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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:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- 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 6, 2019 | NY | A 558 | Increases Age for Tobacco Sale Regulations | Bill Passed - House (120 - 26) |
| March 6, 2019 | IL | SB 1596 | Authorizes Exceptions for Limits on Workers' Compensation Claims | Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 16) |
| March 5, 2019 | MD | SB 285 | Prohibits Use of Foam Containers | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 13) |
| March 5, 2019 | GA | HB 324 | Authorizes Sale of Medical Marijuana Oil | Bill Passed - House (123 - 40) |
| March 5, 2019 | HI | SB 522 | Prohibits Certain Plastics | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 1) |
| March 5, 2019 | WA | HB 1638 | Prohibits Parental Exemptions of the Measles Vaccine | Bill Passed - House (57 - 40) |
| March 4, 2019 | ID | H 180 | Authorizes Syringe and Needle Exchange Program | Bill Passed - House (47 - 20) |
| March 4, 2019 | ID | H 180 | Authorizes Syringe and Needle Exchange Program | Bill Passed - House (47 - 20) |
| March 4, 2019 | AZ | HB 2604 | Prohibits Labeling of "Milk" or "Meat" if Product is not Animal Derived | Bill Failed - House (22 - 36) |
| March 1, 2019 | WA | SB 5116 | Increases State Clean Energy Efforts to be 100 Percent Carbon Free by 2045 | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 19) |
| Feb. 28, 2019 | National | PN 22 | Nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency | (52 - 47) |
| Feb. 28, 2019 | OR | HB 2010 | Authorizes the Continuation of Funding for the Oregon Reinsurance Program | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 7) |
| Feb. 28, 2019 | UT | SB 58 | Establishes the "Kratom Consumer Protection Act" | Bill Passed - House (39 - 34) |
| Feb. 28, 2019 | UT | SB 58 | Establishes the "Kratom Consumer Protection Act" | Bill Passed - House (39 - 34) |
| Feb. 27, 2019 | National | PN 22 | Nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency | Cloture Invoked - Senate (52 - 46) |
| Feb. 26, 2019 | WY | HB 103 | Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 12) |
| Feb. 26, 2019 | UT | SB 132 | Increases Alcohol Cap for Beer Sales | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 2) |
| Feb. 26, 2019 | GA | SB 106 | Authorizes Governor to Pursue Medicaid Waivers | Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20) |
| Feb. 25, 2019 | WY | HB 103 | Requires Doctor Reporting of Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 9) |
| Feb. 25, 2019 | IN | SB 553 | Authorizes Public Use of Shore of Lake Michigan | Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16) |
| Feb. 25, 2019 | AZ | HCR 2009 | Classifies Pornography as a Public Health Crises | Bill Passed - House (32 - 28) |
| Feb. 22, 2019 | UT | HB 220 | Authorizes the Disposal of Certain Types of Radioactive Waste in Utah | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 20) |
| Feb. 21, 2019 | VT | H 57 | Expands and Preserves Abortion Rights and Protections | Bill Passed - House (106 - 37) |
| Feb. 21, 2019 | IN | HB 1211 | Prohibits Dilation and Evacuation Abortions | Bill Passed - House (71 - 25) |
| Feb. 20, 2019 | KS | SB 32 | Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11) |
| Feb. 20, 2019 | KS | SB 32 | Authorizes The Farm Bureau To Offer Coverage | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 11) |
| Feb. 19, 2019 | OR | SB 256 | Prohibits Oil and Gas Exploration In Coastal Waters | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6) |
| Feb. 19, 2019 | CO | HB 19-1032 | Amends Sex Education Standards | Bill Passed - House (39 - 23) |
| Feb. 19, 2019 | OR | HB 2010 | Authorizes the Continuation of Funding for the Oregon Reinsurance Program | Bill Passed - House (44 - 15) |
| Feb. 18, 2019 | NM | HB 89 | Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives | Bill Passed - House (40 - 24) |
| Feb. 18, 2019 | NM | HB 89 | Requires Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Contraceptives | Bill Passed - House (40 - 24) |
| Feb. 14, 2019 | AR | SB 149 | Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act | Bill Passed - House (72 - 20) |
| Feb. 14, 2019 | NH | SB 1 | Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave | Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 10) |
| Feb. 14, 2019 | NH | SB 142 | Requires Public Schools Provide Menstrual Products | Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 6) |
| Feb. 13, 2019 | VA | HB 2748 | Increases Age for Tobacco Sale Regulations | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 32) |
| Feb. 13, 2019 | VA | SB 1240 | Authorizes Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance | Bill Passed - House (51 - 46) |
| Feb. 13, 2019 | VA | SB 1027 | Authorizes Catastrophic Health Plans | Bill Passed - House (51 - 47) |
| Feb. 12, 2019 | IN | HB 1444 | Authorizes the Taxation of Vaping Liquids | Bill Passed - House (53 - 40) |
| Feb. 12, 2019 | National | S 47 | Natural Resources Management Act | Bill Passed - Senate (92 - 8) |
| Feb. 12, 2019 | MT | SB 100 | Requires Abortion Providers Offer Patients an Ultrasound | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19) |
| Feb. 11, 2019 | OK | HB 2591 | Requires Healthcare Providers Report Statutory Rape | Bill Passed - House (79 - 20) |
| Feb. 8, 2019 | UT | SB 96 | Expands Medicaid Eligibility | Bill Passed - House (56 - 19) |
| Feb. 7, 2019 | AR | SB 149 | Establishes The Arkansas Human Life Protection Act | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6) |
| Feb. 7, 2019 | WV | HB 2481 | Expands Liquor Sales | Bill Passed - House (85 - 13) |
| Feb. 6, 2019 | NM | HB 51 | Amends State Law to Decriminalize Abortion | Bill Passed - House (40 - 29) |
| Feb. 5, 2019 | VA | HB 2384 | Prohibits Tobacco and Nicotine Vapor Products at Public Schools | Bill Passed - House (83 - 15) |
| Feb. 4, 2019 | UT | SB 96 | Expands Medicaid Eligibility | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7) |
| Feb. 1, 2019 | WY | HB 0140 | Establishes a 48-Hour Abortion Waiting Period | Bill Passed - House (36 - 22) |
| Jan. 31, 2019 | NJ | S 1784 | Expands State Medicaid Program to Include Doula Maternity Care Coverage | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6) |
| Jan. 28, 2019 | ND | HB 1336 | Requires Potential Abortion Reversal Drugs be made Available | Bill Passed - House (73 - 16) |
| Jan. 22, 2019 | WI | AB 1 | Requires State Health Insurers Cover Individuals With Pre-Existing Conditions | Bill Passed - House (76 - 19) |
| Jan. 22, 2019 | WI | AB 1 | Requires State Health Insurers Cover Individuals With Pre-Existing Conditions | Bill Passed - House (76 - 19) |
| Jan. 22, 2019 | NY | S 240 | Authorizes Comprehensive Abortion Coverage | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 24) |
| Jan. 11, 2019 | KY | SB 50 | Requires Reporting of Abortion Drugs | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 6) |
| Jan. 11, 2019 | National | HR 266 | Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 | Bill Passed - House (240 - 179) |