# Chris Sells

Chris Sells is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 90.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 90
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/39a26498-6bb6-4627-8c49-d9c453c9aab8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/39a26498-6bb6-4627-8c49-d9c453c9aab8 (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 Sells’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.03), from 4 donors and 582 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 59.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 66 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 623: Solar energy; permit to operate solar energy projects required, decommissioning and restoration requirements established, operators required to establish… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB623/
- HB 610: Automatic renewal agreements; disclosures and notice required, prohibits obstruction or delay of cancelling agreements, authorizes Attorney General to… (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB610/
- HB 592: State Minimum Salary Schedule; adjustment provided for certificated private school teachers at accredited private schools upon transfer to public school… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB592/
- HB 568: Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees, and elevator safety standards, provided for; license… (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB568/
- HB 463: Catfish; transfer out of state of those harvested in public waters prohibited; criminal penalties for violations established (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB463/
- HB 360: 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday created; to exempt certain items from sales tax during the last weekend of August (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB360/
- HB 266: Crimes and offenses; crime of reckless endangerment expanded, criminal penalties provided (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB266/
- HB 267: Alabama Forestry Commission; benefits of State Forester revised, burn permits process revised, penalties revised (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB267/
- HB 161: Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General… (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB161/
- HB 180: Conecuh County, office of county superintendent of education changed from elected to appointed, duties, powers, and compensation (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB180/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.0K (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/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.sells.35
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-sells-917ba870/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/39a26498-6bb6-4627-8c49-d9c453c9aab8