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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
March 9, 2023 NH HB 281 Amends State Energy and Utility Policies "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (184 - 168)
March 7, 2023 SD HB 1239 Prohibits a Ban of Fuel Gas Appliances for Consumer Use Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
March 7, 2023 SD HB 1239 Prohibits a Ban of Fuel Gas Appliances for Consumer Use Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
March 6, 2023 SD SB 174 Prohibits Implementation Policies that Prohibit the Use of Any Energy Utility Service Bill Passed - House (64 - 5)
March 1, 2023 AK HB 51 Authorizes Environmentally Friendly Refrigerants Bill Passed - House (35 - 1)
Feb. 27, 2023 NJ A 1100 Requires Utility Companies Remove Abandoned Copper Wires and Lines Bill Passed - House (63 - 13)
Feb. 27, 2023 WA HB 1170 Amends State Climate Response Strategies Bill Passed - House (82 - 14)
Feb. 23, 2023 NH HB 234 Prohibits the Practice of Renewable Energy Credit "Sweeping" "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (177 - 167)
Feb. 20, 2023 VA HB 2026 Amends Renewable Energy Codes in Virginia Concurrence Vote Passed - House (78 - 21)
Feb. 16, 2023 ND HB 1286 Repeals the Higher Tax Rate on Oil Producers when Commodity Prices Rise Bill Passed - House (72 - 21)
Feb. 7, 2023 VA HB 2444 Authorizes Offshore Wind Farm Energy Capacity Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)
Jan. 27, 2023 National HR 21 Strategic Production Response Act Bill Passed - House (221 - 205)
Jan. 26, 2023 MN HF 7 Establishes State Goal of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Energy by 2040 Bill Passed - House (70 - 60)
Jan. 12, 2023 National HR 22 Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act Bill Passed - House (331 - 97)
Jan. 11, 2023 ND HB 1170 Establishes Property Tax Exemption for Natural Gas Pipelines Bill Passed - House (92 - 2)
Jan. 4, 2023 ME LD 3 Appropriates Funds for Winter Energy Relief Concurrence Vote Passed - House (114 - 29)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/09 HB 281 Amends State Energy and Utility Policies "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (184 - 168)
3/07 HB 1239 Prohibits a Ban of Fuel Gas Appliances for Consumer Use Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
3/07 HB 1239 Prohibits a Ban of Fuel Gas Appliances for Consumer Use Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
3/06 SB 174 Prohibits Implementation Policies that Prohibit the Use of Any Energy Utility Service Bill Passed - House (64 - 5)
3/01 HB 51 Authorizes Environmentally Friendly Refrigerants Bill Passed - House (35 - 1)
2/27 A 1100 Requires Utility Companies Remove Abandoned Copper Wires and Lines Bill Passed - House (63 - 13)
2/27 HB 1170 Amends State Climate Response Strategies Bill Passed - House (82 - 14)
2/23 HB 234 Prohibits the Practice of Renewable Energy Credit "Sweeping" "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (177 - 167)
2/20 HB 2026 Amends Renewable Energy Codes in Virginia Concurrence Vote Passed - House (78 - 21)
2/16 HB 1286 Repeals the Higher Tax Rate on Oil Producers when Commodity Prices Rise Bill Passed - House (72 - 21)
2/07 HB 2444 Authorizes Offshore Wind Farm Energy Capacity Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)
1/27 HR 21 Strategic Production Response Act Bill Passed - House (221 - 205)
1/26 HF 7 Establishes State Goal of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Energy by 2040 Bill Passed - House (70 - 60)
1/12 HR 22 Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act Bill Passed - House (331 - 97)
1/11 HB 1170 Establishes Property Tax Exemption for Natural Gas Pipelines Bill Passed - House (92 - 2)
1/04 LD 3 Appropriates Funds for Winter Energy Relief Concurrence Vote Passed - House (114 - 29)

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