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In 2013, Representative Williams voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. In 2014, he supported the bill to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He did not vote on the bill which permits the 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, Johnson supported legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. He voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. 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 opposed the increase in the  cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He voted to require animal shelters to compile monthly reports, a measure which the House disapproved, 28-67. In 2016, Williams supported legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted against the increase in funding for new prison facilities, legislation which still cleared the House, 52-33. In 2017, he supported allowing midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won easy House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He broke with most conservatives by voting against the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which prohibits the alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments. The House still approved the measure, 72-29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which still passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/114032/phil-williams#.WffIL7pFzb0|title=Phil Williams' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 30, 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, Representative Williams voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. In 2014, he supported the bill to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He did not vote on the bill which permits the 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, Johnson supported legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. He voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. 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 opposed the increase in the  cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. He voted to require animal shelters to compile monthly reports, a measure which the House disapproved, 28-67. In 2016, Williams supported legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted against the increase in funding for new prison facilities, legislation which still cleared the House, 52-33. In 2017, he supported allowing midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won easy House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He broke with most conservatives by voting against the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which prohibits the alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments. The House still approved the measure, 72-29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which still passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/114032/phil-williams#.WffIL7pFzb0|title=Phil Williams' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 30, 2017}}</ref>

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