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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
May 8, 2006 CO HB 1314 Prohibiting Forced Exposure to Employer’s Religious or Political Speech Conference Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 16)
May 8, 2006 AK SB 305 Oil and Gas Production Tax Bill Passed - House (28 - 11)
May 5, 2006 VT H 865 Non-Discrimination Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 47)
May 5, 2006 CO SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act Bill Passed - House (33 - 32)
May 5, 2006 CO SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act Bill Passed - House (36 - 29)
May 4, 2006 MA H 4479 Health Care Access & Affordability Bill Section 113 Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
May 4, 2006 MA H 4479 Health Care Access & Affordability Bill Section 113 Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
May 4, 2006 CO SB 138 Ethanol Requirement Act Bill Passed - House (42 - 22)
May 4, 2006 IL HB 1918 Support Horseracing Through Riverboat Casinos in Chicago Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 16)
May 4, 2006 CO SB 81 Employment Nondiscrimination Expansion Bill Bill Passed - House (39 - 26)
May 3, 2006 MI Amend S5 to H-4 to SB 242 Prohibiting Preference and Discriminaton and the Detroit Zoo Authority Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 59)
May 3, 2006 MI Amend S5 to H-4 to SB 242 Prohibiting Preference and Discriminaton and the Detroit Zoo Authority Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 59)
May 3, 2006 WI AB 414 Smoking Ban Expansion Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - Senate (17 - 14)
May 3, 2006 IA SF 2377 Confinement Feeding Operations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 11)
May 3, 2006 IA SF 2377 Confinement Feeding Operations Bill Passed - House (66 - 25)
May 2, 2006 HI SB 1223 Overdraft Check Fee Increase Conference Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 7)
May 2, 2006 HI HB 3115 Gasoline Industry Controls Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 3)
May 2, 2006 HI SB 1223 Overdraft Check Fee Increase Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 12)
May 2, 2006 LA HB 1149 Promotional Poker Tournaments Bill Bill Failed - House (45 - 49)
May 2, 2006 CO HB 1100 Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Failed - House (30 - 35)
May 2, 2006 TX SCS HCS HB 4 Motor Vehicle Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
May 2, 2006 TX HB 3 Business Tax Revisions Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
May 1, 2006 CO SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
May 1, 2006 CO SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
April 28, 2006 ME LD 2056 Business Equipment Property Tax Exemption Bill Passed - House (123 - 18)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/08 HB 1314 Prohibiting Forced Exposure to Employer’s Religious or Political Speech Conference Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 16)
5/08 SB 305 Oil and Gas Production Tax Bill Passed - House (28 - 11)
5/05 H 865 Non-Discrimination Bill Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 47)
5/05 SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act Bill Passed - House (33 - 32)
5/05 SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act Bill Passed - House (36 - 29)
5/04 H 4479 Health Care Access & Affordability Bill Section 113 Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
5/04 H 4479 Health Care Access & Affordability Bill Section 113 Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
5/04 SB 138 Ethanol Requirement Act Bill Passed - House (42 - 22)
5/04 HB 1918 Support Horseracing Through Riverboat Casinos in Chicago Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 16)
5/04 SB 81 Employment Nondiscrimination Expansion Bill Bill Passed - House (39 - 26)
5/03 Amend S5 to H-4 to SB 242 Prohibiting Preference and Discriminaton and the Detroit Zoo Authority Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 59)
5/03 Amend S5 to H-4 to SB 242 Prohibiting Preference and Discriminaton and the Detroit Zoo Authority Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 59)
5/03 AB 414 Smoking Ban Expansion Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - Senate (17 - 14)
5/03 SF 2377 Confinement Feeding Operations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 11)
5/03 SF 2377 Confinement Feeding Operations Bill Passed - House (66 - 25)
5/02 SB 1223 Overdraft Check Fee Increase Conference Report Adopted - Senate (18 - 7)
5/02 HB 3115 Gasoline Industry Controls Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 3)
5/02 SB 1223 Overdraft Check Fee Increase Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 12)
5/02 HB 1149 Promotional Poker Tournaments Bill Bill Failed - House (45 - 49)
5/02 HB 1100 Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Failed - House (30 - 35)
5/02 SCS HCS HB 4 Motor Vehicle Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
5/02 HB 3 Business Tax Revisions Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14)
5/01 SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
5/01 SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
4/28 LD 2056 Business Equipment Property Tax Exemption Bill Passed - House (123 - 18)

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