Kristin Nelson, a Republican, has represented District 38 in the Alabama House of Representatives since February 3, 2026, when she won a special general election, and is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot for a full term.[1]
According to Ballotpedia, her career experience includes working as a teacher.[1]She has been affiliated with Fairfax Methodist Church, the Chambers County Young Republicans and the Chambers County Republican Party.[1]
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
"This act amends Sections 28-4A-1 through 28-4A-6, Code of Alabama 1975, and redesignates those sections as Article 1, Chapter 4A, Title 28, Code of Alabama 1975, adds Sections 28-4A-7, 28-4A-8, and 28-4A-9 to Article 1, Chapter 4A, Title 28, Code of Alabama 1975, adds Articles 2, 3, and 4 to Chapter 4A, Title 28, Code of Alabama 1975, and amends Section 28-3A-13.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) rename the Alabama Brewpub Act as the Alabama Small Craft Alcoholic Beverages Act; (2) authorize the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to issue hybrid craft alcoholic beverage complex licenses to…
Mar 31, 2026 · Passed 61–35 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This act: (1) requires the Alabama Department of Human Resources, upon the approval of a request submitted to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to exclude candy and soda from the definition of “eligible foods” for purposes of SNAP benefits, to prohibit the purchase of candy and soda with SNAP benefits, subject to one month's notice provided by retailers before becoming effective; (2) requires the Governor to designate an agency to publish a list of items included and excluded under the waiver, including standard point-of-sale identifiers; (3) requires the waiver request to be resubmitted if…
This act amends Sections 25-5-316, 25-8-45, 25-8-59, 25-12-7, 25-12-18, 25-13-6, 25-13-12, and 25-13-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) authorize unexpended funds in the Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund to be expended at the Secretary of the Department of Workforce's discretion so long as not in a manner to cause additional assessments; (2) remove the requirement that penalty fees collected for violating child labor laws must accrue to the State General Fund; (3) remove boilers and pressure vessels that are a part of manufacturing processes from the exceptions from the Boiler…
Mar 31, 2026 · Passed 72–25 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires voters, from 2027, to register a party affiliation to vote in countywide or statewide primaries and runoffs (requesting a party ballot at the polls counts); bars changing parties from 60 days before a primary until the general election; repeals the runoff crossover ban.
Mar 19, 2026 · Passed 63–35 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This act is the Alabama Work Zone Safety Act. This act: (1) authorizes the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority and the Alabama Department of Transportation to install certain automated photographic speed enforcement systems, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to use manually operated photographic speed enforcement systems, in active work zones to monitor motor vehicles to assure safety; (2) authorizes ALEA to issue civil traffic citations for speeding violations recorded by photographic speed enforcement systems and to mail notice of citations or warnings to a…
This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to: (1) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to conduct the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the beginning of each day; (2) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to allow a student initiated and led prayer so long as no student is required to participate; and (3) require that any policy adopted under this act allows students to opt out of participating based on their own beliefs.
This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 2022, to require each local board of education to adopt a policy requiring public K-12 schools to broadcast a recording or school-sanctioned performance of the first stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner as archived in the Library of Congress during school hours, at least once a week.
This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to: (1) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to conduct the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the beginning of each day; (2) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to allow a student initiated and led prayer so long as no student is required to participate; and (3) require that any policy adopted under this act allows students to opt out of participating based on their own beliefs.
This act amends Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) require the teaching of sexual risk avoidance and the advantages of avoiding nonmarital sexual activity in public school programs including sex education or human reproduction; (2) prohibit course materials introducing concepts related to sexual behavior to students in kindergarten through fourth grade; (3) require sex education or human reproduction course materials to include certain information, including on abortion, infant adoption, surrendering newborns, unhealthy relationships, exploitation and peer pressure, and impacts…
This act: (1) requires the Alabama Department of Human Resources, upon the approval of a request submitted to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to exclude candy and soda from the definition of “eligible foods” for purposes of SNAP benefits, to prohibit the purchase of candy and soda with SNAP benefits, subject to one month's notice provided by retailers before becoming effective; (2) requires the Governor to designate an agency to publish a list of items included and excluded under the waiver, including standard point-of-sale identifiers; (3) requires the waiver request to be resubmitted if…
This act amends Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) require the teaching of sexual risk avoidance and the advantages of avoiding nonmarital sexual activity in public school programs including sex education or human reproduction; (2) prohibit course materials introducing concepts related to sexual behavior to students in kindergarten through fourth grade; (3) require sex education or human reproduction course materials to include certain information, including on abortion, infant adoption, surrendering newborns, unhealthy relationships, exploitation and peer pressure, and impacts…
This act adds Section 10A-20-6.17 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) provide for the reorganization of a health care service corporation to have a nonprofit holding corporation as the controlling entity; (2) provide for the reorganization, including incorporation, of a nonprofit holding corporation and a transfer of no more than 25 percent of the health care service corporation’s admitted assets to a holding corporation; (3) require a health care service corporation to submit a notice of completing the reorganization to the Department of Insurance; (4) define the legal status of nonprofit…
This act is the Power to the People Act. This act amends Sections 17-14-2, 17-14-3, 36-3-1, 37-1-1, 37-1-3, 37-1-5, and 37-1-12, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) expand the Public Service Commission from three to seven members from each congressional district as of 2024; (2) require the Governor to appoint four members to the commission by July 15, 2026, for two two-year terms and two four-year terms; (3) require elections of commissioners at the general elections in 2026, 2028, 2030, and 2032 to replace the current and appointed commissioners; (4) extend the length of commissioners' terms from…
Charges carbon dioxide storage operators 14 cents per ton stored from October 2027, split between the state General Fund and the county (shared with the city if inside one). Gives local governments notice of and a role in permit hearings and creates a fee study commission.
Mar 19, 2026 · Passed 61–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This act: (1) authorizes the State Oil and Gas Board to authorize the operation of, including converting existing oil and gas wells into, alternative energy facilities that extend 5,000 feet or more below the land surface, subject to conditions; (2) requires facility operators to petition the board for authorization, pay fees and maintain financial security instruments for the facility's uses, and limit adverse surface impacts; (3) requires operators to make a good faith effort to obtain the consent of all owners of alternative energy resources within a facility, require consent from 66 and…
Allows off-road vehicles on public roads in unincorporated areas with speed limits of 45 mph or less if they are registered, insured, and equipped, and operated by a licensed driver.
This act is the Alabama Work Zone Safety Act. This act: (1) authorizes the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority and the Alabama Department of Transportation to install certain automated photographic speed enforcement systems, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to use manually operated photographic speed enforcement systems, in active work zones to monitor motor vehicles to assure safety; (2) authorizes ALEA to issue civil traffic citations for speeding violations recorded by photographic speed enforcement systems and to mail notice of citations or warnings to a…
This act amends Section 13A-10-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) increase the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer while operating a vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; (2) add that fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer while operating a vehicle with a child under 14 years of age in the vehicle is a Class C felony; (3) add that fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer while operating a vehicle by an individual released on bail, probation, parole, community corrections, or work release is a Class C felony;…
As passed by the House, requires residential real estate wholesalers to be licensed and disclose that they do not own the property, requires disclosures on unsolicited investor offers, lets sellers without an agent or attorney cancel such contracts within seven days, and adds fines and Securities Commission enforcement.
Mar 19, 2026 · Passed 82–14 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets current owners of manufactured homes from model year 1999 or earlier ask the state Department of Revenue for a certificate of title, which those older homes are otherwise not issued. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
This act amends Sections 41-9-590, 41-9-594, 41-9-625, and 41-9-650, and adds Sections 41-9-650.1, 41-9-650.2, 41-9-650.3, 41-9-650.4, and 41-9-650.5 to, the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) require arresting agencies to collect certain biometric identifiers of arrested individuals, authorize detaining agencies to collect certain biometric identifiers of detained individuals, subject to deletion upon the individual's release, and require agencies recovering unidentified human corpses to collect certain biometric identifiers of corpses; (2) require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)…
This act is the Financial Innovation and Market Expansion Act. This act adds Chapter 7B to Title 8, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) prohibit issuing payment stablecoins without a permit, subject to exceptions; (2) beginning 2028, prohibit digital asset service providers from offering payment stablecoins not issued by permittees, subject to exceptions; (3) authorize the Alabama Securities Commission to establish a license application process according to specified requirements; (4) require licensees to implement anti-money laundering and economic sanctions programs; (5) authorize and require the…
This act adds Section 37-4-22.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) provide that contracts between a utility and a large load data center are in the public interest if the costs of supplying electricity to the data center are recouped from the data center and positive benefits for other retail electric customers are promoted; and (2) provide whether the terms of a contract could lower costs for other utility customers, whether the data center is expected to increase efficiency in the electric system, and whether the data center promotes or contributes to economic growth in the community as…
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
SB57 · AL HOUSE
Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for
YesVOTED
Motion: In Conference Committee
This act: (1) requires the Alabama Department of Human Resources, upon the approval of a request submitted to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to exclude candy and soda from the definition of “eligible foods” for purposes of SNAP benefits, to prohibit the purchase of candy and soda with SNAP benefits, subject to one month's notice provided by retailers before becoming effective; (2) requires the Governor to designate an agency to publish a list of items included and excluded under the waiver, including standard point-of-sale identifiers; (3) requires the waiver request to be resubmitted if…
Education; CHOOSE Act's athletic-eligibility nondiscrimination provision, enforcement mechanism established; private right of action established
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
This act adds Section 16-6J-10 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) authorize schools, students, and parents of such students, participating in the CHOOSE Act to bring a civil action to have an interscholastic athletic association enjoined from enforcing rules limiting CHOOSE Act students' participation in sports solely due to their CHOOSE Act participation and enjoined from punishing a CHOOSE Act student for participating in sports pursuant to a court's injunction under this act or for supporting such a student's participation; (2) provide rules governing actions for such injunctions; and…
Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties for violations, provided
YesVOTED
Motion: Kirkland motion to Concur In and Adopt in Conference Committee
This act is the Alabama Work Zone Safety Act. This act: (1) authorizes the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority and the Alabama Department of Transportation to install certain automated photographic speed enforcement systems, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to use manually operated photographic speed enforcement systems, in active work zones to monitor motor vehicles to assure safety; (2) authorizes ALEA to issue civil traffic citations for speeding violations recorded by photographic speed enforcement systems and to mail notice of citations or warnings to a…
Food enrichment; corn masa folic acid requirements, corn masa flour added, exempt products revised
YesVOTED
Motion: Crawford motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment
This act amends Sections 20-1-71 and 20-1-79, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) add that corn masa flour sold for human consumption must contain 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound, within acceptable industry standards of deviation of error; (2) provide that the 0.4 milligrams of folic acid required to be in corn masa products is per pound of end product, within acceptable industry standards of deviation of error; and (3) exempt snack foods from these enrichment requirements.
Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
This act: (1) beginning January 1, 2027, and subject to the availability of donated funds or displays, requires each local board of education to display a document approved by the State Superintendent of Education that contains the Ten Commandments and other specified historical information in every fifth through twelfth grade history classroom and at least one entryway or other common area, except in schools serving kindergarten through fourth grade students; (2) requires the State Department of Education to identify resources for local boards of education to comply with this act and provide…
Public K-12 schools, broadcast of the Star-Spangled Banner required weekly, proposed statewide constitutional amendment
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 2022, to require each local board of education to adopt a policy requiring public K-12 schools to broadcast a recording or school-sanctioned performance of the first stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner as archived in the Library of Congress during school hours, at least once a week.
Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth grade, State Board of Education required to adopt standards
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
This act adds Section 16-40-13 to the Code of Alabama 1975 to: (1) beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, require public school students in grades 6 through 12 to complete a course in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation, including specified topics, before graduating from high school; and (2) require the State Department of Education, before June 30, 2027, to prepare and make available instructional material guidelines for use by local boards of education in developing and determining the curriculum for satisfying the course.
Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for
YesVOTED
Motion: Ingram motion to Concur In and Adopt Conference Committee Report
This act: (1) requires the Alabama Department of Human Resources, upon the approval of a request submitted to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to exclude candy and soda from the definition of “eligible foods” for purposes of SNAP benefits, to prohibit the purchase of candy and soda with SNAP benefits, subject to one month's notice provided by retailers before becoming effective; (2) requires the Governor to designate an agency to publish a list of items included and excluded under the waiver, including standard point-of-sale identifiers; (3) requires the waiver request to be resubmitted if…
Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of, violations established
NoVOTED
Motion: Third Reading in Second House
This act: (1) prohibits tethering a dog to a stationary object unless a trolley system is used in accordance with specified criteria, including the tether is not unreasonably heavy, only one dog is connected to the tether and is attached to a properly fitted collar or harness using swivels on each end, and the tether allows access to food, water, and shelter; (2) prohibits using a logging chain or choke or pinch collar to tether a dog; (3) prohibits restricting a dog within an enclosure unless in accordance with specified criteria, including the enclosure must have space for the dog to freely…
Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of, violations established
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to Adopt
This act: (1) prohibits tethering a dog to a stationary object unless a trolley system is used in accordance with specified criteria, including the tether is not unreasonably heavy, only one dog is connected to the tether and is attached to a properly fitted collar or harness using swivels on each end, and the tether allows access to food, water, and shelter; (2) prohibits using a logging chain or choke or pinch collar to tether a dog; (3) prohibits restricting a dog within an enclosure unless in accordance with specified criteria, including the enclosure must have space for the dog to freely…