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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 31, 2006 MD SB 154 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps Bill Passed - House (107 - 27)
March 30, 2006 ME LD 1640 Charter School Pilot Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 63)
March 29, 2006 SC Amendment 63 Cigarette Tax Amendment Tabled - House (58 - 53)
March 29, 2006 AL Executive Amendment 84452-1 to HB 272 Educational Funds Amendment Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (63 - 38)
March 29, 2006 OH Am Sub SB 265 Air Pollution Bill Passed - House (67 - 29)
March 28, 2006 DE HB 37 Bans Open Containers of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles Bill Failed - House (24 - 13)
March 28, 2006 MI HB 5638 Midwest interstate Passenger Rail Compact Bill Passed - House (56 - 51)
March 27, 2006 MN HF 2680 Teacher Training Program for Qualified Professionals Provided Bill Failed - House (62 - 70)
March 24, 2006 KS Sub HB 2986 School Finance Bill Passed - House (64 - 61)
March 23, 2006 MD Amendment 953927 Stem Cell Funding Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 93)
March 23, 2006 KS HCR 5025 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (81 - 43)
March 23, 2006 FL HB 205 Prohibition of Certain Financial Assistance to International Students Bill Passed - House (96 - 23)
March 21, 2006 NH HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (189 - 118)
March 21, 2006 NH Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (177 - 164)
March 21, 2006 NH HB 1177 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - House (189 - 156)
March 21, 2006 IA HF 2709 School Year Minimum Hours Requirement Bill Passed - House (55 - 44)
March 21, 2006 ID H 823 State Affairs Building Code Board Bill Failed - House (33 - 36)
March 21, 2006 KS SB 139 Math and Science Academy Bill Passed - House (76 - 48)
March 20, 2006 ID H 768 Public Charter Schools Bill Failed - House (18 - 46)
March 17, 2006 CO HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act Conference Report Adopted - House (38 - 24)
March 16, 2006 National HR 4939 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 Bill Passed - House (348 - 71)
March 16, 2006 OK HB 2844 Prescription Drug Reimportation Bill Bill Passed - House (70 - 18)
March 16, 2006 KY SB 56 Open Wine Container Bill Bill Passed - House (60 - 36)
March 16, 2006 NJ A 2813 New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Bill Passed - House (48 - 28)
March 16, 2006 IA HF 2671 Undocumented Immigrants Restrictions Bill Passed - House (69 - 25)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/31 SB 154 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps Bill Passed - House (107 - 27)
3/30 LD 1640 Charter School Pilot Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 63)
3/29 Amendment 63 Cigarette Tax Amendment Tabled - House (58 - 53)
3/29 Executive Amendment 84452-1 to HB 272 Educational Funds Amendment Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (63 - 38)
3/29 Am Sub SB 265 Air Pollution Bill Passed - House (67 - 29)
3/28 HB 37 Bans Open Containers of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles Bill Failed - House (24 - 13)
3/28 HB 5638 Midwest interstate Passenger Rail Compact Bill Passed - House (56 - 51)
3/27 HF 2680 Teacher Training Program for Qualified Professionals Provided Bill Failed - House (62 - 70)
3/24 Sub HB 2986 School Finance Bill Passed - House (64 - 61)
3/23 Amendment 953927 Stem Cell Funding Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 93)
3/23 HCR 5025 Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (81 - 43)
3/23 HB 205 Prohibition of Certain Financial Assistance to International Students Bill Passed - House (96 - 23)
3/21 HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (189 - 118)
3/21 Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (177 - 164)
3/21 HB 1177 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - House (189 - 156)
3/21 HF 2709 School Year Minimum Hours Requirement Bill Passed - House (55 - 44)
3/21 H 823 State Affairs Building Code Board Bill Failed - House (33 - 36)
3/21 SB 139 Math and Science Academy Bill Passed - House (76 - 48)
3/20 H 768 Public Charter Schools Bill Failed - House (18 - 46)
3/17 HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act Conference Report Adopted - House (38 - 24)
3/16 HR 4939 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 Bill Passed - House (348 - 71)
3/16 HB 2844 Prescription Drug Reimportation Bill Bill Passed - House (70 - 18)
3/16 SB 56 Open Wine Container Bill Bill Passed - House (60 - 36)
3/16 A 2813 New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Bill Passed - House (48 - 28)
3/16 HF 2671 Undocumented Immigrants Restrictions Bill Passed - House (69 - 25)

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