---
type: Person
title: "Van Smith"
description: "AL House District 42 — AL State House of Representatives District 42"
role: "AL House District 42"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AL"
district: "AL State House of Representatives District 42"
represents: "us/states/al/districts/house/42"
tenure:
  start: "2019-11-06"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "7e674cf6-ebc9-4097-b569-e285f19b877a"
  office: "8c14c9f4-3c30-47cc-a81e-aca534187068"
  tenure: "e13bdd9a-8d9d-4331-9e70-0565e0e5929f"
  jurisdiction: "87e5cf92-0d14-4beb-a8b7-ee3f8be41152"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, al]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Van Smith

Current AL House District 42 (AL State House of Representatives District 42).

Represents [AL State House of Representatives District 42](/us/states/al/districts/house/42.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).