# Josh Carnley

Josh Carnley is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/51b33504-a943-4091-a3bd-f0b8feb124be

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51b33504-a943-4091-a3bd-f0b8feb124be (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

Carnley reported $303.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.04), from 230 donors and 197 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 7 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 102: Alabama Forest Products Retention and Pulp and Paper Mill Stability Study Commission, established (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR102/
- SJR 86: Retired U.S. Army Colonel Shawn Thomas Prickett, commended (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR86/
- SB 341: Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties… (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB341/
- SJR 57: Dale County School System, commended (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR57/
- SB 308: Department of Insurance; Office of Risk and Resilience created; Strengthen Alabama Homes Program placed under office (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB308/
- SB 266: Covington County; underground carbon dioxide prohibited; constitutional amendment (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB266/
- SB 223: Aviation; restrict the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data collected from aircraft (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB223/
- SB 216: State military; awards criteria revised, new awards established, authority to present prescribed (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB216/
- SJR 23: Junior Harold Sorrells, death mourned (became law, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR23/
- SB 86: Surety bonds and motor fuel assessments; filing period for new or replacement surety bonds extended, payment period for assessments on illegally imported or… (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB86/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $303.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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=carnley
- Campaign site: http://www.carnleyforsenate.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnleyforsenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnleyforsenate31/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51b33504-a943-4091-a3bd-f0b8feb124be