Alabama Senate · District 9
Wes Kitchens
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Wes Kitchens'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 9.
Also on the ballot:
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Wes Kitchens.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Wes Kitchens.
Bills
The bills Wes Kitchens sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 16 | 6 |
| Passed both chambers | 8 | 6 |
| Became law | 8 | 6 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 8 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 7 of 27 Republicans (tied with 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 42 Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised |
Statewide | Became law | April 17, 2026 |
| SB 379 Madison County, City of Owens Cross Roads annexation |
Local | Became law | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 32 Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted |
Statewide | Became law | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 219 Insurance, to provide that service contract provider registration fees be paid into the Special Examination Revolving Fund instead of the Service Contract… |
Statewide | Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| SB 312 Marshall County; volunteer fire districts, annexation of new areas, application of fire service fee, enforcement |
Local | Became law | March 13, 2026 |
| SB 35 Vessel Registration; amends boater registration fees and their distribution |
Statewide | Became law | Feb. 10, 2026 |
| SB 175 Marshall County; abandoned and stolen property, auction procedures revised |
Local | Became law | Feb. 4, 2026 |
| SB 65 Marshall County; compensation of the county revenue commissioner |
Local | Became law | Feb. 3, 2026 |
| SB 64 Marshall County; custodian of voting tabulators, selection committee, salary increased, duties clarified |
Local | Became law | Jan. 29, 2026 |
| 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… |
Statewide | Became law | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 142 Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database… |
Statewide | Became law | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 97 Department of Insurance, surplus line brokers providing insurance not readily available by licensed agents in this state |
Statewide | Became law | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 36 Competitive bidding; contract protest procedures revised; requirements for submitting disclosure statements revised |
Statewide | Became law | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 162 Marshall County; Tennessee Valley Authority in-lieu-of-tax payments distribution |
Local | Became law | April 3, 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
9 against the Senate President pro Tempore; 8 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Wes Kitchens 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
- wes.kitchens@alsenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 737, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
Committees
- Agriculture Conservation and Forestry
- Banking and Insurance
- Children First Trust Fund Legislative Oversight
- Children and Youth Health
- Education Policy
- Housing Finance Authority Legislative Oversight
- State Parks Legislative
- Transportation and Energy
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