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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 6, 2023 GA SB 233 Establishes School Vouchers for Parents to Remove Their Students from Bottom 25% Performing Schools Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 23)
March 6, 2023 PA SB 8 Repeals All Patient's Share Costs Associated with Mammograms and Screenings for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0)
March 6, 2023 NM HB 134 Requires Menstrual Products in Public School Products Bill Passed - House (42 - 20)
March 3, 2023 UT HB 406 Amends Land Use Rules Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 16)
March 3, 2023 UT HB 427 Authorizes Religious Protections in School Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 18)
March 3, 2023 UT HB 450 Specifies HOAs Cannot Prohibit Homeowners from Installing Water-Efficient Landscaping Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 6)
March 3, 2023 UT SB 191 Amends Condominium and Community Association Rules Bill Passed - House (65 - 5)
March 3, 2023 UT HB 195 Requires School Employees Who are Under Criminal Investigation To Be Put On Paid Leave Bill Failed - Senate (13 - 14)
March 3, 2023 UT HB 92 Establishes Porcini as the State Mushroom Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 4)
March 3, 2023 NM HB 207 Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity Bill Passed - House (47 - 20)
March 2, 2023 UT SB 31 Establishes a New State Flag Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 9)
March 2, 2023 UT SB 257 Amends the State Board of Education Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 6)
March 2, 2023 WY SF 151 Prohibits Certain Actions By Pharmacy Benefits Managers Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 11)
March 2, 2023 WY SF 109 Prohibits Chemical Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
March 2, 2023 UT SB 257 Amends the State Board of Education Bill Passed - House (57 - 17)
March 2, 2023 UT HB 427 Authorizes Religious Protections in School Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 6)
March 2, 2023 UT SB 31 Establishes a New State Flag Bill Passed - House (40 - 35)
March 2, 2023 MS HB 401 Amends State Franchise Laws to Prohibit Car Companies from Operating Their Own Dealerships Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 13)
March 2, 2023 AR SB 294 Establishes the LEARNS Act Bill Passed - House (78 - 21)
March 2, 2023 GA SB 132 Prohibits Undocumented Individuals from Certain Land Ownership Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
March 2, 2023 MT SB 308 Establishes Patient Visitation Rights Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 10)
March 2, 2023 WA HB 1565 Establishes a Teacher State Residency Program Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
March 2, 2023 VT S 5 Establishes State Clean Energy Heat Standards Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10)
March 2, 2023 MT SB 364 Limits Hospital Charges to No More than 250% the Reimbursement Rate for Medicare Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
March 2, 2023 WV HB 3524 Authorizes a Supplementary Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture's West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/06 SB 233 Establishes School Vouchers for Parents to Remove Their Students from Bottom 25% Performing Schools Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 23)
3/06 SB 8 Repeals All Patient's Share Costs Associated with Mammograms and Screenings for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0)
3/06 HB 134 Requires Menstrual Products in Public School Products Bill Passed - House (42 - 20)
3/03 HB 406 Amends Land Use Rules Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 16)
3/03 HB 427 Authorizes Religious Protections in School Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 18)
3/03 HB 450 Specifies HOAs Cannot Prohibit Homeowners from Installing Water-Efficient Landscaping Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 6)
3/03 SB 191 Amends Condominium and Community Association Rules Bill Passed - House (65 - 5)
3/03 HB 195 Requires School Employees Who are Under Criminal Investigation To Be Put On Paid Leave Bill Failed - Senate (13 - 14)
3/03 HB 92 Establishes Porcini as the State Mushroom Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 4)
3/03 HB 207 Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity Bill Passed - House (47 - 20)
3/02 SB 31 Establishes a New State Flag Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 9)
3/02 SB 257 Amends the State Board of Education Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 6)
3/02 SF 151 Prohibits Certain Actions By Pharmacy Benefits Managers Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 11)
3/02 SF 109 Prohibits Chemical Abortions Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
3/02 SB 257 Amends the State Board of Education Bill Passed - House (57 - 17)
3/02 HB 427 Authorizes Religious Protections in School Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 6)
3/02 SB 31 Establishes a New State Flag Bill Passed - House (40 - 35)
3/02 HB 401 Amends State Franchise Laws to Prohibit Car Companies from Operating Their Own Dealerships Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 13)
3/02 SB 294 Establishes the LEARNS Act Bill Passed - House (78 - 21)
3/02 SB 132 Prohibits Undocumented Individuals from Certain Land Ownership Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
3/02 SB 308 Establishes Patient Visitation Rights Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 10)
3/02 HB 1565 Establishes a Teacher State Residency Program Bill Passed - House (59 - 37)
3/02 S 5 Establishes State Clean Energy Heat Standards Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10)
3/02 SB 364 Limits Hospital Charges to No More than 250% the Reimbursement Rate for Medicare Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
3/02 HB 3524 Authorizes a Supplementary Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture's West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund Bill Passed - House (90 - 5)

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