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Rodger Smitherman
AL Senate District 18
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Senate District 18 current
Alabama |
Democratic | Nov 8, 1995 | — | 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 (11 as lead sponsor)
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SB 305
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Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to…
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SB 311
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Education Trust Fund; supplemental appropriation year ending 2026
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SB 195
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Decedents' estates, will contests, removal to circuit court authorized
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SB 262
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Jefferson County; sheriff compensation revised
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SB 239
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Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act; certain temporary emergency child custody determinations authorized to become final
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SB 364
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Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth…
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SB 200
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Alabama Office of Minority Affairs; renamed to the Alabama Office of Civic Engagement
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SB 244
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Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase
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SB 243
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Jefferson County, pistol permits further provided for
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SJR 53
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Alicia Cannon, commended
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