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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 15, 2018 RI H 7200 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (61 - 12)
June 13, 2018 PA HB 1810 Requires Data Information Sharing for Hosting Platforms Bill Passed - House (177 - 14)
June 12, 2018 NC SB 99 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Veto Override Passed - House (73 - 44)
June 7, 2018 NC SB 99 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Veto Override Passed - Senate (34 - 13)
June 7, 2018 MA H 4501 Authorizes Capital for State Life Sciences Capital Fund Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 5)
June 7, 2018 OH HB 430 Exempts Oil Production from Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House
June 7, 2018 National HR 3 Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act Bill Passed - House (210 - 206)
May 24, 2018 National HR 5515 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Bill Passed - House (351 - 66)
May 22, 2018 MI HB 5579 Establishes Education Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 10)
May 18, 2018 MN HF 4133 Appropriates Funds for Agricultural Policies Concurrence Vote Passed - House (85 - 37)
May 16, 2018 MN HF 4385 Amends Tax Law Conference Report Adopted - Senate (34 - 33)
May 15, 2018 MI SB 551 Establishes a Trustee Spending Oversight Board Concurrence Vote Passed - House (56 - 51)
May 15, 2018 MN HF 4385 Amends Tax Law Conference Report Adopted - House (78 - 50)
May 15, 2018 LA HB 1 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 10)
May 2, 2018 PA HB 1843 Requires Public Release of Budget Requests and Expenditures Bill Passed - House (178 - 12)
April 27, 2018 OK SB 1600 Amends General Appropriations Bill Passed - House (63 - 31)
April 24, 2018 MI HB 5579 Establishes Education Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (71 - 36)
April 19, 2018 LA HB 1 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (55 - 47)
April 17, 2018 CO SB 18-083 Establishes Educational Tax Credit System Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
April 17, 2018 MO HB 2540 Amends Various Tax Laws Bill Passed - House (91 - 61)
April 14, 2018 AK HB 287 Appropriates Funds for Education Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 4)
April 14, 2018 AK HB 339 Appropriates Funds for Education Bill Passed - House (22 - 18)
April 12, 2018 NJ S 122 Authorizes Tax Credits for Film Production Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
April 12, 2018 NJ S 122 Authorizes Tax Credits for Film Production Bill Passed - House (59 - 14)
April 12, 2018 NJ S 1229 Increases Salary For Certain State Cabinet Members, Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Employees Bill Passed - House (45 - 23)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/15 H 7200 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (61 - 12)
6/13 HB 1810 Requires Data Information Sharing for Hosting Platforms Bill Passed - House (177 - 14)
6/12 SB 99 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Veto Override Passed - House (73 - 44)
6/07 SB 99 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Veto Override Passed - Senate (34 - 13)
6/07 H 4501 Authorizes Capital for State Life Sciences Capital Fund Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 5)
6/07 HB 430 Exempts Oil Production from Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House
6/07 HR 3 Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act Bill Passed - House (210 - 206)
5/24 HR 5515 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Bill Passed - House (351 - 66)
5/22 HB 5579 Establishes Education Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 10)
5/18 HF 4133 Appropriates Funds for Agricultural Policies Concurrence Vote Passed - House (85 - 37)
5/16 HF 4385 Amends Tax Law Conference Report Adopted - Senate (34 - 33)
5/15 SB 551 Establishes a Trustee Spending Oversight Board Concurrence Vote Passed - House (56 - 51)
5/15 HF 4385 Amends Tax Law Conference Report Adopted - House (78 - 50)
5/15 HB 1 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 10)
5/02 HB 1843 Requires Public Release of Budget Requests and Expenditures Bill Passed - House (178 - 12)
4/27 SB 1600 Amends General Appropriations Bill Passed - House (63 - 31)
4/24 HB 5579 Establishes Education Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (71 - 36)
4/19 HB 1 Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Bill Passed - House (55 - 47)
4/17 SB 18-083 Establishes Educational Tax Credit System Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17)
4/17 HB 2540 Amends Various Tax Laws Bill Passed - House (91 - 61)
4/14 HB 287 Appropriates Funds for Education Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 4)
4/14 HB 339 Appropriates Funds for Education Bill Passed - House (22 - 18)
4/12 S 122 Authorizes Tax Credits for Film Production Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
4/12 S 122 Authorizes Tax Credits for Film Production Bill Passed - House (59 - 14)
4/12 S 1229 Increases Salary For Certain State Cabinet Members, Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Employees Bill Passed - House (45 - 23)

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