Alabama House · District 49

Russell Bedsole

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 93% On 182 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 94% Partisan rank: 56 of 105 in the House (tied with 8 others) Didn't vote at roll call 1% 36 of 2,569 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 2 12 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 28 of 105 in the House (tied with 16 others) Local bills passed 2 4 sponsored · 2 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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Russell Bedsole'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 60% of the Alabama House.

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42nd most liberal of 105

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Alabama House District 49.

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Russell Bedsole.

On 182 contested votes where both voted99% on all 2,163 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

94%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Russell Bedsole.

On 142 party-line votesPartisan rank: 56 of 105 in the House (tied with 8 others)55 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Russell Bedsole
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	12	4
Passed both chambers	2	2
Became law	2	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 28 of 105 in the House (tied with 16 others) · 25 of 76 Republicans (tied with 13 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: Russell Bedsole
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 255 Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, filing of claims further provided for	Statewide	Became law	April 15, 2026
HB 303 Cryptocurrency; measures to prevent fraud by cryptocurrency kiosk operators imposed, penalties established, Alabama Securities Commission authorized to enforce	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2026
HB 409 City of Alabaster; weed nuisance, abatement authorized, procedures established	Local	Became law	March 3, 2026
HB 408 City of Alabaster; entertainment districts authorized	Local	Became law	March 3, 2026

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

13 against the Speaker; 13 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Russell Bedsole
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
April 8, 2026	SB 361: Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of… Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 361: Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of… Motion to Table	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 8, 2026	SB 361: Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of… Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 361: Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of… Motion to Table	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 361: Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of… Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 7, 2026	SB 303: Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, operation requirements for use on public roads, provided Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 7, 2026	SB 303: Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, operation requirements for use on public roads, provided Budget Isolation Resolution	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… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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)	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… Motion to Table	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	HB 541: Primary Elections; require political party registration to vote in primary or primary runoff elections Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 17, 2026	HB 583: Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties… Budget Isolation Resolution	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 14, 2025	SB 82: Criminal procedure; recall of warrants required in certain circumstances Passage	Yea	Abstained	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	HB 8: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, regulation of retail sale of certain tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems, further provided Concurrence	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 10, 2025	HB 357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 1, 2025	HB 288: Alabama Commission on Higher Education; authorized to award loan assistance to athletic trainers under Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program Budget Isolation Resolution	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 20, 2025	HB 234: Public K-12 schools; mobile emergency rapid response systems required, State Board of Education required to adopt rules, funding sources provided for Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 11, 2025	HB 43: Criminal procedure; split sentence authorized for 30 year sentence Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Russell Bedsole
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: russell.bedsole@alhouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 427-D, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
334-261-0491
District office: 417 Sterling Park Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007
334-261-0491

Committees

Shelby County Legislation Vice chair
State Government Vice chair
Judiciary
Public Safety and Homeland Security

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