# April Weaver

April Weaver is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2021-07-14
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/15ebe01e-1447-4bdb-8dfb-e9d5948b872d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15ebe01e-1447-4bdb-8dfb-e9d5948b872d (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

41% of the 37 bills Weaver sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Alabama Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.04), from 214 donors and 262 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 40.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 31 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 93: Alabama Rural Emergency Medical Services and Volunteer Fire Department Study Commission, created (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR93/
- SB 353: Public K-12 schools; mobile emergency rapid response systems required, State Superintendent of Education required to approve vendors, funding sources provided… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB353/
- SB 351: Public health, authorized forms of single-dose epinephrine used by public schools and authorized entities expanded (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB351/
- SJR 73: First Responder Benefits Task Force; created (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR73/
- SB 334: Shelby County; sale of solid waste commodities authorized, distribution of proceeds provided for (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB334/
- SJR 71: Peggy Sellers Benson, commended (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR71/
- SB 319: Shelby County; City of Helena, civil service system established, board, director, policies, and appeals created (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB319/
- SB 309: Crimes and offenses; unlawful possession with intent to distribute fentanyl further provided for, trafficking in illegal drugs containing fentanyl further… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB309/
- SB 293: Criminal law; crime of interference with a first responder, established (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB293/
- SB 275: City of Alabaster; entertainment districts authorized (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB275/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $313.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AprilWeaverforSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprilcweaver/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-weaver-8a02096/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15ebe01e-1447-4bdb-8dfb-e9d5948b872d