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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
July 15, 2021 MI SB 529 Appropriates $1.6 Billion for Local Infrastructure Projects Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
June 30, 2021 WI AB 367 Transfers Funds Allocated in the American Rescue Plan to Fund the Verso Paper Mill Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (20 - 12)
June 30, 2021 WI AB 68 Appropriates $87.5 Billion in Funds for the 2021-2023 Budget Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 9)
June 25, 2021 OR SB 762 Appropriates $220 Million for Wildfire Prevention Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
June 25, 2021 PA SB 255 Appropriates Funds for Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 7)
June 25, 2021 NC SB 105 Appropriates Funds for the State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 17)
June 24, 2021 NJ A 13 Establishes a Debt Defeasance Fund Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14)
June 24, 2021 NJ A 5121 Exempts Certain Manufacturing Facilities from Certain Energy Related Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
June 24, 2021 OR HB 2433 Increases the Total Amount of Outstanding Affordable Housing Tax Credits to $35 Million Through 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
June 24, 2021 NJ S 2022 Appropriates $46 Billion in Funds for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
June 24, 2021 MI SB 379 Prohibits the Governor from Unilaterally Increasing the State's Road Debt Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
June 23, 2021 MI HB 4288 Establishes a Corporate Tax Rate for Flow-Through Entities Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6)
June 22, 2021 AZ SB 1827 Amends Tax Code to Establish a 4.5 Percent Cap on the Top Marginal Rate Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
June 22, 2021 AZ SB 1828 Amends Existing Tax Laws Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
June 21, 2021 NJ S 2924 Appropriates $8.4 Million for a "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities" Pilot Program Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 11)
June 16, 2021 AK HB 69 Appropriates Funds for the State's Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (11 - 6)
June 14, 2021 CA AB 128 Appropriates Funding for the 2021 State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
June 10, 2021 LA HB 38 Requires that School Board Information be Made Accessible On the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website Conference Report Adopted - Senate (20 - 14)
June 10, 2021 NC HB 334 Reduces Corporate Income Tax Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 13)
June 9, 2021 OH HB 110 Appropriates Funds for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 8)
June 7, 2021 CO SB 21-293 Reduces Property Assessment Rates in the 2022 and 2023 Taxation Years Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
June 3, 2021 CO HB 21-1311 Requires Taxpayers With Gross Incomes of $400,000 or More to Add Back Certain Itemized Deductions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
June 2, 2021 ME LD 604 Requires a Separate Line Item in the State Budget for Charter School Funding "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 15)
May 31, 2021 NV AB 495 Establishes New Mining Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 5)
May 24, 2021 TX HB 1900 Establishes Penalties for Municipalities that Reduce Police Funding Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 3)
Date No. Title Outcome
7/15 SB 529 Appropriates $1.6 Billion for Local Infrastructure Projects Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
6/30 AB 367 Transfers Funds Allocated in the American Rescue Plan to Fund the Verso Paper Mill Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (20 - 12)
6/30 AB 68 Appropriates $87.5 Billion in Funds for the 2021-2023 Budget Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 9)
6/25 SB 762 Appropriates $220 Million for Wildfire Prevention Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
6/25 SB 255 Appropriates Funds for Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 7)
6/25 SB 105 Appropriates Funds for the State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 17)
6/24 A 13 Establishes a Debt Defeasance Fund Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14)
6/24 A 5121 Exempts Certain Manufacturing Facilities from Certain Energy Related Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
6/24 HB 2433 Increases the Total Amount of Outstanding Affordable Housing Tax Credits to $35 Million Through 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
6/24 S 2022 Appropriates $46 Billion in Funds for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
6/24 SB 379 Prohibits the Governor from Unilaterally Increasing the State's Road Debt Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
6/23 HB 4288 Establishes a Corporate Tax Rate for Flow-Through Entities Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6)
6/22 SB 1827 Amends Tax Code to Establish a 4.5 Percent Cap on the Top Marginal Rate Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
6/22 SB 1828 Amends Existing Tax Laws Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
6/21 S 2924 Appropriates $8.4 Million for a "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities" Pilot Program Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 11)
6/16 HB 69 Appropriates Funds for the State's Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (11 - 6)
6/14 AB 128 Appropriates Funding for the 2021 State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
6/10 HB 38 Requires that School Board Information be Made Accessible On the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website Conference Report Adopted - Senate (20 - 14)
6/10 HB 334 Reduces Corporate Income Tax Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 13)
6/09 HB 110 Appropriates Funds for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 8)
6/07 SB 21-293 Reduces Property Assessment Rates in the 2022 and 2023 Taxation Years Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
6/03 HB 21-1311 Requires Taxpayers With Gross Incomes of $400,000 or More to Add Back Certain Itemized Deductions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
6/02 LD 604 Requires a Separate Line Item in the State Budget for Charter School Funding "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 15)
5/31 AB 495 Establishes New Mining Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 5)
5/24 HB 1900 Establishes Penalties for Municipalities that Reduce Police Funding Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 3)

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