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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
April 9, 2025 AR HB 1656 Amends State Law Regarding Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 6)
April 8, 2025 DE HB 62 Increases Protections Individuals Have From Utility Shutoffs Bill Passed - House (28 - 12)
April 2, 2025 CO HB 25-1277 Establishes Fuel Labeling Requirements for Colorado Retailers Bill Passed - House (33 - 30)
March 29, 2025 WA SB 5801 Increases Annually the State Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
March 20, 2025 NM SB 23 Increases Top Oil And Gas Royalty Rates On State Lands Bill Passed - House (37 - 31)
March 19, 2025 MI HB 4182 Exempts the Storage, Use, or Consumption of Motor Fuel, Alternative Fuel, and Leaded Racing Fuel from Use Tax Bill Passed - House (65 - 43)
March 19, 2025 MI HB 4181 Repeals the Sales Tax on Gas and Airline Fuel Bill Passed - House (65 - 43)
March 18, 2025 AR SB 307 Authorizes Utility Companies to Make Capital Investments Without Permission from State Regulators Bill Passed - House (77 - 13)
March 12, 2025 AR SB 307 Authorizes Utility Companies to Make Capital Investments Without Permission from State Regulators Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 9)
March 5, 2025 OK HB 1370 Increases Money Appropriated to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's Plugging Fund Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)
March 5, 2025 OK HB 1369 Modifies Amounts Paid to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for Oil and Gas Wells Bill Passed - House (91 - 3)
March 4, 2025 SD HB 1052 Prohibits the Use of Eminent Domain for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
Feb. 24, 2025 NY S 824 Establishes a New Climate Change Adaptation Fund to Collect Payment From Certain Fossil Fuel Entities Bill Passed - House (97 - 48)
Feb. 22, 2025 NM SB 23 Increases Top Oil And Gas Royalty Rates On State Lands Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 15)
Jan. 27, 2025 SD HB 1052 Prohibits the Use of Eminent Domain for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Bill Passed - House (49 - 19)
Jan. 22, 2025 NY S 824 Establishes a New Climate Change Adaptation Fund to Collect Payment From Certain Fossil Fuel Entities Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 24)
Jan. 15, 2025 ND HB 1065 Amends Operation Prairie Dog Which Appropriates $250 Million in Oil and Gas Tax Revenue to Townships in Non-Oil-Producing Counties Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/09 HB 1656 Amends State Law Regarding Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 6)
4/08 HB 62 Increases Protections Individuals Have From Utility Shutoffs Bill Passed - House (28 - 12)
4/02 HB 25-1277 Establishes Fuel Labeling Requirements for Colorado Retailers Bill Passed - House (33 - 30)
3/29 SB 5801 Increases Annually the State Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
3/20 SB 23 Increases Top Oil And Gas Royalty Rates On State Lands Bill Passed - House (37 - 31)
3/19 HB 4182 Exempts the Storage, Use, or Consumption of Motor Fuel, Alternative Fuel, and Leaded Racing Fuel from Use Tax Bill Passed - House (65 - 43)
3/19 HB 4181 Repeals the Sales Tax on Gas and Airline Fuel Bill Passed - House (65 - 43)
3/18 SB 307 Authorizes Utility Companies to Make Capital Investments Without Permission from State Regulators Bill Passed - House (77 - 13)
3/12 SB 307 Authorizes Utility Companies to Make Capital Investments Without Permission from State Regulators Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 9)
3/05 HB 1370 Increases Money Appropriated to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's Plugging Fund Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)
3/05 HB 1369 Modifies Amounts Paid to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for Oil and Gas Wells Bill Passed - House (91 - 3)
3/04 HB 1052 Prohibits the Use of Eminent Domain for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12)
2/24 S 824 Establishes a New Climate Change Adaptation Fund to Collect Payment From Certain Fossil Fuel Entities Bill Passed - House (97 - 48)
2/22 SB 23 Increases Top Oil And Gas Royalty Rates On State Lands Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 15)
1/27 HB 1052 Prohibits the Use of Eminent Domain for Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Bill Passed - House (49 - 19)
1/22 S 824 Establishes a New Climate Change Adaptation Fund to Collect Payment From Certain Fossil Fuel Entities Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 24)
1/15 HB 1065 Amends Operation Prairie Dog Which Appropriates $250 Million in Oil and Gas Tax Revenue to Townships in Non-Oil-Producing Counties Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)

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