# Neil Rafferty

Neil Rafferty is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 54.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 54
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dc6e41ae-d1b3-47c7-b225-1d5ec88a9fdc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc6e41ae-d1b3-47c7-b225-1d5ec88a9fdc (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

50% of the 20 bills Rafferty sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Alabama House.

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

6 classified statements: 6 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 | Rafferty | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 39.2% | 227 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 67% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Democrats 11%); Labor and Employment 33% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.02), from 230 donors and 576 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 84 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 361: John Barratt Rudulph, Jr., death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR361/
- HB 429: Crimes and offenses; unmanned aircraft systems, operation near ticketed entertainment events prohibited (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB429/
- HB 404: Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB404/
- HB 403: Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load customers further provided (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB403/
- HB 352: Alabama Jobs Act; Secretary of Commerce prohibited from awarding economic tax incentives to companies that do not practice certain employment protections for… (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB352/
- HB 346: Tax incentives; reimbursement for violation of labor and trafficking laws provided for (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB346/
- HJR 62: Urging the State of Alabama to acknowledge and adopt the temporary workers' bill of rights for the betterment of the state and its workforce (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR62/
- HB 594: Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, definitions, fees, examination requirements, and reciprocity provisions revised; role of the Council of… (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB594/
- HR 259: Dr. James Garber Rudolph, mourned (passed one chamber, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR259/
- HB 541: Safe Drinking Water Act; environmental management department required to investigate for PFAS; private right of action against responsible persons established (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB541/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $186.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% 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.

- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/2053627003811602573
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/2053627413993521432
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/2053627658857066767
- 2025-12-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/2002589322638495998
- 2025-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/1946700884391399468
- 2025-04-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRafferty/status/1915527490946130313

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/RepRafferty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neil.rafferty1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepRafferty/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reprafferty
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rep.neilrafferty2788
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reprafferty
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reprafferty/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc6e41ae-d1b3-47c7-b225-1d5ec88a9fdc