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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. 9, 2022 WA HB 1795 Limits Non-Disclosure Agreements and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
Feb. 8, 2022 WV SB 3 Requires Work Search Activities from Unemployed Persons Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
Feb. 8, 2022 WA HB 1927 Requires Employer Flexibility for Part-Time Legislators Bill Passed - House (80 - 16)
Feb. 7, 2022 CA SB 114 Amends State Labor Codes to Require COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 7)
Feb. 2, 2022 SC H 4831 Authorizes Economic Development Study Bill Passed - House (85 - 21)
Feb. 2, 2022 NM SB 4 Specifies Public Works Prevailing Wages and Fringe Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 4)
Feb. 2, 2022 VA SB 226 Requires Notice to Employees of Right to Dispute Claim Denial Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
Jan. 31, 2022 CA AB 257 Establishes Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act Bill Passed - House (41 - 21)
Jan. 27, 2022 MS HB 1509 Prohibits COVID Vaccine Mandates Bill Passed - House (41 - 6)
Jan. 27, 2022 DE SB 211 Limits Use of Age-Related Questions on Job Applications Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 5)
Jan. 25, 2022 WI AB 675 Requires Employers to Accept "Natural Immunity" Documentation in Lieu of COVID Test, Vaccine Bill Passed - House (59 - 34)
Jan. 25, 2022 WI AB 828 Increases Employment Incentives for Correctional Officers Bill Passed - House (59 - 33)
Jan. 4, 2022 RI H 6324 Amends the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
Jan. 4, 2022 RI H 6324 Amends the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act Veto Override Passed - House (44 - 17)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/09 HB 1795 Limits Non-Disclosure Agreements and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
2/08 SB 3 Requires Work Search Activities from Unemployed Persons Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
2/08 HB 1927 Requires Employer Flexibility for Part-Time Legislators Bill Passed - House (80 - 16)
2/07 SB 114 Amends State Labor Codes to Require COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 7)
2/02 H 4831 Authorizes Economic Development Study Bill Passed - House (85 - 21)
2/02 SB 4 Specifies Public Works Prevailing Wages and Fringe Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 4)
2/02 SB 226 Requires Notice to Employees of Right to Dispute Claim Denial Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
1/31 AB 257 Establishes Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act Bill Passed - House (41 - 21)
1/27 HB 1509 Prohibits COVID Vaccine Mandates Bill Passed - House (41 - 6)
1/27 SB 211 Limits Use of Age-Related Questions on Job Applications Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 5)
1/25 AB 675 Requires Employers to Accept "Natural Immunity" Documentation in Lieu of COVID Test, Vaccine Bill Passed - House (59 - 34)
1/25 AB 828 Increases Employment Incentives for Correctional Officers Bill Passed - House (59 - 33)
1/04 H 6324 Amends the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
1/04 H 6324 Amends the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act Veto Override Passed - House (44 - 17)

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