Alabama State Representative, District 47

Mike Shaw has represented District 47 (Hoover and Vestavia Hills) in the Alabama House since November 2022¹². He served on the Hoover City Council from 2016 to 2022 and spent about 20 years in information technology, including as chief technology officer of a credit union; he graduated from Auburn University in 1995³¹. He faces Democrat Jim Toomey in the November 3, 2026 general election¹.

Where they stand 7 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familymedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for final House passage of HB129, the CHOOSE Act, which created state-funded education savings accounts that families can use for private school tuition and other education costs (passed 69 to 34). (2024-02-27) source
  • Said he wants to preserve what works in public schools while remaining open to funding alternatives such as private or public charter schools. (2023-02-10) source
• DEI programsBan DEI offices and required training at public institutionsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for House passage of SB129, which bars public colleges and state agencies from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices or programs and restricts teaching of listed divisive concepts (passed 75 to 28). (2024-03-07) source
• Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for House passage of SB1, which made it a crime to distribute pre-filled absentee ballot applications or to be paid for helping voters with them (passed 75 to 28). (2024-03-07) source
  • Voted for SB9 on third reading (roll call 495), which requires every electronic vote-counting system used in Alabama elections to use a paper ballot marked and checked by the voter (passed 78 to 27). (2023-05-02) source
  • Voted for HB209 on third reading (roll call 563), which would have barred distributing, collecting or delivering another person's absentee ballot or application in certain circumstances and paying for that help (passed 76 to 28). (2023-05-04) source
  • Voted for HB479 on third reading (roll call 933), which would remove the Electronic Registration Information Center as a source for finding voters whose addresses changed (passed 74 to 28). (2025-04-22) source
• Qualified immunityYes, and strengthen it by writing it into law and covering officers' legal costsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for House passage of HB202, which expanded law enforcement officers' immunity from civil lawsuits and criminal prosecution over use of force and created a pretrial immunity hearing (passed 75 to 26), and voted to concur in the final version on May 14, 2025 (73 to 28). (2025-03-06) source
• Religion in schoolsSupport laws requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms and optional prayer periodsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for House passage of HB178, which would have required public K-12 schools to display the Ten Commandments in a common area (passed the House 81 to 11; it died in the Senate). (2025-04-17) source
  • Voted for House passage of SB99, which requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in common areas and certain classrooms when donated funds are available (passed 81 to 10 and was signed into law). (2026-04-09) source
• ImmigrationNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted for House passage of SB53, which created state crimes of human smuggling and concealing a person living in the country illegally and required jails to check detainees' immigration status (passed 80 to 18). (2025-05-06) source
• Business regulationNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted against House passage of SB71, which bars state agencies from adopting environmental rules stricter than federal requirements without a stated justification (passed 68 to 34). (2026-02-17) source
  • His campaign site says he sponsored the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act for consumer privacy and supports stablecoin legislation with clear oversight and consumer safeguards. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Healthcare, Abortion, Guns, Energy and climate, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, China policy.