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:
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.
For more information about the legislative process, see here.
| Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2019 | PA | HB 321 | Prohibits Abortions Based on a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome | Bill Passed - House (117 - 76) |
| May 7, 2019 | TX | SB 1033 | Establishes the "Preborn Nondiscrimination Act" | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 11) |
| May 6, 2019 | LA | SB 184 | Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 5) |
| May 6, 2019 | PA | HB 1058 | Prohibits Abortions Based Solely on a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome | Bill Passed - House (116 - 76) |
| May 3, 2019 | TX | HB 2271 | Authorizes the Advertisement of "Choose Life Grant" Funds | Bill Passed - House (94 - 47) |
| May 1, 2019 | KS | SB 67 | Requires Abortion Reversal Drugs Be Made Known | Veto Override Failed - House (82 - 43) |
| May 1, 2019 | KS | SB 67 | Requires Abortion Reversal Drugs Be Made Known | Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 13) |
| April 30, 2019 | AL | HB 314 | Increases Penalties for Abortions | Bill Passed - House (74 - 3) |
| April 27, 2019 | IA | HF 766 | Establishes a Health and Human Services Budget for FY 2019-2020 | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 47) |
| April 26, 2019 | IA | HF 766 | Establishes a Health and Human Services Budget for FY 2019-2020 | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19) |
| April 25, 2019 | SC | H 3020 | Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - House (64 - 22) |
| April 24, 2019 | OK | HB 2591 | Requires Healthcare Providers Report Statutory Rape | Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 8) |
| April 18, 2019 | MT | HB 500 | Prohibits Abortions After 20th Week of Pregnancy | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19) |
| April 17, 2019 | FL | HB 1335 | Requires Parental Consent for Minors to Obtain Abortions | Bill Passed - House (69 - 44) |
| April 16, 2019 | OK | SB 614 | Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be Made Available | Bill Passed - House (74 - 24) |
| April 16, 2019 | NC | SB 359 | Establishes Requirements for Abortions Resulting in Premature Birth | Bill Passed - House (65 - 46) |
| April 16, 2019 | NV | SB 179 | Amends Abortion Laws | Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 9) |
| April 15, 2019 | NC | SB 359 | Establishes Requirements for Abortions Resulting in Premature Birth | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 19) |
| April 11, 2019 | MT | SB 100 | Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound | Bill Passed - House (58 - 41) |
| April 10, 2019 | OH | SB 23 | Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (18 - 13) |
| April 10, 2019 | OH | SB 23 | Prohibits Abortion After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - House (56 - 40) |
| April 4, 2019 | AR | SB 278 | Establishes a 72-Hour Waiting Period Before Abortions | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 5) |
| April 3, 2019 | ND | HB 1546 | Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 12) |
| April 2, 2019 | AR | SB 278 | Establishes a 72-Hour Waiting Period Before Abortions | Bill Passed - House (75 - 13) |
| April 2, 2019 | IN | HB 1211 | Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 10) |