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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 24, 2021 RI S 190 Authorizes DMV to Issue Driving Privileges to Undocumented Residents Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
June 24, 2021 MI SB 379 Prohibits the Governor from Unilaterally Increasing the State's Road Debt Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
June 23, 2021 NC SB 116 Establishes the North Carolina Back to Work Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 22)
June 23, 2021 PA SB 618 Prohibits Vaccine Passports and Limits Powers of the Secretary of Health Bill Passed - House (112 - 89)
June 23, 2021 OH HB 82 Repeals ACT and SAT Requirements for High School Graduation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 1)
June 23, 2021 NC SB 173 Repeals the Mask Mandate for Public Schools Bill Passed - House (66 - 44)
June 23, 2021 OH SB 3 Authorizes Ohio to Join the Nurse Licensure Compact Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
June 22, 2021 OR HB 2411 Requires Notifications and a Process for Installing Underground Broadband Infrastructure Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 3)
June 22, 2021 WI AB 389 Authorizes $5 Million to Relocate Coal Piles in the City of Green Bay and Brown County Bill Passed - House (62 - 36)
June 22, 2021 WI AB 132 Prohibits Mail From Having an Individual's Immunization Status Visible on the Outside of the Piece of Mail Bill Passed - House (68 - 29)
June 22, 2021 WI AB 391 Requires Reopening Historic Sites Using American Rescue Plan Act Funds Bill Passed - House (60 - 38)
June 17, 2021 MI HB 4521 Authorizes HIV Positive Individuals to Donate Organs to Other HIV Positive Patients Bill Passed - House (110 - 0)
June 17, 2021 National HR 256 To Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 Bill Passed - House (268 - 161)
June 16, 2021 National S 475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill Passed - House (415 - 14)
June 16, 2021 National HR 1187 ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 Bill Passed - House (215 - 214)
June 16, 2021 WI AB 196 Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating on Sports Teams that do not Match their Birth Gender Bill Passed - House (59 - 38)
June 16, 2021 WI AB 299 Prohibits Requiring Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Bill Passed - House (60 - 37)
June 16, 2021 OH SB 176 Authorizes the Legalization of Sports Betting Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 2)
June 15, 2021 MA S 2472 Extends Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency Bill Passed - House (146 - 14)
June 15, 2021 MA S 2475 Amends Measures Adopted During the COVID-19 Pandemic Bill Passed - House (150 - 10)
June 15, 2021 RI H 5082 Authorizes College Athletes to Profit from the Use of their Image Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
June 15, 2021 RI H 5067 Establishes a Multi-Million Dollar Grant Program for Student's Mental Health Services Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
June 15, 2021 RI H 5067 Establishes a Multi-Million Dollar Grant Program for Student's Mental Health Services Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
June 15, 2021 NC HB 642 Prohibits Organ Transplant Discrimination on the Basis of Down Syndrome Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0)
June 14, 2021 National H Res 473 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 256) to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1187) to provide for disclosure of additional material information about public companies and establish a Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee, and for other purposes; and for other purposes Bill Passed - House (216 - 206)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/24 S 190 Authorizes DMV to Issue Driving Privileges to Undocumented Residents Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
6/24 SB 379 Prohibits the Governor from Unilaterally Increasing the State's Road Debt Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16)
6/23 SB 116 Establishes the North Carolina Back to Work Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 22)
6/23 SB 618 Prohibits Vaccine Passports and Limits Powers of the Secretary of Health Bill Passed - House (112 - 89)
6/23 HB 82 Repeals ACT and SAT Requirements for High School Graduation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 1)
6/23 SB 173 Repeals the Mask Mandate for Public Schools Bill Passed - House (66 - 44)
6/23 SB 3 Authorizes Ohio to Join the Nurse Licensure Compact Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
6/22 HB 2411 Requires Notifications and a Process for Installing Underground Broadband Infrastructure Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 3)
6/22 AB 389 Authorizes $5 Million to Relocate Coal Piles in the City of Green Bay and Brown County Bill Passed - House (62 - 36)
6/22 AB 132 Prohibits Mail From Having an Individual's Immunization Status Visible on the Outside of the Piece of Mail Bill Passed - House (68 - 29)
6/22 AB 391 Requires Reopening Historic Sites Using American Rescue Plan Act Funds Bill Passed - House (60 - 38)
6/17 HB 4521 Authorizes HIV Positive Individuals to Donate Organs to Other HIV Positive Patients Bill Passed - House (110 - 0)
6/17 HR 256 To Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 Bill Passed - House (268 - 161)
6/16 S 475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill Passed - House (415 - 14)
6/16 HR 1187 ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 Bill Passed - House (215 - 214)
6/16 AB 196 Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating on Sports Teams that do not Match their Birth Gender Bill Passed - House (59 - 38)
6/16 AB 299 Prohibits Requiring Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Bill Passed - House (60 - 37)
6/16 SB 176 Authorizes the Legalization of Sports Betting Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 2)
6/15 S 2472 Extends Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency Bill Passed - House (146 - 14)
6/15 S 2475 Amends Measures Adopted During the COVID-19 Pandemic Bill Passed - House (150 - 10)
6/15 H 5082 Authorizes College Athletes to Profit from the Use of their Image Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
6/15 H 5067 Establishes a Multi-Million Dollar Grant Program for Student's Mental Health Services Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
6/15 H 5067 Establishes a Multi-Million Dollar Grant Program for Student's Mental Health Services Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
6/15 HB 642 Prohibits Organ Transplant Discrimination on the Basis of Down Syndrome Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0)
6/14 H Res 473 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 256) to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1187) to provide for disclosure of additional material information about public companies and establish a Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee, and for other purposes; and for other purposes Bill Passed - House (216 - 206)

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