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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
June 15, 2006 MD SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - House (109 - 26)
June 14, 2006 LA Amendment #B-635 Ethanol Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (67 - 28)
June 14, 2006 MD SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
June 8, 2006 LA HB 144 Equal Pay Bill Bill Failed - House (40 - 54)
June 8, 2006 National HR 5252 COPE Bill of 2006 Bill Passed - House (321 - 101)
June 7, 2006 LA HB 94 Daylight Savings Bill Bill Failed - House (37 - 61)
June 6, 2006 LA HB 194 Minimum Wage for State Employees Bill Passed - House (66 - 35)
June 1, 2006 RI LCO # 2854/19 West Warwick Casino Competative Bidding Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (16 - 17)
June 1, 2006 CA SB 1675 Renewable Diesel Fuel Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 16)
June 1, 2006 RI H 7935 Sub. A West Warwick Casino Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (23 - 13)
June 1, 2006 CA SB 1162 Minimum Wage Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14)
June 1, 2006 LA SB 753 Hiring of Undocumented Immigrants Bill Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9)
May 31, 2006 SC H 4449 Sales and Property Taxes Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 11)
May 31, 2006 LA SB 700 Minimum Wage Bill Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
May 31, 2006 LA SB 700 Minimum Wage Bill Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
May 31, 2006 CA AB 2555 Wage Discrimination Penalties Bill Passed - House (48 - 32)
May 31, 2006 CA AB 1899 Flood Assessment Requirements for Building Bill Passed - House (42 - 35)
May 30, 2006 CA AB 1970 Energy Conservation Bill Bill Passed - House (44 - 35)
May 30, 2006 NC HB 2174 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (72 - 43)
May 26, 2006 TN HB 3402 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (52 - 43)
May 26, 2006 TN HB 3402 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (52 - 43)
May 25, 2006 AZ HB 2577 Immigration Law; Employment; Enforcement Conference Report Adopted - Senate (16 - 9)
May 25, 2006 CA AB 2122 Shareholder Distribution Restrictions Bill Passed - House (48 - 32)
May 25, 2006 RI H 7935 Sub. A West Warwick Casino Joint Resolution Passed - House (44 - 28)
May 24, 2006 MA Amdt 8 to SB 3 Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Adopted - Senate (23 - 16)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/15 SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - House (109 - 26)
6/14 Amendment #B-635 Ethanol Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (67 - 28)
6/14 SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
6/08 HB 144 Equal Pay Bill Bill Failed - House (40 - 54)
6/08 HR 5252 COPE Bill of 2006 Bill Passed - House (321 - 101)
6/07 HB 94 Daylight Savings Bill Bill Failed - House (37 - 61)
6/06 HB 194 Minimum Wage for State Employees Bill Passed - House (66 - 35)
6/01 LCO # 2854/19 West Warwick Casino Competative Bidding Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate (16 - 17)
6/01 SB 1675 Renewable Diesel Fuel Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 16)
6/01 H 7935 Sub. A West Warwick Casino Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (23 - 13)
6/01 SB 1162 Minimum Wage Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14)
6/01 SB 753 Hiring of Undocumented Immigrants Bill Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9)
5/31 H 4449 Sales and Property Taxes Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 11)
5/31 SB 700 Minimum Wage Bill Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
5/31 SB 700 Minimum Wage Bill Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
5/31 AB 2555 Wage Discrimination Penalties Bill Passed - House (48 - 32)
5/31 AB 1899 Flood Assessment Requirements for Building Bill Passed - House (42 - 35)
5/30 AB 1970 Energy Conservation Bill Bill Passed - House (44 - 35)
5/30 HB 2174 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (72 - 43)
5/26 HB 3402 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (52 - 43)
5/26 HB 3402 Tennessee Minimum Wage Act Bill Passed - House (52 - 43)
5/25 HB 2577 Immigration Law; Employment; Enforcement Conference Report Adopted - Senate (16 - 9)
5/25 AB 2122 Shareholder Distribution Restrictions Bill Passed - House (48 - 32)
5/25 H 7935 Sub. A West Warwick Casino Joint Resolution Passed - House (44 - 28)
5/24 Amdt 8 to SB 3 Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Adopted - Senate (23 - 16)

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