R Alabama Senate · District 29 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Donnie Chesteen

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Session

Total votes

8,047

all sessions

Attendance

91%

711 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

Voting record

Yea

7,233

voted in favor

Nay

119

voted against

Absent

711

missed votes

Total cast

8,047

across all sessions

Crossed party

27

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 165

Medical Cannabis, program established to allow use of for certain conditions, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-11, incl., 20-2A-20 to 20-2A-23, incl., 20-2A-30 to 20-2A-36, incl., 20-2A-50 to 20-2A-68, incl., added; Sec. 13A-7-2 am'd. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

17–14

Mar 12, 2020

SB 45

Crimes and offenses, criminal trespass, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, further provided to include unmanned aircraft systems, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd.

Yea

Passed

32–1

Mar 12, 2020

SB 61

Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, established to authorize licensed psychologists to practice on a limited basis among compact member states

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 12, 2020

SB 165

Medical Cannabis, program established to allow use of for certain conditions, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-11, incl., 20-2A-20 to 20-2A-23, incl., 20-2A-30 to 20-2A-36, incl., 20-2A-50 to 20-2A-68, incl., added; Sec. 13A-7-2 am'd.

Yea

Passed

29–3

Mar 12, 2020

HB 310

Taxation, County Boards of Equalization, valuation procedures further provided, Secs. 40-2-18, 40-3-21, 40-3-25, 40-7-25 am'd.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 12, 2020

SB 165

Medical Cannabis, program established to allow use of for certain conditions, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-11, incl., 20-2A-20 to 20-2A-23, incl., 20-2A-30 to 20-2A-36, incl., 20-2A-50 to 20-2A-68, incl., added; Sec. 13A-7-2 am'd.

Nay

Failed

13–17

Mar 12, 2020

SB 185

Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add'l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am'd.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 12, 2020

HB 3

Alabama Economic Freedom Act, cert. taxes repealed, single rate tax on consumption expenditures estab., Constitutional Amendments 23, 25, 212, 225 repealed, const. amend.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 12, 2020

SB 45

Crimes and offenses, criminal trespass, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, further provided to include unmanned aircraft systems, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd.

Yea

Passed

28–3

Mar 12, 2020

SB 165

Medical Cannabis, program established to allow use of for certain conditions, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-11, incl., 20-2A-20 to 20-2A-23, incl., 20-2A-30 to 20-2A-36, incl., 20-2A-50 to 20-2A-68, incl., added; Sec. 13A-7-2 am'd. Against party

Nay

Passed

22–11

Mar 12, 2020