# Ben Robbins

Ben Robbins is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 33
- Serving since: 2021-01-26
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7da5c799-bd67-458a-b3b1-a0cdda8f474e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7da5c799-bd67-458a-b3b1-a0cdda8f474e (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

40% of the 43 bills Robbins sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Alabama House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 89 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 39.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 95 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 345: Tanner Tessmann and June 19, 2026, recognized (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR345/
- HJR 344: Chris Richards and June 12, 2026, recognized (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR344/
- HR 342: Chris Richards and Tanner Tessman, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR342/
- HJR 326: Recognizing the need for a north-south transportation route in East Alabama (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR326/
- HJR 316: Encouraging the Governor to promote the textile recycling industry in Alabama (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR316/
- HJR 251: Winterboro High School Girls Basketball Team, 2026 State Basketball Champions, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR251/
- HB 615: Catastrophe savings accounts, required to be held in Alabama banks, credit unions, or veterans financial institutions and approved by the Commissioner of… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB615/
- HB 539: Abatements; local governments, power to abate revised (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB539/
- HB 479: Coosa County; probate judge, sheriff, and revenue commissioner, salary and expense account provided for (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB479/
- HB 470: Retired state employees; authorized to return to work, conditions imposed (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB470/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $45.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votebenrobbins/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-robbins-2ab598166/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7da5c799-bd67-458a-b3b1-a0cdda8f474e