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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
March 2, 2022 UT HB 218 Amends Various Ballot Measure and Election Laws Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
March 2, 2022 UT HB 313 Expands Restrictions on Elections and Voting Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
March 1, 2022 IN HB 1116 Increases Requirements for Mail-In Voting Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 10)
Feb. 24, 2022 GA HB 437 Amends Fulton County Commissioner District Boundaries (32 - 20)
Feb. 24, 2022 OR HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 7)
Feb. 22, 2022 WI SB 935 Amends Various Election Fraud Laws Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 14)
Feb. 22, 2022 WI SB 940 Authorizes Suspension of Voters for Information Discrepancies Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
Feb. 22, 2022 WI SB 935 Amends Various Election Fraud Laws Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 14)
Feb. 21, 2022 WI SB 934 Authorizes the Processing of Absentee Ballots the Day before an Election Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
Feb. 18, 2022 LA HB 1 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 10)
Feb. 18, 2022 LA SB 5 Amends Congressional District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC HB 980 Amends State Legislative House Districts in Accordance with the State Supreme Court Order Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 3)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 19)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 19)
Feb. 16, 2022 NH HB 50 Establishes State House District Boundaries "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
Feb. 15, 2022 VT S 122 Requires Presidential Electors to Certify Based on National Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
Feb. 15, 2022 VA SJ 1 Expands Voting Rights of Released Inmates (24 - 16)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
Feb. 14, 2022 LA SB 1 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
Feb. 14, 2022 LA SB 15 Amends Supreme Court District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
Feb. 9, 2022 AZ SB 1008 Establishes Automatic Recount Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 8, 2022 KS SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
Feb. 8, 2022 WA HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
Feb. 2, 2022 NY A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 20)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/02 HB 218 Amends Various Ballot Measure and Election Laws Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
3/02 HB 313 Expands Restrictions on Elections and Voting Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
3/01 HB 1116 Increases Requirements for Mail-In Voting Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 10)
2/24 HB 437 Amends Fulton County Commissioner District Boundaries (32 - 20)
2/24 HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 7)
2/22 SB 935 Amends Various Election Fraud Laws Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 14)
2/22 SB 940 Authorizes Suspension of Voters for Information Discrepancies Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
2/22 SB 935 Amends Various Election Fraud Laws Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 14)
2/21 SB 934 Authorizes the Processing of Absentee Ballots the Day before an Election Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
2/18 HB 1 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 10)
2/18 SB 5 Amends Congressional District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9)
2/17 HB 980 Amends State Legislative House Districts in Accordance with the State Supreme Court Order Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 3)
2/17 SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 19)
2/17 SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 19)
2/16 HB 50 Establishes State House District Boundaries "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
2/15 H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
2/15 S 122 Requires Presidential Electors to Certify Based on National Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
2/15 SJ 1 Expands Voting Rights of Released Inmates (24 - 16)
2/15 S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
2/14 SB 1 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
2/14 SB 15 Amends Supreme Court District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
2/09 SB 1008 Establishes Automatic Recount Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/08 SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
2/08 HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
2/02 A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 20)

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