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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 13, 2019 OH SB 23 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 13)
March 11, 2019 MS SB 2116 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (78 - 37)
March 11, 2019 AR HB 1439 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 6)
March 11, 2019 MO HB 487 Increases Access to Birth Control Bill Passed - House (105 - 45)
March 7, 2019 GA HB 481 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (93 - 73)
March 7, 2019 RI H 5125 Establishes Abortion Procedures as Protected State Law Bill Passed - House (44 - 30)
March 7, 2019 RI H 5125 Establishes Abortion Procedures as Protected State Law Bill Passed - House (44 - 30)
March 7, 2019 TN HB 77 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (54 - 21)
March 7, 2019 TN HB 77 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (54 - 21)
March 7, 2019 GA HB 481 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (93 - 73)
Feb. 28, 2019 KY SB 227 Requires Lifesaving Measures After Failed Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 0)
Feb. 26, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
Feb. 26, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
Feb. 26, 2019 KY HB 5 Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability Bill Passed - House (67 - 25)
Feb. 26, 2019 MO HB 126 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - House (110 - 37)
Feb. 25, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
Feb. 25, 2019 WY HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
Feb. 25, 2019 AR HB 1439 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - House (77 - 13)
Feb. 25, 2019 UT HB 136 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - House (57 - 15)
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. 21, 2019 IN HB 1211 Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 25)
Feb. 18, 2019 NM HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
Feb. 15, 2019 UT HB 166 Prohibits Abortions For Down Syndrome Bill Passed - House (54 - 15)
Feb. 14, 2019 AR SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - House (72 - 20)
Feb. 14, 2019 KY SB 9 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
Feb. 13, 2019 MS SB 2116 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
Feb. 13, 2019 MS HB 732 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (81 - 36)
Feb. 12, 2019 MT SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
Feb. 12, 2019 MT SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
Feb. 11, 2019 OK HB 2591 Requires Healthcare Providers Report Statutory Rape Bill Passed - House (79 - 20)
Feb. 7, 2019 AR SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6)
Feb. 6, 2019 NM HB 51 Amends State Law to Decriminalize Abortion Bill Passed - House (40 - 29)
Feb. 1, 2019 WY HB 0140 Establishes a 48-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Bill Passed - House (36 - 22)
Feb. 1, 2019 WY HB 0140 Establishes a 48-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Bill Passed - House (36 - 22)
Jan. 31, 2019 NJ S 1784 Expands State Medicaid Program to Include Doula Maternity Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
Jan. 28, 2019 ND HB 1336 Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be made Available Bill Passed - House (73 - 16)
Jan. 28, 2019 ND HB 1336 Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be made Available Bill Passed - House (73 - 16)
Jan. 11, 2019 KY SB 50 Requires Reporting of Abortion Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
Dec. 27, 2018 OH HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Veto Override Failed - Senate (19 - 13)
Dec. 12, 2018 OH HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 13)
Nov. 15, 2018 OH HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
Aug. 23, 2018 National S Amdt 3967 Senator Rand Paul's Amendment to H.R. 6157 Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 48)
May 16, 2018 LA SB 181 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (24 - 1)
May 15, 2018 LA SB 364 Requires Campus Free Speech Policies Bill Passed - House (58 - 26)
May 15, 2018 LA SB 181 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks Bill Passed - House (81 - 9)
May 10, 2018 MN SF 2849 Requires Abortion Physicians to Give Patients Option of Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (79 - 48)
May 1, 2018 IA SF 359 Prohibits Abortion After a Heartbeat is Detected Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 17)
May 1, 2018 IA SF 359 Prohibits Abortion After a Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
May 1, 2018 LA SB 534 Amends "Crime of Violence" to Include Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 0)
May 1, 2018 LA SB 325 Authorizes Department of Health to Close Clinics that Falsify Records Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
April 23, 2018 TN HB 2381 Authorizes 'Monument to the Unborn' Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 3)
April 19, 2018 TN HB 2381 Authorizes 'Monument to the Unborn' Bill Passed - House (63 - 15)
April 17, 2018 TN SB 2133 Prohibits Criminal Sentencing Based on Sterilization Bill Passed - House (70 - 23)
April 16, 2018 PA HB 2050 Prohibits Abortions Based on a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome Bill Passed - House (139 - 56)
April 9, 2018 AZ SB 1394 Amends Abortion Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (35 - 22)
April 3, 2018 MO HB 1266 Prohibits Abortion After 22 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - House (117 - 31)
March 30, 2018 MD HB 908 Requires Insurance Companies to Cover Fertility Treatments for Cancer Patients Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 0)
March 29, 2018 TN HB 2251 Prohibits State Funding for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 2)
March 28, 2018 AZ SB 1393 Authorizes Parents to Use Frozen Embryos after Divorce Bill Passed - House (33 - 25)
March 22, 2018 KY HB 454 Prohibits Abortion After 11 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate
March 15, 2018 MD HB 908 Requires Insurance Companies to Cover Fertility Treatments for Cancer Patients Bill Passed - House (133 - 2)
March 14, 2018 ID HB 638 Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14)
March 12, 2018 ID S 1243 Requires Public Information Regarding Abortion Interventions Bill Passed - House (55 - 11)
March 12, 2018 ID S 1243 Requires Public Information Regarding Abortion Interventions Bill Passed - House (55 - 11)
March 12, 2018 KY HB 454 Prohibits Abortion After 11 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - House (71 - 11)
March 12, 2018 TN HB 2251 Prohibits State Funding for Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 17)
March 7, 2018 IN SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 9)
March 6, 2018 MS HB 1510 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
March 6, 2018 MS HB 1510 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
March 3, 2018 WA SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
March 3, 2018 WA SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
March 1, 2018 ID HB 638 Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting Bill Passed - House (56 - 13)
Feb. 28, 2018 IN SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Bill Passed - House (67 - 26)
Feb. 28, 2018 OH SB 28 Requires Abortion Providers Bury or Cremate Fetal Remains Bill Passed - House (12 - 7)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/13 SB 23 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 13)
3/11 SB 2116 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (78 - 37)
3/11 HB 1439 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 6)
3/11 HB 487 Increases Access to Birth Control Bill Passed - House (105 - 45)
3/07 HB 481 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (93 - 73)
3/07 H 5125 Establishes Abortion Procedures as Protected State Law Bill Passed - House (44 - 30)
3/07 H 5125 Establishes Abortion Procedures as Protected State Law Bill Passed - House (44 - 30)
3/07 HB 77 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (54 - 21)
3/07 HB 77 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (54 - 21)
3/07 HB 481 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (93 - 73)
2/28 SB 227 Requires Lifesaving Measures After Failed Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 0)
2/26 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
2/26 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12)
2/26 HB 5 Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability Bill Passed - House (67 - 25)
2/26 HB 126 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - House (110 - 37)
2/25 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
2/25 HB 103 Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
2/25 HB 1439 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - House (77 - 13)
2/25 HB 136 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - House (57 - 15)
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)
2/21 HB 1211 Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 25)
2/18 HB 89 Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
2/15 HB 166 Prohibits Abortions For Down Syndrome Bill Passed - House (54 - 15)
2/14 SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - House (72 - 20)
2/14 SB 9 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
2/13 SB 2116 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
2/13 HB 732 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (81 - 36)
2/12 SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
2/12 SB 100 Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
2/11 HB 2591 Requires Healthcare Providers Report Statutory Rape Bill Passed - House (79 - 20)
2/07 SB 149 Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6)
2/06 HB 51 Amends State Law to Decriminalize Abortion Bill Passed - House (40 - 29)
2/01 HB 0140 Establishes a 48-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Bill Passed - House (36 - 22)
2/01 HB 0140 Establishes a 48-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Bill Passed - House (36 - 22)
1/31 S 1784 Expands State Medicaid Program to Include Doula Maternity Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
1/28 HB 1336 Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be made Available Bill Passed - House (73 - 16)
1/28 HB 1336 Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be made Available Bill Passed - House (73 - 16)
1/11 SB 50 Requires Reporting of Abortion Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
12/27 HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Veto Override Failed - Senate (19 - 13)
12/12 HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 13)
11/15 HB 258 Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
8/23 S Amdt 3967 Senator Rand Paul's Amendment to H.R. 6157 Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 48)
5/16 SB 181 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (24 - 1)
5/15 SB 364 Requires Campus Free Speech Policies Bill Passed - House (58 - 26)
5/15 SB 181 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks Bill Passed - House (81 - 9)
5/10 SF 2849 Requires Abortion Physicians to Give Patients Option of Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (79 - 48)
5/01 SF 359 Prohibits Abortion After a Heartbeat is Detected Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 17)
5/01 SF 359 Prohibits Abortion After a Heartbeat is Detected Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
5/01 SB 534 Amends "Crime of Violence" to Include Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 0)
5/01 SB 325 Authorizes Department of Health to Close Clinics that Falsify Records Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
4/23 HB 2381 Authorizes 'Monument to the Unborn' Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 3)
4/19 HB 2381 Authorizes 'Monument to the Unborn' Bill Passed - House (63 - 15)
4/17 SB 2133 Prohibits Criminal Sentencing Based on Sterilization Bill Passed - House (70 - 23)
4/16 HB 2050 Prohibits Abortions Based on a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome Bill Passed - House (139 - 56)
4/09 SB 1394 Amends Abortion Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (35 - 22)
4/03 HB 1266 Prohibits Abortion After 22 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - House (117 - 31)
3/30 HB 908 Requires Insurance Companies to Cover Fertility Treatments for Cancer Patients Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 0)
3/29 HB 2251 Prohibits State Funding for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 2)
3/28 SB 1393 Authorizes Parents to Use Frozen Embryos after Divorce Bill Passed - House (33 - 25)
3/22 HB 454 Prohibits Abortion After 11 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate
3/15 HB 908 Requires Insurance Companies to Cover Fertility Treatments for Cancer Patients Bill Passed - House (133 - 2)
3/14 HB 638 Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14)
3/12 S 1243 Requires Public Information Regarding Abortion Interventions Bill Passed - House (55 - 11)
3/12 S 1243 Requires Public Information Regarding Abortion Interventions Bill Passed - House (55 - 11)
3/12 HB 454 Prohibits Abortion After 11 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - House (71 - 11)
3/12 HB 2251 Prohibits State Funding for Abortions Bill Passed - House (71 - 17)
3/07 SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 9)
3/06 HB 1510 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
3/06 HB 1510 Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
3/03 SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
3/03 SB 6219 Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
3/01 HB 638 Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting Bill Passed - House (56 - 13)
2/28 SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Bill Passed - House (67 - 26)
2/28 SB 28 Requires Abortion Providers Bury or Cremate Fetal Remains Bill Passed - House (12 - 7)

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