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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
March 23, 2011 KS HB 2035 Amending Statutes Regulating Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
March 23, 2011 KS HB 2218 Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
March 23, 2011 ID S 1165 Prohibits Abortions after 20 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
March 21, 2011 AZ HB 2443 Prohibits Abortion Based on Race or Gender Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 5)
March 16, 2011 GA SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
March 2, 2011 SD HB 1217 Requiring Counseling and a Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
March 1, 2011 ID S 1115 Insurance Coverage of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
Feb. 18, 2011 MT SB 97 Parental Notice of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
Feb. 17, 2011 TX SB 16 Abortion Procedures Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
Jan. 27, 2011 AR SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/23 HB 2035 Amending Statutes Regulating Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
3/23 HB 2218 Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
3/23 S 1165 Prohibits Abortions after 20 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 10)
3/21 HB 2443 Prohibits Abortion Based on Race or Gender Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 5)
3/16 SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
3/02 HB 1217 Requiring Counseling and a Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
3/01 S 1115 Insurance Coverage of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
2/18 SB 97 Parental Notice of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
2/17 SB 16 Abortion Procedures Bill Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10)
1/27 SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)

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