# Rick Rehm

Rick Rehm is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 85.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 85
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/31629cc7-81e6-4422-9aa3-89e6b9073259

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31629cc7-81e6-4422-9aa3-89e6b9073259 (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

94% of the 17 bills Rehm sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Alabama House.

## What Rehm says (AL 2025–26 session)

4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rehm | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 37 donors and 242 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 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 94.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 6 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 536: Henry County; sheriff, compensation revised (became law, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB536/
- HB 459: Henry County; disposition of special transaction fees further provided for (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB459/
- HB 460: Henry County; senior property tax assessment authorized; constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB460/
- HB 307: Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB307/
- HB 306: Teacher certification; Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate established (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB306/
- HB 292: Motor vehicles; disability percentage for disabled veteran's license plate revised (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB292/
- HB 205: Henry County; Southeast Alabama Human Development Council abolished, transfer of duties provided for (became law, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB205/
- HB 184: Henry County; coroner and deputy coroner, expenses further provided for (became law, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB184/
- HB 204: Henry County; county lodging tax further provided for (became law, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB204/
- HB 203: Henry County; Henry County Sheriff's Office and Henry County Task Force, authorized to sell, use, and destroy certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property (became law, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB203/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $246.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-04-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardRehm13/status/1911118748703916300
- 2025-02-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardRehm13/status/1888814068590338531
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardRehm13/status/1886145173572260017
- 2025-01-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardRehm13/status/1877928505091952701

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/RichardRehm13
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.rehm.3/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RickRehmAlabamaHouseDistrict85/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-rehm-600b8019a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31629cc7-81e6-4422-9aa3-89e6b9073259