Alabama Senate · District 29
Donnie Chesteen
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Donnie Chesteen's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Alabama Senate District 29.
Also on the ballot:
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Donnie Chesteen.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Donnie Chesteen.
Bills
The bills Donnie Chesteen sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 15 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 | 1 |
| Became law | 4 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 24 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) · 19 of 27 Republicans (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is the one sponsor the Legislature names for it; cosponsors aren't counted. Local bills apply to one county or city.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 168 Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instruction |
Statewide | Became law | March 5, 2026 |
| SB 71 Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited |
Statewide | Became law | Feb. 20, 2026 |
| SB 345 Geneva County, section providing for compensation of superintendent of education, repealed |
Local | Became law | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 95 Alabama Municipal Electric Authority; director compensation revised |
Statewide | Became law | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 59 Military medical records as evidence of immunization for school admittance |
Statewide | Became law | March 19, 2025 |
Budget projects
Alabama's budgets don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Alabama legislators.
Contested votes where they split
7 against the Senate President pro Tempore; 2 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Donnie Chesteen voted on each of the 2,328 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President pro Tempore | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- alison.legislature.state.al.us
- donnie.chesteen@alsenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 735, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
334-261-0879
Committees
- Education Policy Chair
- Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Vice chair
- Agriculture Conservation and Forestry
- Finance and Taxation Education
- Finances and Budget Permanent Legislative
- Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
- Healthcare
- Transportation
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Alabama Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Alabama Legislature's roll-call records, Feb. 6, 2025 to May 8, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections