# Ron Bolton

Ron Bolton is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 61.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 61
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b94526a8-1564-43f5-ad38-98b795e95f02

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b94526a8-1564-43f5-ad38-98b795e95f02 (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

100% of Bolton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.04), from 45 donors and 214 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 22 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 63 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 362: The 2026 Shroud Award (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR362/
- HR 249: Tuscaloosa County H.S. Boys Basketball team, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR249/
- HB 515: Criminal defendants with mental illnesses; civil inpatient commitment guidelines for criminal defendants further provided (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB515/
- HB 514: Tuscaloosa County; sheriff, compensation revised (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB514/
- HB 505: Criminal defendants with mental illness; right of appeal for commitment and conditional release order provided, jurisdiction to hear appeals provided (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB505/
- HB 413: Tuscaloosa County; longevity pay for sheriff, tax assessor, and tax collector provided for (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB413/
- HB 385: Tuscaloosa County; electronic filing of business personal property tax returns in the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector provided for (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB385/
- HB 384: Tuscaloosa County; service of process fee for personal service amended (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB384/
- HB 280: Rural health care; Alabama Health Command established to designate an AI-assisted health platform in rural communities (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB280/
- HB 160: Tuscaloosa County; overtime compensation, public safety employees, further provided (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB160/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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
- Campaign site: http://www.ronboltonstatehouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronboltonforstatehouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronboltonstatehouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-bolton-33715143/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b94526a8-1564-43f5-ad38-98b795e95f02