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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. 26, 2007 ID S 1082 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
Feb. 23, 2007 IL SB 4 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 23)
Feb. 22, 2007 MS SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
Feb. 20, 2007 KY SB 179 Informed Abortion Consent Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
Feb. 19, 2007 KS HB 2006 Legal Status of an Unborn Child/Fetus Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD HB 1293 Abortion Limitations Bill Passed - House (45 - 25)
Feb. 12, 2007 UT 2SHB 235 Abortion Law Revisions Bill Passed - House (62 - 12)
Feb. 7, 2007 MS SB 2391 Parental Consent Waiver for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 0)
Feb. 5, 2007 SD HB 1296 Pre-Abortion Sonograms Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
Feb. 2, 2007 WY SF 118 Homicide During Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 12)
Feb. 1, 2007 WY HB 144 Abortion Information Requirement Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
Jan. 30, 2007 CO SB 60 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1464 Abortion Regulation Bill Failed - House (39 - 49)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1466 Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (61 - 26)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1494 Prenatal Testing Bill Failed - House (29 - 60)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions Bill Failed - House (20 - 69)
Jan. 26, 2007 VA Sub HB 1665 Forced or Coerced Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (71 - 27)
Jan. 23, 2007 VA HB 1883 Abortion Clinic Licensure Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/26 S 1082 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
2/23 SB 4 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 23)
2/22 SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
2/20 SB 179 Informed Abortion Consent Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
2/19 HB 2006 Legal Status of an Unborn Child/Fetus Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
2/14 HB 1293 Abortion Limitations Bill Passed - House (45 - 25)
2/12 2SHB 235 Abortion Law Revisions Bill Passed - House (62 - 12)
2/07 SB 2391 Parental Consent Waiver for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 0)
2/05 HB 1296 Pre-Abortion Sonograms Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
2/02 SF 118 Homicide During Pregnancy Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 12)
2/01 HB 144 Abortion Information Requirement Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
1/30 SB 60 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
1/26 HB 1464 Abortion Regulation Bill Failed - House (39 - 49)
1/26 HB 1466 Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (61 - 26)
1/26 HB 1494 Prenatal Testing Bill Failed - House (29 - 60)
1/26 HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions Bill Failed - House (20 - 69)
1/26 Sub HB 1665 Forced or Coerced Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (71 - 27)
1/23 HB 1883 Abortion Clinic Licensure Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)

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