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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 30, 2025 NC SB 405 Increases Funding to the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicaid Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 11)
April 30, 2025 LA SB 19 Authorizes Over-the-Counter Sale of Ivermectin Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 8)
April 29, 2025 AZ HB 2076 Amends Statutes Related to Life Insurance Policies to Redefine the Term "Illustration" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 14)
April 29, 2025 IA HF 299 Requires All Schools Using the Tuition Grant Program to Include Information on Vaccine Requirement Exemptions Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
April 29, 2025 ME LD 837 Requires Positions Taken by the Public Advocate to be Consistent with the Cost-Effective Implementation of the State's Climate Goals "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 15)
April 29, 2025 National HR 1442 Youth Poisoning Protection Act Bill Passed - House (378 - 42)
April 29, 2025 National H J Res 60 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles". Joint Resolution Passed - House (219 - 205)
April 29, 2025 NY A 136 Authorizes Medical Aid in Dying Bill Passed - House (81 - 67)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2449 Establishes New Enrollment Verification Requirements and Presumptive Eligibility Determinations for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2693 Authorizes Insurance Companies and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to Limit Coverage for Genetic Sequencing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2693 Authorizes Insurance Companies and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to Limit Coverage for Genetic Sequencing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2572 Establishes New Provisions for Irrigation Grandfathered Rights Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2449 Establishes New Enrollment Verification Requirements and Presumptive Eligibility Determinations for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ HB 2203 Amends Current Groundwater Statutes in Arizona Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
April 28, 2025 CO SB 25-144 Establishes 12 Additional Weeks for Families of Infants who have to Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
April 28, 2025 AZ SB 1443 Establishes Specific Regulations for Compensatory Damages Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
April 28, 2025 AZ SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
April 28, 2025 AZ SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
April 28, 2025 IA SF 383 Establishes New Standards for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
April 28, 2025 LA HB 434 Limits Bodily Injury Claims by Plaintiffs Who Did Not Carry Auto Insurance At The Time Of The Accident Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
April 28, 2025 LA HB 434 Limits Bodily Injury Claims by Plaintiffs Who Did Not Carry Auto Insurance At The Time Of The Accident Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
April 28, 2025 IA SF 383 Establishes New Standards for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
April 28, 2025 NY S 4892 Amends Supervision Requirements and Scope of Practice for Physical Therapist Assistants Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 1)
April 28, 2025 LA HB 496 Establishes Protections for Policyholders Against Any Rate Increases Tied to a Lapse in Auto Coverage Bill Passed - House (87 - 3)
April 28, 2025 LA HB 450 Repeals the Housley Presumption that says Courts Should Assume a Plaintiff's Injuries Resulted from the Accident in Question Bill Passed - House (68 - 24)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/30 SB 405 Increases Funding to the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicaid Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 11)
4/30 SB 19 Authorizes Over-the-Counter Sale of Ivermectin Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 8)
4/29 HB 2076 Amends Statutes Related to Life Insurance Policies to Redefine the Term "Illustration" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 14)
4/29 HF 299 Requires All Schools Using the Tuition Grant Program to Include Information on Vaccine Requirement Exemptions Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
4/29 LD 837 Requires Positions Taken by the Public Advocate to be Consistent with the Cost-Effective Implementation of the State's Climate Goals "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 15)
4/29 HR 1442 Youth Poisoning Protection Act Bill Passed - House (378 - 42)
4/29 H J Res 60 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles". Joint Resolution Passed - House (219 - 205)
4/29 A 136 Authorizes Medical Aid in Dying Bill Passed - House (81 - 67)
4/28 HB 2449 Establishes New Enrollment Verification Requirements and Presumptive Eligibility Determinations for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 HB 2693 Authorizes Insurance Companies and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to Limit Coverage for Genetic Sequencing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 HB 2693 Authorizes Insurance Companies and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to Limit Coverage for Genetic Sequencing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 HB 2572 Establishes New Provisions for Irrigation Grandfathered Rights Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 HB 2449 Establishes New Enrollment Verification Requirements and Presumptive Eligibility Determinations for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 HB 2203 Amends Current Groundwater Statutes in Arizona Concurrence Vote Passed - House (32 - 23)
4/28 SB 25-144 Establishes 12 Additional Weeks for Families of Infants who have to Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
4/28 SB 1443 Establishes Specific Regulations for Compensatory Damages Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
4/28 SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
4/28 SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
4/28 SF 383 Establishes New Standards for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
4/28 HB 434 Limits Bodily Injury Claims by Plaintiffs Who Did Not Carry Auto Insurance At The Time Of The Accident Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
4/28 HB 434 Limits Bodily Injury Claims by Plaintiffs Who Did Not Carry Auto Insurance At The Time Of The Accident Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
4/28 SF 383 Establishes New Standards for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
4/28 S 4892 Amends Supervision Requirements and Scope of Practice for Physical Therapist Assistants Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 1)
4/28 HB 496 Establishes Protections for Policyholders Against Any Rate Increases Tied to a Lapse in Auto Coverage Bill Passed - House (87 - 3)
4/28 HB 450 Repeals the Housley Presumption that says Courts Should Assume a Plaintiff's Injuries Resulted from the Accident in Question Bill Passed - House (68 - 24)

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