# Billy Beasley

Billy Beasley is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2010-11-02
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38c5b433-f53c-4073-a2da-a969e4c31696

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38c5b433-f53c-4073-a2da-a969e4c31696 (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

Beasley sits at −0.16 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 29 donors and 499 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 3 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 374: Henry County; ad valorem taxes, levied for public school purposes in Headland, constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB374/
- SB 357: Macon County; local privilege tax on pari-mutuel activities, established (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB357/
- SB 299: Barbour County; coroner, mileage rate revised (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB299/
- SB 256: Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB256/
- SB 134: Taxation; tobacco interstate warehouser permits required, penalties imposed for violations (became law, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB134/
- SB 18: Taxation; state privilege tax on revenues of pari-mutuel wagering activities, levied (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB18/
- SB 331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (became law, 2025-05-27) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB331/
- SJR 74: Evergreen Baptist Church, 150th anniversary, celebrated (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SJR74/
- SJR 69: Andrew Preston Hornsby, Sr. Memorial Highway, named (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SJR69/
- SB 319: Barbour County, new court costs and disbursement of fees provided for following referendum (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB319/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $251.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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=beasley
- Campaign site: http://www.beasleyforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/senbillybeasley
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billy.beasley.560/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-beasley-b087b245/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38c5b433-f53c-4073-a2da-a969e4c31696