Mack Butler
Republican · AL · AL State Representative
Mack Butler serves in the Alabama House and is an electrician and property investor. He graduated from Gadsden State Community College.
Where Mack Butler stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Government Efficiency (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (9 records),
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Labor Rights (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record),
Mixed record
Gun Control (1 support · 2 oppose), Corporate Accountability (1 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative · November 3, 2026
Data last updated September 2, 2026
- Raised
- $114,122
- Spent
- $118,316
- Cash on hand
- $40,784
Spent can be higher than Raised because campaigns can also use money that Raised does not count, like loans or funds from earlier years.
Contribution-size amounts cover itemized cash contributions only; the raised total also includes non-itemized cash, in-kind contributions, and other receipts.
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$25,000
- $1,000-$4,999$66,500
- $500-$999$11,500
- $250-$499$3,230
- $100-$249$3,242
- $1-$99$50
Source: Alabama FCPA Reporting System · 2026 cycle · fcpa.alabamavotes.gov
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored House Bill 131, which revised sales and use tax treatment of durable medical equipment and supplies; the bill was enacted.
May 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 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 · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 24, which provided a religious exemption from specified K-12 and higher-education vaccine requirements.
January 13, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 oppose
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 oppose
Sponsored House Bill 338, which removed a restriction on Class IV municipalities hiring the same accountant for more than three consecutive years; the bill died in the Senate.
April 16, 2024Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Sponsored House Bill 252, which revised accounting requirements for Class IV municipalities; the bill was indefinitely postponed.
May 6, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 302, which revised the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors and its licensing and enforcement duties; the bill died in committee.
May 25, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 9 support
Sponsored House Bill 420, which increased penalties for discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building; the bill was enacted.
April 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 26, which provided additional restrictions for certain sex offenders and authorized rules by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
February 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Sponsored a bill barring sex offenders whose victim was 12 or younger from internet-capable devices or a post office box without officer approval. It passed the House but never got a Senate vote.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 452, which provided additional restrictions for certain sex offenders; the bill died in committee.
April 11, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 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 · researched September 2, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Sponsored House Bill 353, which would have created an Advanced Math Pathway in public K-12 education; the bill died in the Senate.
April 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support · 2 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 · researched September 2, 2026
Voted to pass 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, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 181, which restricted financial institutions' disclosure of certain firearms-transaction records and authorized civil penalties; the bill died in committee.
March 22, 2023Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 7 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 · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 89, proposing to set qualifying fee amounts for municipal elections and to require candidates claiming indigent status to file documentation.
January 13, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Sponsored House Bill 181, which restricted financial institutions' disclosure of certain firearms-transaction records and authorized civil penalties; the bill died in committee.
March 22, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 9 oppose
Sponsored House Bill 23, which would have prohibited specified gender-identity instruction and pronoun use in public preK-12 education; the bill died in committee.
January 13, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 244, which would have prohibited specified instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in public K-12 schools; the bill died in the Senate.
May 1, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 130, which would have prohibited specified instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in public K-12 schools; the bill died in the Senate.
May 2, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 354, which addressed K-12 instruction and parental notification concerning gender identity and sexual orientation; the bill died in committee.
April 20, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 1 oppose
Sponsored a bill to make the Alabama Public Service Commission set Alabama Power's rates through rate cases and to cap the utility's profits; the House passed it 104-0. The Senate swapped in a different version that instead grows the commission from three to seven members and creates a state Secretary of Energy. Butler opposed that final version, which the governor signed (House Bill 475).
April 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Track record — General
General · 26 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 · researched September 2, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
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
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 in Alabama law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 73-30 and it became law.
February 24, 2026
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted against passing 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored a bill requiring evicted tenants to be told what happens to belongings left behind, and shielding landlords and officers from damage claims. It did not pass the Senate (House Bill 80).
February 19, 2026
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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 · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted against passing 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, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Sponsored House Bill 248, which would have prohibited dispersal of items intended to affect weather; the bill died in committee.
February 11, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 7, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted for 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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted for 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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted against passing 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, 2023
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Voted to pass 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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026
Served as president of the Etowah County Board of Education.
January 16, 2014
Source: alreporter.com · researched August 7, 2026
Served two six-year terms on the Etowah County Board of Education.
January 16, 2014
Source: alreporter.com · researched August 7, 2026
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- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District 28; Alabama · incumbent
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