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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
May 14, 2020 MO HB 1682 Authorizes Free COVID-19 Testing Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 5)
May 14, 2020 OK SB 1947 Exempts from Product Liability Individuals that Manufacture and Supply Personal Protective Equipment or Medications Used for COVID-19 Treatment Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
May 14, 2020 MO SB 739 Prohibits State Contracts with Businesses that Boycott Israel Bill Passed - House (95 - 40)
May 14, 2020 NJ A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
May 14, 2020 NJ A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
May 14, 2020 OK SB 1946 Exempts from Civil Liability Any Individual Who Potentially Exposes Another to COVID-19 Bill Passed - House (76 - 20)
May 14, 2020 MO SB 739 Prohibits State Contracts with Businesses that Boycott Israel Bill Passed - House (95 - 40)
May 14, 2020 NJ A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - House (51 - 26)
May 14, 2020 NJ S 1055 Prohibits Rent Controlled Units From Being Converted into Condominiums Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
May 14, 2020 NJ A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - House (51 - 26)
May 14, 2020 NJ A 3971 Authorizes the Issuance of "Coronavirus Relief Bonds" by Local Governments Bill Passed - House (57 - 20)
May 13, 2020 OK HB 2742 Reduces Contributions to Retirement Systems for Police and Firefighters Veto Override Passed - Senate (34 - 11)
May 13, 2020 MO HB 1693 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Conference Report Adopted - House (94 - 59)
May 13, 2020 PA HB 2388 Establishes Exemption Waivers for Business Closures Due to COVID-19 Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 17)
May 13, 2020 MN HF 331 Increases Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21 Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 21)
May 13, 2020 OK HB 2877 Increases the Role of Victim Impact Panels to Prevent Future OWI Offenses Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 13)
May 13, 2020 MO SJR 38 Amends Provisions Regulating the Legislature to Limit the Influence of Partisan Interests Joint Resolution Passed - House (98 - 56)
May 13, 2020 MI HB 5416 Extends Medicaid Coverage to At-Home or In-School Telehealth Services Bill Passed - House (105 - 0)
May 13, 2020 OH HB 368 Establishes Criminal Penalties for Cyber Crimes Bill Passed - House (93 - 1)
May 12, 2020 SC H 3411 Establishes Allocations of Federal COVID-19 Appropriations to the State Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 8)
May 12, 2020 SC H 3411 Establishes Allocations of Federal COVID-19 Appropriations to the State Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 8)
May 12, 2020 SC H 3998 Establishes a State Housing Credit Equal to the Federal Low Income Housing Credit Concurrence Vote Passed - House (97 - 18)
May 12, 2020 OK HB 2760 Reduces the Annual Affordable Housing Tax Credits Offered by the State Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
May 12, 2020 MO SB 569 Requires Forensic Testing of Rape Kits Upon Request of Victim Bill Passed - House (150 - 3)
May 12, 2020 MN HF 4602 Reduces the Number of Job Retainments for Verso in Duluth, Minnesota from 200 to 150 Bill Passed - House (114 - 18)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/14 HB 1682 Authorizes Free COVID-19 Testing Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 5)
5/14 SB 1947 Exempts from Product Liability Individuals that Manufacture and Supply Personal Protective Equipment or Medications Used for COVID-19 Treatment Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
5/14 SB 739 Prohibits State Contracts with Businesses that Boycott Israel Bill Passed - House (95 - 40)
5/14 A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
5/14 A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
5/14 SB 1946 Exempts from Civil Liability Any Individual Who Potentially Exposes Another to COVID-19 Bill Passed - House (76 - 20)
5/14 SB 739 Prohibits State Contracts with Businesses that Boycott Israel Bill Passed - House (95 - 40)
5/14 A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - House (51 - 26)
5/14 S 1055 Prohibits Rent Controlled Units From Being Converted into Condominiums Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 13)
5/14 A 4131 Requires Sanitation and Cleaning Guidelines for Hotels Bill Passed - House (51 - 26)
5/14 A 3971 Authorizes the Issuance of "Coronavirus Relief Bonds" by Local Governments Bill Passed - House (57 - 20)
5/13 HB 2742 Reduces Contributions to Retirement Systems for Police and Firefighters Veto Override Passed - Senate (34 - 11)
5/13 HB 1693 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Conference Report Adopted - House (94 - 59)
5/13 HB 2388 Establishes Exemption Waivers for Business Closures Due to COVID-19 Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 17)
5/13 HF 331 Increases Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21 Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 21)
5/13 HB 2877 Increases the Role of Victim Impact Panels to Prevent Future OWI Offenses Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 13)
5/13 SJR 38 Amends Provisions Regulating the Legislature to Limit the Influence of Partisan Interests Joint Resolution Passed - House (98 - 56)
5/13 HB 5416 Extends Medicaid Coverage to At-Home or In-School Telehealth Services Bill Passed - House (105 - 0)
5/13 HB 368 Establishes Criminal Penalties for Cyber Crimes Bill Passed - House (93 - 1)
5/12 H 3411 Establishes Allocations of Federal COVID-19 Appropriations to the State Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 8)
5/12 H 3411 Establishes Allocations of Federal COVID-19 Appropriations to the State Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 8)
5/12 H 3998 Establishes a State Housing Credit Equal to the Federal Low Income Housing Credit Concurrence Vote Passed - House (97 - 18)
5/12 HB 2760 Reduces the Annual Affordable Housing Tax Credits Offered by the State Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
5/12 SB 569 Requires Forensic Testing of Rape Kits Upon Request of Victim Bill Passed - House (150 - 3)
5/12 HF 4602 Reduces the Number of Job Retainments for Verso in Duluth, Minnesota from 200 to 150 Bill Passed - House (114 - 18)

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