# Chris England

Chris England is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 70.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 70
- Serving since: 2006-11-08
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b57cc6b9-3627-431f-8a01-4c3c7ba973d4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b57cc6b9-3627-431f-8a01-4c3c7ba973d4 (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 England sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Alabama House.

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

28 classified statements: 28 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 | England | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.1% | 10.4% | 407 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 17.9% | 39.2% | 654 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.6% | 14.4% | 599 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 60% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Government Operations and Politics 40% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Democrats 11%); Labor and Employment 20% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 14 donors and 610 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 99 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 214: Bill Baxley, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR214/
- HB 480: Simplified sellers use tax, distribution of local proceeds revised (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB480/
- HB 481: Restitution; order of restitution, given priority over all other fines, costs, and fees (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB481/
- HB 434: Simplified sellers use tax, distribution of proceeds revised (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB434/
- HJR 102: Alicia Cannon, commended (became law, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR102/
- HB 260: Condominiums; consents and waivers, arbitration and mediation (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB260/
- HB 86: Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB86/
- HB 71: Crimes and offenses; medical examiners, criminal penalties imposed for retention of deceased individual's organ without notice and consent (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB71/
- HB 70: Sentencing; resentencing of certain sentences subject to judicial override, authorized; retroactive application, provided (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB70/
- HB 76: Death penalty, abolished (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB76/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $133.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2112004096957776259
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2111233531590688856
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2082977280628785322
- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2082313003135844739
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2075590062402654499
- 2026-05-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2050281507059609799
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2027160405995348180
- 2026-01-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2017735895831511129
- 2026-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2013667760547521012
- 2026-01-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepEngland70/status/2010867450120921255

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/RepEngland70
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjengland1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repengland70/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-england-2428385/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b57cc6b9-3627-431f-8a01-4c3c7ba973d4