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R Alabama Senate · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Matt Woods

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Total votes
3,040
all sessions
Attendance
97%
97 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
46
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
4,264 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
2,636
voted in favor
Nay
41
voted against
Absent
97
missed votes
Total cast
3,040
across all sessions
Crossed party
22
votes against own party
This page
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 8
Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Sections 32-5A-350, 32-5A-351, and 32-5A-352, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 32-5A-350.1 and 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-359, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide prohibitions on the use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle, with exceptions; to further provide criminal penalties; to provide exemptions; to distribute a portion of any fines collected to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for the purchase of devices to enable substantially hands-free voice-based communications in a motor vehicle and to provide the devices to certain low-income families in the state; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. Against party
Yea
Passed
55–40
Apr 4, 2023
HB 91
Relating to the City of Columbiana in Shelby County; to authorize the City Council of the City of Columbiana to establish and regulate the operation of entertainment districts in the city as designated by the Columbiana City Code; and to authorize the city council to provide penalties for violations.
Abstain
Passed
23–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 103
Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 57
To amend Section 12-17-81 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the salary of all circuit clerks in the Unified Judicial System based on the pay plan adopted by the personnel system of the Unified Judicial System.
Yea
Passed
100–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 103
Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child.
Yea
Passed
101–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 103
Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child.
Yea
Passed
102–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 26
To amend Section 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-112 of the 2022 Regular Session, relating to meeting days of boards of registrars; to increase the number of working days that the Blount County Board of Registrars may meet each week.
Yea
Passed
77–0
Apr 4, 2023
HB 1
Relating to controlled substances; to amend Section 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975; to add mandatory minimums for certain felony drug trafficking crimes; to provide for additional penalties for subsequent offenses; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Yea
Passed
98–0
Mar 23, 2023
HB 101
Relating to adoption; to add Chapter 10E and Chapter 10F to Title 26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and Section 12-15-115.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Section 12-15-133 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to repeal Section 12-12-35 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and Chapter 10A of Title 26 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Alabama Minor Adoption Code and the Alabama Adult Adoption Code; to provide for jurisdictional and procedural requirements relating to adoptions; to provide for the communication of certain courts handling adoption-related proceedings; to provide that certain individuals must consent to an adoption; to provide for the confidentiality of certain adoption records; to provide for investigative requirements for the adoption of a minor; to provide procedures to adopt an adult; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Absent
Passed
57–23
Mar 23, 2023
HB 1
Relating to controlled substances; to amend Section 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975; to add mandatory minimums for certain felony drug trafficking crimes; to provide for additional penalties for subsequent offenses; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Yea
Passed
102–0
Mar 23, 2023
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