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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%
2,006 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
114
bills & resolutions
Lower than 96% of chamber peers
Committees
9
assignments
8,282 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
5,774
voted in favor
Nay
491
voted against
Absent
2,006
missed votes
Total cast
8,282
across all sessions
Crossed party
117
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HR 261
Legislature, urged to prohibit discrimination in public accommodations, local schools, and the workplace
Yea
Passed
68–19
Feb 9, 2021
HB 212
Workers' compensation, firefighters, law enforcement officers, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses, co's and municipalities required to maintain certain disability insurance coverage
Yea
Passed
97–0
Feb 9, 2021
HB 17
ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd
Yea
Passed
91–3
Feb 9, 2021
HB 17
ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd
Other
Passed
79–14
Feb 9, 2021
HB 15
Taxation, to update the disbursement of certain license taxes and registration fees, Sec. 40-12-270 am'd.
Other
Passed
74–12
Feb 9, 2021
SB 95
Expungement, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses, to increase the filing fee for expungements, Secs. 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7 to 15-27-10, inclusive, 15-27-19 am'd.
Yea
Passed
67–19
Feb 9, 2021
HB 165
Business entities, Sec. of State authorized to waive the Certificate of Existence fee for business entities under certain conditions, Sec. 10A-1-4.31 am'd.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Feb 9, 2021
SB 270
Veterans' Affairs, State Board of, adding a Gold Star Family member to the board, updating existing code, making nonsubstantive, technical revisions, Sec. 31-5-3 am'd.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Feb 4, 2021
HB 231
Finance Dept., supp. appropriation of federal funds from the Alabama Rental Assistance Fund, delegating to Ala. Housing Finance Authority to administer rental assistance under federal covid relief
Yea
Passed
96–0
Feb 4, 2021
HR 241
Pool, Sergeant Braxton, honored
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 4, 2021
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