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D Alabama Senate · District 19 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Merika Coleman

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Total votes
8,282
all sessions
Attendance
76%
1,989 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
156
bills & resolutions
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Committees
9
assignments
8,282 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
5,774
voted in favor
Nay
491
voted against
Absent
1,989
missed votes
Total cast
8,282
across all sessions
Crossed party
117
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 208
Public schools, require a child successfully complete kindergarten before being admitted to the first grade, Sec. 16-28-4 am'd.
Other
Passed
99–0
Feb 23, 2021
HB 208
Public schools, require a child successfully complete kindergarten before being admitted to the first grade, Sec. 16-28-4 am'd. Against party
Nay
Passed
84–15
Feb 23, 2021
HB 187
Competitive bids by co. and city bds of ed and gov't entities, exclusion for purchases through cooperative purchasing agreements to include leases and lease/purchase agreements, Secs. 16-13B-2, 41-16-51 am'd.
Yea
Passed
101–0
Feb 23, 2021
HB 131
Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, Legislature may designate offenses not eligible for bail, const. amend
Yea
Passed
101–0
Feb 23, 2021
HB 201
Taxation, sales of land for taxes, conducted on premises of or within courthouse or courthouse annex, Sec. 40-10-15 am'd.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 23, 2021
SB 259
Legislature, to call itself into a special session under certain conditions authorized, const. amend.
Yea
Passed
99–1
Feb 23, 2021
HB 76
Schools, public, Seizure Safe Schools Act, students with seizure disorders, admin. of medication by school personnel procedures, Secs. 16-30C-1 to 16-30C-6, inclusive, added
Yea
Passed
101–0
Feb 23, 2021
HB 203
Open Meetings Act, further define terms deliberation and meeting, technical revisions, Sec. 36-25A-2 am'd.
Other
Passed
88–9
Feb 23, 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
101–0
Feb 23, 2021
HB 76
Schools, public, Seizure Safe Schools Act, students with seizure disorders, admin. of medication by school personnel procedures, Secs. 16-30C-1 to 16-30C-6, inclusive, added
Yea
Passed
101–0
Feb 23, 2021
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