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R Alabama Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Wes Kitchens

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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
Sponsored
60
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
6,867 roll-call votes

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
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Date
HB 189
Relating to the Alabama Forestry Commission; to establish the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023; to create the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund to be administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission; and to provide for the distribution of funding to the Alabama Forestry Commission to support rural economic development.
Yea
Passed
100–0
May 16, 2023
HB 439
Relating to the Growing Alabama Credit; to add Section 40-18-417.8 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that the credit from a parent or holding company may be claimed by the subsidiary in certain circumstances; and to provide retroactive effect.
Yea
Passed
98–0
May 16, 2023
HB 313
Relating to Montgomery County; to amend Section 45-51-231 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to an expense allowance and salary of the sheriff, to restate the current salary of the sheriff and to delete an expired expense allowance; and to provide a new expense allowance for the sheriff and for the salary of the sheriff if the sheriff has served two or more full consecutive terms as sheriff.
Abstain
Passed
23–0
May 11, 2023
HB 363
Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.
Yea
Failed
97–3
May 11, 2023
HB 315
Relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs; to amend Section 31-6-5, as last amended by Act 2022-91, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to expand eligibility for educational benefits to spouses of those who were killed while on active state duty status or whose death results proximately and within three years of an injury sustained while on state active duty status.
Yea
Passed
100–0
May 11, 2023
HB 322
Relating to Montgomery County; to further provide for the salary of the members of the Montgomery County Commission.
Abstain
Passed
35–0
May 11, 2023
HB 342
Relating to alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher certification; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-239, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 16-23-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional requirements for programs.
Yea
Passed
82–19
May 11, 2023
HB 363
Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.
Yea
Passed
75–24
May 11, 2023
HB 334
To create the Students with Unique Needs (SUN) Education Scholarship Account Act and Program; to allow parents to use funds in an education scholarship account to provide an individualized education program for their children.
Yea
Passed
91–3
May 11, 2023
HB 342
Relating to alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher certification; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-239, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 16-23-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional requirements for programs.
Yea
Passed
96–0
May 11, 2023
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