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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 19, 2007 RI LCO # 2552/4 to H5300Aaa Repeal of Provision Requiring the Trying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases Amendment Rejected - Senate (5 - 30)
June 19, 2007 AZ HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 21)
June 19, 2007 RI H 5127 Mandatory Minimum Drug Possession Sentence Repeal Bill Passed - House (54 - 6)
June 18, 2007 OR SB 863 Regulating Automated Phone Calls Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (22 - 8)
June 18, 2007 AZ HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 5)
June 15, 2007 RI LCO # 2551/12 to H5300A Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Amendment Rejected - House (23 - 50)
June 15, 2007 RI Article 22 of H5300A Classifying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases Amendment Adopted - House (48 - 19)
June 14, 2007 FL A 637277 Education Funding Amendment to Property Tax Amendment Bill Tabled - House (74 - 42)
June 14, 2007 FL SJR 4B Property Tax Amendments Joint Resolution Passed - House (74 - 43)
June 14, 2007 NH CACR 19 Constitutional Amendment Regarding Education Resolution Failed - Senate (14 - 10)
June 14, 2007 FL SJR 4B Property Tax Amendments Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (25 - 12)
June 13, 2007 ME LD 1925 Tax Cuts Bill Passed - House (87 - 49)
June 12, 2007 MI Sub HB 4850 Tobacco Fund Bonds Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 14)
June 12, 2007 OR HB 2967 Tobacco Tax Increase for Children’s Health Care Bill Failed - House (35 - 22)
June 11, 2007 NJ A 4326 Holding Multiple Elected State Offices Bill Passed - House (69 - 3)
June 7, 2007 NH HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)
June 7, 2007 IL HR 25 State Constitutional Convention Awareness Resolution Passed - House (48 - 47)
June 7, 2007 CA SB 606 'No Child Left Behind' Implementation Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
June 6, 2007 ME LD 203 Student Voter Registration Bill "Ought Not to Pass" Report Adopted - House (90 - 49)
June 6, 2007 ME HCA T Education Reform and School Consolidation Amendment Adopted - House (114 - 27)
June 6, 2007 NH SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age Bill Passed - House (201 - 156)
June 6, 2007 CA AB 493 New Car Purchases Fees and Rebates Bill Failed - House (35 - 35)
June 6, 2007 LA HB 489 Salary Increase for Statewide Elected Officials Bill Passed - House (57 - 42)
June 6, 2007 CA AB 1470 Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (44 - 34)
June 6, 2007 CA SB 974 Shipping Fee Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 12)
June 5, 2007 CT Sub SB 938 Reporting of Lost or Stolen Firearms Bill Passed - House (94 - 56)
June 5, 2007 LA HB 313 Extended Period for Indictments Bill Passed - House (79 - 25)
June 4, 2007 NC CS HB 1473 2007-2008 Operating Budget Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (68 - 47)
June 4, 2007 TN SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
June 4, 2007 CA SB 1019 Access to Police Misconduct Investigations Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 11)
June 4, 2007 OR HB 2760 Annexation of Unincorporated Land Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
June 3, 2007 NV AB 595 Highway Funding Act Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 3)
June 2, 2007 CT Sub SB 167 Restricting Eminent Domain Concurrence Vote Passed - House (132 - 7)
June 2, 2007 CT HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 3)
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 CT Sub SB 167 Restricting Eminent Domain Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 3)
May 31, 2007 TN SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 16)
May 31, 2007 OH SJR 1 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Ballot Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 11)
May 31, 2007 OH SJR 1 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Ballot Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 11)
May 31, 2007 CT HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
May 30, 2007 CT SB 1483 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
May 30, 2007 CT HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
May 30, 2007 MI Sub HB 4850 Tobacco Fund Bonds Bill Passed - House (80 - 26)
May 30, 2007 NE LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 9)
May 25, 2007 NV AB 510 Parole Credit Act Bill Passed - House (35 - 4)
May 24, 2007 NC HB 878 Eminent Domain for Private Use Bill Passed - House (104 - 15)
May 23, 2007 MI Sub for SB 94 Michigan Business Tax Act Bill Passed - House (62 - 47)
May 23, 2007 CT Sub SB 938 Reporting of Lost or Stolen Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
May 22, 2007 National S 214 United States Attorneys Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (306 - 114)
May 22, 2007 AZ HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
May 21, 2007 MN HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Veto Override Failed - House (83 - 50)
May 21, 2007 TN SJR 139 Popular Election of Statewide Officers Resolution Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
May 21, 2007 TN SJR 139 Popular Election of Statewide Officers Resolution Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
May 17, 2007 IL HB 1798 Wrongful Death Damages Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 23)
May 16, 2007 NE LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 2)
May 15, 2007 MT HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 37)
May 15, 2007 MT HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
May 15, 2007 IL HB 426 Earlier Presidential Primary Date Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 10)
May 15, 2007 NC SB 1006 Confidentiality of Competitive Health Care Information Act Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 5)
May 14, 2007 MN HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 17)
May 14, 2007 MN HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Conference Report Adopted - House (90 - 43)
May 14, 2007 NC CS SB 954 Presidential Election by Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
May 14, 2007 NY S 319 Death Penalty For Certain Murders Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 24)
May 12, 2007 AK SCS CSHB 109 Disclosure & Ethics Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - House (39 - 0)
May 11, 2007 MN SF 893 Earlier Precinct Caucus Date Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 9)
May 10, 2007 RI S 21 Telephone Political Solicitation Act Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 13)
May 10, 2007 AZ SB 1032 Emergency Room Malpractice Bill Failed - House (26 - 29)
May 9, 2007 SC Amendment No. 2c Restructuring the Department of Transportation Amendment Tabled - Senate (20 - 19)
May 9, 2007 WI SB 77 Financial Disclosure For Issue Based Groups Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
May 8, 2007 MN SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (86 - 46)
May 8, 2007 MN SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (44 - 21)
May 7, 2007 MN SF 2171 2008-2009 Health and Human Services Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 19)
May 7, 2007 MN SF 2171 2008-2009 Health and Human Services Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (82 - 44)
May 7, 2007 MO SS6 SCS SB 389 Higher Education Bill Passed - House (91 - 64)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/19 LCO # 2552/4 to H5300Aaa Repeal of Provision Requiring the Trying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases Amendment Rejected - Senate (5 - 30)
6/19 HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 21)
6/19 H 5127 Mandatory Minimum Drug Possession Sentence Repeal Bill Passed - House (54 - 6)
6/18 SB 863 Regulating Automated Phone Calls Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (22 - 8)
6/18 HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 5)
6/15 LCO # 2551/12 to H5300A Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Amendment Rejected - House (23 - 50)
6/15 Article 22 of H5300A Classifying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases Amendment Adopted - House (48 - 19)
6/14 A 637277 Education Funding Amendment to Property Tax Amendment Bill Tabled - House (74 - 42)
6/14 SJR 4B Property Tax Amendments Joint Resolution Passed - House (74 - 43)
6/14 CACR 19 Constitutional Amendment Regarding Education Resolution Failed - Senate (14 - 10)
6/14 SJR 4B Property Tax Amendments Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (25 - 12)
6/13 LD 1925 Tax Cuts Bill Passed - House (87 - 49)
6/12 Sub HB 4850 Tobacco Fund Bonds Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 14)
6/12 HB 2967 Tobacco Tax Increase for Children’s Health Care Bill Failed - House (35 - 22)
6/11 A 4326 Holding Multiple Elected State Offices Bill Passed - House (69 - 3)
6/07 HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)
6/07 HR 25 State Constitutional Convention Awareness Resolution Passed - House (48 - 47)
6/07 SB 606 'No Child Left Behind' Implementation Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
6/06 LD 203 Student Voter Registration Bill "Ought Not to Pass" Report Adopted - House (90 - 49)
6/06 HCA T Education Reform and School Consolidation Amendment Adopted - House (114 - 27)
6/06 SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age Bill Passed - House (201 - 156)
6/06 AB 493 New Car Purchases Fees and Rebates Bill Failed - House (35 - 35)
6/06 HB 489 Salary Increase for Statewide Elected Officials Bill Passed - House (57 - 42)
6/06 AB 1470 Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (44 - 34)
6/06 SB 974 Shipping Fee Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 12)
6/05 Sub SB 938 Reporting of Lost or Stolen Firearms Bill Passed - House (94 - 56)
6/05 HB 313 Extended Period for Indictments Bill Passed - House (79 - 25)
6/04 CS HB 1473 2007-2008 Operating Budget Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (68 - 47)
6/04 SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
6/04 SB 1019 Access to Police Misconduct Investigations Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 11)
6/04 HB 2760 Annexation of Unincorporated Land Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
6/03 AB 595 Highway Funding Act Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 3)
6/02 Sub SB 167 Restricting Eminent Domain Concurrence Vote Passed - House (132 - 7)
6/02 HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 3)
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 Sub SB 167 Restricting Eminent Domain Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 3)
5/31 SB 2326 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 16)
5/31 SJR 1 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Ballot Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 11)
5/31 SJR 1 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Ballot Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 11)
5/31 HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
5/30 SB 1483 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 17)
5/30 HB 7400 Tax Code Modification Bill Passed - House (90 - 58)
5/30 Sub HB 4850 Tobacco Fund Bonds Bill Passed - House (80 - 26)
5/30 LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 9)
5/25 AB 510 Parole Credit Act Bill Passed - House (35 - 4)
5/24 HB 878 Eminent Domain for Private Use Bill Passed - House (104 - 15)
5/23 Sub for SB 94 Michigan Business Tax Act Bill Passed - House (62 - 47)
5/23 Sub SB 938 Reporting of Lost or Stolen Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
5/22 S 214 United States Attorneys Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (306 - 114)
5/22 HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
5/21 HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Veto Override Failed - House (83 - 50)
5/21 SJR 139 Popular Election of Statewide Officers Resolution Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
5/21 SJR 139 Popular Election of Statewide Officers Resolution Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
5/17 HB 1798 Wrongful Death Damages Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 23)
5/16 LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 2)
5/15 HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 37)
5/15 HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
5/15 HB 426 Earlier Presidential Primary Date Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 10)
5/15 SB 1006 Confidentiality of Competitive Health Care Information Act Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 5)
5/14 HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 17)
5/14 HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Conference Report Adopted - House (90 - 43)
5/14 CS SB 954 Presidential Election by Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
5/14 S 319 Death Penalty For Certain Murders Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 24)
5/12 SCS CSHB 109 Disclosure & Ethics Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - House (39 - 0)
5/11 SF 893 Earlier Precinct Caucus Date Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 9)
5/10 S 21 Telephone Political Solicitation Act Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 13)
5/10 SB 1032 Emergency Room Malpractice Bill Failed - House (26 - 29)
5/09 Amendment No. 2c Restructuring the Department of Transportation Amendment Tabled - Senate (20 - 19)
5/09 SB 77 Financial Disclosure For Issue Based Groups Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
5/08 SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (86 - 46)
5/08 SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (44 - 21)
5/07 SF 2171 2008-2009 Health and Human Services Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 19)
5/07 SF 2171 2008-2009 Health and Human Services Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (82 - 44)
5/07 SS6 SCS SB 389 Higher Education Bill Passed - House (91 - 64)

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