# Matt Woods

Matt Woods is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e6c4edb0-48af-4db8-aa0a-57570f0aef1e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6c4edb0-48af-4db8-aa0a-57570f0aef1e (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

Woods reported $503.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 229 donors and 229 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 74.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 9 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 100: Prestley Skelton, honored (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR100/
- SJR 90: Alabama State Chiropractic Association, commended (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR90/
- SJR 91: Naming both bridges on Interstate 22 that span Mulberry Fork the Senator Greg Reed Bridge (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR91/
- SB 323: Criminal defendants with mental illness; right of appeal for commitment and conditional release order provided, jurisdiction to hear appeals provided (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB323/
- SJR 54: Congress urged to authorize a reliability report on Marine Highway 65 (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR54/
- SB 241: Walker County; temporary probate judges, authorized (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB241/
- SB 213: Lamar County; senior property tax exemption authorized; constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB213/
- SB 212: Fayette County; senior property tax exemption authorized, constitutional amendment (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB212/
- SB 210: Chiropractic board; board service and licensure qualifications revised (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB210/
- SJR 17: Naming portions of Alabama state routes 5, 69, 195, and 257, as well as Industrial Parkway, in Walker County, Alabama, as the Smith Lake Parkway (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR17/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $503.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% 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: https://votemattwoods.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteMattWoods/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-woods-20680883/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6c4edb0-48af-4db8-aa0a-57570f0aef1e