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 256

Relating to labor and employement; to exclude consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law.

Yea

Passed

100–1

Apr 20, 2023

SB 52

Relating to the Alabama Safe at Schools Act; to add Section 16-30A-3.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975 and to amend Sections 16-30A-5 and 16-30A-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to include adrenal insufficiency as a condition for which the State Board of Education is required to develop guidelines to train school employees under the act; to authorize certain school employees to administer injectable medications to students with an adrenal insufficiency; and to require local boards of education to ensure that students with an adrenal insufficiency have their medical needs met and are not excluded from certain activities.

Yea

Passed

101–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 40

Relating to retired justices and judges; to amend Sections 12-18-10 and 12-18-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the compensation received by retired justices and judges who are called to active duty; to require retired justices and judges be paid per diem and mileage and be provided court-supportive personnel; to require continuing legal education annually; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Yea

Passed

101–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 40

Relating to retired justices and judges; to amend Sections 12-18-10 and 12-18-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the compensation received by retired justices and judges who are called to active duty; to require retired justices and judges be paid per diem and mileage and be provided court-supportive personnel; to require continuing legal education annually; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Yea

Passed

100–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 45

Relating to public K-12 sports; to create the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; to require the State Board of Education to adopt certain guidelines and information sheets regarding sudden cardiac arrest and distribute those information sheets to students, parents, and coaches; to require coaches to undergo certain training related to sudden cardiac arrest and to remove students who exhibit symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest from play; to require students and parents to acknowledge consent of certain informational materials related to sudden cardiac arrest; to establish certain penalties for coaches and to protect a coach from certain liability related to sudden cardiac arrest.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 166

Relating to alcoholic beverages; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-431 of the 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 28-3A-13.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the amounts of alcoholic beverages that may be sold curbside.

Abstain

Passed

44–30

Apr 20, 2023

HB 179

Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Section 32-6-281, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the distribution of proceeds of sales of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to emergency medical services providers.

Yea

Passed

100–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 62

Relating to building codes; to provide a limited exemption to applicable building codes for certain nonprofit veterans' organizations that acquire certain buildings under certain conditions.

Yea

Passed

70–21

Apr 20, 2023

HB 275

Relating to the City of Northport in Tuscaloosa County; to provide for a warrant recall fee to allow a municipal judge or municipal magistrate for the City of Northport to recall, under certain conditions, a failure to appear warrant.

Abstain

Passed

9–0

Apr 20, 2023

HB 166

Relating to alcoholic beverages; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-431 of the 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 28-3A-13.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the amounts of alcoholic beverages that may be sold curbside.

Yea

Passed

69–14

Apr 20, 2023