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Donnie Chesteen
AL Senate District 29
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Senate District 29 current
Alabama |
Republican | Nov 7, 2018 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| AL Senate District 29
Alabama |
Republican | Nov 2, 2010 | Nov 6, 2018 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| AL House District 87
Alabama |
Republican | — | Nov 7, 2018 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (1,636 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 254 — Vessels; stopping and boarding for safety or sanitation equipment inspections prohibited | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 213 — Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 213 — Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 213 — Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 213 — Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 182 — Health department; to require acceptance of military education or training as credit towards EMS licensure | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 182 — Health department; to require acceptance of military education or training as credit towards EMS licensure | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 182 — Health department; to require acceptance of military education or training as credit towards EMS licensure | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 159 — Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 159 — Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 159 — Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 96 — Debtors homestead exemption; in bankruptcy cases; increase homestead exemption for seniors and disabled | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 96 — Debtors homestead exemption; in bankruptcy cases; increase homestead exemption for seniors and disabled | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 96 — Debtors homestead exemption; in bankruptcy cases; increase homestead exemption for seniors and disabled | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 78 — Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 78 — Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| HB 78 — Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools… | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SR 63 — SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 305 — Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 305 — Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 305 — Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 300 — Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 300 — Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 300 — Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| SB 300 — Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new… | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | pass | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
Sponsored legislation (9 as lead sponsor)
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SB 350
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State Health Planning and Development Agency; collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established…
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SB 72
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Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revised
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SB 21
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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…
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SB 73
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Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council…
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SB 74
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Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan…
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SB 168
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Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instruction
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SB 75
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Public works contracts; exemption established for purchases made through cooperative purchasing agreements, requirements for certain public contracts to comply…
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SB 71
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Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited
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SB 363
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Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants