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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 27, 2007 NH HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (211 - 146)
June 26, 2007 DE HB 249 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (29 - 12)
June 26, 2007 AK HCS CS SB 4 Senior Benefits Payment Program Bill Passed - House (34 - 3)
June 21, 2007 OR HB 2801 Exploration of Public Funding for Stem Cell Research Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
June 20, 2007 AZ SB 1552 Air Pollution Control Conference Report Adopted - House (47 - 8)
June 20, 2007 PA HB 1202 Clean Fuels and Energy Independence Act Bill Passed - House (138 - 60)
June 20, 2007 PA HB 1200 Alternative Energy Incentives Bill Passed - House (128 - 70)
June 19, 2007 OH HB 119 2008-2009 Budget Concurrence Vote Failed - House (46 - 53)
June 19, 2007 AZ HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 21)
June 19, 2007 RI H 5127 Mandatory Minimum Drug Possession Sentence Repeal Bill Passed - House (54 - 6)
June 15, 2007 OR SB 571 Smoking Ban Expansion Bill Passed - House (38 - 21)
June 12, 2007 OR HB 2967 Tobacco Tax Increase for Children’s Health Care Bill Failed - House (35 - 22)
June 11, 2007 NJ SS for S 1195 Requiring Pharmacists to Fill All Prescriptions Bill Passed - House (55 - 19)
June 7, 2007 National S 5 Stem Cell Research Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (247 - 176)
June 7, 2007 CA AB 8 Expanding Subsidized Health Care Eligibility Bill Passed - House (47 - 32)
June 6, 2007 CA AB 1470 Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (44 - 34)
June 6, 2007 National HR 2560 Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 Bill Failed - House (204 - 213)
June 6, 2007 CA AB 493 New Car Purchases Fees and Rebates Bill Failed - House (35 - 35)
June 5, 2007 CA AB 1108 Phthalates in Children Products Bill Passed - House (41 - 34)
June 5, 2007 CA AB 35 Sustainable Government Building Standards Bill Passed - House (46 - 33)
June 4, 2007 NC CS HB 1473 2007-2008 Operating Budget Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (68 - 47)
June 4, 2007 CA AB 514 Diacetyl Toxic Substance Ban Bill Passed - House (43 - 33)
June 4, 2007 OR SB 790 Offshore Drilling Moratorium Bill Passed - House (47 - 11)
June 1, 2007 CT HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
May 31, 2007 IL SB 4 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - House (70 - 44)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/27 HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (211 - 146)
6/26 HB 249 Cigarette Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (29 - 12)
6/26 HCS CS SB 4 Senior Benefits Payment Program Bill Passed - House (34 - 3)
6/21 HB 2801 Exploration of Public Funding for Stem Cell Research Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
6/20 SB 1552 Air Pollution Control Conference Report Adopted - House (47 - 8)
6/20 HB 1202 Clean Fuels and Energy Independence Act Bill Passed - House (138 - 60)
6/20 HB 1200 Alternative Energy Incentives Bill Passed - House (128 - 70)
6/19 HB 119 2008-2009 Budget Concurrence Vote Failed - House (46 - 53)
6/19 HB 2781 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (38 - 21)
6/19 H 5127 Mandatory Minimum Drug Possession Sentence Repeal Bill Passed - House (54 - 6)
6/15 SB 571 Smoking Ban Expansion Bill Passed - House (38 - 21)
6/12 HB 2967 Tobacco Tax Increase for Children’s Health Care Bill Failed - House (35 - 22)
6/11 SS for S 1195 Requiring Pharmacists to Fill All Prescriptions Bill Passed - House (55 - 19)
6/07 S 5 Stem Cell Research Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (247 - 176)
6/07 AB 8 Expanding Subsidized Health Care Eligibility Bill Passed - House (47 - 32)
6/06 AB 1470 Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (44 - 34)
6/06 HR 2560 Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 Bill Failed - House (204 - 213)
6/06 AB 493 New Car Purchases Fees and Rebates Bill Failed - House (35 - 35)
6/05 AB 1108 Phthalates in Children Products Bill Passed - House (41 - 34)
6/05 AB 35 Sustainable Government Building Standards Bill Passed - House (46 - 33)
6/04 CS HB 1473 2007-2008 Operating Budget Nonconcurrence Vote Passed - House (68 - 47)
6/04 AB 514 Diacetyl Toxic Substance Ban Bill Passed - House (43 - 33)
6/04 SB 790 Offshore Drilling Moratorium Bill Passed - House (47 - 11)
6/01 HB 7432 Energy and Electricity Efficiency Bill Passed - House (128 - 19)
5/31 SB 4 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - House (70 - 44)

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