections phase the seven seats in through 2032, and a new state energy secretary picked by the Governor runs the board's staff and sets its agendas. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 72-26 and the bill became law.

April 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

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 House passed it 75-29 on a party-line vote, and it became law.

May 6, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5, which asks voters to change the Alabama Constitution so every public school plays the national anthem at least once a week. School boards would have to write a policy for it. Each school would play a Library of Congress recording of the first verse of The Star-Spangled Banner, or have a school band, choir, or singer perform it. This is a proposed change to the state constitution, so it takes effect only if most Alabama voters approve it at a statewide election. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 75-27.

April 9, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 2, the Gulf of America Act, which renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America everywhere in Alabama law. Starting October 1, 2026, state and local offices and their workers must use the new name on new maps, papers, school materials, websites, and official messages. They must try to update older materials unless that would cost too much or get in the way, and schools may still say Gulf of Mexico when teaching history. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 73-30 and it became law.

February 24, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

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 · researched August 6, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to 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 House of Representatives agreed 60-27 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 247, the Gulf of America Act, which would have renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America everywhere in Alabama law. State and local offices and their workers would have had to use the new name on new maps, papers, school materials, websites, and official messages. A nearly identical bill, House Bill 2, passed both chambers the following year and became 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Voted against passing 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, while regular cigarettes are taxed at about 3.4 cents each, so heated products are taxed at about half the cigarette rate. The Senate later reworded the definitions and moved the start date to November 1, 2025, and the House accepted those changes 89-8. The Alabama House of Representatives passed its version 58-37 over these votes and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

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 · researched August 6, 2026

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 · researched August 6, 2026