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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 5, 2015 MS SB 2585 Authorizes the State to Jail Tuberculosis Patients Who Decline Treatment Bill Failed - House (40 - 70)
March 5, 2015 UT HB 104 Authorizes Cow-Share Programs Bill Passed - House (61 - 11)
March 5, 2015 GA SB 103 Authorizes the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages 1 Sunday Each Year Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 19)
March 4, 2015 WY SF 145 Appropriates Funds for Uncompensated Charity Care Bill Passed - House (50 - 9)
March 4, 2015 KY HB 168 Prohibits Out-of-State Breweries from Holding Alcohol Distributors Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 13)
March 4, 2015 OR SB 324 Extends Low Carbon Fuel Standards Target Date Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
March 2, 2015 WA SB 5987 Increases Gas Tax and Amends Transportation Funding Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
March 2, 2015 NM SB 503 Authorizes Beer and Wine Delivery Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 10)
Feb. 26, 2015 AZ SB 1092 Requires Waivers for Certain Health Insurance Bill Passed - House (34 - 23)
Feb. 26, 2015 MT SB 262 Establishes Water Rights Compact Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
Feb. 26, 2015 MO HB 130 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bill Passed - House (107 - 48)
Feb. 26, 2015 PA HB 466 Authorizes Private Alcohol Sales Bill Passed - House (114 - 87)
Feb. 25, 2015 UT SB 164 Establishes Medicaid Expansion Pilot Program Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 11)
Feb. 24, 2015 WY SF 106 Prohibits Powdered Alcohol Bill Failed - House (30 - 29)
Feb. 24, 2015 NM SB 53 Authorizes Mandatory Outpatient Treatment for Certain Individuals with Mental Disorders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 11)
Feb. 23, 2015 PA SB 293 Requires Health Care Exchange Navigator Certification Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
Feb. 23, 2015 AZ SB 1092 Requires Waivers for Certain Health Insurance Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 20, 2015 WV SB 30 Authorizes the Consumption of Raw Milk Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 16)
Feb. 20, 2015 MT HB 200 Requires Drug Testing For Certain Welfare Recipients Bill Passed - House (55 - 45)
Feb. 19, 2015 CO HB 1144 Prohibits Production and Sale of Products Containing Microbeads Bill Passed - House (47 - 18)
Feb. 19, 2015 OR SB 1 Repeals Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
Feb. 19, 2015 AZ SB 1318 Limits Health Insurance Coverage for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 18, 2015 ND HB 1430 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana Bill Failed - House (26 - 67)
Feb. 17, 2015 WV SB 6 Amends Existing Medical Malpractice Law Bill Passed - House (76 - 21)
Feb. 17, 2015 OR SB 324 Extends Low Carbon Fuel Standards Target Date Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 13)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/05 SB 2585 Authorizes the State to Jail Tuberculosis Patients Who Decline Treatment Bill Failed - House (40 - 70)
3/05 HB 104 Authorizes Cow-Share Programs Bill Passed - House (61 - 11)
3/05 SB 103 Authorizes the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages 1 Sunday Each Year Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 19)
3/04 SF 145 Appropriates Funds for Uncompensated Charity Care Bill Passed - House (50 - 9)
3/04 HB 168 Prohibits Out-of-State Breweries from Holding Alcohol Distributors Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 13)
3/04 SB 324 Extends Low Carbon Fuel Standards Target Date Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
3/02 SB 5987 Increases Gas Tax and Amends Transportation Funding Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
3/02 SB 503 Authorizes Beer and Wine Delivery Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 10)
2/26 SB 1092 Requires Waivers for Certain Health Insurance Bill Passed - House (34 - 23)
2/26 SB 262 Establishes Water Rights Compact Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19)
2/26 HB 130 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bill Passed - House (107 - 48)
2/26 HB 466 Authorizes Private Alcohol Sales Bill Passed - House (114 - 87)
2/25 SB 164 Establishes Medicaid Expansion Pilot Program Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 11)
2/24 SF 106 Prohibits Powdered Alcohol Bill Failed - House (30 - 29)
2/24 SB 53 Authorizes Mandatory Outpatient Treatment for Certain Individuals with Mental Disorders Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 11)
2/23 SB 293 Requires Health Care Exchange Navigator Certification Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
2/23 SB 1092 Requires Waivers for Certain Health Insurance Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/20 SB 30 Authorizes the Consumption of Raw Milk Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 16)
2/20 HB 200 Requires Drug Testing For Certain Welfare Recipients Bill Passed - House (55 - 45)
2/19 HB 1144 Prohibits Production and Sale of Products Containing Microbeads Bill Passed - House (47 - 18)
2/19 SB 1 Repeals Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
2/19 SB 1318 Limits Health Insurance Coverage for Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/18 HB 1430 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana Bill Failed - House (26 - 67)
2/17 SB 6 Amends Existing Medical Malpractice Law Bill Passed - House (76 - 21)
2/17 SB 324 Extends Low Carbon Fuel Standards Target Date Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 13)

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