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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 28, 2022 KS SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 53)
April 28, 2022 OK SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
April 28, 2022 VT S 287 Amends School Funding Formulas and Increases Education Quality and Funding Oversight Bill Passed - House (132 - 11)
April 28, 2022 CT SB 6 Expands Data Privacy Protections Bill Passed - House (144 - 5)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - House (73 - 49)
April 28, 2022 VT H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
April 28, 2022 VT H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
April 28, 2022 MO HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
April 28, 2022 LA SB 290 Establishes Sports Betting Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
April 27, 2022 KS SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)
April 27, 2022 KS SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - House (75 - 44)
April 27, 2022 TN SB 2219 Authorizes Smoking Bans Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
April 27, 2022 OK SB 1367 Increases Penalties for Unauthorized Sales of Medical Marijuana Bill Passed - House (70 - 17)
April 27, 2022 AZ SB 1001 Classifies Sending Extortive Social Media Messages as a Prosecutable Offense Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)
April 27, 2022 MN HF 4366 Expands Assistance for Agricultural Industry Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 26)
April 27, 2022 AZ SB 1009 Limits the Governor's Power to Declare a Public Health Emergency Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)
April 27, 2022 CT HB 5505 Authorizes Certification of Aerospace Projects Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 1)
April 27, 2022 CT HB 5505 Authorizes Certification of Aerospace Projects Bill Passed - House (130 - 14)
April 27, 2022 MN HF 4300 Increases Parental Involvement in School Curriculum Bill Passed - House (69 - 61)
April 26, 2022 KS SB 58 Establishes a Parents Bill of Rights for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
April 26, 2022 KS SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
April 26, 2022 NY A 7389 Establishes Restrictions on Cryptocurrency Industry Bill Passed - House (91 - 56)
April 26, 2022 AK HB 145 Expands Pharmacist Authority Bill Passed - House (33 - 5)
April 25, 2022 AZ HB 2351 Increases Homestead Exemption Limit to $450,000 Concurrence Vote Failed - House (17 - 40)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/28 SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 53)
4/28 SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
4/28 S 287 Amends School Funding Formulas and Increases Education Quality and Funding Oversight Bill Passed - House (132 - 11)
4/28 SB 6 Expands Data Privacy Protections Bill Passed - House (144 - 5)
4/28 SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - House (73 - 49)
4/28 H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
4/28 H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
4/28 SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
4/28 HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
4/28 SB 290 Establishes Sports Betting Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
4/27 SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)
4/27 SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - House (75 - 44)
4/27 SB 2219 Authorizes Smoking Bans Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
4/27 SB 1367 Increases Penalties for Unauthorized Sales of Medical Marijuana Bill Passed - House (70 - 17)
4/27 SB 1001 Classifies Sending Extortive Social Media Messages as a Prosecutable Offense Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)
4/27 HF 4366 Expands Assistance for Agricultural Industry Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 26)
4/27 SB 1009 Limits the Governor's Power to Declare a Public Health Emergency Bill Passed - House (31 - 27)
4/27 HB 5505 Authorizes Certification of Aerospace Projects Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 1)
4/27 HB 5505 Authorizes Certification of Aerospace Projects Bill Passed - House (130 - 14)
4/27 HF 4300 Increases Parental Involvement in School Curriculum Bill Passed - House (69 - 61)
4/26 SB 58 Establishes a Parents Bill of Rights for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
4/26 SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
4/26 A 7389 Establishes Restrictions on Cryptocurrency Industry Bill Passed - House (91 - 56)
4/26 HB 145 Expands Pharmacist Authority Bill Passed - House (33 - 5)
4/25 HB 2351 Increases Homestead Exemption Limit to $450,000 Concurrence Vote Failed - House (17 - 40)

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