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In 2013, Senator Whatley co-sponsored drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare and voted to prohibit the enforcement of federal firearms laws by state police. In 2014, he supported legislation which banned [[smoking]] in most public places. In 2015, he voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama and to require couples who marry to sign a marriage contract, rather than to obtain a marriage license. He co-sponsored any attempt to expand [[Medicaid]] in his state. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which gained majority approval. In 2016, he voted to prohibit the removal of monuments from public property, a measure that passed the Senate, 22-9. He voted to prohibit abortion providers from locating their facilities near schools. He voted to permit concealed handguns to be carried in vehicles without a permit. He voted with the majority to establishment a state lottery, which passed the Senate 21-12. In 2017, he voted to permit the large Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham to establish its own police force. He voted for the bill which prohibits employers in Alabama from inquiring about past criminal histories of job applicants. He did not vote on the issue of using nitrogen in carrying out death penalty executions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121573/tom-whatley#.Wej1OLpFzb0|title=Tom Whatley's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 19, 2017}}</ref>
In 2013, Senator Whatley co-sponsored drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare and voted to prohibit the enforcement of federal firearms laws by state police. In 2014, he supported legislation which banned [[smoking]] in most public places. In 2015, he voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama and to require couples who marry to sign a marriage contract, rather than to obtain a marriage license. He co-sponsored any attempt to expand [[Medicaid]] in his state. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which gained majority approval. In 2016, he voted to prohibit the removal of monuments from public property, a measure that passed the Senate, 22-9. He voted to prohibit abortion providers from locating their facilities near schools. He voted to permit concealed handguns to be carried in vehicles without a permit. He voted with the majority to establishment a state lottery, which passed the Senate 21-12. In 2017, he voted to permit the large Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham to establish its own police force. He voted for the bill which prohibits employers in Alabama from inquiring about past criminal histories of job applicants. He did not vote on the issue of using nitrogen in carrying out death penalty executions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121573/tom-whatley#.Wej1OLpFzb0|title=Tom Whatley's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 19, 2017}}</ref>
Whatley is an early supporter of [[conservative]] Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]] for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Moore now faces a Democrat, Doug Jones, in the December special election to fill the remaining five years of Sessions' term.
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