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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:

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
June 10, 2025 NY A 8589 Increases the Amount of Funds that May be Used Per Dwelling Unit Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 1)
June 9, 2025 LA HB 300 Increases the Income Limit to Qualify for the Property Tax Special Assessment Program Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 2)
June 9, 2025 MN SF 17 Appropriates Funding for Minnesota's FY 2026-2027 Budget and Establishes Policies Relating to Labor and Economic Development Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 27)
June 8, 2025 LA HB 639 Increases the Tax on Online Gambling to 21% Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 3)
June 5, 2025 NH HB 2 Specifies Regulations Relating to New Hampshire's 2025-26 and 2026-27 Budget "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
June 4, 2025 CT HB 7288 Appropriates Funds for Connecticut's FY 2027 Budget and Amends Various Laws Relating to Bonds and Grants Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 1)
June 3, 2025 LA SB 59 Increases Economic Oversight of Legislative Actions in Louisiana Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
June 3, 2025 CT HB 7287 Appropriates Funding for the Connecticut State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 11)
June 2, 2025 ME LD 1768 Appropriates the Tax Received from Buyers of Mobile Home Parks Entirely to the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 11)
June 2, 2025 CT SB 4 Authorizes Bonds to Pay for Public Benefits Charges Currently Included on Customers' Electric Bills Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 1)
June 1, 2025 LA SB 100 Requires State Agencies to Track and Report the Services Received by Undocumented Immigrants to Determine the Amount of Tax Dollars Spent on Them Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 11)
May 31, 2025 IL SB 2510 Appropriates $55.2 Billion for the 2026 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (34 - 23)
May 31, 2025 IL HB 2755 Amends Revenue and Tax Changes Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 25)
May 31, 2025 IL HB 1075 Appropriates and Designates Funding for Budget Implementation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 23)
May 31, 2025 IL HB 2755 Amends Revenue and Tax Changes Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 25)
May 30, 2025 CT SB 1 Appropriates $300 Million for a Child Care Trust Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 4)
May 29, 2025 TX SB 40 Amends Bail Bonds and Prohibits the Use of Public Tax Funds to Pay Bail Bonds Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 3)
May 29, 2025 CA SB 345 Authorizes the State Fire Marshall to Establish and Collect Fees Associated with Fire Training and Education Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
May 29, 2025 CA SB 345 Authorizes the State Fire Marshall to Establish and Collect Fees Associated with Fire Training and Education Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
May 29, 2025 MA S 2521 Appropriates Funds to the Department of Early Education and Care for Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0)
May 29, 2025 CA SB 296 Exempts Totally Disabled Veteran Homeowners from Property Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
May 28, 2025 SC H 4025 Appropriates $14.4 Billion Funds for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
May 28, 2025 SC H 4025 Appropriates $14.4 Billion Funds for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
May 28, 2025 CT SB 1358 Restructures the Compensation of Nonprofit Employees in Connecticut to Match Inflation Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 8)
May 27, 2025 NV SB 90 Appropriates Funds to Establish a Classroom Supplies Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 0)
May 22, 2025 OK HB 2766 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Oklahoma State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 19)
May 21, 2025 NV SB 500 Appropriates Funding for K-12 Public Education for the 2025-2027 Biennium Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 8)
May 20, 2025 AK HB 57 Increases the Basic Input Into the State's Public School Funding Formula for the Base Student Allocation by $700 Veto Override Passed - Senate (17 - 3)
May 19, 2025 MN SF 3045 Appropriates Funding for the Omnibus State Government Finance and Elections Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 31)
May 19, 2025 CT HB 6863 Specifies Deficiency Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
May 18, 2025 MN HF 2563 Appropriates Funding for the 2025 State Legacy Budget Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 30)
May 14, 2025 MI SB 166 Appropriates $17.9 Billion for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the School Aid Budget Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
May 12, 2025 NV AB 530 Authorizes the Clark County Commission to Continue Fuel Tax Increases Without Voter Approval Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 6)
May 9, 2025 MO SB 43 Amends Laws to Expand Protections for Children, Survivors of Abuse, and Crime Victims Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (32 - 2)
May 8, 2025 OK HB 2673 Authorizes the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture to Count Pledges and Other Donations Toward Their Revolving Fund Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 18)
May 8, 2025 OR HB 3175 Repeals the Limit on the Fee That Counties Can Set for Activities Related to the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 2)
May 7, 2025 AL HB 357 Defines the Terms "Cigarette" and "Heated Tobacco Product," and Authorizes the State to Impose a 33.75 Mill Tax on Each Cigarette and $0.017 tax on Each Heated Tobacco Product Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
May 7, 2025 VT H 491 Establishes Homestead and Nonhomestead Property Tax Rates and Yields for Fiscal Year 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 2)
May 7, 2025 MN HF 2434 Appropriates Funding for the State Human Services Budget Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 32)
May 7, 2025 VT H 491 Establishes Homestead and Nonhomestead Property Tax Rates and Yields for Fiscal Year 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 2)
May 6, 2025 CO HB 25-1311 Prohibits Sports Betting Operators from Deducting Free Bets from Their Proceeds to Save Money on Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
May 5, 2025 OK HB 2744 Appropriates $20 Million to the Department of Commerce from the Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity Fund Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
May 2, 2025 ND SB 2004 Appropriates $250,000 to the Ethics Commission for a Fourth Staff Member Conference Report Adopted - Senate (44 - 2)
May 2, 2025 HI SB 1396 Establishes a "Green-Fee" Tax on Tourists to Support the Climate Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 2)
May 2, 2025 ND HB 1575 Amends Property Tax Relief by Reducing the Taxable Value of All Categories Bill Failed - Senate (0 - 46)
May 1, 2025 VT H 493 Appropriates Funding for the 2026 Fiscal Year State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
April 30, 2025 HI SB 222 Appropriates Funding for the Illegal Fireworks Task Force and Extends the Sunset Date to 2030 Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 2)
April 30, 2025 AK HB 57 Increases the Basic Input Into the State's Public School Funding Formula for the Base Student Allocation by $700 Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 3)
April 29, 2025 MT HB 231 Establishes State Homestead Tax Rates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 22)
April 29, 2025 MT SB 542 Amends State Property Tax Rates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 21)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/10 A 8589 Increases the Amount of Funds that May be Used Per Dwelling Unit Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 1)
6/09 HB 300 Increases the Income Limit to Qualify for the Property Tax Special Assessment Program Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 2)
6/09 SF 17 Appropriates Funding for Minnesota's FY 2026-2027 Budget and Establishes Policies Relating to Labor and Economic Development Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 27)
6/08 HB 639 Increases the Tax on Online Gambling to 21% Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 3)
6/05 HB 2 Specifies Regulations Relating to New Hampshire's 2025-26 and 2026-27 Budget "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
6/04 HB 7288 Appropriates Funds for Connecticut's FY 2027 Budget and Amends Various Laws Relating to Bonds and Grants Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 1)
6/03 SB 59 Increases Economic Oversight of Legislative Actions in Louisiana Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
6/03 HB 7287 Appropriates Funding for the Connecticut State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 11)
6/02 LD 1768 Appropriates the Tax Received from Buyers of Mobile Home Parks Entirely to the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 11)
6/02 SB 4 Authorizes Bonds to Pay for Public Benefits Charges Currently Included on Customers' Electric Bills Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 1)
6/01 SB 100 Requires State Agencies to Track and Report the Services Received by Undocumented Immigrants to Determine the Amount of Tax Dollars Spent on Them Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 11)
5/31 SB 2510 Appropriates $55.2 Billion for the 2026 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (34 - 23)
5/31 HB 2755 Amends Revenue and Tax Changes Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 25)
5/31 HB 1075 Appropriates and Designates Funding for Budget Implementation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 23)
5/31 HB 2755 Amends Revenue and Tax Changes Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 25)
5/30 SB 1 Appropriates $300 Million for a Child Care Trust Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 4)
5/29 SB 40 Amends Bail Bonds and Prohibits the Use of Public Tax Funds to Pay Bail Bonds Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 3)
5/29 SB 345 Authorizes the State Fire Marshall to Establish and Collect Fees Associated with Fire Training and Education Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
5/29 SB 345 Authorizes the State Fire Marshall to Establish and Collect Fees Associated with Fire Training and Education Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
5/29 S 2521 Appropriates Funds to the Department of Early Education and Care for Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0)
5/29 SB 296 Exempts Totally Disabled Veteran Homeowners from Property Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0)
5/28 H 4025 Appropriates $14.4 Billion Funds for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
5/28 H 4025 Appropriates $14.4 Billion Funds for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 State Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
5/28 SB 1358 Restructures the Compensation of Nonprofit Employees in Connecticut to Match Inflation Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 8)
5/27 SB 90 Appropriates Funds to Establish a Classroom Supplies Grant Program Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 0)
5/22 HB 2766 Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Oklahoma State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 19)
5/21 SB 500 Appropriates Funding for K-12 Public Education for the 2025-2027 Biennium Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 8)
5/20 HB 57 Increases the Basic Input Into the State's Public School Funding Formula for the Base Student Allocation by $700 Veto Override Passed - Senate (17 - 3)
5/19 SF 3045 Appropriates Funding for the Omnibus State Government Finance and Elections Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 31)
5/19 HB 6863 Specifies Deficiency Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
5/18 HF 2563 Appropriates Funding for the 2025 State Legacy Budget Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 30)
5/14 SB 166 Appropriates $17.9 Billion for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the School Aid Budget Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
5/12 AB 530 Authorizes the Clark County Commission to Continue Fuel Tax Increases Without Voter Approval Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 6)
5/09 SB 43 Amends Laws to Expand Protections for Children, Survivors of Abuse, and Crime Victims Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (32 - 2)
5/08 HB 2673 Authorizes the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture to Count Pledges and Other Donations Toward Their Revolving Fund Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 18)
5/08 HB 3175 Repeals the Limit on the Fee That Counties Can Set for Activities Related to the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 2)
5/07 HB 357 Defines the Terms "Cigarette" and "Heated Tobacco Product," and Authorizes the State to Impose a 33.75 Mill Tax on Each Cigarette and $0.017 tax on Each Heated Tobacco Product Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
5/07 H 491 Establishes Homestead and Nonhomestead Property Tax Rates and Yields for Fiscal Year 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 2)
5/07 HF 2434 Appropriates Funding for the State Human Services Budget Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 32)
5/07 H 491 Establishes Homestead and Nonhomestead Property Tax Rates and Yields for Fiscal Year 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 2)
5/06 HB 25-1311 Prohibits Sports Betting Operators from Deducting Free Bets from Their Proceeds to Save Money on Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
5/05 HB 2744 Appropriates $20 Million to the Department of Commerce from the Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity Fund Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
5/02 SB 2004 Appropriates $250,000 to the Ethics Commission for a Fourth Staff Member Conference Report Adopted - Senate (44 - 2)
5/02 SB 1396 Establishes a "Green-Fee" Tax on Tourists to Support the Climate Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 2)
5/02 HB 1575 Amends Property Tax Relief by Reducing the Taxable Value of All Categories Bill Failed - Senate (0 - 46)
5/01 H 493 Appropriates Funding for the 2026 Fiscal Year State Budget Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
4/30 SB 222 Appropriates Funding for the Illegal Fireworks Task Force and Extends the Sunset Date to 2030 Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 2)
4/30 HB 57 Increases the Basic Input Into the State's Public School Funding Formula for the Base Student Allocation by $700 Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 3)
4/29 HB 231 Establishes State Homestead Tax Rates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 22)
4/29 SB 542 Amends State Property Tax Rates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 21)
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