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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 273

Motor vehicles, electric bicycles, operation and regulation provided, Sec. 32-5A-267 added; Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-12-20, 32-12A-1 am'd.

Yea

Passed

102–1

Mar 10, 2020

SB 12

Missing and endangered persons, to expand existing law to include missing and endangered persons suffering from a mental or physical disability who are at risk of bodily harm or death; Secs. 26-19A-1 to 26-19A-5, inclusive, am'd.

Yea

Passed

104–0

Mar 10, 2020

SB 111

Crimes and offenses, drug tests, synthetic urine and urine additives to falsify prohibited, penalties

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 10, 2020

HB 351

Labor Dept., definitions and references to Secretary of Labor updated in AL Surface Mining Act of 1969, departmental employee in lieu of registered forester to perform inspections, amount of fed funds retained in Special Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund increased, unemployment compensation language conformed and exclusivity of certain procedures specified, Secs. 25-4-59, 25-4-153 added; Secs. 9-16-2, 9-16-8, 9-16-135, 25-4-72 am'd.

Yea

Passed

104–0

Mar 10, 2020

HB 355

Madison Co., Huntsville Public Library Bd., add'l members appt. by City of Madison and Madison Co. Comm., bd renamed Huntsville-Mad. Co. Public Library Bd.

Other

Passed

42–0

Mar 10, 2020

HB 218

Tax Assessor or Revenue Commissioner, homestead exemptions, electronic verification at the discretion of tax assessing official, Sec. 40-9-21.1 am'd.

Yea

Passed

104–0

Mar 10, 2020

HB 370

Walker Co., judge of probate, equity jurisdiction if an attorney, const. amend.

Other

Passed

68–0

Mar 10, 2020

HB 214

Education, public K-12, Teacher Bill of Rights, created, distribution and posting of bill of rights provided

Yea

Passed

86–6

Mar 10, 2020

HB 34

Motor vehicles, driving without a license, penalties, Sec. 32-6-19 am'd. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

46–39

Mar 10, 2020

HB 266

Insurance, to prohibit the sale of and use of genetic test results to deny a person insurance, Sec. 27-53-2.1 added; Sec. 27-53-1 am'd.

Yea

Passed

82–0

Mar 10, 2020