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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 31, 2022 NY S 9079 Expands Legal Protections for Abortion Providers Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 17)
May 31, 2022 NY S 9077 Establishes Legal Protections for Abortion Providers from Out of State Laws Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 17)
May 31, 2022 NY S 9080 Prohibits Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies from Taking Adverse Action Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 21)
May 25, 2022 CA SB 1375 Expands Who Can Perform Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 9)
May 25, 2022 CA SB 1142 Establishes the Abortion Practical Support Fund Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
May 2, 2022 LA SB 342 Increases Criminal Penalties and Monetary Fines for Abortion Centers Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 3)
April 28, 2022 OK HB 4327 Prohibits Abortion Except in Life-Threatening Emergencies Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 10)
April 27, 2022 LA SB 104 Authorizes Abortion Outpatients to Make Private, Uncensored Phone Calls Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
April 25, 2022 ME LD 811 Expands Access to Reproductive Care Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 12)
April 21, 2022 NH HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 5)
April 21, 2022 TN HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
April 13, 2022 KY HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
April 11, 2022 TN HB 2557 Prohibits Schools From Contracting With Entities Providing or Advocating Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
April 7, 2022 DE HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 7)
April 1, 2022 HI SCR 206 Establishes Resolution Urging Passage of Women's Health Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
March 29, 2022 MD HB 937 Expands Access to Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 15)
March 28, 2022 MD SB 890 Expands Protections for Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 14)
March 23, 2022 CO HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
March 21, 2022 CA SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
March 16, 2022 KY SB 321 Prohibits Abortions After 15 Weeks Gestation Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
March 12, 2022 WV SB 468 Prohibits Abortion on the Basis of Disability Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
March 10, 2022 WY HB 92 Establishes Abortion Restrictions Contingent on Roe v. Wade Overruling Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
March 10, 2022 OK SB 1503 Establishes Further Restrictions on Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 11)
March 10, 2022 OK SB 1553 Prohibits Abortions >30 Days After Beginning of Last Menstrual Period Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 11)
March 8, 2022 HI SB 2282 Classifies Abortion as a Constitutional Right and Repeals Criminal Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/31 S 9079 Expands Legal Protections for Abortion Providers Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 17)
5/31 S 9077 Establishes Legal Protections for Abortion Providers from Out of State Laws Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 17)
5/31 S 9080 Prohibits Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies from Taking Adverse Action Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 21)
5/25 SB 1375 Expands Who Can Perform Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 9)
5/25 SB 1142 Establishes the Abortion Practical Support Fund Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
5/02 SB 342 Increases Criminal Penalties and Monetary Fines for Abortion Centers Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 3)
4/28 HB 4327 Prohibits Abortion Except in Life-Threatening Emergencies Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 10)
4/27 SB 104 Authorizes Abortion Outpatients to Make Private, Uncensored Phone Calls Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
4/25 LD 811 Expands Access to Reproductive Care Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 12)
4/21 HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 5)
4/21 HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
4/13 HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
4/11 HB 2557 Prohibits Schools From Contracting With Entities Providing or Advocating Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
4/07 HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 7)
4/01 SCR 206 Establishes Resolution Urging Passage of Women's Health Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
3/29 HB 937 Expands Access to Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 15)
3/28 SB 890 Expands Protections for Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 14)
3/23 HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
3/21 SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
3/16 SB 321 Prohibits Abortions After 15 Weeks Gestation Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
3/12 SB 468 Prohibits Abortion on the Basis of Disability Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
3/10 HB 92 Establishes Abortion Restrictions Contingent on Roe v. Wade Overruling Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
3/10 SB 1503 Establishes Further Restrictions on Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 11)
3/10 SB 1553 Prohibits Abortions >30 Days After Beginning of Last Menstrual Period Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 11)
3/08 SB 2282 Classifies Abortion as a Constitutional Right and Repeals Criminal Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)

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