Alabama Senate · District 11
Lance Bell
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Lance Bell'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 11.
Also on the ballot: Donald J. Mottern (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lance Bell.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Lance Bell.
Bills
The bills Lance Bell sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 18 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 12 | 1 |
| Became law | 12 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 3 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 3 of 27 Republicans (tied with 1 other)
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 270 Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2026 |
| SB 173 Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended |
Statewide | Became law | April 16, 2026 |
| SB 233 Crimes and offenses; penalties for eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, penalties further provided |
Statewide | Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| SB 118 Alabama Justice Information Commission; collection, dissemination, and use of biometric identifiers by certain entities provided for; Alabama Background Check… |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 277 Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for |
Statewide | Became law | April 2, 2026 |
| SB 242 Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English… |
Statewide | Became law | March 11, 2026 |
| SB 114 Criminal procedure; out-of-state warrants, arrest authorized for crime punishable by more than one year, arrest by out-of-state officers authorized |
Statewide | Became law | Feb. 3, 2026 |
| SB 62 Conservation and natural resources, scope of licenses further provided for |
Statewide | Became law | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 241 Crimes and offenses, establishment, development, management, and maintenance of Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database provided for |
Statewide | Became law | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 177 Alabama Film Office renamed, Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, maximum expenditure threshold eligible for rebates increased, annual cap… |
Statewide | Became law | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 63 Immigration, requires law enforcement agencies to collect and submit fingerprints and DNA from illegal aliens in custody |
Statewide | Became law | May 12, 2025 |
| SB 150 Talladega College, appropriation |
Statewide | Became law | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 314 Shelby County, levy of additional motor vehicle license and registration fee authorized, distribution provided for |
Local | Became law | May 1, 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
3 against the Senate President pro Tempore; 10 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Lance Bell 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
- lance.bell@alsenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 733, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
334-261-0789
Committees
- Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Chair
- Children and Youth Health
- Healthcare
- Homeland Security Oversight Legislative
- Judiciary
- Shelby County Legislation
- State Governmental Affairs
- Tourism
- Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
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