Hall is the first African American woman elected to represent House District 19, capturing eighty-six (86) percent of the vote. Results from the 1994 election indicated that she captured 88% percent of the votes. During the 1998 election, she ran unopposed. She won the 2002 election and began serving a fifth term. Hall is the vice-chair of the Madison County Legislative Delegation and Ranking Minority Member of both the General Fund Finance and Appropriations and Internal Affairs committees. Hall is Chair of the Alabama Women’s Tribute Statue Commission, created in 2019 to place statues of
Rosa Parks and
Helen Keller on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol. Her sponsored legislation includes: • HB 427 which created a system of “Silver Alerts” for which all missing persons with dementia or Alzheimer's disease are eligible, regardless of age, as well as requiring law enforcement personnel to undergo specialized training regarding such cases. • HB 474 which designated December 1 as
Rosa Parks Day in honor of the “First Lady of Civil Rights.” • HB 115 which created a policy by which newborns can be brought to hospitals within 72 hours of birth instead of being abandoned.
Committees Her committee assignments have included: • Judiciary • Joint Interim on Medicaid • Public Safety • Welfare • Health • Industrial and Economic Development • Joint Budget and Finance • Government Finance and Appropriations • Alabama Monument Protection Hall serves as President of the
National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
2009 special election Republican
Paul Sanford defeated Hall in the special election to fill the District 7 State Senate Seat vacated earlier that year when the incumbent,
Parker Griffith, was elected to the United States House of Representative representing Alabama's 5th Congressional District. Hall continued to represent District 19 after re-elections in 2010 and 2014.
2018 general election Hall defeated Samuel Greene in the Alabama House of Representatives District 19 Democratic primary election with 86.04% of the vote. ==Personal life==