R Alabama Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Wes Kitchens

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Session

Total votes

6,867

all sessions

Attendance

90%

669 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

Voting record

Yea

5,938

voted in favor

Nay

124

voted against

Absent

669

missed votes

Total cast

6,867

across all sessions

Crossed party

67

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 470

To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundary lines and corporate limits of the Town of Brantley in Crenshaw County.

Abstain

Passed

8–0

May 18, 2023

HB 344

To amend Section 2 of Act 634 of the 1951 Regular Session (Acts 1951, p. 1089), as amended by Act 630 of the 1967 Regular Session (Acts 1967, p. 1435), relating to zoning regulations

Abstain

Passed

65–0

May 18, 2023

HB 339

Relating to elections; to revise the date of the 2024 second or runoff primary election, and to provide that this is a onetime occurrence.

Nay

Failed

10–85

May 18, 2023

HB 285

Relating to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene; to amend Sections 34-9-1, 34-9-5, 34-9-10, 34-9-11, 34-9-15, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-43, 34-9-60, 34-9-63, and 34-9-86, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for penalties for violations; and qualifications for licensure and administration of controlled substances by dentists and dental hygienists.

Yea

Passed

98–0

May 18, 2023

HB 286

Relating to public records; to add Section 41-13-7.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the disclosure of personal identifying information of state legislators and law enforcement officers and employees upon request of the state legislator, officer, or employee; 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

101–0

May 18, 2023

HB 422

Relating to the waters of the state impounded by Lewis Smith Dam (Lewis Smith Lake), to the waters of the state impounded by R.L. Harris Dam (Lake Wedowee), and on Shoals Creek in Lauderdale County north of Highway 72; to regulate and prohibit wakeboarding and wakesurfing under certain conditions; to provide penalties for violations; 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.

Abstain

Passed

78–0

May 18, 2023

HB 286

Relating to public records; to add Section 41-13-7.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the disclosure of personal identifying information of state legislators and law enforcement officers and employees upon request of the state legislator, officer, or employee; 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

99–0

May 18, 2023

HB 474

Relating to Lamar County; to authorize the county commission to set certain fees to be charged by the sheriff for personal service of documents in the civil division of the district and circuit court; to authorize the county commission to set the per day charge for feeding municipal inmates in the county jail; to authorize the county commission to set a fee for fingerprinting individuals by the sheriff's office for non-law enforcement purposes;

Abstain

Passed

5–0

May 18, 2023

HB 465

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the entities and for the purposes herein in the amount of $10,000,000.

Yea

Passed

99–0

May 18, 2023

SB 120

Relating to crimes; to amend Sections 13A-10-30, 13A-10-36, 13A-10-37, and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a detention facility to adopt a policy to further define what items constitute "contraband" for purposes of banning certain items from detention facilities; to further define the crimes of promoting contraband in the first, second, and third degree to apply to juveniles under certain circumstances; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; 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

95–0

May 18, 2023