Christopher J. England

Voted to agree to the Senate's version of House Bill 8, which tightened Alabama's vaping rules to keep vapes away from people under 21. Vapes not authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration may be sold only in licensed vape specialty stores, which must keep out anyone under 21 and check every ID at the door. The law also banned vape ads with candy or cartoon themes, raised license fees and fines, and made every public school adopt a vaping prevention policy. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 52-43 and the bill became law.

May 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 273, which raised the age to buy or use tobacco and vaping products from 19 to 21. It bans advertising vapes as a way to quit smoking or as safer than cigarettes, and bans packaging that uses candy or cartoon imagery aimed at children. Makers of vape liquid must register with the state and prove they filed with federal regulators, and selling an unregistered product costs $1,000 a day. The House passed it 58-25 and it became law.

May 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 631, which set up state grants to look after Alabama's reservoirs, paid for by boat owners. Every registered vessel pays an extra $5 a year into a new fund. Local bodies that already have a reservoir plan can apply for money to control invasive water plants and animals, clear storm debris from navigable water, and put up navigation signs, and must match half the grant themselves. The House passed it 77-20 and it became law.

April 22, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 184, which would have made reporting to Alabama's immunization registry compulsory. Providers would have had to check the registry before giving a vaccine and enter what they gave, where the old law merely encouraged it. The registry would have held records for all ages, and the bill barred any tracking of people who have not been vaccinated. The House passed it 73-27, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 16, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to agree to the final version of Senate Bill 341, which lets Alabama try speed cameras in one interstate work zone. A camera may ticket a driver only for going more than 10 miles per hour over the limit, only where workers are present, and only where two warning signs stand at least 500 feet ahead. The ticket is a civil fine mailed to the vehicle's owner rather than a criminal charge, and the program ends on September 30, 2028 unless lawmakers extend it. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 76-23 and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 86, which changes what the Board of Pardons and Paroles weighs when deciding whether to release someone on parole. The board must now consider the person's work and any education completed while in prison, and it may consider a low risk of reoffending measured by a validated assessment. The law keeps the board's existing duty to protect public safety and says the guidelines create no right to release, leaving the decision fully in the board's hands. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-22 and it became law.

February 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 2, which changed when long-sentence prisoners move from prison to supervision, and put them on electronic monitoring. For a sentence of 10 years or more the release window narrows from between 12 and 24 months before the end of the sentence to between 10 and 12 months. Everyone released under that rule, and everyone on parole, must wear a monitor for as long as the director decides, at the board's expense. The House passed it 77-23 and it became law.

September 29, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 238, which would have tightened Alabama's boating rules. A conviction for boating under the influence would have suspended the person's boating certificate for 90 days up to five years, and a drink-driving conviction would have done the same. It also set idle-speed zones near docks, swimmers and shorelines, raised the minimum age for a personal watercraft to 14, and widened the engine cut-off switch rule. The House vote was 42-45 and the bill failed.

April 20, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 72, which would have shortened supervised release for the longest prison sentences. For a sentence of 10 years or more, release to supervision would have moved from between 12 and 24 months before the end of the sentence to between 10 and 12 months. The parole board would have set the level of supervision using a validated risk assessment instead of a required intensive program. The House passed it 58-38, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 16, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 171, the Alabama Numeracy Act, which overhauled how Alabama teaches math in the early grades. It creates a state office focused only on kindergarten through fifth grade math, requires an average of 60 minutes of math a day, and screens students at least twice a year so those who struggle get extra help. Every elementary school is to get at least one math coach, subject to funding. The House passed it 76-24 and it became law.

March 29, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 116, which made it a crime in Alabama to have, sell, or use a part that turns a pistol into a machine gun, meaning a gun that fires many shots with one pull of the trigger. Breaking the ban is a felony that can bring prison time. The ban does not cover police officers doing their jobs, guns and parts registered under federal gun law, or trigger parts that speed up firing but still fire no more than two shots per pull. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 77-23 and it became law.

March 6, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 36, which would have made it a Class C felony to have a pistol fitted with a part that turns it into a machine gun. Police on duty were excepted, and so were parts properly listed on the federal firearms register. Parts that only speed up a pistol, without letting one pull of the trigger fire more than one shot, were not covered. The House passed it 60-38, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 392, which would have made federal gun bans a state crime in Alabama. Anyone barred from having a gun under federal law would also have been barred under state law, and breaking that rule would have been a Class C felony. The federal list covers people convicted of a felony or of domestic violence, fugitives, people under some restraining orders, and others. The House passed it 64-36, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 17, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 230, which limited how pregnant prisoners may be restrained and searched. Leg and waist restraints are banned during pregnancy, labor and the six weeks after birth, and the only restraint allowed is handcuffs held in front of the body, used solely where there is an immediate risk that nothing else can contain. A pregnant woman may not be made to squat and cough during a strip search unless a health professional carries it out. The House passed it 78-21 and it became law.

March 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 385, which rewrote what Alabama schools must teach in sex education. It deleted the requirement that classes teach that homosexuality is not acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a crime under state law. It also changed several standards from ones schools should meet to ones they must meet, including that material be age appropriate and medically accurate. The House passed it 69-30 and it became law.

March 2, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against passing House Bill 1, a backup plan for Alabama's primary elections for Congress. If a federal court let the state go back to the map the Legislature drew in 2023, and the ruling came too late for the normal primary, the Governor would call a new one. The top vote-getter would win the party slot, with no runoff, and the first primary would not count. The House passed it 75-29 over these votes, on a party-line split, and it became law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 5, which asks voters to change the Alabama Constitution so every public school plays the national anthem at least once a week. School boards would have to write a policy for it. Each school would play a Library of Congress recording of the first verse of The Star-Spangled Banner, or have a school band, choir, or singer perform it. This is a proposed change to the state constitution, so it takes effect only if most Alabama voters approve it at a statewide election. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 75-27 over these votes.

April 9, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 2, the Gulf of America Act, which renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America everywhere in Alabama law. Starting October 1, 2026, state and local offices and their workers must use the new name on new maps, papers, school materials, websites, and official messages. They must try to update older materials unless that would cost too much or get in the way, and schools may still say Gulf of Mexico when teaching history. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 73-30 over these votes and it became law.

February 24, 2026

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Served as co-chair of the Elevate Tuscaloosa Advisory.

February 4, 2026

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Served as chair of the Alabama House Democratic Caucus.

February 4, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 247, the Gulf of America Act, which would have renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America everywhere in Alabama law. State and local offices and their workers would have had to use the new name on new maps, papers, school materials, websites, and official messages. A nearly identical bill, House Bill 2, passed both chambers the following year and became law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 72-26 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 17, 2025

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Voted to pass House Bill 357, which gave heated tobacco products, devices that heat tobacco instead of burning it, their own state tax rate. The tax is 1.7 cents per unit, while regular cigarettes are taxed at about 3.4 cents each, so heated products are taxed at about half the cigarette rate. The Senate later reworded the definitions and moved the start date to November 1, 2025, and the House accepted those changes 89-8. The Alabama House of Representatives passed its version 58-37 and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 186, which banned ranked-choice voting in Alabama. No local, state or federal race may be decided by letting voters rank candidates in order of preference and counting in rounds until someone reaches a majority. The one exception is military and overseas voters who cast absentee ballots under federal law. The House passed it 74-28 over these votes and it became law.

May 2, 2024

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Voted for the final, conference committee version of House Bill 152, the bill that would have set the rules for gambling in Alabama if voters approved the change to the constitution. The final version would have set up a state gambling board with its own police unit, a school lottery run by a state body, up to seven licenses for electronic games of chance, and permits for charity games. Sports betting and casino table games were not in it, and it could only take effect with the change to the constitution, which failed. The House agreed 70-29 and the bill died with the amendment.

April 30, 2024

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Voted for the final, conference committee version of House Bill 151, which would have asked Alabama voters to allow some gambling. It would have set up a school lottery, up to seven sites for electronic games of chance at named tracks and bingo halls, charity raffles and bingo, and a deal with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Sports betting and casino table games were not in it, and it would have taken effect only if voters said yes. The House agreed 72-29, but the Senate rejected the same version and the bill died.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 385, which would have let prosecutors shut down a place that hands out material harmful to minors. Alabama already treated a place used to spread obscene material as a public nuisance, and the bill widened that to material judged harmful to minors. It also changed the legal meaning of sexual conduct and let county and city lawyers, not just the state, bring the case. The House passed it 72-28 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 25, 2024

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Voted to pass House Bill 63, which would have let judges split longer prison sentences. A judge may order part of a sentence served and the rest suspended with probation, and the bill raised the ceiling for that from 20 years to 30. A sentence of 20 to 30 years would have carried at least 10 years locked up before probation began. The House passed it 60-34, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 23, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 129, the CHOOSE Act, which pays families public money toward private school and home school costs. A parent gets a refundable tax credit of $7,000 for each child at a taking part school, or up to $4,000 in total for children taught at home, paid into an education savings account. For 2025 and 2026 a family must earn no more than three times the federal poverty level, and from 2027 any family may apply, with at least $100 million set aside each year. The House passed it 69-34 over these votes and it became law.

February 27, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 5, the House's own plan for redrawing Alabama's seven districts for the U.S. House. It was one of two competing maps in the special session called after the Supreme Court ruled in Allen versus Milligan that the 2021 map likely broke the Voting Rights Act. The Senate's plan became law instead and this bill died. The House passed it 74-27 over these votes.

July 19, 2023

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 278, which set up a state loan fund for colleges in financial trouble. The state treasurer may lend to a public or private Alabama college that has run for more than 50 years, matters to its community, faces possible closure, and has assets to pledge as security. No loans may be made after January 2027, and money left in the fund then goes to the education budget. The House passed this version 66-27, later agreed to the final version 97-0, and it became law.

May 25, 2023

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Voted to pass House Bill 229, which would have let some prisoners serving sentences under Alabama's habitual felony offender law ask a court to be sentenced again. That law raises the punishment for someone with earlier felony convictions, in the harshest cases to life. The bill set out when a court could revisit such a sentence, and it would have expired after five years. The House passed it 64-37, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 16, 2023

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Voted against passing House Bill 363, which changed how Alabama's public charter schools are overseen and paid. It altered how members of the state charter school commission are chosen, let the commission hire its own staff, and required members to train each year. It also set out how a new charter school is funded in its first year, including how much federal, state and local money a converted school gets per pupil. The House passed this version 76-25 over these votes, later agreed to the final version 98-3, and it became law.

May 11, 2023

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Voted to pass House Bill 95, which gave prisoners a break from court fines and fees just after release. For a set period after leaving the custody of the prison system, a person is not required to pay outstanding court fines, fees or costs. Within 30 days of release they must contact the court clerk and agree a repayment plan, and money owed to victims and supervision fees are not covered. The House passed it 77-20 and it became law.

April 7, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 337, which would have rewritten the penalties for fleeing police. Causing serious injury or death while fleeing would have become a Class B felony. Causing plain injury, or crossing a state line while also committing a felony, would have been a Class C felony, and the license suspension of six months to two years was unchanged. The House passed it 72-25, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 31, 2022

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Voted to pass House Bill 52, which gave judges more room when someone breaks the terms of probation. Where a sentence had been split between prison and probation, the judge may now decide how much of the remaining time to impose rather than the whole of it, and may split the sentence again. Any part not imposed is suspended and the person may go back on probation. The House passed it 71-28 and it became law.

February 16, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 2, which redrew the eight districts of the State Board of Education using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn. The House passed it 76-26 over these votes and it became law.

November 3, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 1, which redrew the 35 districts of the Alabama Senate using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn. The House passed it 76-26 over these votes and it became law.

November 3, 2021

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against passing House Bill 1, which redrew Alabama's seven districts for the U.S. House using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn, and a federal court later held this map likely broke the Voting Rights Act, so the Legislature redrew it in 2023. The House passed it 65-38 over these votes and it became law.

November 1, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 2, which redrew the 105 districts of the Alabama House of Representatives using the 2020 census. The map itself is not printed in the law; it is adopted by name from the legislative reapportionment committee, and where the map and the written block list disagree the map wins. The law states no standard for how the lines were drawn. The House passed it 68-35 over these votes and it became law.

November 1, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 4, which let the state borrow up to $785 million to build prisons. The money pays for two men's prisons of at least 4,000 beds each in Elmore and Escambia counties, then, once most of that work is done, a women's prison and renovations in Jefferson and Limestone counties. Older facilities including Tutwiler, Staton, Elmore, Kilby and St. Clair are to close as the new ones open. The House passed it 74-22 over these votes and it became law.

October 1, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 6, which put $154 million of state money into prisons. Of that, $135 million from the General Fund goes to building, renovating and improving prison facilities, and $19 million goes to the parole bureau to buy and renovate the existing prison in Perry County. Anything unspent carries over into the next budget year. The House passed it 78-22 over these votes and it became law.

September 29, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 5, which put $400 million of federal pandemic relief money into building prisons. The money comes from the American Rescue Plan and may be spent only on the two new men's prisons in Elmore and Escambia counties. Alabama claimed it under the part of the federal law that lets a state replace tax revenue lost during the pandemic. The House passed it 75-25 over these votes and it became law.

September 29, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 94, which would have delayed by two years the rule holding back third graders who cannot read well enough. Under the Alabama Literacy Act such a pupil may not move up to fourth grade, and this would have moved the start from the 2021 school year to 2023. The reading help, summer camps and reporting duties in the Act would have continued unchanged during the delay. The House passed it 68-27, but Governor Ivey vetoed it and the delay never took effect.

May 17, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 323, which let prisoners earn time off a sentence by finishing education programs. The credit is capped at 12 months for any one stretch in prison, and it comes on top of existing good behavior credit. Prisoners under a death or life sentence, and those convicted of the most serious violent or sex offenses, are excluded, and no court may review how the department runs the scheme. The House passed it 67-29 and it became law.

May 17, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 46, the Compassion Act, which created a medical cannabis program in Alabama. Patients with one of 16 listed conditions can hold limited doses in tablet, capsule, cream or patch form, but not raw plant, anything smoked or vaped, or edibles. Employers can still refuse to hire or can dismiss someone for using it, whether or not they were impaired at work. The House passed it 68-34, and Governor Ivey signed it into law as Act 2021-450.

May 6, 2021

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Voted to pass House Bill 202, which would have freed grand jury witnesses to talk about their own testimony. Witnesses would have been removed from the list of people barred from revealing grand jury matters, while jurors, court reporters and interpreters stayed bound. The ban on trying to influence a grand juror by threat or reward would have remained. The House passed it 71-21, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 29, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 239, which would have rewritten the penalties for fleeing police. Causing serious injury or death while fleeing would have become a Class B felony, up from Class C. At the same time the route to a felony by crossing a state line would have narrowed. It would have applied only where the person was also committing a separate felony. The House passed it 76-24, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 15, 2021

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 117, which let people clear old convictions from their record for the first time. A misdemeanor can be cleared three years after conviction, and a felony only after a pardon restoring civil rights. Violent offenses, sex offenses and serious traffic offenses are excluded, the filing fee rose from $300 to $500, and a cleared record can still be used against someone in a criminal trial. The House passed it 57-38 and it became law.

April 13, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 107, which cut back the power Alabama cities hold just outside their limits. A city's police jurisdiction is frozen at its January 2021 boundary, and most city rules now apply only inside the city itself. The planning jurisdiction shrinks to a mile and a half from 2023, and a city may give up its police jurisdiction in half-mile steps. The House passed it 61-28 over these votes and it became law.

April 13, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 308, which rewrote how Alabama sheriffs issue concealed carry permits. A sheriff must now approve an application unless one of eleven listed reasons applies, replacing the older test of whether the sheriff suspected the person might misuse a weapon. The law adds lifetime permits, waives fees for service members and police, and orders a new statewide database of people barred from having guns. The House passed it 69-18 over these votes and it became law.

April 8, 2021

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Voted to pass House Bill 246, which let Alabama schools teach yoga again after a long ban, under tight conditions. Lessons are limited to poses, exercises and stretching, all poses must have English names, and chanting, mantras, guided imagery and the greeting namaste are all forbidden. Taking part is optional, and a parent must sign a form that includes the sentence that yoga is part of the Hindu religion. The House passed it 73-25 and it became law.

March 11, 2021

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Voted to pass House Bill 404, which let college athletes in Alabama be paid for the use of their name, image or likeness. Pay must reflect market value, cannot be tied to how well the athlete plays or to choosing a particular college, and cannot come from the college or its boosters. Colleges may block deals in areas such as tobacco, alcohol, drugs, adult entertainment and gambling. The House passed it 63-31 and it became law.

March 9, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 103, which said businesses and religious institutions may stay open during a state of emergency. The right applies only to emergencies caused by disease or a biological attack, not to storms or floods, and it is conditional: they must follow all safety precautions issued by the Governor or by state or local agencies. The law also says the State House may not be closed to the public while the Legislature is sitting. The House passed it 75-22 over these votes and it became law.

March 2, 2021

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Voted to pass House Bill 24, which would have let some prisoners ask to be sentenced again under newer guidelines. It applied only to nonviolent offenses committed before October 2013, and only to people still held by the prison system. The prisoner had to show good conduct in prison, the district attorney could be heard, and a single earlier refusal would have closed the door for good. The House passed it 63-33, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 9, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 34, which would have changed what happens to a car when police stop an unlicensed driver. Someone who never obtained a license would have been removed from the vehicle alongside those already covered, but impounding the car would have become optional rather than required. Police could use a wheel clamp instead of towing, capped at $65 a day, and a driver could ask a court to make the agency pay the towing bill. The House passed it 61-32, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 10, 2020

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Voted against passing House Bill 209, which changed who may be armed as a school resource officer. Before this, the person had to be a currently certified law enforcement officer who had finished active shooter training. The law lets a retired officer with at least 20 years of service qualify instead, and says nothing in it gives anyone the power of arrest. The House passed it 55-41 over these votes and it became law.

May 31, 2019

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 397, which asked voters to replace Alabama's elected State Board of Education with an appointed commission. Nine members would be named by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, serving six-year terms, with the membership required to reflect the state's students by geography, gender and race. Because it changes the constitution it took effect only if voters approved it at a statewide election. The House passed it 78-21 over these votes and it went to the voters.

May 31, 2019

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Voted against passing House Bill 498, which told every public college in Alabama to adopt a free expression policy. Outdoor areas of campus become open forums, free speech zones are banned, and a college may not charge higher security fees because of what a speaker says or how people might react. Colleges must also punish anyone who seriously disrupts someone else's speech, and may not write harassment rules broader than the definition in the law. The House passed it 73-26 over these votes and it became law.

May 30, 2019

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 69, which abolished the Alabama marriage license. Instead of asking a probate judge for permission, two people file sworn statements that they are at least 18, or 16 with a parent's consent, are not already married, are not closely related, and are acting freely. The probate judge must record any filing that meets those requirements, and the state no longer requires a ceremony of any kind. The House passed it 67-26 over these votes and it became law.

May 23, 2019

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Voted to pass House Bill 361, the Fantasy Contests Act, which legalized paid fantasy sports in Alabama. Operators must register with the Attorney General, verify players are 19 or older, keep player money separate, bar contests on high school and youth sports, and pay a tax on their Alabama revenue. Fantasy contests are taken out of the state gambling laws, and breaking the rules is treated as a deceptive trade practice rather than a crime. The House passed it 74-22 and it became law.

May 8, 2019

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Voted against agreeing to the final version of Senate Bill 57, which tells Alabama to ask the federal government for permission to stop people from buying candy and soda with SNAP food benefits. If the federal government says yes, the state must block those purchases; if it says no, the state must ask again every year. The law sorts candy and soda by their ingredients, leaves out baked goods and drinks with low-calorie sweeteners, and shields stores from fines for up to three accidental sales a year. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 77-22 over these votes and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026

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Voted against agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 475, the Power to the People Act, which changes the state board that sets electric rates. It bars any increase in the electric base rates in place on October 1, 2026 before January 1, 2029. After that date, power companies may not bill customers for their own lobbying, ads, or grants. Power companies also may not give money to candidates for the board, a ban that starts when the law takes effect on June 1, 2026. The board grows from three elected members to seven, one per congressional district, but the Governor first appoints four of them by July 15, 2026 from lists sent by legislative leaders of both parties. Elections phase the seven seats in through 2032, and a new state energy secretary picked by the Governor runs the board's staff and sets its agendas. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 72-26 over these votes and the bill became law.

April 1, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 360, which would have created a yearly Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday in Alabama. On the last weekend of August each year, guns, ammunition, and hunting supplies would have been free of state sales tax. Hunting supplies were defined to include archery gear, gun and bow cases, hearing protection, holsters, belts, slings, and silencers, and counties and cities could have dropped their own sales tax for the same weekend. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 72-29 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 24, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 71, which stops Alabama agencies from setting pollution limits tougher than federal rules. The ban covers limits on chemicals in drinking water, in the air, at polluted sites, and in waste. Where there is no federal rule, a state agency may set a limit only with proof that being exposed at that level directly causes a real, diagnosed illness or injury. Agencies also may no longer lean by default on a federal risk database when they set water quality limits. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 67-34 over these votes and it became law.

February 17, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 95, the Alabama Post-Election Audit Act, which makes each county's probate judge audit the ballots from one precinct after every countywide and statewide general election. In the version both chambers passed, each county's canvassing board picks the precinct and at least one race at random, and the audit happens after the deadline to contest the election. Results go to the Secretary of State, who must post them for the public, and poll watchers and reporters may watch the count. The Governor later sent the bill back with a change of her own, which both chambers accepted with no votes against before it became law. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 69-25 over these votes.

January 15, 2026

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Voted against agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 202, which gave police officers a much stronger legal shield when they are sued or charged over their work, and made police agencies report yearly data on use-of-force complaints. A court must throw out such a lawsuit unless the officer recklessly risked death or serious injury for no policing reason, or violated a right courts had already made clear. Evidence sharing pauses while that question is decided, and an officer charged with a crime over use of force can ask a judge to end the case before trial. The Alabama House of Representatives agreed 73-28 over these votes and the bill became law.

May 14, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 7, the Laken Riley Act, which would have let state and local police sign agreements with federal agencies to help enforce immigration law. Under such an agreement, an officer could arrest someone on probable cause of being in the country illegally, and could hold and move that person to a federal facility. Jails would have had to try to determine each person's immigration status, call a federal center when someone had no papers, and hold that person when the federal government asked. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 74-26 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 17, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 30, which would have made each county's probate judge audit the ballots from one precinct after every county and statewide general election. The county canvassing board would have picked the precinct and the race at random, and the audit would have had to finish before the county certified its returns. Results would have gone to the Secretary of State to post for the public, with poll watchers and reporters allowed to watch the count. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 63-30 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 18, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 29, which would have required people drawing unemployment benefits to contact more employers each week to stay eligible. The weekly minimum would have risen from three employers to five for anyone living in a county of 20,000 or more people, and stayed at three in smaller counties. Claimants would have had to show proof of their job search each week, could not count the same employer twice unless it was hiring again, and the state would have checked five percent of those proofs at random. The Alabama House of Representatives passed it 76-25 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 11, 2025

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Voted against the final, conference committee version of Senate Bill 231, which cut off state and local business incentives for employers that recognize a union without a secret ballot. A firm that accepts a union on signed cards alone, or gives a worker's home contact details to a union without written consent, may not take a grant, loan or tax break for that project. A firm that already took one must pay it all back, and deals signed before January 2025, or workplaces that already have a union contract or a secret ballot, are not covered. The House agreed 73-29 over these votes and it became law.

May 7, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 356, the Pregnancy Resource Act, which would have given a state income tax credit for gifts to pregnancy centers. To qualify, a center had to be a charity whose stated purpose includes helping women carry a pregnancy to term, encouraging parenting or adoption, and preventing abortion. Mobile clinics for women and homes for expectant mothers could also qualify. The House passed it 75-28 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 195, which would have changed what Alabama schools teach about sex. Lessons would have had to teach that avoiding sex is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and disease, and that avoiding sex outside marriage is the best health practice for unmarried pupils. Lessons could not promote abortion or show how to use contraceptives, and a parent could pull a child out. The House passed it 72-22 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 30, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 130, which would have widened Alabama's limits on classroom talk about sexual orientation and gender identity from fifth grade up to eighth grade. Such talk would have been barred in those grades unless it fit the age and stage of the pupils under state standards. No teacher or school worker could display a flag or badge about sexual orientation or gender identity at school. The House passed it 74-25 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 23, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 363, which would have made a death caused by drunk driving murder or manslaughter in some cases. Alabama already treated some reckless killings as murder, and the bill added driving under the influence to the list of conduct that can bring those charges. It was named for four people killed by drunk drivers. The House passed it 76-21 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 11, 2024

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Voted against passing House Bill 111, which would have written fixed meanings for male and female into every Alabama law. It declared there are only two sexes, that sex is fixed at birth, and that gender identity is not the same thing. Public bodies could set up single-sex spaces, and any record of a birth had to list the sex seen at birth. The House passed it 77-24 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 11, 2024

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 129, which shut down diversity, equity and inclusion offices in state agencies, school boards and public colleges. Those bodies may no longer run such programs, or make a student, worker or contractor agree with a listed set of ideas about race, sex, faith or where a person is from. Public colleges must also label shared restrooms by sex at birth, and staff who break the law can be fired, though a course may still teach those ideas in an even-handed way. The House passed it 75-28 over these votes and it became law.

March 7, 2024

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 1, which made it a crime to be paid for handling another person's absentee ballot form. Taking money or a gift to hand out, collect, fill in or deliver someone else's form is a Class C felony, and paying someone to do it is a Class B felony. Turning in another voter's filled-in form is also barred unless there is a medical emergency, though a voter who is blind, disabled or cannot read may still pick someone to help, so long as it is not a boss or a union officer. The House passed it 75-28 over these votes and it became law.

March 7, 2024

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 261, which barred state and local government from contracting with companies that run economic boycotts. A company with 10 or more staff seeking a contract worth $15,000 or more must certify in writing that it does not refuse to deal with firms over fossil fuels, timber, mining, farming or guns. The same bar covers refusing to deal over a firm's greenhouse gas reporting, its board makeup, or whether it helps people get an abortion or gender-change treatment. The House passed it 74-27 over these votes and it became law.

May 31, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 206, the Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act, which created new shoplifting crimes. Stealing more than $2,500 of goods, or $1,000 across 180 days, or any gun from a store, is a Class B felony. Theft of $500 to $2,500 is a Class C felony, under $500 is a misdemeanor, and a fourth conviction becomes a felony. The law also created the crime of organized retail theft for groups that steal and resell goods, the House passed it 76-27 over these votes, and it became law.

May 31, 2023

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Voted against passing House Bill 379, the Alabama Property Protection Act, in the form the House first approved. That version barred every citizen of China, every firm based in China or mostly owned by Chinese citizens, and China's government from buying any land or building in the state. The Senate later cut it back to four governments and to farm land and land near military bases and key sites, and the House took that version without a recorded vote. The House passed its own version 73-23 over these votes, and the narrower Senate version became law.

May 9, 2023

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Voted against passing House Bill 209, which would have made it a felony to handle another person's absentee ballot or absentee ballot application. Distributing, ordering, collecting, filling in, obtaining or delivering someone else's absentee paperwork would have been a Class D felony. A voter could still get help from a relative up to second degree, a housemate of six months, an election official or a court-appointed guardian. The House passed it 76-28 over these votes, but the Senate never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 4, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 9, which requires Alabama's vote counting machines to use paper ballots. A machine may be certified only if the voter marks a paper ballot, by hand or with an accessible marking device, and can inspect and check it before the vote is cast and counted. A machine must also be certified by an independent testing authority against federal standards. The House passed this version 78-27 over these votes, later agreed to the final version 96-3, and it became law.

May 2, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 10, which bars Alabama from using vote counting machines that can go online. A machine may not be able to connect to the internet or a cell phone network, and may not contain modem technology. The rest of the long list of machine rules, such as secret voting and accurate counting, stays as it was. The House passed it 77-28 over these votes and it became law.

May 2, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 1, the Deputy Brad Johnson Act, which cut the credit prisoners earn toward early release. The best-behaved class dropped from 75 days off for every 30 days served to 30 days, the next class from 40 to 15, and the third from 20 to 5. Prisoners must also spend longer in each class before moving up, and a prisoner who commits a serious act such as assault, arson or escape loses all credit earned. The House passed it 79-24 over these votes and it became law.

April 11, 2023

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 313, which barred public officials and employees from spending public money to campaign for or against a ballot measure. The ban covers political literature, signs and posters on government property, and applies even if the official believed the spending served a public purpose. Officials may still give objective factual analysis, and a violator is made to repay the money rather than prosecuted. The House passed it 73-26 over these votes and it became law.

April 7, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 322, which requires public school students to use the multi-person restroom or changing room matching the sex on their original birth certificate. An amended birth certificate does not count, and single-person rooms are not covered. The same law bars classroom discussion or instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through fifth grade where it is not suitable for the students' age under state standards. The House passed it 70-26 over these votes and it became law.

April 7, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 184, which made it a felony to give a minor medical care meant to affirm a gender other than their sex at birth. Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and the listed surgeries are all barred, and breaking the rule is a Class C felony. Children born with a medically proven difference of sex development are excepted, and school staff may not keep a child's stated gender from a parent. The House passed it 66-28 over these votes and it became law.

April 7, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 2, the Alabama Second Amendment Protection Act, which barred state and local officials from enforcing presidential orders on guns. No state or local officer acting officially may enforce an executive order of the President that limits the ownership, use or possession of firearms, ammunition or accessories by law-abiding residents. No public money may be spent on such enforcement, and the Attorney General may issue guidance. The House passed it 68-28 over these votes and it became law.

April 7, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 224, which requires people claiming unemployment pay to contact three employers a week. Claimants must show proof of those contacts with each weekly claim, and may not name the same employer twice unless that employer has since started hiring. The department must check at least 5 percent of the proof submitted each week, and the Governor may suspend the rule during a state of emergency. The House passed it 76-24 over these votes and it became law.

April 6, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 63, which would have banned handing someone a part-filled voter form. Giving a person a voter registration or absentee application with any field already completed, without their consent, would have been a Class A misdemeanor, and registrars would have had to refuse a prefilled application. Election officials were excepted, and so was prefilling the return address. The House passed it 73-28, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 17, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 239, which would have barred candidates and poll watchers from helping a voter cast a ballot. They joined employers, employer agents and union officers on the list of people a voter may not get help from, and a helper had to sign the poll list certifying they were none of those. In city elections it would also have removed the rule that a voter swear to a specific disability before getting any help. The House passed it 79-21, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 17, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 312, which would have barred teaching a listed set of ideas about race, sex and religion. State agencies and public schools could not have taught anyone to adopt or believe a divisive concept, while colleges could teach about them as part of a course so long as nobody was made to agree. Nobody could be penalized for refusing to assent, and the state could not take federal or private money conditioned on such training. The House passed it 65-32, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 17, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 194, which barred election officials from taking private money to run elections. No state or local official responsible for an election may accept money, property or services from a person or private group to pay for election costs, voter education, outreach or registration. Breaking the rule is a Class B misdemeanor, though lending space for a polling place is still allowed. The House passed it 72-28 over these votes and it became law.

March 10, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 272, which let Alabamians carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Permits remain available and still matter in some places, but no permit is needed to carry. Anyone carrying concealed must tell an officer who asks and may not touch the gun during a stop, a new crime, and the state set aside up to $5 million a year for three years to replace the permit fees counties lose. The House passed it 70-29 over these votes and it became law.

March 10, 2022

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Voted against passing House Bill 2, the Anti-Aggravated Riot Act, which would have created new crimes around protests. Injuring a first responder would have been a felony with a mandatory minimum, riot was widened to cover conduct creating danger while also requiring a dispersal order first, and blocking a road on foot would have become a crime. A city cutting its police budget by half could have been sued by the Attorney General. The House passed it 75-27, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

February 22, 2022

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 9, which requires employers who mandate COVID-19 vaccination to let workers claim an exemption. A worker fills in a form printed in the law, checking a medical reason or a religious one, and submitting it creates a presumption that the exemption applies. A denied worker can appeal to an administrative judge, keeps full pay while the appeal runs, and cannot be fired for refusing the vaccine during that time. The House passed it 75-27 over these votes and it became law.

November 4, 2021

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 15, which requires a parent's written consent before a minor may get a COVID-19 vaccine. Alabama law otherwise lets someone 14 or older agree to their own medical treatment, and this Act overrides that for this vaccine. Schools and colleges may not ask a minor student about their vaccination status without the parent's written consent, and the Attorney General may sue to stop violations. The House passed it 59-19 over these votes and it became law.

November 4, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 90, called CiCi and Jay's Law, which would have banned holding a phone while driving. Writing or reading a message, watching or recording video, or simply holding the device would all have been barred, with fines of $100 rising to $300. It was a traffic infraction rather than a crime, and police could not have used it as grounds to search a car. The House vote was 47-48 and the bill failed.

April 6, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 388, which asked voters to require a waiting period before new election rules take effect. Any law about how a general election is run, passed in the same year as that election, could not take effect less than six months before it. Because it changes the constitution it took effect only if voters approved it. The House passed it 75-24 over these votes and it went to the voters.

April 6, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 445, the Anti-Aggravated Riot Act, which would have created new crimes around protests. Injuring a first responder would have been a felony with a mandatory minimum, and riot was redefined to require a dispersal order or curfew breach first, with 30 days' mandatory jail. Blocking a road on foot would have become a crime, and a city that cut its police budget by half could lose state money. The House passed it 74-25, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

March 18, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 285, which banned curbside voting in Alabama. No voting machine may be set up or used except inside an enclosed building that has been named as a voting place. Poll workers may not carry a ballot in or out except when moving ballots before or after the election, and counties must now provide as many machines as are needed rather than merely being allowed to. The House passed it 74-25 over these votes and it became law.

March 18, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 391, which barred transgender girls from girls' school sports. A public school may not take part in an event run by an association that lets anyone play on a team of the opposite sex from the one on their original birth certificate. A girl may join a boys' team where no girls' team exists in that sport, but a boy may never join a girls' team. The House passed it 74-19 over these votes and it became law.

March 18, 2021

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Voted against passing House Bill 147, which barred Alabama cities from starting new taxes on what people earn at work. No municipality may impose an occupational or license tax on a person's trade or profession unless the Legislature passes a law for that city by name. Every such tax already in place before February 2020 is untouched, and ordinary business license taxes are not affected. The House passed it 74-27 over these votes and it became law.

February 11, 2020

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Voted against passing House Bill 491, called Gianna's Law, which would have required doctors to try to save a child born alive after an abortion. A physician at an abortion clinic would have owed such a child the same care as any other newborn of the same stage, and failing to do so would have been a Class B felony carrying at least 20 years and a $100,000 fine. The pregnant woman could not be held liable. The House passed it 66-18, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

May 21, 2019

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 193, which cut how long an out-of-work person can draw unemployment pay. The maximum fell from 26 weeks to 14, rising to 20 only if the state jobless rate reaches 9.5 percent, and the separate cap on total pay dropped from a third of past wages to a quarter. The weekly maximum rose by $10 to $275, and five extra weeks are available to someone in an approved training course. The House passed it 74-26 over these votes and it became law.

May 14, 2019

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Voted against passing House Bill 380, which rebuilt Alabama's parole system after a paroled prisoner killed three people. It writes into law how much of a sentence must be served before parole is first considered, and for nine serious felonies that is 85 percent of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less. The board may depart from those dates only on clear and convincing evidence, and the Governor or Attorney General can veto a departure. The House passed it 73-27 over these votes and it became law.

May 9, 2019

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Voted against passing House Bill 233, which would have changed how Alabama finds voters who may have moved. The Secretary of State would draw on postal, law enforcement and photo identification records, and county boards would have 90 days to flag those voters. A flagged voter who did not respond and did not vote through the next two federal elections would be removed, though they could still vote a provisional ballot. The House passed it 70-26, but the other chamber never voted on it and the bill died when the session ended.

April 23, 2019

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Voted against passing House Bill 212, the Anti-Road Rage Act, which limits how long a driver may sit in the fast lane. On an interstate a vehicle may not stay in the leftmost lane for more than a mile and a half without fully passing another vehicle. Traffic jams, bad weather, exits, tolls, emergency vehicles and work zones are all excepted, and police could only give warnings for the first 60 days. The House passed it 61-24 over these votes and it became law.

April 11, 2019

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