# Shay Shelnutt

Shay Shelnutt is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9487b441-352c-43be-a2bb-8abc45e20671

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9487b441-352c-43be-a2bb-8abc45e20671 (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

28% of the 18 bills Shelnutt sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Alabama Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.04), from 5 donors and 474 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 27.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 34 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 40: Gardendale First Baptist Church, 150th anniversary, celebrated (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR40/
- SB 248: Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB248/
- SB 209: Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB209/
- SB 207: Captive insurers, additional requirements, certain minimum paid in capital amounts increased (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB207/
- SB 208: State rural electrification authorities and electric membership corporations; removes requirement for Department of Finance approval for issuance of bonds (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB208/
- SB 132: Class 8 municipalities; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out of county personnel board (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB132/
- SB 3: Public K-12 schools, sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB3/
- SB 4: Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB4/
- SB 302: Motorcycles; certain aged individuals with certain insurance authorized to operate without helmets (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB302/
- SB 278: Religious instruction, elective credit for release time further provided for (passed one chamber, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB278/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $265.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=shelnutt
- Campaign site: https://alsenaterepublicans.org/representatives/0017-shay-shelnutt/
- X: https://x.com/shelnutt417
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AL17SHELNUTT/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shayshelnutt/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shay-shelnutt-03b6382a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9487b441-352c-43be-a2bb-8abc45e20671