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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, 2025 OR SB 692 Requires Health Insurance Plans That Cover Pregnancy and Childbirth Expenses to Cover Doula Services Bill Passed - House (44 - 4)
June 26, 2025 National HR 875 Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act Bill Passed - House (246 - 160)
June 25, 2025 NC SB 254 Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to Propose, Recommend, and Approve Rules and Policies Regarding all Aspects of Charter School Operation Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 36)
June 25, 2025 ME LD 874 Appropriates Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown (81 - 59)
June 25, 2025 NC SB 254 Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to Propose, Recommend, and Approve Rules and Policies Regarding all Aspects of Charter School Operation Conference Report Adopted - Senate (26 - 20)
June 25, 2025 ME LD 109 Requires the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 64)
June 25, 2025 ME LD 109 Requires the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 64)
June 25, 2025 ME LD 1184 Requires Municipalities to Provide an Annual Report on Certain Housing Data to the Department of Economic and Community Development Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 65)
June 25, 2025 National PN 26-12 Nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce Nomination Confirmed - Senate (56 - 40)
June 25, 2025 NC HB 992 Establishes a Timeshare Trustee Foreclosure Process for Certain Delinquent Assessments for North Carolina Timeshares Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 1)
June 25, 2025 OR HB 3589 Requires Housing Agency to Develop Senior Housing Initiative and Redirects Property Tax Deferral Funds Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
June 25, 2025 National PN 13-7 Nomination of Kenneth Kies to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Cloture Invoked - Senate (53 - 44)
June 25, 2025 National HR 3944 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Bill Passed - House (218 - 206)
June 25, 2025 NC HB 192 Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to Disenroll Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid Provider Bill Passed - House (96 - 17)
June 24, 2025 OR HB 3410 Amends Corporate Medicine Legislation to Make Physician Noncompetition Agreements Retroactive Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 13)
June 24, 2025 National PN 26-50 Nomination of Daniel Zimmerman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Nomination Confirmed - Senate (61 - 35)
June 24, 2025 OR HB 2138 Expands Middle Housing Access, Subdivision Flexibility, and Local Planning Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
June 24, 2025 OR SB 83 Repeals a Map Which Identified Parts of Oregon as High Risk for Catastrophic Wildfires Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
June 24, 2025 OR HB 2066 Authorizes the Use of Microgrids and Requires the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to Establish Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 3)
June 24, 2025 National PN 26-12 Nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce Cloture Invoked - Senate (56 - 42)
June 24, 2025 MI SB 217 Expands Protections for Bicyclists on Roadways Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
June 24, 2025 PA HB 17 Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools Bill Passed - House (195 - 8)
June 24, 2025 MI SB 216 Expands Protections for Bicyclists on Roadways Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 5)
June 23, 2025 National PN 26-50 Nomination of Daniel Zimmerman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Cloture Invoked - Senate (58 - 33)
June 23, 2025 OR HB 2066 Authorizes the Use of Microgrids and Requires the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to Establish Regulations Bill Passed - House (41 - 1)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/26 SB 692 Requires Health Insurance Plans That Cover Pregnancy and Childbirth Expenses to Cover Doula Services Bill Passed - House (44 - 4)
6/26 HR 875 Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act Bill Passed - House (246 - 160)
6/25 SB 254 Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to Propose, Recommend, and Approve Rules and Policies Regarding all Aspects of Charter School Operation Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 36)
6/25 LD 874 Appropriates Relief to Federal or State Employees Affected by a Federal Government or State Government Shutdown (81 - 59)
6/25 SB 254 Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to Propose, Recommend, and Approve Rules and Policies Regarding all Aspects of Charter School Operation Conference Report Adopted - Senate (26 - 20)
6/25 LD 109 Requires the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 64)
6/25 LD 109 Requires the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 64)
6/25 LD 1184 Requires Municipalities to Provide an Annual Report on Certain Housing Data to the Department of Economic and Community Development Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 65)
6/25 PN 26-12 Nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce Nomination Confirmed - Senate (56 - 40)
6/25 HB 992 Establishes a Timeshare Trustee Foreclosure Process for Certain Delinquent Assessments for North Carolina Timeshares Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 1)
6/25 HB 3589 Requires Housing Agency to Develop Senior Housing Initiative and Redirects Property Tax Deferral Funds Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
6/25 PN 13-7 Nomination of Kenneth Kies to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Cloture Invoked - Senate (53 - 44)
6/25 HR 3944 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Bill Passed - House (218 - 206)
6/25 HB 192 Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to Disenroll Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid Provider Bill Passed - House (96 - 17)
6/24 HB 3410 Amends Corporate Medicine Legislation to Make Physician Noncompetition Agreements Retroactive Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 13)
6/24 PN 26-50 Nomination of Daniel Zimmerman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Nomination Confirmed - Senate (61 - 35)
6/24 HB 2138 Expands Middle Housing Access, Subdivision Flexibility, and Local Planning Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
6/24 SB 83 Repeals a Map Which Identified Parts of Oregon as High Risk for Catastrophic Wildfires Bill Passed - House (50 - 1)
6/24 HB 2066 Authorizes the Use of Microgrids and Requires the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to Establish Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 3)
6/24 PN 26-12 Nomination of Paul Dabbar to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce Cloture Invoked - Senate (56 - 42)
6/24 SB 217 Expands Protections for Bicyclists on Roadways Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6)
6/24 HB 17 Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools Bill Passed - House (195 - 8)
6/24 SB 216 Expands Protections for Bicyclists on Roadways Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 5)
6/23 PN 26-50 Nomination of Daniel Zimmerman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Cloture Invoked - Senate (58 - 33)
6/23 HB 2066 Authorizes the Use of Microgrids and Requires the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to Establish Regulations Bill Passed - House (41 - 1)

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