Alabama Legislature

SENATOR ELLIOTT, CHRIS

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Affiliation:	(R)
District:	Senate District 32
County:	Baldwin County
Phone Number:	(334) 261-0897
Fax Number:
Street:	11 South Union Street
Office:	Suite 735
City:	Montgomery
State:	AL
Postal Code:	36104
Email:	chris.elliott@alsenate.gov

Affiliation:	(R)
District:	Senate District 32
County:	Baldwin County
District Phone:	(251) 990-4610
District Fax:
Street:	1100 Fairhope Ave.
Office:
City:	Fairhope
State:	AL
Postal Code:	36532
District Email:	chris.elliott@alsenate.gov

Chris Elliott is serving his first term in the Alabama Senate. He was born and raised in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. After graduating from St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Chris received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond in Virginia majoring in political science and urban policy.

After completing his undergraduate studies, Chris worked for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Emergency Management field and for Virginia Power focusing on Nuclear Security and Emergency Preparedness. He returned home to Baldwin County to raise his family where he is a small business owner who has started several successful small businesses.

Senator Elliott is an active member of the Alabama Senate where he serves as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Government Affairs Committee and serves on the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, the Tourism Committee, the Transpiration and Energy Committee, the Banking & Insurance Committee, the Education Policy Committee and was elected by his fellow Senators to serve on the Joint Sunset Committee. Senator Elliott formerly served as the Chairman of the Baldwin County Commission and the Chairman of the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization as well as on various national, statewide and countywide boards and committees. Commissioner Elliott also served on the Board of Directors of Baldwin County United Way. In 2015 he was recognized as one of the Mobile Area’s top 40 under 40 young leaders by Mobile Bay Monthly Magazine and in 2018 he was recognized in the Yellowhammer Power & Influence 50, an annual list of the 50 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics, business and state government. He is a graduate of the Alabama Leadership Initiative.

Active in Republican politics for over a decade, Senator Elliott has worked with numerous statewide and local political campaigns in both Virginia and Alabama. Senator Elliott served on the Executive Committee of the Baldwin County Republican Party formerly as Vice Chairman for Commission District 2, served on the Steering Committee of the Baldwin County Republican Party, the Executive Committee of the Alabama Republican Party, is a member and past Chairman of the Baldwin County Young Republicans, is an associate member of both the Eastern Shore and South Baldwin Republican Women.

Senator Elliott and his family are members of St. James Episcopal Church of Fairhope where he served as an usher and served on the Church's Vestry. Senator Elliott is an avid sailor, white water rafter and upland bird hunter.

Short Title	Status	Comm Assigned
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, legislative intent relating to the expending of funds by the Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources expressed	Read Second Time in House of Origin	Finance and Taxation General Fund
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, any credits, refunds or loan forgivneness received from, excluded from Alabama taxation	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Finance and Taxation Education
Property, homeowner's associations and condominium associations, prohibited from restricting display of state flag	Read Second Time in Second House	Urban and Rural Development
Schools, Foundation Program Fund, determination of cost to include student growth as an allowable cost, allowance for non-virtual and virtual students, provisions for increases based on increase in average daily membership in the current school year deleted, Secs. 16-13-231, 16-13-232 am'd.	Enacted	Ways and Means Education
Entertainment districts, municipalities, allow ABC licensees to sell alcohol for consumption within districts, revise qualifications for certain municipalities to establish, Sec. 28-3A-17.1 am'd.	Read Second Time in Second House	Economic Development and Tourism
Municipalities, police jurisdictions may not be expended, municipal planning jurisdiction limited, audit of expenditure of fees in police jurisdiction, Secs. 11-40-10, 11-52-30 am'd.	Ready to Enroll
Joint Legislative Committee on State Parks, appointment of two additional members, Sec. 9-14A-21 am'd.	Read Second Time in Second House	Agriculture and Forestry
Elections, prohibit social media companies from restricting access to political candidates during elections, civil penalties, value of endorsement by social media companies required to be recorded as campaign contribution	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Strengthen Alabama Homes Program, provide that certain bids and grants awarded under the program are public records under the federal Freedom of Information Act, Sec. 27-31E-3 am'd.	Read Second Time in House of Origin	Banking and Insurance

	Committees	Position
	Confirmations	Member
	Governmental Affairs	Vice Chairperson
	Education Policy	Member
	Agriculture Conservation and Forestry	Member
	Banking and Insurance	Member
	Transportation and Energy	Member
	Tourism	Member

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