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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
April 27, 2019 IA HF 766 Establishes a Health and Human Services Budget for FY 2019-2020 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 47)
April 27, 2019 WA SB 5998 Establishes a Graduated Real Estate Excise Tax Bill Passed - House (56 - 42)
April 27, 2019 WA SB 5993 Increases the State Hazardous Substance Tax Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
April 26, 2019 WA HB 2167 Increases Business and Occupation Tax on Large Financial Institutions Bill Passed - House (53 - 43)
April 25, 2019 MT HB 2 Establishes Budget for 2019-2021 Biennium Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 25)
April 25, 2019 FL HB 7127 Reduces Corporate Income Tax Bill Passed - House (71 - 41)
April 24, 2019 IA SF 634 Amends Process for Approving Local Government Budgets and Property Taxation Bill Passed - House (53 - 47)
April 24, 2019 MO HB 923 Authorizes Film Tax Credit Incentives Bill Passed - House (84 - 38)
April 24, 2019 MO HB 923 Authorizes Film Tax Credit Incentives Bill Passed - House (84 - 38)
April 23, 2019 NV AB 443 Establishes Permanent Sales Tax for Cop Funding Bill Passed - House (33 - 8)
April 23, 2019 MN HF 2400 Appropriates Funds for Education Finance Bill Passed - House (78 - 55)
April 19, 2019 ND HB 1383 Establishes an Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund Conference Report Adopted - House (72 - 19)
April 11, 2019 NH HB 1 Appropriates $12.9 Billion to State Agencies Bill Passed - House (225 - 159)
April 11, 2019 CO HB 19-1239 Appropriates $12 Million for Census Outreach Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
April 11, 2019 AK HB 39 Appropriates Funding for State Agencies Bill Passed - House (24 - 14)
April 11, 2019 CA AB 74 Appropriates Funds for Fiscal Year 2019-2020. Bill Passed - House (54 - 13)
April 9, 2019 HI SB 1292 Requires Vacation-Rental Websites to Collect Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
April 8, 2019 MD HB 814 Establishes the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (123 - 15)
April 4, 2019 KS SB 16 Appropriates Additional $90 Million for Public Education Conference Report Adopted - House (76 - 47)
April 3, 2019 AZ SB 1091 Increases State Rainy-Day Fund by 10 Percent Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
March 31, 2019 NY S 1507 Establishes a Healthcare Budget for FY 2019-2020 Bill Passed - House (111 - 36)
March 29, 2019 GA SB 128 Requires Online Retailers to Collect Sales Taxes Bill Passed - House (94 - 74)
March 27, 2019 MD SB 1030 Appropriates Funds for Public Schools Bill Passed - House (114 - 20)
March 26, 2019 RI S 251 Requires the Collection of Sales Tax by Out of State Retailers Bill Passed - House (66 - 6)
March 26, 2019 SC H 4243 Authorizes Tax Incentives for Carolina Panthers Training Facilities Bill Passed - House (90 - 25)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/27 HF 766 Establishes a Health and Human Services Budget for FY 2019-2020 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 47)
4/27 SB 5998 Establishes a Graduated Real Estate Excise Tax Bill Passed - House (56 - 42)
4/27 SB 5993 Increases the State Hazardous Substance Tax Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
4/26 HB 2167 Increases Business and Occupation Tax on Large Financial Institutions Bill Passed - House (53 - 43)
4/25 HB 2 Establishes Budget for 2019-2021 Biennium Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 25)
4/25 HB 7127 Reduces Corporate Income Tax Bill Passed - House (71 - 41)
4/24 SF 634 Amends Process for Approving Local Government Budgets and Property Taxation Bill Passed - House (53 - 47)
4/24 HB 923 Authorizes Film Tax Credit Incentives Bill Passed - House (84 - 38)
4/24 HB 923 Authorizes Film Tax Credit Incentives Bill Passed - House (84 - 38)
4/23 AB 443 Establishes Permanent Sales Tax for Cop Funding Bill Passed - House (33 - 8)
4/23 HF 2400 Appropriates Funds for Education Finance Bill Passed - House (78 - 55)
4/19 HB 1383 Establishes an Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund Conference Report Adopted - House (72 - 19)
4/11 HB 1 Appropriates $12.9 Billion to State Agencies Bill Passed - House (225 - 159)
4/11 HB 19-1239 Appropriates $12 Million for Census Outreach Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
4/11 HB 39 Appropriates Funding for State Agencies Bill Passed - House (24 - 14)
4/11 AB 74 Appropriates Funds for Fiscal Year 2019-2020. Bill Passed - House (54 - 13)
4/09 SB 1292 Requires Vacation-Rental Websites to Collect Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
4/08 HB 814 Establishes the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (123 - 15)
4/04 SB 16 Appropriates Additional $90 Million for Public Education Conference Report Adopted - House (76 - 47)
4/03 SB 1091 Increases State Rainy-Day Fund by 10 Percent Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
3/31 S 1507 Establishes a Healthcare Budget for FY 2019-2020 Bill Passed - House (111 - 36)
3/29 SB 128 Requires Online Retailers to Collect Sales Taxes Bill Passed - House (94 - 74)
3/27 SB 1030 Appropriates Funds for Public Schools Bill Passed - House (114 - 20)
3/26 S 251 Requires the Collection of Sales Tax by Out of State Retailers Bill Passed - House (66 - 6)
3/26 H 4243 Authorizes Tax Incentives for Carolina Panthers Training Facilities Bill Passed - House (90 - 25)

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