# Bubba Underwood

Bubba Underwood is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 3
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3828d8e6-1f22-4cb1-be51-b3d3a0c36b98

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3828d8e6-1f22-4cb1-be51-b3d3a0c36b98 (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 Underwood’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.04), from 65 donors and 237 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 17 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 350: Susie Heird, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR350/
- HB 559: Fraud victims compensation; Market Accountability Compensation Fund, established to provide restitution assistance to victims of investment fraud (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB559/
- HR 186: Zoie Grace McGuyer and Saving Grace: We Hear You, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR186/
- HR 170: Muscle Shoals High School Band, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR170/
- HB 462: Chiropractic board; board service and licensure qualifications revised (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB462/
- HJR 42: City of Florence, Audrey Nelson Community Development Award, commended (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR42/
- HR 45: City of Florence, Audrey Nelson Community Development Award, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR45/
- HB 311: Retirement benefits; participation of qualifying sheriffs in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB311/
- HB 278: Firefighters and rescue squad members, income tax credit for training under certain conditions expanded (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB278/
- HB 269: Competitive bidding; repairs of vehicles under $15,000 for certain awarding authorities exempt (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB269/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $69.0K (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/kerryucpa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerry.b.underwood
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KerryBubbaUnderwood/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerrybubba
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-underwood-79689563/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3828d8e6-1f22-4cb1-be51-b3d3a0c36b98