Alabama House · District 78

Kenyatté Hassell

Democratic

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Votes with the Speaker 36% On 142 contested votes where both voted · 95% on all votes Votes with own party 91% Partisan rank: 86 of 105 in the House (tied with 4 others) Didn't vote at roll call 3% 80 of 2,569 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 1 14 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 45 of 105 in the House (tied with 29 others) Local bills passed 1 1 sponsored · 1 became law

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Kenyatté Hassell'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

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More liberal than 91% of the Alabama House.

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10th most liberal of 105

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Alabama House District 78.

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

36%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Kenyatté Hassell.

On 142 contested votes where both voted95% on all 1,782 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

91%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Kenyatté Hassell.

On 105 party-line votesPartisan rank: 86 of 105 in the House (tied with 4 others)85 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Kenyatté Hassell sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Kenyatté Hassell
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	14	1
Passed both chambers	1	1
Became law	1	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 45 of 105 in the House (tied with 29 others) · 7 of 29 Democrats (tied with 12 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

Bills that passed both chambers: Kenyatté Hassell
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 432 Montgomery County; probate judge, additional fee authorized for celebrating rites of matrimony	Local	Became law	April 13, 2026
HB 141 State employees; salary deductions further provided for	Statewide	Became law	April 2, 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

91 against the Speaker; 9 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Kenyatté Hassell
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 8, 2026	SB 1: Elections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstances Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 8, 2026	SB 1: Elections; special primary election for redistricting certain State Senate districts authorized in certain circumstances Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2026	HB 1: Elections; special primary election for redistricting certain Congressional districts authorized in certain circumstances Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2026	SB 5: Public K-12 schools, broadcast of the Star-Spangled Banner required weekly, proposed statewide constitutional amendment Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2026	SB 99: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 221: Taxation; to exclude credit card transaction fees from sales and use tax calculations Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 57: Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2026	SB 57: Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2026	SB 57: Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2026	SB 57: Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of… Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 7, 2026	SB 303: Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, operation requirements for use on public roads, provided Budget Isolation Resolution	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 7, 2026	SB 341: Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 7, 2026	SB 341: Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties… Motion to Table	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 7, 2026	SB 209: Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards… Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 7, 2026	SB 209: Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards… Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 31, 2026	HB 593: Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 31, 2026	HB 568: Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees, and elevator safety standards, provided for; license… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 19, 2026	HB 431: Injection wells; fees assessed on certain wells, notice and participation for local governments provided, study commission established Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 19, 2026	HB 541: Primary Elections; require political party registration to vote in primary or primary runoff elections Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 19, 2026	HB 541: Primary Elections; require political party registration to vote in primary or primary runoff elections Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 19, 2026	HB 541: Primary Elections; require political party registration to vote in primary or primary runoff elections Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 10, 2026	HB 511: Public K-12 education; Pledge of Allegiance and prayer required each day, constitutional amendment Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 4: Taxation; establishes Alabama Broadband Investment Maximization Act; exempts ADECA project funded or administered purchases from sales and use tax Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 2: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 2: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 2: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 8: Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to… Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 363: Crimes; crime of disruption of a worship service, established; criminal penalty, provided Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 363: Crimes; crime of disruption of a worship service, established; criminal penalty, provided Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 360: 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday created; to exempt certain items from sales tax during the last weekend of August Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 360: 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday created; to exempt certain items from sales tax during the last weekend of August Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 24, 2026	HB 360: 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday created; to exempt certain items from sales tax during the last weekend of August Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 17, 2026	SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 5, 2026	HB 67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 5, 2026	HB 188: Crimes and offenses; making a terrorist threat in the second degree, elements revised, criminal penalties further provided for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 27, 2026	HB 168: Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 27, 2026	HB 41: Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 27, 2026	HB 41: Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2026	HB 95: Elections; post election audit required Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2026	HB 95: Elections; post election audit required Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 14, 2025	HB 202: Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 14, 2025	HB 202: Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 7, 2025	SB 158: Driver licenses; use of foreign national driver licenses as photo identification for voting prohibited Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	SB 53: Crimes and offenses, crimes of concealing an illegal alien and human smuggling established, process for determining if a detainee is an illegal alien… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2025	SB 5: Department of Archives and History, composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2025	SB 5: Department of Archives and History, composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2025	SB 280: Alabama Teacher Paperwork Streamlining Act, State Department of Education required to develop unified digital platform for consolidating and sharing… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	SB 330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	SB 330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	SB 330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	SB 330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 1, 2025	SB 330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 2025	HB 410: Bail Bonds; Bail Reform Act of 1993 and Bail Bond Regulatory Act amended; certain undeposited fees forgiven; penalties for crime of bail jumping increased; to… Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 2025	HB 410: Bail Bonds; Bail Reform Act of 1993 and Bail Bond Regulatory Act amended; certain undeposited fees forgiven; penalties for crime of bail jumping increased; to… Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 24, 2025	SB 111: Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund, transfers for fiscal year 2025 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	HB 479: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 479: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 479: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 479: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 244: Public K-12 education, discussions of gender identity prohibited in grades preK-12, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 178: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 17, 2025	HB 178: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 178: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 7: Illegal immigration; procedures for arrest, detention, transportation of illegal aliens provided for; reporting requirements established Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 7: Illegal immigration; procedures for arrest, detention, transportation of illegal aliens provided for; reporting requirements established Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 7: Illegal immigration; procedures for arrest, detention, transportation of illegal aliens provided for; reporting requirements established Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 247: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 247: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 247: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 247: Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2025	HB 8: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, regulation of retail sale of certain tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems, further provided Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	SB 133: Juvenile court, required to provide written notification to local superintendent or principal of private K-12 school if student charged with or adjudicated… Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2025	HB 403: Crimes and offenses, establishment, development, management, and maintenance of Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database provided for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2025	HB 403: Crimes and offenses, establishment, development, management, and maintenance of Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database provided for Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 18, 2025	HB 30: Judge of probate of each county to conduct post-election audit Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 18, 2025	HB 30: Judge of probate of each county to conduct post-election audit Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 18, 2025	HB 30: Judge of probate of each county to conduct post-election audit Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	HB 304: Motor vehicles; impoundment conditions and procedures, further provided; redemption procedures, further provided; issuance of local identification cards… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	SB 67: Veterans Affairs, board membership revised, appointment and duties of commissioner provided for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 265: Crimes and offenses, resisting arrest further provided for, enhanced penalties provided for in certain circumstances Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	HB 202: Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	HB 202: Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	HB 202: Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	HB 146: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with murder Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	HB 146: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with murder Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	HB 146: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with murder Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	HB 146: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with murder Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 27, 2025	HB 18: Motor vehicles, child passenger restraint systems, use further provided Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 27, 2025	HB 280: Public nuisance, actions to abate or enjoin public nuisances further provided for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 27, 2025	HB 280: Public nuisance, actions to abate or enjoin public nuisances further provided for Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 27, 2025	HB 280: Public nuisance, actions to abate or enjoin public nuisances further provided for Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2025	SB 79: Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 12, 2025	SB 79: Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How Kenyatté Hassell voted on each of the 2,569 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Kenyatté Hassell
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	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
Email: ken.hassell@alhouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 537-B, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36104
334-261-0506
District office: 1334 Carter Hill Road, Montgomery, AL 36106
334-834-8494

Committees

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Military and Veterans Affairs
Montgomery County Legislation
Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Members

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