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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
Feb. 19, 2007 KS HB 2006 Legal Status of an Unborn Child/Fetus Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
Feb. 19, 2007 AZ SB 1180 No Child Left Behind Opt-Out Bill Failed - Senate (15 - 14)
Feb. 19, 2007 MN SF 372 Legalization of Ticket Scalping Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 15)
Feb. 19, 2007 UT 4SHB 236 Student Clubs Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
Feb. 19, 2007 UT 4SHB 236 Student Clubs Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
Feb. 16, 2007 KY SCS SB 2 Bonuses for Science and Math Teachers Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
Feb. 16, 2007 KY SCS SB 1 Advanced Placement Incentives Program Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
Feb. 16, 2007 WA HB 1024 Prohibition of PBDEs Bill Passed - House (71 - 24)
Feb. 16, 2007 VA Sub SB 1204 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (81 - 16)
Feb. 16, 2007 VA Sub SB 1204 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (81 - 16)
Feb. 15, 2007 MS HB 247 Cigarette Excise Tax Increase and Food Sales Tax Decrease Bill Passed - House (91 - 27)
Feb. 15, 2007 KY SB 152 State Employee Health Coverage Restrictions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
Feb. 15, 2007 SD SB 157 Teacher Compensation Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 5)
Feb. 15, 2007 KY SB 152 State Employee Health Coverage Restrictions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD HB 1160 Physician Presence at Executions Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD SB 196 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 7)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
Feb. 14, 2007 IA SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 24)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 22)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND HB 1449 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (27 - 65)
Feb. 13, 2007 IA SF 61 Harassment In Schools Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
Feb. 13, 2007 IA SF 61 Harassment In Schools Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
Feb. 13, 2007 IN HB 1304 Disclosure of Academic Standards Bill Passed - House (63 - 32)
Feb. 12, 2007 IN SJR 7 Definition of Marriage Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (39 - 10)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/19 HB 2006 Legal Status of an Unborn Child/Fetus Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
2/19 SB 1180 No Child Left Behind Opt-Out Bill Failed - Senate (15 - 14)
2/19 SF 372 Legalization of Ticket Scalping Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 15)
2/19 4SHB 236 Student Clubs Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
2/19 4SHB 236 Student Clubs Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 8)
2/16 SCS SB 2 Bonuses for Science and Math Teachers Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
2/16 SCS SB 1 Advanced Placement Incentives Program Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
2/16 HB 1024 Prohibition of PBDEs Bill Passed - House (71 - 24)
2/16 Sub SB 1204 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (81 - 16)
2/16 Sub SB 1204 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (81 - 16)
2/15 HB 247 Cigarette Excise Tax Increase and Food Sales Tax Decrease Bill Passed - House (91 - 27)
2/15 SB 152 State Employee Health Coverage Restrictions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
2/15 SB 157 Teacher Compensation Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 5)
2/15 SB 152 State Employee Health Coverage Restrictions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
2/14 HB 1160 Physician Presence at Executions Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
2/14 SB 196 Smoking Ban Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
2/14 SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 7)
2/14 HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
2/14 SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 24)
2/14 SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 22)
2/14 HB 1449 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (27 - 65)
2/13 SF 61 Harassment In Schools Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
2/13 SF 61 Harassment In Schools Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
2/13 HB 1304 Disclosure of Academic Standards Bill Passed - House (63 - 32)
2/12 SJR 7 Definition of Marriage Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (39 - 10)

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