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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
April 30, 2007 FL HB 7145 Private School Scholarship Program Expansion Act Bill Passed - House (84 - 34)
April 27, 2007 CO SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze Bill Passed - House (41 - 20)
April 27, 2007 IA HF 920 Univeristy Capital Improvement Bonds Bill Passed - House (51 - 44)
April 25, 2007 IA SF 588 2008-2009 Education Budget Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
April 25, 2007 FL CS HB 7189 Kidcare Eligibility Expansion Bill Passed - House (98 - 14)
April 23, 2007 IA SF 277 Teacher Pay and Incentive Programs Conference Report Adopted - House (93 - 3)
April 20, 2007 ND SB 2046 Teachers’ Retirement Fund Conference Report Adopted - House (57 - 27)
April 19, 2007 MN H Amendment Resident Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Amendment Rejected - House (61 - 71)
April 19, 2007 MN SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Bill Passed - House (95 - 37)
April 18, 2007 ND SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
April 11, 2007 WA Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - House (63 - 34)
April 11, 2007 NH HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (208 - 158)
April 5, 2007 IA SF 277 Teacher Pay and Incentive Programs Bill Passed - House (90 - 7)
April 3, 2007 OR HB 2650 School Food Nutritional Standards Bill Passed - House (46 - 11)
March 30, 2007 ND SB 2200 Revisions in School Funding Bill Passed - House (62 - 25)
March 29, 2007 SC Amendment No. 5 School Vouchers, Administer PACT to Transfer Students Amendment Tabled - House (62 - 56)
March 29, 2007 SC Amendment No. 8 School Tuition Tax Credit Amendment Tabled - House (70 - 49)
March 29, 2007 TX F 64 Pay Raise for Public School Employees Amendment Adopted - House (90 - 56)
March 29, 2007 IL HB 414 Community College Student Housing Bill Passed - House (82 - 32)
March 29, 2007 SC H 3124 Open Enrollment and Optional Programs Bill Passed - House (69 - 53)
March 29, 2007 IA HF 611 Research-Based Sex Education Bill Passed - House (55 - 40)
March 28, 2007 IA HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 43)
March 28, 2007 MI HB 4091 Anti-Bullying Bill Bill Passed - House (66 - 43)
March 28, 2007 MI Sub HB 4162 Anti School Bullying Act Bill Passed - House (59 - 50)
March 27, 2007 NH HB 927 Adequate Education Definition Bill Passed - House (226 - 132)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/30 HB 7145 Private School Scholarship Program Expansion Act Bill Passed - House (84 - 34)
4/27 SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze Bill Passed - House (41 - 20)
4/27 HF 920 Univeristy Capital Improvement Bonds Bill Passed - House (51 - 44)
4/25 SF 588 2008-2009 Education Budget Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
4/25 CS HB 7189 Kidcare Eligibility Expansion Bill Passed - House (98 - 14)
4/23 SF 277 Teacher Pay and Incentive Programs Conference Report Adopted - House (93 - 3)
4/20 SB 2046 Teachers’ Retirement Fund Conference Report Adopted - House (57 - 27)
4/19 H Amendment Resident Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Amendment Rejected - House (61 - 71)
4/19 SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Bill Passed - House (95 - 37)
4/18 SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - House (61 - 33)
4/11 Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education Bill Passed - House (63 - 34)
4/11 HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (208 - 158)
4/05 SF 277 Teacher Pay and Incentive Programs Bill Passed - House (90 - 7)
4/03 HB 2650 School Food Nutritional Standards Bill Passed - House (46 - 11)
3/30 SB 2200 Revisions in School Funding Bill Passed - House (62 - 25)
3/29 Amendment No. 5 School Vouchers, Administer PACT to Transfer Students Amendment Tabled - House (62 - 56)
3/29 Amendment No. 8 School Tuition Tax Credit Amendment Tabled - House (70 - 49)
3/29 F 64 Pay Raise for Public School Employees Amendment Adopted - House (90 - 56)
3/29 HB 414 Community College Student Housing Bill Passed - House (82 - 32)
3/29 H 3124 Open Enrollment and Optional Programs Bill Passed - House (69 - 53)
3/29 HF 611 Research-Based Sex Education Bill Passed - House (55 - 40)
3/28 HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 43)
3/28 HB 4091 Anti-Bullying Bill Bill Passed - House (66 - 43)
3/28 Sub HB 4162 Anti School Bullying Act Bill Passed - House (59 - 50)
3/27 HB 927 Adequate Education Definition Bill Passed - House (226 - 132)

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