{{Short description|American politician (1943–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Priscilla Dunn | image = | state_senate = Alabama | state = Alabama | district = 19th | term_start = June 30, 2009 | term_end = November 10, 2022 | predecessor = Edward McClain | successor = Merika Coleman | state_house2 = Alabama | district2 = 56th | term_start2 = November 4, 1998 | term_end2 = June 30, 2009 | predecessor2 = Lawrence McAdory | successor2 = Lawrence McAdory | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|9|17|1943|10|8}} | death_place = | alma_mater = Alabama State University <br> University of Montevallo | occupation = Homeless Education Coordinator, Politician | spouse = Grover Dunn | children = 1 }}
'''Priscilla Dunn''' (October 8, 1943 – September 17, 2024) was an American politician who was a member of the Alabama Senate from 2009 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/Senator.aspx?NAME=Dunn&OID_SPONSOR=85895&OID_PERSON=3298&SESSNAME=Regular%20Session%202015|title=Priscilla Dunn - Alabama Legislature}}</ref>
==Legislative career== From 1998 until 2009 Dunn was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. She was a member of the Alabama Senate from when a special election was called in 2009. In April 2015 work in the Senate slowed due to a resolution opposing efforts to expand Medicaid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2015/04/21/senate-comes-halt-medicaid-resolution/26147647/|title=Senate comes to halt over Medicaid resolution}}</ref> In August 2015 a Senate committee which Dunn was a part of put a ban on selling tissue from aborted fetuses. Dunn cast the sole vote against the ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/08/alabama_senate_committee_appro_1.html|title=Alabama Senate committee approves ban on selling fetuses|date=6 August 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Dunn was married to her husband, Grover, and had one daughter, Karen. She received her Bachelor of Science from Alabama State University and her Master of Arts from the University of Montevallo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openbama.org/legislator/34|title=Sen. Priscilla Dunn (Democrat-19)|access-date=2015-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040914/http://openbama.org/legislator/34|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> She died on September 17, 2024, at the age of 80.<ref>[https://aldailynews.com/long-time-lawmaker-priscilla-dunn-dies/ Long-time lawmaker Priscilla Dunn dies]</ref>
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