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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 20, 2006 PA HB 213 Ecoterrorism Bill Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
March 16, 2006 NH SB 343 Emergency Contraceptives Bill "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - Senate (14 - 10)
March 16, 2006 National S Amdt 3074 LIHEAP Funding Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49)
March 16, 2006 AZ SB 1430 Children, Child Protective Services Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
March 16, 2006 IA HF 2671 Undocumented Immigrants Restrictions Bill Passed - House (69 - 25)
March 16, 2006 FL HB 145 Joint and Several Liability Elimination Bill Passed - House (93 - 27)
March 16, 2006 AZ SB 1430 Children, Child Protective Services Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
March 16, 2006 National S Con Res 83 2007 Budget Resolution Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (51 - 49)
March 15, 2006 OH Amdt. HB 9 Concealed Weapons Permit Disclosure Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (51 - 43)
March 15, 2006 MD Amendment 503528 to SB 110 Funding to Family Planning Programs Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (18 - 29)
March 15, 2006 OK HCS HB 3120 Tort Reform Bill Bill Passed - House (58 - 41)
March 15, 2006 KS SB 461 Workers' Compensation Regulation Bill Passed - House (67 - 56)
March 14, 2006 OK HCS HB 3119 Voter ID, Repealing Tuition Assistance, and Reporting of Illegal Immigrants Bill Passed - House (63 - 24)
March 14, 2006 MI SB 318 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (73 - 34)
March 14, 2006 OK HB 2475 Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act Bill Failed - House (30 - 67)
March 11, 2006 WV Com Sub HB 4023 Raising the Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (89 - 10)
March 11, 2006 WV Com Sub SB 205 Sex Offenders Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
March 9, 2006 NH HB 1492 Emergency Contraceptives and Pharmacists "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (215 - 106)
March 9, 2006 AZ HB 2701 National Guard Mobilization; Border; Appropriation Concurrence Vote Passed - House (39 - 21)
March 9, 2006 AZ HB 2577 Immigration Policy; Forgery; Employment; Licensing Bill Passed - House (35 - 20)
March 9, 2006 KS SCR 1606 Supreme Court Justice Selection Procedure Constitutional Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (22 - 17)
March 9, 2006 AZ HB 2696 Adoption Preference for Married Couples Bill Passed - House (32 - 25)
March 9, 2006 OK SCS SB 1698 Inmate State ID Cards and Faith-Based Programs in Prisons Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 23)
March 9, 2006 AZ HB 2577 Immigration Policy; Forgery; Employment; Licensing Bill Passed - House (35 - 20)
March 8, 2006 OH Am Sub SB 7 Workers’ Compensation and Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 11)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/20 HB 213 Ecoterrorism Bill Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
3/16 SB 343 Emergency Contraceptives Bill "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - Senate (14 - 10)
3/16 S Amdt 3074 LIHEAP Funding Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49)
3/16 SB 1430 Children, Child Protective Services Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
3/16 HF 2671 Undocumented Immigrants Restrictions Bill Passed - House (69 - 25)
3/16 HB 145 Joint and Several Liability Elimination Bill Passed - House (93 - 27)
3/16 SB 1430 Children, Child Protective Services Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
3/16 S Con Res 83 2007 Budget Resolution Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (51 - 49)
3/15 Amdt. HB 9 Concealed Weapons Permit Disclosure Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (51 - 43)
3/15 Amendment 503528 to SB 110 Funding to Family Planning Programs Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (18 - 29)
3/15 HCS HB 3120 Tort Reform Bill Bill Passed - House (58 - 41)
3/15 SB 461 Workers' Compensation Regulation Bill Passed - House (67 - 56)
3/14 HCS HB 3119 Voter ID, Repealing Tuition Assistance, and Reporting of Illegal Immigrants Bill Passed - House (63 - 24)
3/14 SB 318 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (73 - 34)
3/14 HB 2475 Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act Bill Failed - House (30 - 67)
3/11 Com Sub HB 4023 Raising the Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (89 - 10)
3/11 Com Sub SB 205 Sex Offenders Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
3/09 HB 1492 Emergency Contraceptives and Pharmacists "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (215 - 106)
3/09 HB 2701 National Guard Mobilization; Border; Appropriation Concurrence Vote Passed - House (39 - 21)
3/09 HB 2577 Immigration Policy; Forgery; Employment; Licensing Bill Passed - House (35 - 20)
3/09 SCR 1606 Supreme Court Justice Selection Procedure Constitutional Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (22 - 17)
3/09 HB 2696 Adoption Preference for Married Couples Bill Passed - House (32 - 25)
3/09 SCS SB 1698 Inmate State ID Cards and Faith-Based Programs in Prisons Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 23)
3/09 HB 2577 Immigration Policy; Forgery; Employment; Licensing Bill Passed - House (35 - 20)
3/08 Am Sub SB 7 Workers’ Compensation and Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 11)

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