Alabama · Current officeholder
Donnie Chesteen
Republican Alabama Senate, District 29
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Sponsored legislation
16 bills in the current data (16 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 350 | State Health Planning and Development Agency; collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established, limited immunity from state and federal antitrust laws provided | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | April 7, 2026 |
| SB 363 | Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 1, 2026 |
| SB 75 | Public works contracts; exemption established for purchases made through cooperative purchasing agreements, requirements for certain public contracts to comply with applicable state or local competitive bid laws provided | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| SB 168 | Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instruction | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 5, 2026 |
| SB 71 | Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 74 | Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2026 |
| SB 72 | Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revised | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2026 |
| SB 21 | Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; and local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable required to be held by a natural born citizen of the United States, Constitutional Amendment | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2026 |
| SB 73 | Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council authorization of entities' rulemaking, permitted | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| SB 345 | Geneva County, section providing for compensation of superintendent of education, repealed | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 257 | Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority, authorized to secure additional funds | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 215 | Provisional release from educational intervention | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 184 | Alabama Commission on Higher Education; authorized to award loan assistance to athletic trainers under Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | May 6, 2025 |
| SB 95 | Alabama Municipal Electric Authority; director compensation revised | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 22, 2025 |
| SB 92 | Public K-12 schools, cell phone policy and Internet/social media safety | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 17, 2025 |
| SB 59 | Military medical records as evidence of immunization for school admittance | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |