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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 26, 2024 MI HB 5167 Requires the Department of Human Services Authorize Pregnant or Postpartum Medicaid Recipients Access Blood Pressure Monitors Bill Passed - House (101 - 8)
June 25, 2024 PA HB 1140 Requires Insurance Programs to Provide Coverage for Contraception Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
May 25, 2024 IL HB 5142 Establishes the Birth Equity Initiative to Assist Mothers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 35)
May 25, 2024 IL HB 5142 Establishes the Birth Equity Initiative to Assist Mothers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 35)
May 21, 2024 LA SB 276 Amends Classification of Abortion Drugs Misoprostol and Mifepristone as Controlled Substances Bill Passed - House (65 - 31)
May 21, 2024 IL HB 581 Establishes and Codifies the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Into State Law Bill Passed - House (73 - 36)
May 21, 2024 IL HB 581 Establishes and Codifies the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Into State Law Bill Passed - House (73 - 36)
May 13, 2024 CA SB 233 Authorizes Arizona Abortion Providers to Temporarily Provide Care to Patients from Arizona who Travel to California Bill Passed - House (61 - 13)
April 18, 2024 IL HB 5239 Expands Abortion Shield Laws so State and Local Authorities are Prohibited from Providing Information for Out-of-State Investigations Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
April 18, 2024 IL HB 5239 Expands Abortion Shield Laws so State and Local Authorities are Prohibited from Providing Information for Out-of-State Investigations Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
April 17, 2024 VA SB 238 Requires State Health Insurance Plans Cover All F.D.A. Approved Contraception Bill Passed - House (69 - 29)
April 16, 2024 IL HB 4867 Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act by Adding Reproductive Health Decisions Bill Passed - House (72 - 39)
April 10, 2024 ME LD 227 Establishes State Protections for Abortion, In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Gender-Affirming Health Care "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (80 - 70)
March 14, 2024 OK HB 3013 Prohibits the Use of Certain IVF Medications and Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 18)
March 14, 2024 OK HB 3013 Prohibits the Use of Certain IVF Medications and Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 18)
March 7, 2024 IA HF 2575 Increases Penalties for Intentionally or Unintentionally Ending a Pregnancy Without Consent Bill Passed - House (58 - 36)
March 7, 2024 IA HF 2575 Increases Penalties for Intentionally or Unintentionally Ending a Pregnancy Without Consent Bill Passed - House (58 - 36)
March 5, 2024 National HR 3838 Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 Bill Passed - House (382 - 12)
March 4, 2024 MO HB 2634 Prohibits State Medicaid Funding for Abortion Providers and Their Affiliates Bill Passed - House (102 - 50)
Feb. 27, 2024 VA SB 237 Requires Health Insurance Providers Cover Contraceptive Drugs and Devices Bill Passed - House (53 - 43)
Feb. 20, 2024 VA SB 716 Prohibits the Board of Medicine from Taking Disciplinary Action Against a Doctor Based on an Alleged Abortion Care that is Not Prohibited Bill Passed - House (54 - 45)
Feb. 14, 2024 SD HB 1224 Requires Pregnant Individuals Receive Informed Education Videos on State Abortion Laws and Other Alternatives Bill Passed - House (63 - 6)
Feb. 7, 2024 ID H 421 Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender" Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
Feb. 1, 2024 VA HB 110 Repeals the State Prohibition on For-Profit Surrogacy Brokers Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
Jan. 25, 2024 WI AB 975 Prohibits Abortion after 14 Weeks Bill Passed - House (53 - 46)
Jan. 18, 2024 National HR 6914 Pregnant Students' Rights Act Bill Passed - House (212 - 207)
Jan. 18, 2024 National HR 6918 Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act Bill Passed - House (214 - 208)
Nov. 9, 2023 MI HB 5210 Establishes that Children Born Through Surrogacy or Assisted Reproduction are Legal Children for the Purposes of Inheritance Bill Passed - House (56 - 53)
Nov. 9, 2023 MI HB 5207 Establishes and Authorizes Assisted Reproduction Including Surrogacy Bill Passed - House (56 - 53)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI SB 474 Repeals Several Medically Unnecessary Abortion and Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI SB 477 Repeals Pregnant and Parenting Student Service Office Prohibitions for Abortion Referrals Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI SB 476 Amends and Repeals Certain Late Term Abortion Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI SB 474 Repeals Several Medically Unnecessary Abortion and Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4953 Amends and Revises Previous State Jurisdiction Policies to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4949 Establishes Rights to Reproductive Freedoms Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4949 Establishes Rights to Reproductive Freedoms Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4954 Amends the State School Aid Act of 1979 to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4953 Amends and Revises Previous State Jurisdiction Policies to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4955 Classifies State Code and Penalties in Accordance to Previously Passed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Nov. 1, 2023 MI HB 4951 Repeals Previously Established Felony Criminal Abortions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
Sept. 7, 2023 CA SB 487 Prohibits Health Insurers from Penalizing a Doctor who Performs an Abortion Procedure Bill Passed - House (64 - 15)
Sept. 6, 2023 CA SB 345 Establishes State Protections for Health Care Providers who Prescribe an Abortion or Gender-Affirming Care from Out-of-State Legal Action Bill Passed - House (62 - 15)
Aug. 24, 2023 CA SB 385 Authorizes Physician Assistants to Receive Training for First-Trimester Abortions via Vacuum Aspiration Bill Passed - House (58 - 15)
July 11, 2023 IA HF 732 Prohibits Abortion After 6 Weeks Bill Passed - House (56 - 32)
June 30, 2023 NJ S 3275 Requires the State Create a Website Outlining Individual's Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (38 - 23)
June 30, 2023 NJ S 3275 Requires the State Create a Website Outlining Individual's Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (38 - 23)
June 27, 2023 NC HB 190 Amends Certain Abortion Terms Within the Department of Health and Human Services to Clarify Language Concurrence Vote Passed - House (115 - 4)
June 27, 2023 ME LD 1619 Amends and Updates State Abortion and Reproductive Privacy Laws Bill Passed - House (74 - 72)
June 27, 2023 DE HB 65 Authorizes Bereavement Leave for Miscarriages Bill Passed - House (26 - 9)
June 27, 2023 ME LD 1619 Amends and Updates State Abortion and Reproductive Privacy Laws Bill Passed - House (74 - 72)
June 21, 2023 OR HB 2002 Expands Medicaid to Authorize Protections for Abortion and Gender Affirming Care Concurrence Vote Passed - House (35 - 12)
June 20, 2023 NY S 1066 Authorize Legal Protections for New York Abortion Providers who Prescribe Medication to Out-of-State Patients Bill Passed - House (98 - 47)
June 20, 2023 ME LD 1343 Prohibits Local Regulations on Abortion Services "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (82 - 63)
June 20, 2023 ME LD 935 Repeals Barriers to Abortion Coverage in Private Insurance "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (75 - 67)
June 20, 2023 ME LD 616 Authorizes Legal Protections for Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Providers "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (79 - 66)
June 20, 2023 ME LD 616 Authorizes Legal Protections for Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Providers "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (79 - 66)
June 1, 2023 CT SB 1108 Increases Access to Reproductive Healthcare at Public Higher Education Institutions Bill Passed - House (114 - 34)
May 24, 2023 CT HB 6768 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control Bill Passed - House (125 - 21)
May 22, 2023 NV SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
May 18, 2023 RI S 32 Authorizes Abortion Coverage in the Medicaid Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 20)
May 18, 2023 CT HB 6820 Requires Protections for Medical Providers from Adverse Actions Taken by Another State Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
May 16, 2023 NC SB 20 Prohibits Abortion Procedures After 12 Weeks Pregnancy Veto Override Passed - House (72 - 48)
May 10, 2023 IL SB 1909 Authorizes Lawsuits Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers Bill Passed - House (72 - 40)
April 29, 2023 ND SB 2012 Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services Develop a Pregnancy and Parenting Resource Website Conference Report Adopted - House (78 - 5)
April 28, 2023 MT SB 516 Requires Health Insurance Cover Initial Cost of Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 26)
April 27, 2023 RI H 5006 Requires All State Employee's and Individuals Receiving Medicaid Continue to Receive Abortion Coverage Bill Passed - House (49 - 24)
April 26, 2023 KS HB 2325 Amends Definition of Healthcare Provider to Include Maternity Centers and Exclude Abortion Facilities Veto Override Passed - House (84 - 40)
April 26, 2023 KS HB 2313 Establishes the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act Veto Override Passed - House (87 - 37)
April 26, 2023 KS HB 2264 Requires Notification of Effects of Medical Abortion to Patients Veto Override Passed - House (84 - 40)
April 21, 2023 VT H 37 Expands Protections for Legally Protected Healthcare Activities and Regulation for Healthcare Providers Bill Passed - House (114 - 24)
April 20, 2023 WA SB 5768 Authorizes the Department of Corrections to Acquire and Dispense Abortion Medications Bill Passed - House (55 - 40)
April 17, 2023 ND SB 2150 Amends and Updates State Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
April 17, 2023 ND SB 2150 Amends and Updates State Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
April 14, 2023 WA HB 1340 Prohibits Medical Licensing Boards from Retaliating Against Clinicians for Providing Reproductive Health Services and Gender-Affirming Care Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 39)
April 13, 2023 FL SB 300 Prohibits Abortions After 6 Weeks Bill Passed - House (70 - 40)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/26 HB 5167 Requires the Department of Human Services Authorize Pregnant or Postpartum Medicaid Recipients Access Blood Pressure Monitors Bill Passed - House (101 - 8)
6/25 HB 1140 Requires Insurance Programs to Provide Coverage for Contraception Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
5/25 HB 5142 Establishes the Birth Equity Initiative to Assist Mothers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 35)
5/25 HB 5142 Establishes the Birth Equity Initiative to Assist Mothers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 35)
5/21 SB 276 Amends Classification of Abortion Drugs Misoprostol and Mifepristone as Controlled Substances Bill Passed - House (65 - 31)
5/21 HB 581 Establishes and Codifies the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Into State Law Bill Passed - House (73 - 36)
5/21 HB 581 Establishes and Codifies the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Into State Law Bill Passed - House (73 - 36)
5/13 SB 233 Authorizes Arizona Abortion Providers to Temporarily Provide Care to Patients from Arizona who Travel to California Bill Passed - House (61 - 13)
4/18 HB 5239 Expands Abortion Shield Laws so State and Local Authorities are Prohibited from Providing Information for Out-of-State Investigations Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
4/18 HB 5239 Expands Abortion Shield Laws so State and Local Authorities are Prohibited from Providing Information for Out-of-State Investigations Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
4/17 SB 238 Requires State Health Insurance Plans Cover All F.D.A. Approved Contraception Bill Passed - House (69 - 29)
4/16 HB 4867 Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act by Adding Reproductive Health Decisions Bill Passed - House (72 - 39)
4/10 LD 227 Establishes State Protections for Abortion, In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Gender-Affirming Health Care "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (80 - 70)
3/14 HB 3013 Prohibits the Use of Certain IVF Medications and Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 18)
3/14 HB 3013 Prohibits the Use of Certain IVF Medications and Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 18)
3/07 HF 2575 Increases Penalties for Intentionally or Unintentionally Ending a Pregnancy Without Consent Bill Passed - House (58 - 36)
3/07 HF 2575 Increases Penalties for Intentionally or Unintentionally Ending a Pregnancy Without Consent Bill Passed - House (58 - 36)
3/05 HR 3838 Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 Bill Passed - House (382 - 12)
3/04 HB 2634 Prohibits State Medicaid Funding for Abortion Providers and Their Affiliates Bill Passed - House (102 - 50)
2/27 SB 237 Requires Health Insurance Providers Cover Contraceptive Drugs and Devices Bill Passed - House (53 - 43)
2/20 SB 716 Prohibits the Board of Medicine from Taking Disciplinary Action Against a Doctor Based on an Alleged Abortion Care that is Not Prohibited Bill Passed - House (54 - 45)
2/14 HB 1224 Requires Pregnant Individuals Receive Informed Education Videos on State Abortion Laws and Other Alternatives Bill Passed - House (63 - 6)
2/07 H 421 Amends Existing Law to Define Terms and Revise Definitions for "Sex"and "Gender" Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
2/01 HB 110 Repeals the State Prohibition on For-Profit Surrogacy Brokers Bill Passed - House (50 - 48)
1/25 AB 975 Prohibits Abortion after 14 Weeks Bill Passed - House (53 - 46)
1/18 HR 6914 Pregnant Students' Rights Act Bill Passed - House (212 - 207)
1/18 HR 6918 Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act Bill Passed - House (214 - 208)
11/09 HB 5210 Establishes that Children Born Through Surrogacy or Assisted Reproduction are Legal Children for the Purposes of Inheritance Bill Passed - House (56 - 53)
11/09 HB 5207 Establishes and Authorizes Assisted Reproduction Including Surrogacy Bill Passed - House (56 - 53)
11/01 SB 474 Repeals Several Medically Unnecessary Abortion and Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 SB 477 Repeals Pregnant and Parenting Student Service Office Prohibitions for Abortion Referrals Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 SB 476 Amends and Repeals Certain Late Term Abortion Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 SB 474 Repeals Several Medically Unnecessary Abortion and Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4953 Amends and Revises Previous State Jurisdiction Policies to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4949 Establishes Rights to Reproductive Freedoms Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4949 Establishes Rights to Reproductive Freedoms Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4954 Amends the State School Aid Act of 1979 to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4953 Amends and Revises Previous State Jurisdiction Policies to Reflect Repealed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4955 Classifies State Code and Penalties in Accordance to Previously Passed Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
11/01 HB 4951 Repeals Previously Established Felony Criminal Abortions Bill Passed - House (56 - 54)
9/07 SB 487 Prohibits Health Insurers from Penalizing a Doctor who Performs an Abortion Procedure Bill Passed - House (64 - 15)
9/06 SB 345 Establishes State Protections for Health Care Providers who Prescribe an Abortion or Gender-Affirming Care from Out-of-State Legal Action Bill Passed - House (62 - 15)
8/24 SB 385 Authorizes Physician Assistants to Receive Training for First-Trimester Abortions via Vacuum Aspiration Bill Passed - House (58 - 15)
7/11 HF 732 Prohibits Abortion After 6 Weeks Bill Passed - House (56 - 32)
6/30 S 3275 Requires the State Create a Website Outlining Individual's Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (38 - 23)
6/30 S 3275 Requires the State Create a Website Outlining Individual's Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (38 - 23)
6/27 HB 190 Amends Certain Abortion Terms Within the Department of Health and Human Services to Clarify Language Concurrence Vote Passed - House (115 - 4)
6/27 LD 1619 Amends and Updates State Abortion and Reproductive Privacy Laws Bill Passed - House (74 - 72)
6/27 HB 65 Authorizes Bereavement Leave for Miscarriages Bill Passed - House (26 - 9)
6/27 LD 1619 Amends and Updates State Abortion and Reproductive Privacy Laws Bill Passed - House (74 - 72)
6/21 HB 2002 Expands Medicaid to Authorize Protections for Abortion and Gender Affirming Care Concurrence Vote Passed - House (35 - 12)
6/20 S 1066 Authorize Legal Protections for New York Abortion Providers who Prescribe Medication to Out-of-State Patients Bill Passed - House (98 - 47)
6/20 LD 1343 Prohibits Local Regulations on Abortion Services "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (82 - 63)
6/20 LD 935 Repeals Barriers to Abortion Coverage in Private Insurance "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (75 - 67)
6/20 LD 616 Authorizes Legal Protections for Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Providers "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (79 - 66)
6/20 LD 616 Authorizes Legal Protections for Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Providers "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (79 - 66)
6/01 SB 1108 Increases Access to Reproductive Healthcare at Public Higher Education Institutions Bill Passed - House (114 - 34)
5/24 HB 6768 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control Bill Passed - House (125 - 21)
5/22 SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
5/18 S 32 Authorizes Abortion Coverage in the Medicaid Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 20)
5/18 HB 6820 Requires Protections for Medical Providers from Adverse Actions Taken by Another State Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
5/16 SB 20 Prohibits Abortion Procedures After 12 Weeks Pregnancy Veto Override Passed - House (72 - 48)
5/10 SB 1909 Authorizes Lawsuits Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers Bill Passed - House (72 - 40)
4/29 SB 2012 Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services Develop a Pregnancy and Parenting Resource Website Conference Report Adopted - House (78 - 5)
4/28 SB 516 Requires Health Insurance Cover Initial Cost of Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 26)
4/27 H 5006 Requires All State Employee's and Individuals Receiving Medicaid Continue to Receive Abortion Coverage Bill Passed - House (49 - 24)
4/26 HB 2325 Amends Definition of Healthcare Provider to Include Maternity Centers and Exclude Abortion Facilities Veto Override Passed - House (84 - 40)
4/26 HB 2313 Establishes the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act Veto Override Passed - House (87 - 37)
4/26 HB 2264 Requires Notification of Effects of Medical Abortion to Patients Veto Override Passed - House (84 - 40)
4/21 H 37 Expands Protections for Legally Protected Healthcare Activities and Regulation for Healthcare Providers Bill Passed - House (114 - 24)
4/20 SB 5768 Authorizes the Department of Corrections to Acquire and Dispense Abortion Medications Bill Passed - House (55 - 40)
4/17 SB 2150 Amends and Updates State Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
4/17 SB 2150 Amends and Updates State Abortion Laws Bill Passed - House (76 - 14)
4/14 HB 1340 Prohibits Medical Licensing Boards from Retaliating Against Clinicians for Providing Reproductive Health Services and Gender-Affirming Care Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 39)
4/13 SB 300 Prohibits Abortions After 6 Weeks Bill Passed - House (70 - 40)

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