R Alabama House · District 42 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Van Smith

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Session

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

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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 420

License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Secs. 32-6-64, 32-6-67 am'd.

Nay

Failed

3–84

Mar 30, 2021

HB 313

Class 1 mun. (Birmingham), business improvement districts, self-help, requirements to estab., amend, expand, and terminate, Secs. 11-54B-5, 11-54B-7, 11-54B-10, 11-54B-19 am'd.

Other

Passed

24–0

Mar 30, 2021

HB 515

Trussville, city board of education, tax district in Jefferson County, ad valorem tax rate increase, referendum

Other

Passed

19–3

Mar 30, 2021

HB 4

High school athletics, Examiners of Public Accounts, required to audit the High School Athletic Association in the same manner as an agency of the state

Yea

Passed

91–1

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.

Nay

Failed

32–58

Mar 30, 2021

SB 207

Montgomery Co., judge of probate, required to be an attorney, equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, const. amend.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 30, 2021

HB 273

Nicotine, age raised to buy, possess, or use nicotine products to 21, restrictions on marketing of certain nicotine products, Secs. 28-11-17.1, 28-11-20, 28-11-21 added; Secs. 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1, 28-11-1, 28-11-2, 28-11-3, 28-11-4, 28-11-5, 28-11-6.1, 28-11-6.2, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 28-11-14, 28-11-15, 28-11-16, 28-11-18 am'd.

Yea

Passed

78–11

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.

Yea

Passed

89–0

Mar 30, 2021

HB 530

Walker Co., county civil service system, board, compensation of members and chair, Act 200, 1969 Sp. Sess., am'd.

Other

Passed

26–0

Mar 30, 2021

HJR 24

Day of Tears, recognized

Yea

Passed

97–0

Mar 30, 2021