# Jim Carns

Jim Carns is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 48
- Serving since: 2011-08-31
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d7f5989-df17-4c90-8267-4914f5598712

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d7f5989-df17-4c90-8267-4914f5598712 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Carns reported $200.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.02), from 44 donors and 672 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 73.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 36 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 258: Phillip Edward Hinkle, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR258/
- HB 561: Municipalities; imposition of new or increased taxes or fees, ordinance required (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB561/
- HJR 163: Dr. Brad Russell, honored (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR163/
- HJR 158: 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, honored, William J. Bennett, commended (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR158/
- HJR 128: 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, honored (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR128/
- HB 455: Contract review committee; recommendation that the Governor not sign contracts under review provided (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB455/
- HB 272: County voter lists; authorize alternative methods of publication under certain circumstances (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB272/
- HB 144: Vestavia Hills; entertainment districts, city council authorized to establish (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB144/
- HR 362: Hoover Country Club Women's Tennis, congratulated (passed one chamber, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR362/
- HR 363: John Anthony Karagas, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR363/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $200.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.carns.75
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJimCarns/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winwithjim/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d7f5989-df17-4c90-8267-4914f5598712