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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
April 19, 2011 IN HB 1210 Repealing Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 13)
April 18, 2011 IN S. Amdt. 5 State Appropriations and Abortion Facilities Amendment Adopted - Senate (36 - 13)
April 18, 2011 TN SJR 127 Abortion Specifications Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
April 13, 2011 MT HB 574 Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion Amendment Rejected - Senate (30 - 20)
April 7, 2011 ND HB 1450 Definition of Human Being Bill Not Tabled - Senate (26 - 21)
April 6, 2011 VA HB 2434 Health Benefits Exchange Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 20)
April 6, 2011 OH SB 72 Revise Post-Viability Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
April 5, 2011 OK HB 1888 Abortion Restrictions Motion Agreed - Senate (25 - 20)
March 23, 2011 KS HB 2035 Amending Statutes Regulating Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
March 23, 2011 KS HB 2218 Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
March 23, 2011 ID S 1165 Prohibits Abortions after 20 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
March 21, 2011 AZ HB 2443 Prohibits Abortion Based on Race or Gender Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 5)
March 16, 2011 GA SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
March 2, 2011 SD HB 1217 Requiring Counseling and a Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
March 1, 2011 ID S 1115 Insurance Coverage of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
Feb. 18, 2011 MT SB 97 Parental Notice of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
Feb. 17, 2011 TX SB 16 Abortion Procedures Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
Jan. 27, 2011 AR SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
June 14, 2010 LA HB 1247 Prohibiting Insurance Coverage of Elective Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 3)
May 25, 2010 OK HB 3284 Requiring Women Seeking Abortions to Answer Questionnaire Veto Override Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
May 18, 2010 LA SB 528 Requiring an Ultrasound for an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 4)
May 5, 2010 KS HB 2115 Late-Term/Partial Birth Abortion Reporting Requirements Veto Override Failed - Senate (26 - 14)
April 28, 2010 FL Amdt 841564 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement Amendment Adopted - Senate (22 - 17)
April 27, 2010 OK HB 2656 Abortion Regulation Modifications Veto Override Passed - Senate (36 - 12)
April 22, 2010 MO SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 5)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/19 HB 1210 Repealing Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 13)
4/18 S. Amdt. 5 State Appropriations and Abortion Facilities Amendment Adopted - Senate (36 - 13)
4/18 SJR 127 Abortion Specifications Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
4/13 HB 574 Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion Amendment Rejected - Senate (30 - 20)
4/07 HB 1450 Definition of Human Being Bill Not Tabled - Senate (26 - 21)
4/06 HB 2434 Health Benefits Exchange Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 20)
4/06 SB 72 Revise Post-Viability Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
4/05 HB 1888 Abortion Restrictions Motion Agreed - Senate (25 - 20)
3/23 HB 2035 Amending Statutes Regulating Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
3/23 HB 2218 Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
3/23 S 1165 Prohibits Abortions after 20 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
3/21 HB 2443 Prohibits Abortion Based on Race or Gender Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 5)
3/16 SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
3/02 HB 1217 Requiring Counseling and a Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
3/01 S 1115 Insurance Coverage of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
2/18 SB 97 Parental Notice of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
2/17 SB 16 Abortion Procedures Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
1/27 SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
6/14 HB 1247 Prohibiting Insurance Coverage of Elective Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 3)
5/25 HB 3284 Requiring Women Seeking Abortions to Answer Questionnaire Veto Override Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
5/18 SB 528 Requiring an Ultrasound for an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 4)
5/05 HB 2115 Late-Term/Partial Birth Abortion Reporting Requirements Veto Override Failed - Senate (26 - 14)
4/28 Amdt 841564 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement Amendment Adopted - Senate (22 - 17)
4/27 HB 2656 Abortion Regulation Modifications Veto Override Passed - Senate (36 - 12)
4/22 SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 5)

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