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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
Feb. 17, 2022 NC HB 980 Amends State Legislative House Districts in Accordance with the State Supreme Court Order Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 3)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (66 - 53)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - House (67 - 52)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 19)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 19)
Feb. 16, 2022 NH HB 50 Establishes State House District Boundaries "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
Feb. 16, 2022 OR HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (57 - 6)
Feb. 15, 2022 VT S 122 Requires Presidential Electors to Certify Based on National Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
Feb. 15, 2022 VA SJ 1 Expands Voting Rights of Released Inmates (24 - 16)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 8)
Feb. 14, 2022 LA SB 15 Amends Supreme Court District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
Feb. 14, 2022 LA SB 1 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
Feb. 11, 2022 MS HB 1510 Increases Secretary of State Power to Purge Voter Rolls and Audit Election Results Without Public Oversight Bill Passed - House (75 - 43)
Feb. 10, 2022 UT SB 11 Specifies Process for Cancelling Local Elections Bill Passed - House (58 - 13)
Feb. 9, 2022 KS SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - House (85 - 37)
Feb. 9, 2022 AZ SB 1008 Establishes Automatic Recount Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 8, 2022 KS SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
Feb. 8, 2022 WA HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
Feb. 2, 2022 NY A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 20)
Feb. 2, 2022 GA SB 369 Requires Board of Education Member Elections Be Nonpartisan Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 21)
Feb. 2, 2022 NY A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (104 - 44)
Feb. 2, 2022 WA HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (88 - 7)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/17 HB 980 Amends State Legislative House Districts in Accordance with the State Supreme Court Order Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 3)
2/17 SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (66 - 53)
2/17 SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - House (67 - 52)
2/17 SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 19)
2/17 SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 19)
2/16 HB 50 Establishes State House District Boundaries "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 10)
2/16 HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
2/15 H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
2/15 S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (57 - 6)
2/15 S 122 Requires Presidential Electors to Certify Based on National Popular Vote Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
2/15 S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
2/15 SJ 1 Expands Voting Rights of Released Inmates (24 - 16)
2/15 H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 8)
2/14 SB 15 Amends Supreme Court District Boundaries Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
2/14 SB 1 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
2/11 HB 1510 Increases Secretary of State Power to Purge Voter Rolls and Audit Election Results Without Public Oversight Bill Passed - House (75 - 43)
2/10 SB 11 Specifies Process for Cancelling Local Elections Bill Passed - House (58 - 13)
2/09 SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - House (85 - 37)
2/09 SB 1008 Establishes Automatic Recount Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/08 SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
2/08 HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
2/02 A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 20)
2/02 SB 369 Requires Board of Education Member Elections Be Nonpartisan Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 21)
2/02 A 9167 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (104 - 44)
2/02 HCR 4407 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (88 - 7)

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