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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 4, 2025 GA HB 225 Prohibits Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras in School Zones Bill Passed - House (129 - 37)
March 4, 2025 NM HB 178 Authorizes Currently Licensed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to Administer General Anesthesia to any Person Bill Passed - House (56 - 3)
March 4, 2025 GA HB 268 Amends and Improves School Safety and Threat Management Responses Bill Passed - House (159 - 13)
March 4, 2025 OK HB 1375 Establishes the Oklahoma Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of 2025 Bill Passed - House (85 - 4)
March 4, 2025 AR HB 1150 Prohibits Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Obtaining Certain Pharmacy Permits Bill Passed - House (89 - 4)
March 3, 2025 NY A 1894 Repeals Provisions Requiring Reporting of a Patient's Drug Use Bill Passed - House (134 - 14)
March 3, 2025 OK HB 1256 Extends the Construction Industries Board's Ability to Collaborate with Educational Institutions and Trade Programs Bill Passed - House (90 - 4)
March 3, 2025 National HR 758 Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act Bill Passed - House (402 - 16)
March 3, 2025 MN HF 12 Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating in Girls Sports Teams Bill Failed - House (66 - 67)
March 1, 2025 NM HB 89 Amends the Graduate Scholarship Act to Prioritize New Mexico Residents who are Students with the Greatest Financial Need and from Groups Underrepresented in Graduate Education Bill Passed - House (40 - 25)
March 1, 2025 NM HB 128 Establishes a $20 Million Fund to Provide Grants for Solar Energy and Battery Storage for Tribal, Rural and Low-Income Schools, Municipalities and Counties Bill Passed - House (43 - 22)
Feb. 28, 2025 WV HB 2354 Prohibits Certain Synthetic Products Found in Food Bill Passed - House (93 - 5)
Feb. 27, 2025 WY SF 69 Establishes Property Tax Exemption for Single Family Homes Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 7)
Feb. 27, 2025 SD SB 219 Requires Schools to Take Cash as Payment for School Events Bill Passed - House (36 - 34)
Feb. 27, 2025 SC S 62 Establishes a State Education Scholarship Trust Fund to Authorize Private School Tuition Payments Bill Passed - House (80 - 32)
Feb. 27, 2025 ID H 243 Authorizes Child Care Facilities to Determine Their Own Child-to-Staff Ratio Bill Passed - House (54 - 15)
Feb. 27, 2025 OR HB 2561 Prohibits Predatory Loans and Caps Interest Rates at 36% Bill Passed - House (33 - 28)
Feb. 27, 2025 National H J Res 20 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters" Joint Resolution Passed - House (221 - 198)
Feb. 27, 2025 OR HB 2010 Appropriates Federal Funding for Expansion of Oregon's Medicaid Program Bill Passed - House (40 - 15)
Feb. 26, 2025 WY SF 62 Requires Students to Utilize Bathrooms Based on Sex at Birth Bill Passed - House (51 - 6)
Feb. 26, 2025 AR SB 17 Prohibits the Selling of a Human Corpse or Body Parts Set to be Cremated or Buried Bill Passed - House
Feb. 26, 2025 National H J Res 35 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions". Joint Resolution Passed - House (220 - 206)
Feb. 25, 2025 RI H 5162 Requires Feedback from SurveyWorks be Incorporated into State Assessments of Schools Bill Passed - House (62 - 10)
Feb. 25, 2025 ND HB 1176 Increases Primary Residence Tax Credits Bill Passed - House (81 - 10)
Feb. 25, 2025 ND HB 1332 Appropriates $30 Million for an Agriculture Incentive Program Bill Passed - House (82 - 8)
Feb. 25, 2025 ND HB 1168 Amends Residential Property Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (88 - 3)
Feb. 25, 2025 National HR 788 DOE and SBA Research Act Bill Passed - House (427 - 3)
Feb. 25, 2025 ND HB 1540 Appropriates Funding from the State's General Budget for Education Savings Account Programs Bill Passed - House (51 - 39)
Feb. 25, 2025 CO HB 25-1040 Defines Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource Bill Passed - House (43 - 18)
Feb. 24, 2025 MT HB 442 Repeals the Mandate to Automatically Report Medical Malpractice Cases and Insurance Payouts to the State Licensure Board Bill Passed - House (97 - 2)
Feb. 24, 2025 CT HB 7067 Amends State Sale and Tax Law Bill Passed - House (140 - 5)
Feb. 24, 2025 ND HB 1511 Requires Doctors Who Perform Abortion to Complete Additional Education on State Abortion Bans Bill Passed - House (74 - 19)
Feb. 22, 2025 VA HB 1601 Requires Sound Profiling and Reports Regarding Electrical Information Infrastructure from Data Center Applicants and Utilities in Virginia Conference Report Adopted - House (55 - 44)
Feb. 22, 2025 MT HB 252 Appropriates $100 Million to Raise Starting Teacher Pay Bill Passed - House (88 - 9)
Feb. 22, 2025 NM HB 24 Amends the Community Governance Attorney and Conditional Tuition Waiver Program in New Mexico Bill Passed - House (61 - 1)
Feb. 21, 2025 VA SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 31)
Feb. 21, 2025 VA SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 31)
Feb. 21, 2025 NM SB 1 Establishes a Trust Fund for Behavioral Health Initiatives Bill Passed - House (46 - 19)
Feb. 21, 2025 KY HB 19 Establishes Individual and Private Property Privacy Protections from Drones Bill Passed - House (90 - 1)
Feb. 21, 2025 MT HB 400 Prohibits Discipline Against Students who Refuse to Use Peers' Preferred Names or Pronouns Bill Passed - House (56 - 42)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA HB 2744 Authorizes Upgrades at a Qualifying Households that Reduces or Eliminates Their Reliance on Certain Fuel Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 27)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA HB 2537 Expands the Existing Mandate in the Virginia Clean Economy Act Over Battery Storage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (56 - 40)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA HB 2087 Reduces the Time Restraints to Build and Operate Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 36)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA HB 2087 Reduces the Time Restraints to Build and Operate Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 36)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA HB 1883 Amends the States Existing Renewable Portfolio Standard Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 39)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA SB 905 Establishes the Internet Safety Advisory Council Bill Passed - House (78 - 18)
Feb. 20, 2025 VA SB 908 Increases Protections and Support Against Cyberbullying Bill Passed - House (90 - 7)
Feb. 20, 2025 NM SB 3 Establishes the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
Feb. 20, 2025 SD HB 1260 Requires that Birth Certificates and Certain Official Documents Reflect an Individual's Biological Sex Bill Failed - House (34 - 36)
Feb. 20, 2025 IN HB 1004 Establishes a Fee Excise Tax for Nonprofit Hospitals Bill Passed - House (68 - 26)
Feb. 20, 2025 SD HB 1239 Repeals an Exemption Shielding Libraries, Schools, Universities, Museums and Their Employees from Prosecution Bill Passed - House (38 - 32)
Feb. 20, 2025 WA HB 1720 Expands Medication Assistance to Residents in Community-Based Settings Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
Feb. 20, 2025 ND HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - House (59 - 27)
Feb. 20, 2025 KS HB 2033 Establishes Additional Programs and Services for Approved At-Risk Educational Programs Bill Passed - House (89 - 32)
Feb. 20, 2025 KS HB 2119 Repeals Affordable Housing Tax Credits in Kansas Bill Passed - House (85 - 36)
Feb. 19, 2025 AR SB 213 Establishes the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act to Improve Maternal Health Bill Passed - House (76 - 6)
Feb. 19, 2025 WI AB 3 Requires Cursive Instruction be Taught in State School Curriculum Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
Feb. 19, 2025 SD HB 1259 Prohibits Unauthorized Access to Certain Multi-Occupancy Restrooms Bill Passed - House (49 - 21)
Feb. 19, 2025 SD HB 1132 Establishes Eligibility for Child Care Employees in the Child Care Assistance Program Bill Passed - House (39 - 31)
Feb. 19, 2025 WI AB 5 Requires School Districts to Comply with Requests Within 14 days Bill Passed - House (54 - 43)
Feb. 19, 2025 WI AB 4 Requires Civics Instruction in Grades K-12 Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
Feb. 19, 2025 WI AB 2 Requires School Districts to Adopt Cell Phone Ban Policies Bill Passed - House (53 - 45)
Feb. 19, 2025 WI AB 1 Establishes Regulations Over School Test Scores Bill Passed - House (54 - 44)
Feb. 18, 2025 VA SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Bill Passed - House (74 - 23)
Feb. 18, 2025 VA SB 1100 Establishes a Pilot Program to Authorize Utility Companies to Take Over Thermostat Control and Other Energy-Using Devices for Individuals and Businesses Bill Passed - House (70 - 26)
Feb. 18, 2025 VA SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Bill Passed - House (74 - 23)
Feb. 18, 2025 CO HB 25-1041 Authorizes Public Universities to Pay Student Athletes for Their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Bill Passed - House (59 - 5)
Feb. 18, 2025 SD HB 1222 Authorizes Concealed Carry Permit Holders to Keep Their Firearm Inside a Motor Vehicle While on School Property Bill Passed - House (64 - 5)
Feb. 18, 2025 SD HB 1180 Requires School Board Candidates Disclose Their Party Affiliation When They Declare Candidacy Bill Failed - House (31 - 39)
Feb. 18, 2025 MT HB 291 Amends State Air Quality Standards Bill Passed - House (61 - 38)
Feb. 18, 2025 SD HB 1193 Rescinds the South Dakota Board of Regents' Requirement for First and Second-Year Students to Live on Campus and Purchase a Meal Plan Bill Failed - House (28 - 42)
Feb. 17, 2025 MT HB 245 Expands State Medicaid Programs Bill Passed - House (63 - 37)
Feb. 17, 2025 ND HB 1447 Establishes Regulations on Virtual Currency Kiosks (Crypto ATMs) Bill Passed - House (87 - 3)
Feb. 14, 2025 VA HB 2037 Authorizes Local Ordinances that Require Solar Installment of Certain Property Owners Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 34)
Feb. 14, 2025 VA HB 2037 Authorizes Local Ordinances that Require Solar Installment of Certain Property Owners Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 34)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/04 HB 225 Prohibits Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras in School Zones Bill Passed - House (129 - 37)
3/04 HB 178 Authorizes Currently Licensed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to Administer General Anesthesia to any Person Bill Passed - House (56 - 3)
3/04 HB 268 Amends and Improves School Safety and Threat Management Responses Bill Passed - House (159 - 13)
3/04 HB 1375 Establishes the Oklahoma Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study Act of 2025 Bill Passed - House (85 - 4)
3/04 HB 1150 Prohibits Pharmacy Benefit Managers From Obtaining Certain Pharmacy Permits Bill Passed - House (89 - 4)
3/03 A 1894 Repeals Provisions Requiring Reporting of a Patient's Drug Use Bill Passed - House (134 - 14)
3/03 HB 1256 Extends the Construction Industries Board's Ability to Collaborate with Educational Institutions and Trade Programs Bill Passed - House (90 - 4)
3/03 HR 758 Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act Bill Passed - House (402 - 16)
3/03 HF 12 Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Participating in Girls Sports Teams Bill Failed - House (66 - 67)
3/01 HB 89 Amends the Graduate Scholarship Act to Prioritize New Mexico Residents who are Students with the Greatest Financial Need and from Groups Underrepresented in Graduate Education Bill Passed - House (40 - 25)
3/01 HB 128 Establishes a $20 Million Fund to Provide Grants for Solar Energy and Battery Storage for Tribal, Rural and Low-Income Schools, Municipalities and Counties Bill Passed - House (43 - 22)
2/28 HB 2354 Prohibits Certain Synthetic Products Found in Food Bill Passed - House (93 - 5)
2/27 SF 69 Establishes Property Tax Exemption for Single Family Homes Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 7)
2/27 SB 219 Requires Schools to Take Cash as Payment for School Events Bill Passed - House (36 - 34)
2/27 S 62 Establishes a State Education Scholarship Trust Fund to Authorize Private School Tuition Payments Bill Passed - House (80 - 32)
2/27 H 243 Authorizes Child Care Facilities to Determine Their Own Child-to-Staff Ratio Bill Passed - House (54 - 15)
2/27 HB 2561 Prohibits Predatory Loans and Caps Interest Rates at 36% Bill Passed - House (33 - 28)
2/27 H J Res 20 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters" Joint Resolution Passed - House (221 - 198)
2/27 HB 2010 Appropriates Federal Funding for Expansion of Oregon's Medicaid Program Bill Passed - House (40 - 15)
2/26 SF 62 Requires Students to Utilize Bathrooms Based on Sex at Birth Bill Passed - House (51 - 6)
2/26 SB 17 Prohibits the Selling of a Human Corpse or Body Parts Set to be Cremated or Buried Bill Passed - House
2/26 H J Res 35 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions". Joint Resolution Passed - House (220 - 206)
2/25 H 5162 Requires Feedback from SurveyWorks be Incorporated into State Assessments of Schools Bill Passed - House (62 - 10)
2/25 HB 1176 Increases Primary Residence Tax Credits Bill Passed - House (81 - 10)
2/25 HB 1332 Appropriates $30 Million for an Agriculture Incentive Program Bill Passed - House (82 - 8)
2/25 HB 1168 Amends Residential Property Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (88 - 3)
2/25 HR 788 DOE and SBA Research Act Bill Passed - House (427 - 3)
2/25 HB 1540 Appropriates Funding from the State's General Budget for Education Savings Account Programs Bill Passed - House (51 - 39)
2/25 HB 25-1040 Defines Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource Bill Passed - House (43 - 18)
2/24 HB 442 Repeals the Mandate to Automatically Report Medical Malpractice Cases and Insurance Payouts to the State Licensure Board Bill Passed - House (97 - 2)
2/24 HB 7067 Amends State Sale and Tax Law Bill Passed - House (140 - 5)
2/24 HB 1511 Requires Doctors Who Perform Abortion to Complete Additional Education on State Abortion Bans Bill Passed - House (74 - 19)
2/22 HB 1601 Requires Sound Profiling and Reports Regarding Electrical Information Infrastructure from Data Center Applicants and Utilities in Virginia Conference Report Adopted - House (55 - 44)
2/22 HB 252 Appropriates $100 Million to Raise Starting Teacher Pay Bill Passed - House (88 - 9)
2/22 HB 24 Amends the Community Governance Attorney and Conditional Tuition Waiver Program in New Mexico Bill Passed - House (61 - 1)
2/21 SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 31)
2/21 SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 31)
2/21 SB 1 Establishes a Trust Fund for Behavioral Health Initiatives Bill Passed - House (46 - 19)
2/21 HB 19 Establishes Individual and Private Property Privacy Protections from Drones Bill Passed - House (90 - 1)
2/21 HB 400 Prohibits Discipline Against Students who Refuse to Use Peers' Preferred Names or Pronouns Bill Passed - House (56 - 42)
2/20 HB 2744 Authorizes Upgrades at a Qualifying Households that Reduces or Eliminates Their Reliance on Certain Fuel Concurrence Vote Passed - House (70 - 27)
2/20 HB 2537 Expands the Existing Mandate in the Virginia Clean Economy Act Over Battery Storage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (56 - 40)
2/20 HB 2087 Reduces the Time Restraints to Build and Operate Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 36)
2/20 HB 2087 Reduces the Time Restraints to Build and Operate Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 36)
2/20 HB 1883 Amends the States Existing Renewable Portfolio Standard Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 39)
2/20 SB 905 Establishes the Internet Safety Advisory Council Bill Passed - House (78 - 18)
2/20 SB 908 Increases Protections and Support Against Cyberbullying Bill Passed - House (90 - 7)
2/20 SB 3 Establishes the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
2/20 HB 1260 Requires that Birth Certificates and Certain Official Documents Reflect an Individual's Biological Sex Bill Failed - House (34 - 36)
2/20 HB 1004 Establishes a Fee Excise Tax for Nonprofit Hospitals Bill Passed - House (68 - 26)
2/20 HB 1239 Repeals an Exemption Shielding Libraries, Schools, Universities, Museums and Their Employees from Prosecution Bill Passed - House (38 - 32)
2/20 HB 1720 Expands Medication Assistance to Residents in Community-Based Settings Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
2/20 HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - House (59 - 27)
2/20 HB 2033 Establishes Additional Programs and Services for Approved At-Risk Educational Programs Bill Passed - House (89 - 32)
2/20 HB 2119 Repeals Affordable Housing Tax Credits in Kansas Bill Passed - House (85 - 36)
2/19 SB 213 Establishes the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act to Improve Maternal Health Bill Passed - House (76 - 6)
2/19 AB 3 Requires Cursive Instruction be Taught in State School Curriculum Bill Passed - House (51 - 46)
2/19 HB 1259 Prohibits Unauthorized Access to Certain Multi-Occupancy Restrooms Bill Passed - House (49 - 21)
2/19 HB 1132 Establishes Eligibility for Child Care Employees in the Child Care Assistance Program Bill Passed - House (39 - 31)
2/19 AB 5 Requires School Districts to Comply with Requests Within 14 days Bill Passed - House (54 - 43)
2/19 AB 4 Requires Civics Instruction in Grades K-12 Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
2/19 AB 2 Requires School Districts to Adopt Cell Phone Ban Policies Bill Passed - House (53 - 45)
2/19 AB 1 Establishes Regulations Over School Test Scores Bill Passed - House (54 - 44)
2/18 SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Bill Passed - House (74 - 23)
2/18 SB 1100 Establishes a Pilot Program to Authorize Utility Companies to Take Over Thermostat Control and Other Energy-Using Devices for Individuals and Businesses Bill Passed - House (70 - 26)
2/18 SB 1021 Amends Utility Plan Reviews by Adding Transportation Issues Bill Passed - House (74 - 23)
2/18 HB 25-1041 Authorizes Public Universities to Pay Student Athletes for Their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Bill Passed - House (59 - 5)
2/18 HB 1222 Authorizes Concealed Carry Permit Holders to Keep Their Firearm Inside a Motor Vehicle While on School Property Bill Passed - House (64 - 5)
2/18 HB 1180 Requires School Board Candidates Disclose Their Party Affiliation When They Declare Candidacy Bill Failed - House (31 - 39)
2/18 HB 291 Amends State Air Quality Standards Bill Passed - House (61 - 38)
2/18 HB 1193 Rescinds the South Dakota Board of Regents' Requirement for First and Second-Year Students to Live on Campus and Purchase a Meal Plan Bill Failed - House (28 - 42)
2/17 HB 245 Expands State Medicaid Programs Bill Passed - House (63 - 37)
2/17 HB 1447 Establishes Regulations on Virtual Currency Kiosks (Crypto ATMs) Bill Passed - House (87 - 3)
2/14 HB 2037 Authorizes Local Ordinances that Require Solar Installment of Certain Property Owners Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 34)
2/14 HB 2037 Authorizes Local Ordinances that Require Solar Installment of Certain Property Owners Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 34)

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