# Ben Harrison

Ben Harrison is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 2
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a2413268-fe7d-4a14-839c-14e9723da23a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2413268-fe7d-4a14-839c-14e9723da23a (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

27% of the 11 bills Harrison sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Alabama House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.65 (standard error 0.03), from 82 donors and 237 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 10 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 99 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 242: Urging the Governor and relevant state agencies to recognize the value of spent nuclear fuel and take state actions toward its development (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR242/
- HB 526: Legal Tender; to require certain persons who sell or offer goods and services to accept cash as payment, exceptions provided (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB526/
- HB 494: Search and seizure; warrant required for government agent to enter private land and seize personal property thereon, subject to exceptions (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB494/
- HB 476: Conservation; right to care for injured wildlife under certain conditions established (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB476/
- HB 347: Consumer protection; illicit material, private rights created, enforcement authorized, penalties established (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB347/
- HR 32: Lauderdale County Future Farmers of America String Band, commended (introduced, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR32/
- HB 610: Constitutional Amendment; authorizing Legislature to establish a state bank; create a commission to operate bank or designate a state agency to oversee its… (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB610/
- HB 448: Conservation, wildlife; Alabama Good Samaritan Wildlife Rehabilitation Act established. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB448/
- HR 61: Commending Ty Smith on his retirement (passed one chamber, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR61/
- HB 257: Midwifery; provide further for the practice of midwifery and powers of the State Midwifery Board (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB257/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $45.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.harrison.14203544
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-harrison-9abbbb302

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2413268-fe7d-4a14-839c-14e9723da23a