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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 24, 2006 GA SCS SB 396 Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - House (115 - 42)
March 23, 2006 KS SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Veto Override Passed - House (91 - 33)
March 22, 2006 KS SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Veto Override Passed - Senate (30 - 10)
March 21, 2006 MI Sub for HB 5192 Hunting License Program and Firearms Age Restriction Bill Passed - House (86 - 17)
March 16, 2006 AZ HB 2649 Firearms; Possession; Storage Bill Passed - House (32 - 23)
March 15, 2006 OH Amdt. HB 9 Concealed Weapons Permit Disclosure Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (51 - 43)
March 14, 2006 KS SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Bill Passed - House (90 - 33)
March 8, 2006 MS HB 1089 Wildlife Feeding Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 12)
March 6, 2006 ID H 630 School Grounds - Violence Bill Passed - House (49 - 12)
March 6, 2006 AZ SB 1425 Prohibition of Confiscation of Firearms During an Emergency. Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 3)
March 2, 2006 GA SCS SB 396 Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 13)
March 1, 2006 UT HB 328 Eliminating The Age Requirement For Hunting Small Game Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 7)
Feb. 28, 2006 IN HB 1028 Firearms and Self-Defense Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
Feb. 20, 2006 UT HB 329 Big Game Hunting Age Bill Passed - House (41 - 26)
Feb. 15, 2006 KY HCS HB 290 Concealed Weapons Permit Classification Bill Passed - House (89 - 7)
Feb. 9, 2006 KS SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 11)
Feb. 7, 2006 AZ HB 2074 Concealed Weapons; Training Requirement; Renewal Bill Passed - House (33 - 24)
Feb. 3, 2006 MS HB 1089 Deer Baiting Bill Passed - House (63 - 46)
Feb. 1, 2006 IN HB 1028 Firearms and Self-Defense Bill Passed - House (82 - 18)
Jan. 31, 2006 WI SB 403 Concealed Weapons Veto Override Failed - House (64 - 34)
Jan. 26, 2006 WI SB 403 Concealed Weapons Veto Override Passed - Senate (23 - 10)
Jan. 17, 2006 WI SB 403 Concealed Weapons Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
Jan. 9, 2006 NY A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments Bill Passed - House (87 - 47)
Jan. 9, 2006 NY A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales Bill Passed - House (91 - 44)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/24 SCS SB 396 Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - House (115 - 42)
3/23 SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Veto Override Passed - House (91 - 33)
3/22 SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Veto Override Passed - Senate (30 - 10)
3/21 Sub for HB 5192 Hunting License Program and Firearms Age Restriction Bill Passed - House (86 - 17)
3/16 HB 2649 Firearms; Possession; Storage Bill Passed - House (32 - 23)
3/15 Amdt. HB 9 Concealed Weapons Permit Disclosure Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (51 - 43)
3/14 SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Bill Passed - House (90 - 33)
3/08 HB 1089 Wildlife Feeding Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 12)
3/06 H 630 School Grounds - Violence Bill Passed - House (49 - 12)
3/06 SB 1425 Prohibition of Confiscation of Firearms During an Emergency. Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 3)
3/02 SCS SB 396 Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 13)
3/01 HB 328 Eliminating The Age Requirement For Hunting Small Game Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 7)
2/28 HB 1028 Firearms and Self-Defense Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
2/20 HB 329 Big Game Hunting Age Bill Passed - House (41 - 26)
2/15 HCS HB 290 Concealed Weapons Permit Classification Bill Passed - House (89 - 7)
2/09 SB 418 Concealed Weapons Permits Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 11)
2/07 HB 2074 Concealed Weapons; Training Requirement; Renewal Bill Passed - House (33 - 24)
2/03 HB 1089 Deer Baiting Bill Passed - House (63 - 46)
2/01 HB 1028 Firearms and Self-Defense Bill Passed - House (82 - 18)
1/31 SB 403 Concealed Weapons Veto Override Failed - House (64 - 34)
1/26 SB 403 Concealed Weapons Veto Override Passed - Senate (23 - 10)
1/17 SB 403 Concealed Weapons Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
1/09 A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments Bill Passed - House (87 - 47)
1/09 A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales Bill Passed - House (91 - 44)

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