# Van Smith

Van Smith is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 42
- Serving since: 2019-11-06
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2e9b60b3-d931-412e-a9f6-803aa7c7b085

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2e9b60b3-d931-412e-a9f6-803aa7c7b085 (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 the 7 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Alabama House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 25 donors and 502 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 3 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 287: Eddie Reed, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR287/
- HB 622: City of Jemison; draft beer, authorization to sell amended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB622/
- HB 569: Autauga County; taxes, additional sales and use tax authorized, rental tax established (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB569/
- HB 488: Chilton County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB488/
- HB 225: Education; notice requirement for certain board of education personnel vacancies revised (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB225/
- HB 598: Town of Pine Level in Autauga County, corporate limits altered (became law, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB598/
- HB 463: Chilton County, Chilton County 911 Board of Commissioners, credit card or debit card purchases, creation of procedures authorized (became law, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB463/
- HJR 208: Warren Lee Helms, death mourned (became law, 2024-05-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HJR208/
- HR 207: Warren Lee Helms, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2024-04-18) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HR207/
- HJR 154: Pro Angler Dustin Connell, commended (became law, 2024-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HJR154/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $58.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1&search=van%20smith
- Campaign site: http://vansmithforhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanSmith42/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2e9b60b3-d931-412e-a9f6-803aa7c7b085