# Jeff Sorrells

Jeff Sorrells is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 87.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 87
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/18af5645-53f2-4571-b24d-3173abf2b567

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18af5645-53f2-4571-b24d-3173abf2b567 (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

100% of Sorrells’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 12 donors and 664 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 26 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 343: State rural electrification authorities and electric membership corporations; removes requirement for Department of Finance approval for issuance of bonds (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB343/
- HB 230: Nursing facilities, privilege assessments and surcharge on each nursing home bed, sunset removed (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB230/
- HR 370: Geneva County Schools, recognized (passed one chamber, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR370/
- HB 509: Game breeder license; possessory interest in deer established; killing, testing, prohibition of transfer of deer by state agencies for disease prohibited,… (became law, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB509/
- HJR 53: Alice Pack, commended (became law, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR53/
- HR 258: Alice Pack, commended (passed one chamber, 2024-05-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HR258/
- HB 395: Houston County; lodging tax, county commission, authorize to levy, distribution for economic development and recreational facilities, referendum (became law, 2024-05-21) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HB395/
- HJR 97: Joe R. Carothers Highway, named (became law, 2024-04-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HJR97/
- HB 233: Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, certificate of title required (became law, 2024-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HB233/
- HB 413: Relating to the City of Samson in Geneva County; to authorize the city council to provide for the sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the… (became law, 2023-05-30) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2023rs/HB413/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $118.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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
- X: https://x.com/Jeff_Sorrells
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.sorrells.142
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-sorrells-4382b084/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18af5645-53f2-4571-b24d-3173abf2b567