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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
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Vote
Result
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Date
HB 94
Volunteer firefighter or rescue squad members, disability or death benefits, wildland firefighter employed by Forestry Commission included, cardiac arrest, etc. relating to emergency or physical training, presumed to be in the line of duty, Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-2 am'd.
Yea
Passed
66–15
Mar 30, 2021
HB 33
Insurance Dept., Motor Vehicle Protection Products Act, fees deposited in Insurance Dept. Fund, expense related to exam by commissioner, paid by company examined, Sec. 8-33-14 added.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 30, 2021
HB 457
Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act, recordation of satisfaction of non-resident mortgages, Sec. 35-10-27 repealed; Secs. 35-10-26, 35-10-30, 35-10-90, 35-10-91, 35-10-92, 35-10-94, 35-10-96 am'd.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 30, 2021
SB 89
TWG 2021 Birmingham Foundation, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax, license and ad valorem taxes, Sec. 40-9-26.2 added
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 30, 2021
HB 110
Pardons and Paroles Board, Dept. of Corrections, limits of confinement for parole and probation violations further provided for, provide Dept of Corrections responsible for health care costs on parolees and probationers in certain circumstances, provide Dept. of Corrections required to designate county jails for confinement of parole and probation violators, to provide that pardons and paroles may establish residential transition centers and provide for operation, notification of courts to Dept. of Corrections of defendant sentenced to its custody further provided for, Secs. 14-3-30, 15-22-29, 15-22-32, 15-22-52, 15-22-54 am'd.
Yea
Passed
91–1
Mar 30, 2021
HB 224
Health, minors end-of-life care, doctors required to obtain consent of parent or legal guardian of minor prior to entering "do not attempt resuscitation order" order, Sec. 22-8A-18 added.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 30, 2021
HB 585
Resisting arrest, to amend punishment to Class A misdemeanor, to provide that resisting arrest with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument is a Class C felony, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd. Against party
Nay
Passed
74–18
Mar 30, 2021
HB 481
Class 5 municipality, organized under Chapter 43D, Code of Alabama 1975 (Bessemer), city council, clerical assistants auth., Sec. 11-43D-14 am'd.
Other
Passed
23–0
Mar 30, 2021
HB 94
Volunteer firefighter or rescue squad members, disability or death benefits, wildland firefighter employed by Forestry Commission included, cardiac arrest, etc. relating to emergency or physical training, presumed to be in the line of duty, Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-2 am'd.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 30, 2021
HB 263
Organ transplant recipients, discrimination against persons with disabilities prohibited
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 30, 2021
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