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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 3, 2022 HI HB 2024 Establishes Mauna Kea as an Important Cultural and Genealogical Site Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
May 3, 2022 DE HB 324 Prohibits Assault of Health Care Workers Bill Passed - House (37 - 1)
May 3, 2022 HI HB 1644 Prohibits the Manufacture, Sale, or Distribution of Certain Plastics Bill Passed - House (47 - 4)
May 2, 2022 AZ HB 2144 Expands Access to Biomarker Testing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 4)
May 2, 2022 CO HB 22-1137 Limits How Homeowners' Associations May Collect Fees and Fines Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
April 30, 2022 CT HB 5041 Reduces Clean Energy Affordability Costs for Home Renters Bill Passed - House (95 - 26)
April 29, 2022 CO SB 22-148 Establishes a Behavioral Health Grant for Colorado Land-Based Tribes (56 - 6)
April 29, 2022 CT HB 5414 Authorizes Protection for Reproductive Health Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 58 Establishes a Parents Bill of Rights for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools Veto Override Failed - House (72 - 50)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Failed - House (81 - 41)
April 28, 2022 VA HB 573 Reduces the Statute of Limitations for Actions of Healthcare Service Contracts Veto Override Failed - House (48 - 52)
April 28, 2022 TN SB 2247 Requires the State School Commission to Approve or Reject Textbooks Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 11)
April 28, 2022 TN SB 2247 Requires the State School Commission to Approve or Reject Textbooks Conference Report Adopted - House (60 - 25)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 53)
April 28, 2022 OK SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
April 28, 2022 VT S 287 Amends School Funding Formulas and Increases Education Quality and Funding Oversight Bill Passed - House (132 - 11)
April 28, 2022 VT H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - House (73 - 49)
April 28, 2022 VT H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
April 28, 2022 CT SB 6 Expands Data Privacy Protections Bill Passed - House (144 - 5)
April 28, 2022 KS SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
April 28, 2022 MO HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
April 28, 2022 LA SB 290 Establishes Sports Betting Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
April 27, 2022 KS SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/03 HB 2024 Establishes Mauna Kea as an Important Cultural and Genealogical Site Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
5/03 HB 324 Prohibits Assault of Health Care Workers Bill Passed - House (37 - 1)
5/03 HB 1644 Prohibits the Manufacture, Sale, or Distribution of Certain Plastics Bill Passed - House (47 - 4)
5/02 HB 2144 Expands Access to Biomarker Testing Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 4)
5/02 HB 22-1137 Limits How Homeowners' Associations May Collect Fees and Fines Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11)
4/30 HB 5041 Reduces Clean Energy Affordability Costs for Home Renters Bill Passed - House (95 - 26)
4/29 SB 22-148 Establishes a Behavioral Health Grant for Colorado Land-Based Tribes (56 - 6)
4/29 HB 5414 Authorizes Protection for Reproductive Health Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
4/28 SB 58 Establishes a Parents Bill of Rights for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools Veto Override Failed - House (72 - 50)
4/28 SB 160 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Veto Override Failed - House (81 - 41)
4/28 HB 573 Reduces the Statute of Limitations for Actions of Healthcare Service Contracts Veto Override Failed - House (48 - 52)
4/28 SB 2247 Requires the State School Commission to Approve or Reject Textbooks Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 11)
4/28 SB 2247 Requires the State School Commission to Approve or Reject Textbooks Conference Report Adopted - House (60 - 25)
4/28 SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)
4/28 SB 34 Prohibits Mask Mandates Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 53)
4/28 SB 615 Requires Transgender Students to Use Restroom of Sex Assigned at Birth (75 - 10)
4/28 S 287 Amends School Funding Formulas and Increases Education Quality and Funding Oversight Bill Passed - House (132 - 11)
4/28 H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
4/28 SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - House (73 - 49)
4/28 H 715 Establishes Clean Heat Standard for Buildings (23 - 7)
4/28 SB 6 Expands Data Privacy Protections Bill Passed - House (144 - 5)
4/28 SB 84 Authorizes Sports Wagering in Kansas Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
4/28 HB 1973 Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams Bill Passed - House (98 - 46)
4/28 SB 290 Establishes Sports Betting Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
4/27 SB 313 Authorizes Use of Driverless Vehicles Conference Report Adopted - Senate (23 - 17)

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