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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
Jan. 20, 2022 KY HB 1 Authorizes Appropriations Through Fiscal Year 2024 Bill Passed - House (85 - 8)
Jan. 20, 2022 ID H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (57 - 13)
Jan. 19, 2022 NY A 6319 Amends the State Definition of Rape to Include Additional Forms of Non-Consensual Sexual Conduct Bill Passed - House (129 - 16)
Jan. 19, 2022 NE LB 496 Requires DNA Samples Following Charge, Prior to Conviction Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 16)
Jan. 19, 2022 KY SB 9 Establishes the Read to Succeed Act to Increase Child Literacy Rates Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
Jan. 19, 2022 FL SB 7014 Extends COVID-19 Liability Protections for Health Care Providers Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 13)
Jan. 12, 2022 MS HB 530 Increases Starting Teacher Salary by $6,000 Bill Passed - House (114 - 6)
Jan. 10, 2022 NJ S 896 Exempts Public Defender Fee Requirements for Defendants Under the Age of 18 (56 - 23)
Jan. 10, 2022 NH HB 579 Requires Police Provide Public Notice Before Conducting Immigration Checkpoints "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (254 - 85)
Jan. 10, 2022 NH HB 579 Requires Police Provide Public Notice Before Conducting Immigration Checkpoints "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (254 - 85)
Jan. 8, 2022 KY SB 1 Transfers School Governance Authority to Superintendents and Away from School-Based-Decision-Councils Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
Jan. 6, 2022 CA SB 107 Prohibits the Extradition of an Individual Charged with Violating Another State's Law that Criminalizes Gender-affirming Health Care Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 0)
Jan. 5, 2022 IL HB 3512 Amends Criminal Justice Law Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 42)
Jan. 4, 2022 RI H 5505 Requires Every Short-Term Rental Property Listed for Rent on Any Third-Party Hosting Platform be Registered with the Department of Business Regulation Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
Jan. 4, 2022 RI H 5505 Requires Every Short-Term Rental Property Listed for Rent on Any Third-Party Hosting Platform be Registered with the Department of Business Regulation Veto Override Passed - House (57 - 7)
Date No. Title Outcome
1/20 HB 1 Authorizes Appropriations Through Fiscal Year 2024 Bill Passed - House (85 - 8)
1/20 H 436 Reduces Tax Rates Bill Passed - House (57 - 13)
1/19 A 6319 Amends the State Definition of Rape to Include Additional Forms of Non-Consensual Sexual Conduct Bill Passed - House (129 - 16)
1/19 LB 496 Requires DNA Samples Following Charge, Prior to Conviction Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 16)
1/19 SB 9 Establishes the Read to Succeed Act to Increase Child Literacy Rates Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
1/19 SB 7014 Extends COVID-19 Liability Protections for Health Care Providers Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 13)
1/12 HB 530 Increases Starting Teacher Salary by $6,000 Bill Passed - House (114 - 6)
1/10 S 896 Exempts Public Defender Fee Requirements for Defendants Under the Age of 18 (56 - 23)
1/10 HB 579 Requires Police Provide Public Notice Before Conducting Immigration Checkpoints "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (254 - 85)
1/10 HB 579 Requires Police Provide Public Notice Before Conducting Immigration Checkpoints "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (254 - 85)
1/08 SB 1 Transfers School Governance Authority to Superintendents and Away from School-Based-Decision-Councils Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
1/06 SB 107 Prohibits the Extradition of an Individual Charged with Violating Another State's Law that Criminalizes Gender-affirming Health Care Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 0)
1/05 HB 3512 Amends Criminal Justice Law Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 42)
1/04 H 5505 Requires Every Short-Term Rental Property Listed for Rent on Any Third-Party Hosting Platform be Registered with the Department of Business Regulation Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
1/04 H 5505 Requires Every Short-Term Rental Property Listed for Rent on Any Third-Party Hosting Platform be Registered with the Department of Business Regulation Veto Override Passed - House (57 - 7)

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