Donnie Chesteen
Republican · Senator · District 029
- 2,948
- Votes cast
- 99%
- Voted yes
- 7%
- Missed or skipped
- 16
- Bills written
How they voted
- YesElections; special primary election for redistricting certain Congressional districts authorized in certain circumstancesHB1 · May 8, 2026 · Passed
- YesElections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstancesSB1 · May 6, 2026 · Passed
- NoElections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstancesSB1 · May 6, 2026 · Failed
- NoElections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstancesSB1 · May 6, 2026 · Failed
- NoElections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstancesSB1 · May 6, 2026 · Failed
- YesPublic utilities; maximum fees payable to directors of certain public utility corporations increased, terms of certain directors extendedHB141 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesState Health Planning and Development Agency; Rural Health Antitrust Immunity Act created, collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established, limited immunity from state and federal antitrust laws providedHB605 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesCampaign contributions; contributions made with credit card with billing address outside U.S. prohibited, exceptions providedSB92 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesAlabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.SB9 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesSpecial order calendarSR123 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesMilitary spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employersHB307 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesNational Guard Educational Assistance Program, applied to workforce development programs, amount of benefits revisedHB233 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesCriminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditionsHB60 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesHabitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guiltyHB226 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
- YesRetirement benefits; participation of qualifying sheriffs in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service authorizedHB311 · Apr 9, 2026 · Passed
Bills they wrote
- State Health Planning and Development Agency; collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established, limited immunity from state and federal antitrust laws providedSB350 · Apr 7, 2026
- Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grantsSB363 · Apr 1, 2026
- Public works contracts; exemption established for purchases made through cooperative purchasing agreements, requirements for certain public contracts to comply with applicable state or local competitive bid laws providedSB75 · Mar 19, 2026
- Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instructionSB168 · Mar 5, 2026
- Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibitedSB71 · Feb 20, 2026
- Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revisedSB72 · Feb 18, 2026
- Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of ServicesSB74 · Feb 18, 2026
- Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; and local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable required to be held by a natural born citizen of the United States, Constitutional AmendmentSB21 · Jan 23, 2026
- Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council authorization of entities' rulemaking, permittedSB73 · Jan 13, 2026
- Geneva County, section providing for compensation of superintendent of education, repealedSB345 · May 14, 2025
- Alabama Commission on Higher Education; authorized to award loan assistance to athletic trainers under Alabama Math and ScienceSB184 · May 6, 2025
- Provisional release from educational interventionSB215 · May 6, 2025
Votes and bills: official Alabama legislature records via the Delilah API.