# Kirk Hatcher

Kirk Hatcher is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2021-03-03
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0a28b79-3df1-491b-af90-4c0414ba72c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0a28b79-3df1-491b-af90-4c0414ba72c8 (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

Hatcher sits at −0.44 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 79% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 539 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 24 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 377: Firearms; possession without identification prohibited in certain municipalities (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB377/
- SB 310: City of Montgomery; municipal occupational tax, city council authorized to impose (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB310/
- SB 287: Alcoholic beverage importers; to recognize that an importer licensee may import alcoholic beverages from any jurisdiction outside of the State of Alabama (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB287/
- SB 251: Tax abatement and tax incentive programs, North American Industry Classification System Code references and definitions updated to latest terms (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB251/
- SB 252: Governor's Mansion Authority employees further provided for (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB252/
- SB 258: Senate - districts redrawn (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB258/
- SB 202: Montgomery County; sheriff; expense allowance and salary (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB202/
- SB 163: Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; adoption of Esthetics Licensure Compact (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB163/
- SB 340: Utilities; prohibitions on the disconnection of utility services under certain conditions, provided (in committee, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB340/
- SB 286: Montgomery County, Montgomery City Council authorized to join state retirement system, constitutional amendment (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB286/

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=hatcher
- X: https://x.com/kirkhatcherAl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirkforalabama/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirk.hatcher/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-hatcher-135385114/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0a28b79-3df1-491b-af90-4c0414ba72c8