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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 NM SB 144 Prohibits Intimidation of Elections Officials Bill Passed - House (39 - 30)
Feb. 17, 2022 GA SB 457 Specifies New Commission Districts Bill Passed - House (97 - 63)
Feb. 17, 2022 AR SB 21 Appropriates Funds for the Catfish Promotion Board Bill Passed - House (86 - 4)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - House (67 - 52)
Feb. 17, 2022 NC SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (66 - 53)
Feb. 17, 2022 AR SB 4 Appropriates Funds for the State Ethics Commission Bill Passed - House (89 - 4)
Feb. 17, 2022 GA SB 369 Requires Board of Education Member Elections Be Nonpartisan Bill Passed - House (95 - 61)
Feb. 17, 2022 WI AB 912 Prohibits Emergency Declaration of Businesses as Essential, Nonessential Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
Feb. 17, 2022 MD HB 126 Establishes Year-Round Daylight Saving Time Bill Passed - House (108 - 24)
Feb. 16, 2022 ME LD 344 Establishes a Constitutional Amendment that Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sex "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - House (80 - 57)
Feb. 16, 2022 AR HB 1011 Appropriates Funds for the Rice Research and Promotion Board Bill Passed - House (93 - 4)
Feb. 16, 2022 OR HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (57 - 6)
Feb. 15, 2022 RI H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 8)
Feb. 14, 2022 WV SCR 44 Rescinds Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment Motion Rejected - House (18 - 75)
Feb. 14, 2022 LA HB 14 Authorizes New Election Districts for the House of Representatives Bill Passed - House (82 - 21)
Feb. 12, 2022 NM HB 99 Prohibits Threats Against Judges Bill Passed - House (59 - 7)
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. 10, 2022 MO HJR 79 Specifies Constitutional Amendment Process Bill Passed - House (98 - 53)
Feb. 9, 2022 KS SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - House (85 - 37)
Feb. 9, 2022 NM HB 22 Expands Access to State Programs for English Language Learners Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
Feb. 9, 2022 NM HB 22 Expands Access to State Programs for English Language Learners Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
Feb. 8, 2022 NM HB 81 Limits Defendant Court Fees Bill Passed - House (45 - 21)
Feb. 8, 2022 MS HCR 39 Amends Constitution to Expand Citizen Involvement in Lawmaking Bill Passed - House
Date No. Title Outcome
2/17 SB 144 Prohibits Intimidation of Elections Officials Bill Passed - House (39 - 30)
2/17 SB 457 Specifies New Commission Districts Bill Passed - House (97 - 63)
2/17 SB 21 Appropriates Funds for the Catfish Promotion Board Bill Passed - House (86 - 4)
2/17 SB 744 Amends State Senate Legislative Districts Bill Passed - House (67 - 52)
2/17 SB 745 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (66 - 53)
2/17 SB 4 Appropriates Funds for the State Ethics Commission Bill Passed - House (89 - 4)
2/17 SB 369 Requires Board of Education Member Elections Be Nonpartisan Bill Passed - House (95 - 61)
2/17 AB 912 Prohibits Emergency Declaration of Businesses as Essential, Nonessential Bill Passed - House (59 - 35)
2/17 HB 126 Establishes Year-Round Daylight Saving Time Bill Passed - House (108 - 24)
2/16 LD 344 Establishes a Constitutional Amendment that Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sex "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - House (80 - 57)
2/16 HB 1011 Appropriates Funds for the Rice Research and Promotion Board Bill Passed - House (93 - 4)
2/16 HB 4133 Authorizes Voter Registration Without State-Issued ID Bill Passed - House (33 - 23)
2/15 S 2162 Amends Congressional Districts Bill Passed - House (57 - 6)
2/15 H 7323 Establishes Congressional, State District Boundaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 8)
2/14 SCR 44 Rescinds Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment Motion Rejected - House (18 - 75)
2/14 HB 14 Authorizes New Election Districts for the House of Representatives Bill Passed - House (82 - 21)
2/12 HB 99 Prohibits Threats Against Judges Bill Passed - House (59 - 7)
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)
2/10 HJR 79 Specifies Constitutional Amendment Process Bill Passed - House (98 - 53)
2/09 SB 355 Amends State Congressional Districts Veto Override Passed - House (85 - 37)
2/09 HB 22 Expands Access to State Programs for English Language Learners Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
2/09 HB 22 Expands Access to State Programs for English Language Learners Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
2/08 HB 81 Limits Defendant Court Fees Bill Passed - House (45 - 21)
2/08 HCR 39 Amends Constitution to Expand Citizen Involvement in Lawmaking Bill Passed - House

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