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Poole chairs two House committees: Ways and Means Education and Tuscaloosa County Legislation.<ref name=pvs/>

Poole chairs two House committees: Ways and Means Education and Tuscaloosa County Legislation.<ref name=pvs/>

In 2013, Representative Poole voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. In 2014, he voted to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. He supported drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Poole voted to authorize executions by electrocution, a measure which passed the House, 76-26. He supported the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He supported the increase in the  cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Poole co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He did not vote on the bill increasing funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he supported allowing midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed the House, 72-29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121537/bill-poole-iii#.We_iKrpFzb0|title=Bill Poole's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, Representative Poole voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. In 2014, he voted to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77–19. He supported drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Poole voted to authorize executions by electrocution, a measure which passed the House, 76–26. He supported the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52–43. He supported the increase in the  cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52–46. In 2016, Poole co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He did not vote on the bill increasing funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52–33. In 2017, he supported allowing midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84–11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed the House, 72–29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which passed the House, 78–19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121537/bill-poole-iii#.We_iKrpFzb0|title=Bill Poole's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>

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