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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 23, 2022 AZ SB 1001 Classifies Sending Extortive Social Media Messages as a Prosecutable Offense Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (18 - 11)
May 23, 2022 CA AB 2011 Establishes Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act Bill Passed - House (48 - 11)
May 23, 2022 CA AB 2011 Establishes Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act Bill Passed - House (48 - 11)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 3420 Appropriates Moneys for Drought Relief Conference Report Adopted - Senate (66 - 1)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 1829 Prohibits Insurers from Discriminating Against Bone Marrow or Organ Donors Bill Passed - House (125 - 6)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - House (68 - 65)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - House (68 - 65)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 0)
May 22, 2022 MN HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 0)
May 20, 2022 OK SB 169 Authorizes To-Go Cocktails Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 14)
May 20, 2022 OK HB 4473 Appropriates Additional Funds to the Inflation Relief Stimulus Fund Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 10)
May 19, 2022 RI H 7943 Establishes Program for Converting Vacant Schools into Affordable Housing (48 - 12)
May 19, 2022 National S 4008 Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 43)
May 19, 2022 LA HB 1083 Prohibits Hair Discrimination Bill Passed - House (74 - 24)
May 19, 2022 National HR 7688 Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act Bill Passed - House (217 - 207)
May 18, 2022 AK HB 265 Reduces Barriers to Telehealth Services Concurrence Vote Passed - House (37 - 1)
May 18, 2022 AK HB 226 Increases Salaries of Certain State Employees Concurrence Vote Passed - House (23 - 15)
May 18, 2022 OK HB 3349 Establishes COVID Recovery Fund Bill Passed - House (79 - 5)
May 18, 2022 OK HB 3349 Establishes COVID Recovery Fund Bill Passed - House (79 - 5)
May 18, 2022 AK HB 291 Establishes the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission Concurrence Vote Passed - House (21 - 18)
May 18, 2022 AK SB 45 Increases Minimum Age for Tobacco Use Bill Passed - House (31 - 9)
May 18, 2022 AK HB 291 Establishes the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 5)
May 18, 2022 OK HB 4473 Appropriates Additional Funds to the Inflation Relief Stimulus Fund Bill Passed - House (74 - 12)
May 18, 2022 National HR 7790 Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 Bill Passed - House (231 - 192)
May 17, 2022 AK HB 172 Establishes Regulations Regarding Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Centers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (36 - 2)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/23 SB 1001 Classifies Sending Extortive Social Media Messages as a Prosecutable Offense Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (18 - 11)
5/23 AB 2011 Establishes Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act Bill Passed - House (48 - 11)
5/23 AB 2011 Establishes Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act Bill Passed - House (48 - 11)
5/22 HF 3420 Appropriates Moneys for Drought Relief Conference Report Adopted - Senate (66 - 1)
5/22 HF 1829 Prohibits Insurers from Discriminating Against Bone Marrow or Organ Donors Bill Passed - House (125 - 6)
5/22 HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - House (68 - 65)
5/22 HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - House (68 - 65)
5/22 HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 0)
5/22 HF 4065 Expands Health & Human Services Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 0)
5/20 SB 169 Authorizes To-Go Cocktails Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 14)
5/20 HB 4473 Appropriates Additional Funds to the Inflation Relief Stimulus Fund Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 10)
5/19 H 7943 Establishes Program for Converting Vacant Schools into Affordable Housing (48 - 12)
5/19 S 4008 Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 43)
5/19 HB 1083 Prohibits Hair Discrimination Bill Passed - House (74 - 24)
5/19 HR 7688 Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act Bill Passed - House (217 - 207)
5/18 HB 265 Reduces Barriers to Telehealth Services Concurrence Vote Passed - House (37 - 1)
5/18 HB 226 Increases Salaries of Certain State Employees Concurrence Vote Passed - House (23 - 15)
5/18 HB 3349 Establishes COVID Recovery Fund Bill Passed - House (79 - 5)
5/18 HB 3349 Establishes COVID Recovery Fund Bill Passed - House (79 - 5)
5/18 HB 291 Establishes the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission Concurrence Vote Passed - House (21 - 18)
5/18 SB 45 Increases Minimum Age for Tobacco Use Bill Passed - House (31 - 9)
5/18 HB 291 Establishes the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 5)
5/18 HB 4473 Appropriates Additional Funds to the Inflation Relief Stimulus Fund Bill Passed - House (74 - 12)
5/18 HR 7790 Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 Bill Passed - House (231 - 192)
5/17 HB 172 Establishes Regulations Regarding Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Centers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (36 - 2)

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