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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. 19, 2024 WV HB 5006 Amends Recycling Rules for West Virginia Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 1)
Feb. 15, 2024 FL SB 1638 Establishes Funding for Environmental Resource Management Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
Feb. 14, 2024 UT SB 211 Appropriates Funding for Construction of New State Water Infrastructure Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 1)
Feb. 13, 2024 WA SB 6092 Establishes New Regulations for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
Jan. 31, 2024 CO SB 24-005 Prohibits Landscaping Practices for Water Conservations Purposes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
Jan. 29, 2024 CA SB 768 Repeals Parts of the Environmental Quality Act Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 4)
Jan. 16, 2024 WI SB 791 Establishes Exemptions from Public Utility Regulations for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 2)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/19 HB 5006 Amends Recycling Rules for West Virginia Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 1)
2/15 SB 1638 Establishes Funding for Environmental Resource Management Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
2/14 SB 211 Appropriates Funding for Construction of New State Water Infrastructure Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 1)
2/13 SB 6092 Establishes New Regulations for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
1/31 SB 24-005 Prohibits Landscaping Practices for Water Conservations Purposes Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
1/29 SB 768 Repeals Parts of the Environmental Quality Act Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 4)
1/16 SB 791 Establishes Exemptions from Public Utility Regulations for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 2)

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