Alabama House · District 42
Van Smith
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Van Smith'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 House District 42.
Also on the ballot:
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Van Smith.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Van Smith.
Bills
The bills Van Smith sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 1 | 5 |
| Passed both chambers | 1 | 5 |
| Became law | 1 | 5 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 45 of 105 in the House (tied with 29 others) · 39 of 76 Republicans (tied with 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 622 City of Jemison; draft beer, authorization to sell amended |
Local | Became law | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 225 Education; notice requirement for certain board of education personnel vacancies revised |
Statewide | Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 569 Autauga County; taxes, additional sales and use tax authorized, rental tax established |
Local | Became law | April 7, 2026 |
| HB 488 Chilton County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment |
Local | Became law | March 12, 2026 |
| HB 598 Town of Pine Level in Autauga County, corporate limits altered |
Local | Became law | May 22, 2025 |
| HB 463 Chilton County, Chilton County 911 Board of Commissioners, credit card or debit card purchases, creation of procedures authorized |
Local | Became law | May 22, 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
27 against the Speaker; 18 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Van Smith voted on each of the 2,569 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- ivan.smith@alhouse.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 423, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
334-261-0459 - District office
- 2223 County Road 19 North, Prattville, AL 36067
Committees
- Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Vice chair
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Education Policy
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