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%

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

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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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 76

Child care facilities, daycare centers defined to include preschools, church based, licensing required under certain conditions, criminal history background checks required, Sec. 38-7-21 added; Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 am'd.

Yea

Passed

80–4

Feb 1, 2018

SB 75

Surface Mining Commission, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2022.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 1, 2018

SB 70

Foresters, Board of Registration for, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2022.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Feb 1, 2018

HB 76

Child care facilities, daycare centers defined to include preschools, church based, licensing required under certain conditions, criminal history background checks required, Sec. 38-7-21 added; Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 am'd.

Nay

Failed

31–33

Feb 1, 2018

HB 57

Domestic violence, capital offense expanded to include murder of a parent or guardian in the presence of a child, add'l aggravating circumstances included, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.

Other

Passed

74–17

Feb 1, 2018

HB 308

Walker Co., state lands, sixteenth section lands, and school lands, distrib. to trust account for schools and county board of education, const. amend.

Yea

Passed

60–0

Feb 1, 2018

SB 135

Elevator Safety Review Board, Sunset Law review, continued with certain modifications, Sec. 25-13-6 am'd.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 1, 2018

HB 218

Henry Co., sheriff, booking fee, imposed on each person booked in co. jail, collection, distrib. of

Other

Passed

25–0

Feb 1, 2018

SB 73

Prosthetists and Orthotists, Alabama State Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2022.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Feb 1, 2018

SB 134

Oil and Gas Board, State, Sunset Law review, remove board from sunset review process

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 1, 2018