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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
Feb. 26, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
Feb. 26, 2019 UT SB 132 Increases Alcohol Cap for Beer Sales Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 2)
Feb. 26, 2019 GA SB 106 Authorizes Governor to Pursue Medicaid Waivers Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
Feb. 25, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
Feb. 25, 2019 AZ HCR 2009 Classifies Pornography as a Public Health Crises Bill Passed - House (32 - 28)
Feb. 25, 2019 IN SB 553 Authorizes Public Use of Shore of Lake Michigan Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
Feb. 22, 2019 UT HB 220 Authorizes the Disposal of Certain Types of Radioactive Waste in Utah Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 20)
Feb. 21, 2019 VT H 57 Expands and Preserves Abortion Rights and Protections Bill Passed - House (106 - 37)
Feb. 21, 2019 IN HB 1211 Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 25)
Feb. 20, 2019 KS SB 32 Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11)
Feb. 20, 2019 KS SB 32 Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11)
Feb. 19, 2019 CO HB 19-1032 Amends Sex Education Standards Bill Passed - House (39 - 23)
Feb. 19, 2019 OR SB 256 Prohibits Oil and Gas Exploration In Coastal Waters Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
Feb. 19, 2019 OR HB 2010 Authorizes the Continuation of Funding for the Oregon Reinsurance Program Bill Passed - House (44 - 15)
Feb. 18, 2019 NM HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
Feb. 18, 2019 NM HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
Feb. 14, 2019 AR SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - House (72 - 20)
Feb. 14, 2019 NH SB 142 Requires Public Schools Provide Menstrual Products Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 6)
Feb. 14, 2019 NH SB 1 Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 10)
Feb. 13, 2019 VA HB 2748 Increases Age for Tobacco Sale Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 32)
Feb. 13, 2019 VA SB 1027 Authorizes Catastrophic Health Plans Bill Passed - House (51 - 47)
Feb. 13, 2019 VA SB 1240 Authorizes Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
Feb. 12, 2019 MT SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
Feb. 12, 2019 IN HB 1444 Authorizes the Taxation of Vaping Liquids Bill Passed - House (53 - 40)
Feb. 12, 2019 National S 47 Natural Resources Management Act Bill Passed - Senate (92 - 8)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/26 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
2/26 SB 132 Increases Alcohol Cap for Beer Sales Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 2)
2/26 SB 106 Authorizes Governor to Pursue Medicaid Waivers Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
2/25 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
2/25 HCR 2009 Classifies Pornography as a Public Health Crises Bill Passed - House (32 - 28)
2/25 SB 553 Authorizes Public Use of Shore of Lake Michigan Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
2/22 HB 220 Authorizes the Disposal of Certain Types of Radioactive Waste in Utah Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 20)
2/21 H 57 Expands and Preserves Abortion Rights and Protections Bill Passed - House (106 - 37)
2/21 HB 1211 Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 25)
2/20 SB 32 Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11)
2/20 SB 32 Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11)
2/19 HB 19-1032 Amends Sex Education Standards Bill Passed - House (39 - 23)
2/19 SB 256 Prohibits Oil and Gas Exploration In Coastal Waters Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
2/19 HB 2010 Authorizes the Continuation of Funding for the Oregon Reinsurance Program Bill Passed - House (44 - 15)
2/18 HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
2/18 HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
2/14 SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - House (72 - 20)
2/14 SB 142 Requires Public Schools Provide Menstrual Products Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 6)
2/14 SB 1 Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 10)
2/13 HB 2748 Increases Age for Tobacco Sale Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 32)
2/13 SB 1027 Authorizes Catastrophic Health Plans Bill Passed - House (51 - 47)
2/13 SB 1240 Authorizes Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
2/12 SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
2/12 HB 1444 Authorizes the Taxation of Vaping Liquids Bill Passed - House (53 - 40)
2/12 S 47 Natural Resources Management Act Bill Passed - Senate (92 - 8)

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