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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
March 13, 2007 OR SB 426 School Districts Insurance Pool Bill Passed - House (36 - 20)
March 13, 2007 ID H 121 Smoking Ban in Bowling Alleys Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 4)
March 11, 2007 NM SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - House (49 - 16)
March 11, 2007 NM SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - House (49 - 16)
March 8, 2007 MS SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (49 - 2)
March 8, 2007 NM SB 238 Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Failed - House (33 - 36)
March 8, 2007 AZ SB 1132 Volunteer Homeland Security Force Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
March 8, 2007 NM HB 283 Indoor Smoking Ban Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 9)
March 8, 2007 HI SB 1276 Environmental Impact of Harbor Improvements Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 4)
March 7, 2007 IA SF 128 Tobacco Tax Increase Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
March 7, 2007 NH HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
March 7, 2007 SC H 3505 Jasper County Port Authority Joint Resolution Passed - House (80 - 35)
March 7, 2007 WA Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
March 7, 2007 WA Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
March 7, 2007 KY SB 1 Replacing Student Testing System Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 15)
March 6, 2007 OK SCS SB 709 Pollution Ban Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
March 6, 2007 NY S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
March 6, 2007 WA 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
March 5, 2007 NM SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 3)
March 5, 2007 NM SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 3)
March 5, 2007 TN SB 201 English-Only Driver's License Exam Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 6)
March 5, 2007 ID HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
March 5, 2007 NY S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 8)
March 1, 2007 SD HB 1082 School District Consolidation Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
March 1, 2007 IL HB 138 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - House (67 - 46)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/13 SB 426 School Districts Insurance Pool Bill Passed - House (36 - 20)
3/13 H 121 Smoking Ban in Bowling Alleys Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 4)
3/11 SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - House (49 - 16)
3/11 SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - House (49 - 16)
3/08 SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (49 - 2)
3/08 SB 238 Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Failed - House (33 - 36)
3/08 SB 1132 Volunteer Homeland Security Force Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
3/08 HB 283 Indoor Smoking Ban Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 9)
3/08 SB 1276 Environmental Impact of Harbor Improvements Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 4)
3/07 SF 128 Tobacco Tax Increase Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
3/07 HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
3/07 H 3505 Jasper County Port Authority Joint Resolution Passed - House (80 - 35)
3/07 Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
3/07 Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
3/07 SB 1 Replacing Student Testing System Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 15)
3/06 SCS SB 709 Pollution Ban Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
3/06 S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
3/06 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
3/05 SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 3)
3/05 SB 1174 HPV Vaccine Requirement for Sixth Graders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 3)
3/05 SB 201 English-Only Driver's License Exam Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 6)
3/05 HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
3/05 S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 8)
3/01 HB 1082 School District Consolidation Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
3/01 HB 138 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - House (67 - 46)

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