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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 recorded
8,282
across all sessions
Crossed party
117
votes against own party
Matching
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 347
Jackson Co., T.V.A. in lieu of tax payments, redistribution to Jackson County Legislative Delegation Critical Needs Fund, fund closed thereafter, Sec. 45-36-162 am'd.
Other
Passed
16–0
Mar 13, 2018
HB 236
Education, school resource officers, qualifications further provided for, Sec. 16-1-44.1 am'd.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 13, 2018
HB 470
Sales and use tax, Simplified Seller Use Tax Remittance Program, out-of-state vendors, physical presence through acquisition of in-state company authorized, sales of tangible personal property subject to sales tax, marketplace facilitators, collection, Secs. 40-23-190, 40-23-191 am'd.
Yea
Passed
85–8
Mar 13, 2018
HB 471
Montgomery and Montgomery Airport Authority, authorized to join Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and transfer assets and liabilities from existing Employees' Retirement System of the City of Montgomery under certain conditions
Other
Passed
25–0
Mar 13, 2018
HR 167
Balch, James Villard, death mourned
Yea
Passed
98–0
Mar 13, 2018
SB 176
Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required
Other
Passed
93–0
Mar 13, 2018
HB 236
Education, school resource officers, qualifications further provided for, Sec. 16-1-44.1 am'd.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Mar 13, 2018
HB 387
Legislature, members of, providing consulting services, persons compensating members to notify Ethics Commission of certain arrangements, Sec. 36-25-7.1 added
Other
Passed
64–0
Mar 13, 2018
SB 121
Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, parent or guardian of a disabled person authorized to apply for a disability access license plate, Sec. 40-12-300 am'd.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 8, 2018
HB 147
Municipality, council-manager form of gov., council-manager act of 1982, composition of council, alternate forms, Sec. 11-43A-1.1 added; Secs. 11-43A-8, 11-43A-9, 11-43A-14, 11-43A-16, 11-43A-32 am'd
Yea
Passed
83–4
Mar 8, 2018
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