# Tim Melson

Tim Melson is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2f934a90-dc27-4289-b571-36e80ea4384b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2f934a90-dc27-4289-b571-36e80ea4384b (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

Melson reported $368.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 39 donors and 518 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 13 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 117: Dylan Nutt, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR117/
- SB 369: Lauderdale County; Economic Development Authority and Economic Development Authority Fund established, county commission authorized to levy additional sales… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB369/
- SB 288: Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing… (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB288/
- SB 260: Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; rights of of self-storage facility operators further provided for, publication requirements for notice of sale of certain… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB260/
- SB 234: Proof of Age; require certain retailers to use digital or card-swipe technology to verify customer age at point of sale (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB234/
- SB 215: Home Builders Licensure Board; proof of liability insurance, signature and attestation requirements of required disclosures, further provided (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB215/
- SB 129: Artificial intelligence; disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content required, enforcement provided (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB129/
- SB 91: County and municipal authorities; withdrawal from multi-jurisdiction authority authorized, taxes and distribution of monies from taxes further provided for (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB91/
- SB 93: Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB93/
- SB 94: Disabled parking; unauthorized use of designated disabled parking places further provided for, notification of death in certain circumstances required,… (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB94/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $368.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 82% 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&search=melson
- Campaign site: https://alsenaterepublicans.org/representatives/001-tim-melson/
- X: https://x.com/MelsonForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.melson.12

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2f934a90-dc27-4289-b571-36e80ea4384b