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A [[pro-life]] legislator, Klick supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. She also supported companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led Republican-turned-Democrat Wendy Russell Davis, a nationally known [[liberal]] who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014 against Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=M. Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated her 85 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>
 
A [[pro-life]] legislator, Klick supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. She also supported companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led Republican-turned-Democrat Wendy Russell Davis, a nationally known [[liberal]] who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014 against Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=M. Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated her 85 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>
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Considered a strongly [[conservative]] legislator, Klick voted against the legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools; the measure passed the House, 73-58.  She co-sponsored legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She co-sponsored the extension of the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses, which passed the House 117-24. She voted against the adoption of the biennial state budget. Klick voted against the bill to prohibit texting while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving [[unemployment compensation]]. Klick voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61.<ref name=votingrecords/>
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Considered a strongly [[conservative]] legislator, Klick voted against the legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools; the measure passed the House, 73-58.  She co-sponsored legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She co-sponsored the extension of the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses, which passed the House 117-24. She voted against the adoption of the biennial state budget. Klick voted against the bill to prohibit texting while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving unemployment compensation. Klick voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61.<ref name=votingrecords/>
    
Klick co-sponsored the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. She co-sponsored legislation to permit college and university officials to carry concealed weapons in the name of campus security. She voted to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit in Texas. She backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House and Senate and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Klick voted against term limits for certain state officials. In the name of election integrity, she voted for legislation to forbid one individual from turning in multiple ballots.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/138369/stephanie-klick#.Uye368tOUfg|title=Stephanie Klick's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
 
Klick co-sponsored the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. She co-sponsored legislation to permit college and university officials to carry concealed weapons in the name of campus security. She voted to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit in Texas. She backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House and Senate and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Klick voted against term limits for certain state officials. In the name of election integrity, she voted for legislation to forbid one individual from turning in multiple ballots.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/138369/stephanie-klick#.Uye368tOUfg|title=Stephanie Klick's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
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