# Terri Collins

Terri Collins is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 8
- Serving since: 2010-11-02
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/902f0f81-a34c-4714-a3eb-bf563abbea96

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/902f0f81-a34c-4714-a3eb-bf563abbea96 (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

Collins sits at +0.11 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State House Republicans.

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

12 classified statements: 12 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 | Collins | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 41.7% | 31.9% | 242 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.3% | 12.7% | 440 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 80% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 20% (State House Republicans 10%); 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 +0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 59 donors and 668 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 23 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 346: Accountability Council, established (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR346/
- HB 604: Public K-12 education; Accountability Council created; Alabama Workforce Development Board, State Department of Education, and Alabama Commission on Higher… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB604/
- HJR 206: Joint Interim Study Commission on Expanding Access to High-Quality Out-of-School Education Programs, extended (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR206/
- HR 91: Cathy Waller McGowin, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR91/
- HB 396: Public school grading system, revised to include and weight specific indicators for schools that include a 12th grade class and schools that do not include a… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB396/
- HB 378: Department of Revenue; Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators added to list of tax professionals compensated annually for completing professional training (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB378/
- HB 380: Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of county boards of education provided, procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation provided,… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB380/
- HB 379: Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB379/
- HJR 46: Cathy Waller McGowin, commended (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR46/
- HJR 47: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); supporting the creation of a bicameral HBCU Legislative Caucus (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR47/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/2103936257596465346
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/2042440912458883468
- 2026-02-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/2019523925852451273
- 2026-01-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/2008216903588999368
- 2025-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1945819717358223748
- 2025-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1945820285812302296
- 2025-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1936523848192585870
- 2025-05-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1920155330392080614
- 2025-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1907940926166806966
- 2025-03-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepTerriCollins/status/1900689898228556249

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1&search=collins
- Campaign site: https://www.terricollins.org/
- X: https://x.com/RepTerriCollins
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terri.collins.391/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terri.collins.391/?api=1%2F
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-collins-7004435/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/902f0f81-a34c-4714-a3eb-bf563abbea96