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R Alabama House · District 42 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Van Smith

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Total votes
6,677
all sessions
Attendance
94%
408 missed
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
25
bills & resolutions
Lower than 97% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
6,677 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
5,682
voted in favor
Nay
115
voted against
Absent
408
missed votes
Total cast
6,677
across all sessions
Crossed party
87
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 248
Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement
Yea
Passed
101–0
May 7, 2024
HB 488
St. Clair County, county commission, authorized to provide cost-of-living increases to supernumerary sheriff and revenue commission
Yea
Passed
56–0
May 7, 2024
SB 98
Public K-12 school security; School Security Program, established to require school security inspections and grading; School Security and Fire Safety Fund, established to provide grants; School Mapping Data Program, established to provide criteria for school maps; Department of Education and ALEA, authorized to adopt rules
Yea
Failed
100–1
May 7, 2024
SB 157
Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules
Yea
Passed
100–0
May 7, 2024
SB 157
Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules
Yea
Passed
102–0
May 7, 2024
SB 269
Semmes, corporate limits altered
Yea
Passed
19–0
May 7, 2024
SB 255
Pardons and Paroles; time frame for parole court extended
Yea
Passed
98–0
May 7, 2024
HB 484
Wilcox County, further provides for mail order license decals and other mail order fees
Yea
Passed
19–0
May 7, 2024
SB 202
Animals, disposal methods for dead further provided
Yea
Passed
102–0
May 7, 2024
SB 248
Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement
Yea
Passed
101–0
May 7, 2024
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