Alabama Senate · District 17
Shay Shelnutt
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Shay Shelnutt'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 17.
Also on the ballot:
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shay Shelnutt.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shay Shelnutt.
Bills
The bills Shay Shelnutt sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 17 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 | 0 |
| Became law | 3 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 27 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 22 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 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… |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2026 |
| SB 248 Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for |
Statewide | Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 151 Department of Insurance, internal Code of Alabama 1975 citations corrected |
Statewide | Became law | May 6, 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
11 against the Senate President pro Tempore; 10 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Shay Shelnutt 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
- shay.sd17@gmail.com
- Capitol office
- Room 731, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
334-261-0794
Committees
- Banking and Insurance Chair
- Education Policy Vice chair
- Confirmations
- Finance and Taxation General Fund
- Finances and Budget Permanent Legislative
- Healthcare
- Jefferson County Legislation
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