# Kenyatté Hassell

Kenyatté Hassell is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 78.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 78
- Serving since: 2021-09-08
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/63c5bc01-757d-474a-9c75-286da0076e3e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c5bc01-757d-474a-9c75-286da0076e3e (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

41% of the 17 bills Hassell sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Alabama House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 24 donors and 267 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 41.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 91 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 588: Community Health Worker Certification Act; board created; core competency skills framework specified; training programs and certification procedures provided;… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB588/
- HB 450: Firearms; possession without identification prohibited in certain municipalities (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB450/
- HB 432: Montgomery County; probate judge, additional fee authorized for celebrating rites of matrimony (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB432/
- HB 433: Campaign finance statements; redaction required of residential addresses of candidates and officials (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB433/
- HR 98: Frank Poole, Jr., death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR98/
- HB 338: Employees' Retirement System; state and local retirees four percent cost-of-living benefit increase (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB338/
- HB 339: Retirement Systems of Alabama; to provide a benefit increase for certain retirees of the Teachers Retirement System (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB339/
- HB 279: Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; adoption of Esthetics Licensure Compact (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB279/
- HB 68: Motor vehicles; driver licenses; designation of certain medical conditions, provided for (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB68/
- HB 615: Alabama Department of Public Health, certification of community health workers and training programs provided; Community Health Workers Review Board and… (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB615/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/kenyattehassell
- X: https://x.com/Kenyounglife
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenyatte.hassell.7
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Kenyatte-Hassell-100067070569903/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenyounglife/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenyattehassell/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kenyattehassell7622
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyatte-hassell-ab17b5123/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c5bc01-757d-474a-9c75-286da0076e3e