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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
May 12, 2022 VT H 510 Establishes Child Tax Credit Conference Report Adopted - House (141 - 4)
May 12, 2022 SC S 533 Prohibits Paying Disabled Workers Less than the Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (101 - 2)
May 12, 2022 MN HF 778 Authorizes Sports Betting in State Bill Passed - House (70 - 57)
May 12, 2022 LA HB 813 Amends Abortion Laws to Repeal Criminal Penalties for Women who Have Abortions Bill Passed - House (65 - 26)
May 11, 2022 CO HB 22-1314 Expands State Regulations on Non-Consensual Towing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (45 - 20)
May 11, 2022 CO SB 22-154 Expands Regulation of Assisted Living Residences Bill Passed - House (43 - 21)
May 11, 2022 CO SB 22-230 Expands County Government Employees Right to Organize a Union and Engage in Collective Bargaining Bill Passed - House (41 - 24)
May 10, 2022 SC H 4608 Limits Participation in Women's Sports on Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 33)
May 10, 2022 SC H 4608 Limits Participation in Women's Sports on Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 33)
May 10, 2022 CO SB 22-150 Expands Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Bill Passed - House (45 - 20)
May 10, 2022 CO HB 22-1287 Establishes Protections for Mobile Park Residents Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 24)
May 10, 2022 CO HB 22-1267 Establishes Diversity Training Grant for Health Care Providers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 24)
May 10, 2022 VT JRS 53 Establishes Resolution Supporting Care for Transgender Youth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (134 - 5)
May 10, 2022 CO HB 22-1317 Prohibits Non-Complete Agreements for Low and Middle-Income Workers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (43 - 22)
May 9, 2022 CO SB 22-203 Establishes a Program for All-Inclusive Health Care for the Elderly Bill Passed - House (55 - 10)
May 4, 2022 CT SB 286 Amends Elder Abuse Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (110 - 32)
May 3, 2022 HI SB 2670 Establishes State LGBTQ+ Commission Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 2)
May 3, 2022 HI SB 3289 Establishes Retirement Savings Program (50 - 1)
May 3, 2022 HI SB 2298 Classifies Wage Theft as a Felony Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
April 29, 2022 CO SB 22-148 Establishes a Behavioral Health Grant for Colorado Land-Based Tribes (56 - 6)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Failed - House (81 - 41)
April 28, 2022 OK SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
April 28, 2022 CO HB 22-1367 Expands Protections for Domestic Workers Bill Passed - House (40 - 23)
April 28, 2022 MO HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
April 27, 2022 AZ SB 1009 Limits the Governor's Power to Declare a Public Health Emergency Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/12 H 510 Establishes Child Tax Credit Conference Report Adopted - House (141 - 4)
5/12 S 533 Prohibits Paying Disabled Workers Less than the Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (101 - 2)
5/12 HF 778 Authorizes Sports Betting in State Bill Passed - House (70 - 57)
5/12 HB 813 Amends Abortion Laws to Repeal Criminal Penalties for Women who Have Abortions Bill Passed - House (65 - 26)
5/11 HB 22-1314 Expands State Regulations on Non-Consensual Towing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (45 - 20)
5/11 SB 22-154 Expands Regulation of Assisted Living Residences Bill Passed - House (43 - 21)
5/11 SB 22-230 Expands County Government Employees Right to Organize a Union and Engage in Collective Bargaining Bill Passed - House (41 - 24)
5/10 H 4608 Limits Participation in Women's Sports on Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 33)
5/10 H 4608 Limits Participation in Women's Sports on Basis of Sex Assigned at Birth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 33)
5/10 SB 22-150 Expands Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Bill Passed - House (45 - 20)
5/10 HB 22-1287 Establishes Protections for Mobile Park Residents Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 24)
5/10 HB 22-1267 Establishes Diversity Training Grant for Health Care Providers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 24)
5/10 JRS 53 Establishes Resolution Supporting Care for Transgender Youth Concurrence Vote Passed - House (134 - 5)
5/10 HB 22-1317 Prohibits Non-Complete Agreements for Low and Middle-Income Workers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (43 - 22)
5/09 SB 22-203 Establishes a Program for All-Inclusive Health Care for the Elderly Bill Passed - House (55 - 10)
5/04 SB 286 Amends Elder Abuse Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (110 - 32)
5/03 SB 2670 Establishes State LGBTQ+ Commission Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 2)
5/03 SB 3289 Establishes Retirement Savings Program (50 - 1)
5/03 SB 2298 Classifies Wage Theft as a Felony Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
4/29 SB 22-148 Establishes a Behavioral Health Grant for Colorado Land-Based Tribes (56 - 6)
4/28 SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Failed - House (81 - 41)
4/28 SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
4/28 HB 22-1367 Expands Protections for Domestic Workers Bill Passed - House (40 - 23)
4/28 HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
4/27 SB 1009 Limits the Governor's Power to Declare a Public Health Emergency Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)

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