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In 2008 and again in 2012, Senator Kirby voted to require photo identification as a prerequisite to voting in Mississippi. In 2009, he voted to hike the cigarette tax. In 2010, he co-sponsored the establishment of [[charter school]]s in the state. In 2011, he voted to restrict employers in the hiring of [[illegal alien]]s. In 2013, he voted to require a physician's approval for the dispensing of [[abortion]] prescriptions. In 2014, he voted to prohibit crisis pregnancy centers from advocating abortion and to forbid abortions in Mississippi after twenty weeks of gestation of the unborn. In 2016, Kirby voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/3609/dean-kirby#.WeYzC7pFzb0|title=Dean Kirby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

In 2008 and again in 2012, Senator Kirby voted to require photo identification as a prerequisite to voting in Mississippi. In 2009, he voted to hike the cigarette tax. In 2010, he co-sponsored the establishment of [[charter school]]s in the state. In 2011, he voted to restrict employers in the hiring of [[illegal alien]]s. In 2013, he voted to require a physician's approval for the dispensing of [[abortion]] prescriptions. In 2014, he voted to prohibit crisis pregnancy centers from advocating abortion and to forbid abortions in Mississippi after twenty weeks of gestation of the unborn. In 2016, Kirby voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/3609/dean-kirby#.WeYzC7pFzb0|title=Dean Kirby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

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