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Ontario Tillman

Democratic · AL · AL State Representative

Ontario Tillman serves in the Alabama House and is a lawyer. He holds a special education degree and a master's in collaborative teaching from Alabama A&M University and a law degree from Miles Law School.

Where Ontario Tillman stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (2 records), Cost of Living Reduction (1 record),

Campaign Finance Information — State Representative

Campaign Finance Information · State Representative · November 3, 2026

Data last updated September 2, 2026

Raised
$76,250
Spent
$66,946
Cash on hand
$24,115

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+$15,000
  • $1,000-$4,999$52,500
  • $500-$999$5,250
  • $250-$499$500

Source: Alabama FCPA Reporting System · 2026 cycle · fcpa.alabamavotes.gov

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • 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 · researched September 2, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 2 support
  • Voted yes on House Bill 513, providing Department of Commerce and Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute exemptions from specified procurement review.

    March 31, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 110, authorizing digital driver licenses and nondriver identification cards; the bill was enacted.

    March 26, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

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 · researched September 2, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 11 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted yes on Senate Bill 364, requiring public K-12 violence-prevention, conflict-resolution, and mediation instruction.

    April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted yes on Senate Bill 273, revising second-degree stalking penalties.

    April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted yes on Senate Bill 341, establishing the Alabama Work Zone Safety Act pilot program.

    April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 261, requiring automatic expungement orders in specified dismissed or acquitted cases.

    January 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Sponsored a bill making a pretrial detention hearing held under Aniah's Law count as a defendant's preliminary hearing in felony cases. The Alabama House passed it 103-0 (House Bill 537).

    January 1, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 536, establishing a PTSD treatment program for Alabama law-enforcement officers.

    January 1, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • 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

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Sponsored a bill letting people up to age 22 apply for youthful offender status, a special court track that keeps a young person's case off the ordinary adult record (House Bill 436, 2023). The Alabama House passed it 56-39.

    January 1, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Sponsored a 2025 bill proposing to let Alabama's largest cities require owners of vacant buildings to register them (House Bill 331).

    January 1, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 437, which addressed vacant-property registration in Class 1 municipalities.

    January 1, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • Sponsored House Bill 535, authorizing unemployment compensation benefits during an employer lockout.

    January 1, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 3 support
  • Voted yes on Senate Bill 364, requiring public K-12 violence-prevention, conflict-resolution, and mediation instruction.

    April 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted yes on House Bill 353, creating an Advanced Math Pathway for public K-12 education.

    March 31, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted yes on House Bill 584, limiting screen-based instruction in kindergarten through fifth grade.

    March 31, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 3 support
  • 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted to pass 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, 2024Supports 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

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support
  • Sponsored House Bill 64, adding Election Day as a state holiday.

    January 1, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 2 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 427, expanding Alabama telephone-solicitation restrictions and penalties.

    February 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

Track record — General

General · 47 records
  • Voted against passing 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 against passing 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 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted yes on House Bill 169, revising the composition and vacancy-filling method of the Alabama Department of Archives and History board.

    March 31, 2026

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 58, providing continuances and bail rules when a party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty.

    January 13, 2026

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Sponsored a law letting a court postpone a case when a party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty, and requiring bail to be set in those cases (House Bill 60, Act 2026-569).

    January 13, 2026

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 66, providing for driver-license designation of certain medical conditions.

    January 13, 2026

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Introduced a bill proposing to pay Alabama local school board employees twice a month, on the first and sixteenth, starting in August 2027, while letting individual school boards opt out (House Bill 62).

    January 13, 2026

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted against agreeing 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, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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 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, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted to pass 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 · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Introduced a bill letting local school boards pay employees twice a month instead of once, with boards free to opt out. It did not pass the 2025 session (House Bill 32).

    January 1, 2025

    Source: bamapolitics.com · researched August 7, 2026

  • Voted against 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted to pass 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 against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2024

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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 against passing 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 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 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

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Voted against passing 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, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 2, 2026

  • Was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives for District 56.

    November 8, 2022

    Source: aldailynews.com · researched August 7, 2026

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