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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 6, 2007 CA SB 113 Presidential Primaries Bill Passed - House (46 - 29)
March 6, 2007 OR HB 2589 Lobbyist Restrictions Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
March 6, 2007 NY S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
March 5, 2007 NY S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 8)
March 3, 2007 SD HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 22)
March 3, 2007 SD HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Conference Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 16)
Feb. 28, 2007 KY HCS HB 70 Felon Voting Rights Bill Passed - House (70 - 28)
Feb. 27, 2007 IN HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
Feb. 27, 2007 IN HB 1808 Vote by Mail Bill Passed - House (51 - 47)
Feb. 27, 2007 MD SB 61 Evidence in Sexual Misconduct Trials Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 20)
Feb. 27, 2007 NM SB 322 Requiring Conference Committees to be Public Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 21)
Feb. 27, 2007 IN SB 401 Legislator Salary Adjustment Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
Feb. 26, 2007 SD HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
Feb. 26, 2007 IN HB 1622 Gasoline Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
Feb. 26, 2007 AZ SB 1302 Use of Force in Self-Defense Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
Feb. 26, 2007 IN HB 1830 Funding for Local Roads Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Feb. 26, 2007 CO HB 1036 Eminent Domain Over Water Rights Bill Passed - House (34 - 30)
Feb. 23, 2007 IN HB 1835 Slot Machines at Race Tracks Bill Passed - House (54 - 39)
Feb. 22, 2007 SD HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
Feb. 22, 2007 MS SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
Feb. 22, 2007 IA SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
Feb. 22, 2007 KS Sub SB 152 Elections for Senate Vacancies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
Feb. 22, 2007 KS Sub SB 152 Elections for Senate Vacancies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
Feb. 22, 2007 MI HB 4046 Pharmaceutical Company Liability Bill Passed - House (58 - 49)
Feb. 22, 2007 IN HB 1001 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/06 SB 113 Presidential Primaries Bill Passed - House (46 - 29)
3/06 HB 2589 Lobbyist Restrictions Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
3/06 S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
3/05 S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 8)
3/03 HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 22)
3/03 HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Conference Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 16)
2/28 HCS HB 70 Felon Voting Rights Bill Passed - House (70 - 28)
2/27 HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
2/27 HB 1808 Vote by Mail Bill Passed - House (51 - 47)
2/27 SB 61 Evidence in Sexual Misconduct Trials Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 20)
2/27 SB 322 Requiring Conference Committees to be Public Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 21)
2/27 SB 401 Legislator Salary Adjustment Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
2/26 HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
2/26 HB 1622 Gasoline Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
2/26 SB 1302 Use of Force in Self-Defense Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
2/26 HB 1830 Funding for Local Roads Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
2/26 HB 1036 Eminent Domain Over Water Rights Bill Passed - House (34 - 30)
2/23 HB 1835 Slot Machines at Race Tracks Bill Passed - House (54 - 39)
2/22 HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
2/22 SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
2/22 SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
2/22 Sub SB 152 Elections for Senate Vacancies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
2/22 Sub SB 152 Elections for Senate Vacancies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 15)
2/22 HB 4046 Pharmaceutical Company Liability Bill Passed - House (58 - 49)
2/22 HB 1001 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)

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