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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
June 4, 2007 TN SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
June 1, 2007 CT HB 7032 State Job Retention Bill Passed - House (125 - 25)
June 1, 2007 CT HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
June 1, 2007 NV AB 595 Highway Funding Act Bill Passed - House (40 - 2)
May 31, 2007 NH SB 42 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - House (224 - 117)
May 30, 2007 LA HB 486 Building Code Revision Bill Passed - House (89 - 13)
May 30, 2007 CT HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
May 30, 2007 CT HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
May 29, 2007 NY A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal Bill Passed - House (106 - 36)
May 25, 2007 NV SB 409 HPV Vaccine and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act Bill Passed - House (36 - 6)
May 24, 2007 AL HB 112 Gill Net Fishing Ban Bill Passed - House (74 - 21)
May 22, 2007 National HR 2264 Preventing the Organization of Petroleum Export Groups Bill Passed - House (345 - 72)
May 22, 2007 LA HB 484 Promotional Poker Tournaments Bill Passed - House (53 - 47)
May 22, 2007 NV AB 150 Methamphetamine Control Bill Bill Failed - House (27 - 14)
May 17, 2007 MN HF 464 School District Health Insurance Pool Bill Passed - House (81 - 52)
May 17, 2007 LA HB 486 Building Code Revision Bill Failed - House (49 - 48)
May 16, 2007 AK SCS CSHB 177 Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (37 - 1)
May 16, 2007 OH Sub SB 16 Regulation of Sexually Oriented Business Bill Passed - House (73 - 24)
May 11, 2007 MN SF 238 Smoking Ban Conference Report Adopted - House (81 - 48)
May 9, 2007 WI AB 260 Employment Discrimination Exception for Sexual or Violent Offenders Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
May 4, 2007 TX CSHB 10 Tribal Casino Gaming Bill Failed - House (66 - 66)
May 3, 2007 OR HB 2871 Consumer Finance Regulation Bill Passed - House (37 - 21)
May 3, 2007 MI Sub HB 4047 Landfill Moratorium Bill Passed - House (85 - 24)
May 2, 2007 TN HB 625 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
May 2, 2007 NC HB 259 Smoking Ban Bill Failed - House (55 - 61)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/04 SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
6/01 HB 7032 State Job Retention Bill Passed - House (125 - 25)
6/01 HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
6/01 AB 595 Highway Funding Act Bill Passed - House (40 - 2)
5/31 SB 42 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - House (224 - 117)
5/30 HB 486 Building Code Revision Bill Passed - House (89 - 13)
5/30 HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
5/30 HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
5/29 A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal Bill Passed - House (106 - 36)
5/25 SB 409 HPV Vaccine and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act Bill Passed - House (36 - 6)
5/24 HB 112 Gill Net Fishing Ban Bill Passed - House (74 - 21)
5/22 HR 2264 Preventing the Organization of Petroleum Export Groups Bill Passed - House (345 - 72)
5/22 HB 484 Promotional Poker Tournaments Bill Passed - House (53 - 47)
5/22 AB 150 Methamphetamine Control Bill Bill Failed - House (27 - 14)
5/17 HF 464 School District Health Insurance Pool Bill Passed - House (81 - 52)
5/17 HB 486 Building Code Revision Bill Failed - House (49 - 48)
5/16 SCS CSHB 177 Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (37 - 1)
5/16 Sub SB 16 Regulation of Sexually Oriented Business Bill Passed - House (73 - 24)
5/11 SF 238 Smoking Ban Conference Report Adopted - House (81 - 48)
5/09 AB 260 Employment Discrimination Exception for Sexual or Violent Offenders Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
5/04 CSHB 10 Tribal Casino Gaming Bill Failed - House (66 - 66)
5/03 HB 2871 Consumer Finance Regulation Bill Passed - House (37 - 21)
5/03 Sub HB 4047 Landfill Moratorium Bill Passed - House (85 - 24)
5/02 HB 625 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
5/02 HB 259 Smoking Ban Bill Failed - House (55 - 61)

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