# Marilyn Lands

Marilyn Lands is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 10
- Serving since: 2024-03-27
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eb947430-2674-4158-8290-0d973c59e834

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb947430-2674-4158-8290-0d973c59e834 (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

33% of the 15 bills Lands sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Alabama House.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Lands | 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 | 75.0% | 39.2% | 24 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 50.0% | 14.4% | 7 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Law 67% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 33% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Families 33% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 33% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 2,631 donors and 97 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 97 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 642: Human fertility; to recognize the right of Alabamians to engage in contraception and assisted reproductive practices such as in vitro fertilization (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB642/
- HB 641: Taxation, to increase the market value threshold amount for which tangible personal property is exempt from state ad valorem taxation (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB641/
- HB 596: Economic Development; small towns, programs established to fund businesses, reuse of properties, and other grants, administered by Alabama Department of… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB596/
- HB 608: Income Tax; to create the R&D Tax Credit Enhancement Act (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB608/
- HJR 200: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Day, recognized (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR200/
- HB 552: Establishes the Aerospace Export Safeguard and Innovation Act; creates Aerospace Export Resilience Grant Program; creates Advanced Materials and Components… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB552/
- HJR 57: Alabama Birth Equity Initiative, commended (became law, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR57/
- HB 128: Board of Midwifery; authorized to accept gifts and grants (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB128/
- HB 129: Midwives; administration of certain newborn screening tests authorized (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB129/
- HB 14: Referendum measures; authorize general laws and constitutional amendments to be initiated through public petition process (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB14/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $377.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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.

- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/MarilynForAL/status/2098193275702165806
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MarilynForAL/status/2064828028589367493
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarilynForAL/status/2053987339974631672
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarilynForAL/status/2049600963527249946

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/MarilynForAL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarilynForAL/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.lands/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MarilynForAL
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarilynforAL
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marilyn.lands
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilyn-lands-69b82a249/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb947430-2674-4158-8290-0d973c59e834