# Jamie Kiel

Jamie Kiel is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 18
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/390ee0ed-0b5e-4f45-a740-63511c4fa3fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/390ee0ed-0b5e-4f45-a740-63511c4fa3fd (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

Kiel sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

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

9 classified statements: 9 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 | Kiel | 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 | 22.2% | 31.9% | 524 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 12.7% | 47 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 89 donors and 668 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 63 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 605: State Health Planning and Development Agency; Rural Health Antitrust Immunity Act created, collaboration among rural health care providers authorized;… (became law, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB605/
- HB 495: School report card, academic achievement of students transferring from a failing school not considered for first three years following transfer. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB495/
- HJR 138: Tharptown Baptist Church, honored (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR138/
- HB 318: Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB318/
- HB 166: Motor vehicles; impoundment conditions and procedures, further provided; redemption procedures, further provided; issuance of local identification cards,… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB166/
- HB 167: Relating to Property Tax; amending the cap on the assessed value of real property (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB167/
- HB 168: Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB168/
- HB 169: Department of Archives and History; composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB169/
- HB 94: State Auditor; powers and duties revised, audit exception for certain property in Department of Corrections and Department of Youth Services facilities,… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB94/
- HB 67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (became law, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB67/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $62.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2025-11-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1990844015529296238
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1922113374738940390
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1922297614277505052
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1922298684751982870
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1922374252675711125
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1922426850023715254
- 2025-04-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1917359769196613936
- 2025-03-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1900308297678533044
- 2025-03-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamiekiel/status/1899652665044304080

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://jamiekiel.com/
- X: https://x.com/jamiekiel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kiel.Jamie
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamiekiel/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamiekiel1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiekiel/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/390ee0ed-0b5e-4f45-a740-63511c4fa3fd