# Laura Hall

Laura Hall is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 19
- Serving since: 1993-11-01
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9314859d-000f-447c-9aa7-4993b13e8010

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9314859d-000f-447c-9aa7-4993b13e8010 (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

The policy areas Hall talks about and legislates on agree at 0.36 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

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

364 classified statements: 364 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hall | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 10.4% | 623 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 42.3% | 39.2% | 346 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.9% | 585 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.3% | 14.4% | 614 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 22% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Science, Technology, Communications 12% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 143 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 57 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 355: Dorothy Williams, celebrated (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR355/
- HJR 277: Drake State Community and Technical College, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR277/
- HR 254: Drake State Technical and Community College, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR254/
- HB 599: Agriculture value chains; grants, funds, training by Agriculture Department for value chain infrastructure required (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB599/
- HB 555: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, authorized to provide low-interest financing under certain circumstances, constitutional amendment (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB555/
- HB 554: State Energy Supply and Chemical Trade Stabilization Act established; income tax credit, grant program, and loan program created. (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB554/
- HR 173: State Legislature urged to address food insecurity and expand SNAP eligibility in state (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR173/
- HR 174: Intensified Twenty-Five Delta Delta Chapter, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR174/
- HJR 171: State Legislature urged to address food insecurity and expand SNAP eligibility in state (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR171/
- HJR 156: David Thomas Gallaher, death mourned (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR156/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $150.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2113653652250345747
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2111474830050558027
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2111474996203880543
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2111475435121099227
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2111504263914410097
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2110385252879245609
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2110385518592905379
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2108923209018232970
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2108923274935828844
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19 RepLauraHall/status/2097091171600171119

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/RepLauraHallD19
- X: https://x.com/RepLauraHall
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraHallForD19
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepresentativeLauraHall/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepLauraHallD19
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHallMonitor1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/replaurahalld19/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9314859d-000f-447c-9aa7-4993b13e8010