# David Faulkner

David Faulkner is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 46
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9b9fd235-1045-4935-a097-bd5e51d2c592

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b9fd235-1045-4935-a097-bd5e51d2c592 (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

Faulkner sits at +0.11 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 86% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.03), from 7 donors and 632 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 16 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 343: Alabama Yom HaShoah Commemoration, recognized (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR343/
- HR 340: Jack Schniper, recognized (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR340/
- HB 663: Consumable vapor products; existing excise tax further calculated based on amount of nicotine; product labeling requirements, provided (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB663/
- HR 295: Oakworth Capital Bank, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR295/
- HJR 278: Samford Women's Basketball Team, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR278/
- HR 231: Mountain Brook Junior High School Robotics Teams, honored (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR231/
- HB 438: Income tax; to reinstate the income tax refund check-off for Victims of Crime and Leniency, Incorporated (VOCAL), and to repeal entities whose check-offs have… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB438/
- HJR 123: March 2026 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, recognized (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR123/
- HJR 119: Pray Vestavia, commended (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR119/
- HJR 124: City of Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, recognized (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR124/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $116.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b9fd235-1045-4935-a097-bd5e51d2c592