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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
Feb. 24, 2022 IA HF 2317 Reduces the Income Tax Rate to a 4 Percent Flat Tax by 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
Feb. 17, 2022 AL HB 231 Exempts Certain Tax Credits from the Calculation of Income Tax Deductions Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 0)
Feb. 16, 2022 IA HF 2317 Reduces the Income Tax Rate to a 4 Percent Flat Tax by 2026 Bill Passed - House (61 - 37)
Feb. 15, 2022 NM HB 163 Reduces Various Tax Rates, Establishes Credits Bill Passed - House (59 - 9)
Feb. 15, 2022 VA HB 90 Establishes a Tax Exemption for Food and Personal Hygiene Products Bill Passed - House (88 - 1)
Feb. 12, 2022 WA HB 1175 Exempts Property Used for Host Homes From Property Tax Requirements Bill Passed - House (85 - 12)
Feb. 11, 2022 NE LB 310 Reduces Inheritance Taxes; Increases Exemptions Therefrom Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 1)
Feb. 9, 2022 UT HB 25 Amends the Utah Rural Jobs Act (27 - 0)
Feb. 8, 2022 AL SB 19 Establishes New Tax Deductions and Exemptions Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 0)
Feb. 4, 2022 UT HB 34 Amends Definitions of Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Related Tobacco Products (27 - 0)
Feb. 1, 2022 ID H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
Jan. 20, 2022 ID H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (57 - 13)
Jan. 19, 2022 WA SB 5004 Establishes a Tax Exemption for Medical Marijuana Patients Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 8)
Oct. 27, 2021 MI SB 688 Establishes Tax Credits for Individuals who Provide Funding for Supplemental Non-Public School Scholarships Bill Passed - House (55 - 49)
Oct. 26, 2021 WI SB 125 Extends Tax Benefits to Provide Tuition Tax Breaks for Apprentices in Trade Schools Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
Oct. 26, 2021 MI HB 4485 Establishes a Sunset Cap for Taxes on Cigars and Cigarettes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 6)
Oct. 26, 2021 MI HB 5267 Exempts Feminine Hygiene Products from State Sales Tax Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 2)
Oct. 25, 2021 WI SB 125 Extends Tax Benefits to Provide Tuition Tax Breaks for Apprentices in Trade Schools Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 13)
Oct. 19, 2021 MI SB 688 Establishes Tax Credits for Individuals who Provide Funding for Supplemental Non-Public School Scholarships Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 16)
Oct. 14, 2021 WV SB 3031 Exempting Sales of Certain Aircraft from Consumers Sales and Service Tax Bill Passed - House (71 - 23)
Oct. 14, 2021 MI HB 5267 Exempts Feminine Hygiene Products from State Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (94 - 13)
Oct. 4, 2021 CA SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 4)
Sept. 10, 2021 CA SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Bill Passed - House (56 - 14)
Sept. 1, 2021 CA AB 1203 Amends Property Tax Laws and the Assessment Appeals Court Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 15)
June 28, 2021 OH SB 19 Limits the Size of the Sales Tax Levy Sought by the Toledo Area Regional Transportation Authority Bill Passed - House (61 - 36)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/24 HF 2317 Reduces the Income Tax Rate to a 4 Percent Flat Tax by 2026 Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
2/17 HB 231 Exempts Certain Tax Credits from the Calculation of Income Tax Deductions Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 0)
2/16 HF 2317 Reduces the Income Tax Rate to a 4 Percent Flat Tax by 2026 Bill Passed - House (61 - 37)
2/15 HB 163 Reduces Various Tax Rates, Establishes Credits Bill Passed - House (59 - 9)
2/15 HB 90 Establishes a Tax Exemption for Food and Personal Hygiene Products Bill Passed - House (88 - 1)
2/12 HB 1175 Exempts Property Used for Host Homes From Property Tax Requirements Bill Passed - House (85 - 12)
2/11 LB 310 Reduces Inheritance Taxes; Increases Exemptions Therefrom Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 1)
2/09 HB 25 Amends the Utah Rural Jobs Act (27 - 0)
2/08 SB 19 Establishes New Tax Deductions and Exemptions Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 0)
2/04 HB 34 Amends Definitions of Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Related Tobacco Products (27 - 0)
2/01 H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
1/20 H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (57 - 13)
1/19 SB 5004 Establishes a Tax Exemption for Medical Marijuana Patients Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 8)
10/27 SB 688 Establishes Tax Credits for Individuals who Provide Funding for Supplemental Non-Public School Scholarships Bill Passed - House (55 - 49)
10/26 SB 125 Extends Tax Benefits to Provide Tuition Tax Breaks for Apprentices in Trade Schools Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
10/26 HB 4485 Establishes a Sunset Cap for Taxes on Cigars and Cigarettes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 6)
10/26 HB 5267 Exempts Feminine Hygiene Products from State Sales Tax Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 2)
10/25 SB 125 Extends Tax Benefits to Provide Tuition Tax Breaks for Apprentices in Trade Schools Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 13)
10/19 SB 688 Establishes Tax Credits for Individuals who Provide Funding for Supplemental Non-Public School Scholarships Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 16)
10/14 SB 3031 Exempting Sales of Certain Aircraft from Consumers Sales and Service Tax Bill Passed - House (71 - 23)
10/14 HB 5267 Exempts Feminine Hygiene Products from State Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (94 - 13)
10/04 SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 4)
9/10 SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Bill Passed - House (56 - 14)
9/01 AB 1203 Amends Property Tax Laws and the Assessment Appeals Court Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 15)
6/28 SB 19 Limits the Size of the Sales Tax Levy Sought by the Toledo Area Regional Transportation Authority Bill Passed - House (61 - 36)

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