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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 7, 2018 OK SB 888 Repeals Wind Industry Tax Credits Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 5)
March 6, 2018 WY HB 70 Authorizes Cryptocurrency Regulations and Securities Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
March 3, 2018 WV HB 4268 Authorizes Natural Gas Drilling in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
March 3, 2018 OR HB 4007 Establishes Tax Sheltered Home Buyer Savings Accounts and Increases Document-Recording Fees Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
March 3, 2018 OR HB 4007 Establishes Tax Sheltered Home Buyer Savings Accounts and Increases Document-Recording Fees Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
March 1, 2018 IN HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
March 1, 2018 WA HB 2578 Establishes Source-of-Income Housing Non-Discrimination Policy Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 13)
Feb. 27, 2018 KY HB 4 Amends Malpractice Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 13)
Feb. 27, 2018 OR HB 4135 Authorizes Healthcare Providers to Make Decisions for End of Life Patients Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 22, 2018 KS SB 405 Authorizes Confined Feeding Facilities Within City Limits Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
Feb. 20, 2018 WV SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
Feb. 15, 2018 MO SB 564 Amends Electrical Utility Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 6)
Feb. 10, 2018 WA SB 6199 Authorizes Privatization of Home-Care Workforce Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 21)
Feb. 9, 2018 National HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
Feb. 9, 2018 National HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
Feb. 9, 2018 National HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
Feb. 9, 2018 VA SB 966 Amends Various Utilities Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
Feb. 8, 2018 IA SF 2117 Amends Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018 Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
Feb. 6, 2018 MS SB 2836 Authorizes Continued Medicaid Funding Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 16)
Feb. 2, 2018 VT S 289 Requires Internet Providers Compliance with State Net Neutrality Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 5)
Feb. 2, 2018 WV SB 267 Increases State Public Worker Salaries Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 0)
Feb. 1, 2018 NJ S 120 Appropriates $7.4 Million to Department of Health Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
Jan. 29, 2018 VA SB 192 Authorizes State to Deduct Previous TANF Benefits from Lottery Winnings Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
Jan. 23, 2018 MI SB 409 Authorizes Private Harbor Permits in the Great Lakes Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 14)
Nov. 9, 2017 MA S 2202 Amends Various Healthcare Laws Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/07 SB 888 Repeals Wind Industry Tax Credits Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 5)
3/06 HB 70 Authorizes Cryptocurrency Regulations and Securities Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
3/03 HB 4268 Authorizes Natural Gas Drilling in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
3/03 HB 4007 Establishes Tax Sheltered Home Buyer Savings Accounts and Increases Document-Recording Fees Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
3/03 HB 4007 Establishes Tax Sheltered Home Buyer Savings Accounts and Increases Document-Recording Fees Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9)
3/01 HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
3/01 HB 2578 Establishes Source-of-Income Housing Non-Discrimination Policy Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 13)
2/27 HB 4 Amends Malpractice Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 13)
2/27 HB 4135 Authorizes Healthcare Providers to Make Decisions for End of Life Patients Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/22 SB 405 Authorizes Confined Feeding Facilities Within City Limits Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
2/20 SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
2/15 SB 564 Amends Electrical Utility Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 6)
2/10 SB 6199 Authorizes Privatization of Home-Care Workforce Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 21)
2/09 HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
2/09 HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
2/09 HR 1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (71 - 28)
2/09 SB 966 Amends Various Utilities Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
2/08 SF 2117 Amends Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018 Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
2/06 SB 2836 Authorizes Continued Medicaid Funding Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 16)
2/02 S 289 Requires Internet Providers Compliance with State Net Neutrality Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 5)
2/02 SB 267 Increases State Public Worker Salaries Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 0)
2/01 S 120 Appropriates $7.4 Million to Department of Health Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
1/29 SB 192 Authorizes State to Deduct Previous TANF Benefits from Lottery Winnings Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
1/23 SB 409 Authorizes Private Harbor Permits in the Great Lakes Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 14)
11/09 S 2202 Amends Various Healthcare Laws Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)

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