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R Alabama Senate · District 29 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Donnie Chesteen

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Total votes
8,047
all sessions
Attendance
91%
694 missed
Higher than 91% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Sponsored
75
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
8,047 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
7,233
voted in favor
Nay
119
voted against
Absent
694
missed votes
Total cast
8,047
across all sessions
Crossed party
27
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 297
Education, Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, limitation on the physical location of a public charter school, Sec. 16-6F-5 am'd.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 4, 2021
HB 110
Pardons and Paroles Board, Dept. of Corrections, limits of confinement for parole and probation violations further provided for, provide Dept of Corrections responsible for health care costs on parolees and probationers in certain circumstances, provide Dept. of Corrections required to designate county jails for confinement of parole and probation violators, to provide that pardons and paroles may establish residential transition centers and provide for operation, notification of courts to Dept. of Corrections of defendant sentenced to its custody further provided for, Secs. 14-3-30, 15-22-29, 15-22-32, 15-22-52, 15-22-54 am'd.
Other
Passed
30–0
Mar 4, 2021
SB 235
Elections, electronic voting machines, curb side voting, operation of voting machines prohibited except on the inside of buildings designated as voting places, taking of ballots into or out of voting places prohibited, Sec.17-6-4 am'd.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 4, 2021
HB 348
Revenue and taxation, tax collecting officials, duties and powers thereof further provided, Sec. 40-5-48 added; Secs. 40-5-5, 40-5-6, 40-5-25, 40-5-27, 40-5-28, 40-5-30, 40-5-33, 40-5-35, 40-5-37 to 40-5-40, inclusive, 40-5-43, 40-5-46 repealed; Secs. 40-5-1 to 40-5-4, inclusive, 40-5-7 to 40-5-15, inclusive, 40-5-17 to 40-5-24, inclusive, 40-5-26, 40-5-29, 40-5-31, 40-5-32, 40-5-34, 40-5-36, 40-5-41, 40-5-42, 40-5-44, 40-5-45 am'd.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 3, 2021
HB 348
Revenue and taxation, tax collecting officials, duties and powers thereof further provided, Sec. 40-5-48 added; Secs. 40-5-5, 40-5-6, 40-5-25, 40-5-27, 40-5-28, 40-5-30, 40-5-33, 40-5-35, 40-5-37 to 40-5-40, inclusive, 40-5-43, 40-5-46 repealed; Secs. 40-5-1 to 40-5-4, inclusive, 40-5-7 to 40-5-15, inclusive, 40-5-17 to 40-5-24, inclusive, 40-5-26, 40-5-29, 40-5-31, 40-5-32, 40-5-34, 40-5-36, 40-5-41, 40-5-42, 40-5-44, 40-5-45 am'd.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 3, 2021
HB 348
Revenue and taxation, tax collecting officials, duties and powers thereof further provided, Sec. 40-5-48 added; Secs. 40-5-5, 40-5-6, 40-5-25, 40-5-27, 40-5-28, 40-5-30, 40-5-33, 40-5-35, 40-5-37 to 40-5-40, inclusive, 40-5-43, 40-5-46 repealed; Secs. 40-5-1 to 40-5-4, inclusive, 40-5-7 to 40-5-15, inclusive, 40-5-17 to 40-5-24, inclusive, 40-5-26, 40-5-29, 40-5-31, 40-5-32, 40-5-34, 40-5-36, 40-5-41, 40-5-42, 40-5-44, 40-5-45 am'd.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 3, 2021
HR 193
Fuller, Jason, death mourned
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 3, 2021
SB 117
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
30–0
Mar 3, 2021
SB 45
Elections, Sec. of State authorized to conduct a one-time post-election audit of vote count
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 3, 2021
SB 215
Digital Expansion Authority, composition and duties, development of Statewide Connectivity Plan, Alabama University Research Alliance, created, Alabama Digital Finance Authority created, Connect Alabama Act of 2021
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 3, 2021
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