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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 25, 2023 OK SB 377 Amends Voter Registration Policies and Regulations to Prohibit Undocumented Individuals Conference Report Adopted - House (77 - 18)
May 25, 2023 OK SB 377 Amends Voter Registration Policies and Regulations to Prohibit Undocumented Individuals Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
May 25, 2023 IL SB 1298 Authorizes Medicaid Healthcare Access to Undocumented Individuals 42 and Older Bill Passed - House (72 - 31)
May 25, 2023 OR SB 1043 Requires Hospitals to Provide Narcan Bill Passed - House (44 - 10)
May 25, 2023 CA SB 399 Prohibits an Employer from Requiring an Employee to Come to Certain Political Meetings or Religious Outings Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
May 25, 2023 CT HB 6667 Amends Various State Gun Control Measures Bill Passed - House (96 - 51)
May 25, 2023 National HR 467 HALT Fentanyl Act Bill Passed - House (289 - 133)
May 25, 2023 National HR 467 HALT Fentanyl Act Bill Passed - House (289 - 133)
May 25, 2023 LA HB 464 Prohibits Possession of Firearms by Convicted Felons Bill Passed - House (71 - 30)
May 25, 2023 LA HB 464 Prohibits Possession of Firearms by Convicted Felons Bill Passed - House (71 - 30)
May 25, 2023 CA AB 461 Requires Fentanyl Test Strips and Education about Use on College Campuses Bill Passed - House (78 - 0)
May 25, 2023 CA SB 14 Defines Child Trafficking as a Serious Felony Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
May 25, 2023 CT SB 1108 Increases Access to Reproductive Healthcare at Public Higher Education Institutions Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 2)
May 25, 2023 CA SB 2 Amends Penal Code Related to Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
May 25, 2023 NV SB 269 Amends Prohibitions on the Legal Ways Dogs May be Restrained Bill Passed - House (27 - 15)
May 24, 2023 IL HB 3882 Authorizes Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain a Standardized Illinois Driver's License Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 18)
May 24, 2023 NV SB 239 Authorizes Medical Aid-In-Dying for Terminally Ill Individuals Bill Passed - House (23 - 19)
May 24, 2023 TX HB 7 Authorizes the Creation of State Border Police Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 11)
May 24, 2023 CA SB 58 Amends Laws and Statutes Concerning the Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogens Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
May 24, 2023 CA SB 58 Amends Laws and Statutes Concerning the Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogens Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
May 24, 2023 CA SB 447 Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 8)
May 24, 2023 CT HB 6768 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control Bill Passed - House (125 - 21)
May 24, 2023 CA SB 735 Establishes Extra Occupational Safety Measures on Motion Picture Sets Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 4)
May 23, 2023 OK SB 674 Authorizes the Creation of an Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 6)
May 23, 2023 NV SB 153 Requires the Nevada Department of Corrections Regulate the Security, Supervision, Medical, and Mental Health Treatment of Transgender Inmates Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
May 23, 2023 NV SB 133 Establishes Falsifying Presidential Elector Signatures as a Felony Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
May 23, 2023 OR SB 615 Establishes New Penalties for Street Racing and Gang Activity Bill Passed - House (37 - 6)
May 23, 2023 NV AB 101 Requires Prosecutors Using Jailhouse Informants to Disclose Their Criminal History Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 0)
May 23, 2023 NV SB 153 Requires the Nevada Department of Corrections Regulate the Security, Supervision, Medical, and Mental Health Treatment of Transgender Inmates Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
May 23, 2023 MI SB 90 Prohibits Hair Discrimination Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 5)
May 23, 2023 LA HB 131 Repeals the Conceal Carry Permitting Process Requirements Bill Passed - House (71 - 29)
May 22, 2023 NV SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
May 22, 2023 NV SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
May 22, 2023 NY S 1042 Classifies "Deep Fakes" as Unlawful Dissemination or Publication of an Intimate Image Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 0)
May 22, 2023 PA HB 714 Requires Background Checks for All Firearms Bill Passed - House (109 - 92)
May 22, 2023 PA HB 714 Requires Background Checks for All Firearms Bill Passed - House (109 - 92)
May 22, 2023 PA HB 1018 Authorizes Extreme Risk Protection Orders Bill Passed - House (102 - 99)
May 22, 2023 PA HB 1018 Authorizes Extreme Risk Protection Orders Bill Passed - House (102 - 99)
May 19, 2023 IL HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 7)
May 19, 2023 OK SB 212 Prohibits Non-Citizens from Owning Certain Property Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 6)
May 19, 2023 IL HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 36)
May 19, 2023 OK SB 475 Amends Registration Suspension and Revocation Guidelines to Prohibit Fraudulent Businesses Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 3)
May 19, 2023 IL HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 7)
May 19, 2023 NE LB 574 Limits to Abortion Access and Prohibition of Gender Affirming Care for Minors Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 1286 Authorizes Businesses to Designate Multi-Occupancy Restrooms as All-Gender Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
May 18, 2023 IL HB 218 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to Include Firearm Industry Members Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
May 18, 2023 NY S 214 Expands Access and Eligibility to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund Bill Passed - House (121 - 16)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/25 SB 377 Amends Voter Registration Policies and Regulations to Prohibit Undocumented Individuals Conference Report Adopted - House (77 - 18)
5/25 SB 377 Amends Voter Registration Policies and Regulations to Prohibit Undocumented Individuals Conference Report Adopted - Senate (37 - 5)
5/25 SB 1298 Authorizes Medicaid Healthcare Access to Undocumented Individuals 42 and Older Bill Passed - House (72 - 31)
5/25 SB 1043 Requires Hospitals to Provide Narcan Bill Passed - House (44 - 10)
5/25 SB 399 Prohibits an Employer from Requiring an Employee to Come to Certain Political Meetings or Religious Outings Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
5/25 HB 6667 Amends Various State Gun Control Measures Bill Passed - House (96 - 51)
5/25 HR 467 HALT Fentanyl Act Bill Passed - House (289 - 133)
5/25 HR 467 HALT Fentanyl Act Bill Passed - House (289 - 133)
5/25 HB 464 Prohibits Possession of Firearms by Convicted Felons Bill Passed - House (71 - 30)
5/25 HB 464 Prohibits Possession of Firearms by Convicted Felons Bill Passed - House (71 - 30)
5/25 AB 461 Requires Fentanyl Test Strips and Education about Use on College Campuses Bill Passed - House (78 - 0)
5/25 SB 14 Defines Child Trafficking as a Serious Felony Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
5/25 SB 1108 Increases Access to Reproductive Healthcare at Public Higher Education Institutions Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 2)
5/25 SB 2 Amends Penal Code Related to Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
5/25 SB 269 Amends Prohibitions on the Legal Ways Dogs May be Restrained Bill Passed - House (27 - 15)
5/24 HB 3882 Authorizes Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain a Standardized Illinois Driver's License Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 18)
5/24 SB 239 Authorizes Medical Aid-In-Dying for Terminally Ill Individuals Bill Passed - House (23 - 19)
5/24 HB 7 Authorizes the Creation of State Border Police Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 11)
5/24 SB 58 Amends Laws and Statutes Concerning the Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogens Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
5/24 SB 58 Amends Laws and Statutes Concerning the Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogens Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
5/24 SB 447 Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 8)
5/24 HB 6768 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control Bill Passed - House (125 - 21)
5/24 SB 735 Establishes Extra Occupational Safety Measures on Motion Picture Sets Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 4)
5/23 SB 674 Authorizes the Creation of an Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 6)
5/23 SB 153 Requires the Nevada Department of Corrections Regulate the Security, Supervision, Medical, and Mental Health Treatment of Transgender Inmates Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
5/23 SB 133 Establishes Falsifying Presidential Elector Signatures as a Felony Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
5/23 SB 615 Establishes New Penalties for Street Racing and Gang Activity Bill Passed - House (37 - 6)
5/23 AB 101 Requires Prosecutors Using Jailhouse Informants to Disclose Their Criminal History Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 0)
5/23 SB 153 Requires the Nevada Department of Corrections Regulate the Security, Supervision, Medical, and Mental Health Treatment of Transgender Inmates Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
5/23 SB 90 Prohibits Hair Discrimination Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 5)
5/23 HB 131 Repeals the Conceal Carry Permitting Process Requirements Bill Passed - House (71 - 29)
5/22 SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
5/22 SB 131 Prohibits Arrest of Any Individual Charged in Another State for Receiving Reproductive Healthcare Bill Passed - House (27 - 14)
5/22 S 1042 Classifies "Deep Fakes" as Unlawful Dissemination or Publication of an Intimate Image Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 0)
5/22 HB 714 Requires Background Checks for All Firearms Bill Passed - House (109 - 92)
5/22 HB 714 Requires Background Checks for All Firearms Bill Passed - House (109 - 92)
5/22 HB 1018 Authorizes Extreme Risk Protection Orders Bill Passed - House (102 - 99)
5/22 HB 1018 Authorizes Extreme Risk Protection Orders Bill Passed - House (102 - 99)
5/19 HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 7)
5/19 SB 212 Prohibits Non-Citizens from Owning Certain Property Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 6)
5/19 HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 36)
5/19 SB 475 Amends Registration Suspension and Revocation Guidelines to Prohibit Fraudulent Businesses Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 3)
5/19 HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 7)
5/19 LB 574 Limits to Abortion Access and Prohibition of Gender Affirming Care for Minors Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
5/18 HB 2826 Prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation From Requiring Self-Disclosure of a Criminal Background Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 19)
5/18 HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
5/18 HB 1286 Authorizes Businesses to Designate Multi-Occupancy Restrooms as All-Gender Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
5/18 HB 3751 Authorizes DACA Recipients to Become Law enforcement Officers Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 20)
5/18 HB 218 Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to Include Firearm Industry Members Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 22)
5/18 S 214 Expands Access and Eligibility to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund Bill Passed - House (121 - 16)

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