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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 27, 2025 MO SB 79 Exempts Certain Health Insurance Plans From Federal Protections Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
March 27, 2025 MO SB 79 Exempts Certain Health Insurance Plans From Federal Protections Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
March 26, 2025 KS SB 250 Establishes the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act Conference Report Adopted - House (119 - 3)
March 26, 2025 KS SB 250 Establishes the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act Conference Report Adopted - House (119 - 3)
March 26, 2025 IA SF 615 Extends and Expands Medicaid Work Requirements Bill Passed - House (61 - 35)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 943 Prohibits Hazardous Liquid Pipelines from Being Granted Eminent Domain Rights Bill Passed - House (82 - 12)
March 26, 2025 OK SB 672 Prohibits the Governor from Closing Any Business During a Pandemic Without Documented Scientific Evidence that the Nature of the Business Contributes to the Spread of the Disease Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
March 26, 2025 OK HB 2156 Reduces Requirements for Utility Scale Solar Energy and Industrial Battery Storage Facilities Bill Passed - House (73 - 23)
March 26, 2025 OK HB 2751 Establishes Setback Requirements for Wind Turbines and Other Renewable Projects Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
March 26, 2025 FL HB 6017 Repeals Previous Legislation that Prohibited Adult Children 25 or Older and Their Parents from Pursuing Medical Malpractice Claims Bill Passed - House (104 - 6)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 970 Limits SNAP Benefits Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
March 26, 2025 CO SB 25-071 Prohibits Pharmaceutical Companies from Restricting Hospitals' Use of the Federal 340B Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 4)
March 26, 2025 CO SB 25-071 Prohibits Pharmaceutical Companies from Restricting Hospitals' Use of the Federal 340B Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 4)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 571 Authorizes Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, or Health Care Payors to Refuse to Participate in or Pay for a Health Care Service that Violates Their Conscience Bill Passed - House (64 - 32)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 571 Authorizes Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, or Health Care Payors to Refuse to Participate in or Pay for a Health Care Service that Violates Their Conscience Bill Passed - House (64 - 32)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 972 Requires the Iowa Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to Use No More than $150 Million Federal Funds to Create 115 New Medical Residency Slots at State Teaching Hospitals Bill Passed - House (95 - 1)
March 25, 2025 KS HB 2107 Establishes a Process for State Residents to Recover Economic Damages from Wildfires and Other Fire-Related Events Caused by Electric Public Utilities Concurrence Vote Passed - House (109 - 16)
March 25, 2025 National PN 12-2 Nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nomination Confirmed - Senate (53 - 47)
March 25, 2025 National PN 12-28 Nomination of Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs in the Department of Health and Human Services Nomination Confirmed - Senate (56 - 44)
March 25, 2025 ND HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
March 25, 2025 ND HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
March 25, 2025 National PN 12-28 Nomination of Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs in the Department of Health and Human Services Cloture Invoked - Senate (56 - 44)
March 25, 2025 National PN 12-2 Nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Cloture Invoked - Senate (53 - 46)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 755 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Preventative Care Without Cost Sharing Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
March 25, 2025 OK HB 1168 Prohibits the Providing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 19)
March 25, 2025 OK HB 2749 Establishes the Intergenerational Education Revolving Fund within the Health Care Authority Bill Passed - House (68 - 14)
March 25, 2025 IA SF 615 Extends and Expands Medicaid Work Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
March 25, 2025 IA HF 933 Establishes Pediatric Hospice Centers Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
March 25, 2025 IA HF 933 Establishes Pediatric Hospice Centers Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 535 Prohibits Health Insurers From Placing Caps on Coverage Benefits Bill Passed - House (121 - 81)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 755 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Preventative Care Without Cost Sharing Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 404 Authorizes Children to Remain on Their Parents' Health Insurance Until the Age of 26 Bill Passed - House (123 - 79)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 404 Authorizes Children to Remain on Their Parents' Health Insurance Until the Age of 26 Bill Passed - House (123 - 79)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 618 Prohibits Health Insurers From Denying Coverage Based on Pre-Existing Health Conditions Bill Passed - House (125 - 77)
March 25, 2025 PA HB 618 Prohibits Health Insurers From Denying Coverage Based on Pre-Existing Health Conditions Bill Passed - House (125 - 77)
March 24, 2025 WV SB 460 Authorizes Religious and Philosophical Exemptions for School Vaccinations Bill Failed - House (42 - 56)
March 22, 2025 NM SB 122 Expands the Prescription Drug Donation Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 6)
March 22, 2025 NM SB 122 Expands the Prescription Drug Donation Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 6)
March 21, 2025 NM SB 221 Prohibits Additional Unfair Claims Practices Under New Mexico Insurance Code Bill Passed - House (57 - 4)
March 21, 2025 NM HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
March 21, 2025 NM HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
March 21, 2025 NM HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
March 21, 2025 NM HB 137 Establishes the Strategic Water Supply Act Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)
March 21, 2025 NM SB 120 Prohibits Group Health Coverage that Offers Coverage of Behavioral Health Services from Imposing Cost Sharing on those Behavioral Health Services in Network Bill Passed - House (46 - 17)
March 21, 2025 NM SB 88 Establishes a Medicaid Trust Fund and a State Supported Medicaid Fund Bill Passed - House (52 - 13)
March 21, 2025 NM SB 88 Establishes a Medicaid Trust Fund and a State Supported Medicaid Fund Bill Passed - House (52 - 13)
March 20, 2025 KS SB 29 Amends the Authority of the County and Others to Prohibit Gatherings for Reasons of Infectious Disease Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
March 20, 2025 NM HB 140 Defines Hazardous Waste as any Solid Waste or Combination of Solid Wastes that may Cause or Significantly Contribute to an Increase in Mortality or Illness Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 7)
March 20, 2025 NM HB 212 Establishes the Per- and Poly-Flouroalkyl Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 3)
March 20, 2025 AL SB 199 Establishes an Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Program Bill Passed - House (94 - 2)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/27 SB 79 Exempts Certain Health Insurance Plans From Federal Protections Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
3/27 SB 79 Exempts Certain Health Insurance Plans From Federal Protections Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6)
3/26 SB 250 Establishes the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act Conference Report Adopted - House (119 - 3)
3/26 SB 250 Establishes the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act Conference Report Adopted - House (119 - 3)
3/26 SF 615 Extends and Expands Medicaid Work Requirements Bill Passed - House (61 - 35)
3/26 HF 943 Prohibits Hazardous Liquid Pipelines from Being Granted Eminent Domain Rights Bill Passed - House (82 - 12)
3/26 SB 672 Prohibits the Governor from Closing Any Business During a Pandemic Without Documented Scientific Evidence that the Nature of the Business Contributes to the Spread of the Disease Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
3/26 HB 2156 Reduces Requirements for Utility Scale Solar Energy and Industrial Battery Storage Facilities Bill Passed - House (73 - 23)
3/26 HB 2751 Establishes Setback Requirements for Wind Turbines and Other Renewable Projects Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
3/26 HB 6017 Repeals Previous Legislation that Prohibited Adult Children 25 or Older and Their Parents from Pursuing Medical Malpractice Claims Bill Passed - House (104 - 6)
3/26 HF 970 Limits SNAP Benefits Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
3/26 SB 25-071 Prohibits Pharmaceutical Companies from Restricting Hospitals' Use of the Federal 340B Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 4)
3/26 SB 25-071 Prohibits Pharmaceutical Companies from Restricting Hospitals' Use of the Federal 340B Prescription Drug Discount Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 4)
3/26 HF 571 Authorizes Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, or Health Care Payors to Refuse to Participate in or Pay for a Health Care Service that Violates Their Conscience Bill Passed - House (64 - 32)
3/26 HF 571 Authorizes Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, or Health Care Payors to Refuse to Participate in or Pay for a Health Care Service that Violates Their Conscience Bill Passed - House (64 - 32)
3/26 HF 972 Requires the Iowa Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to Use No More than $150 Million Federal Funds to Create 115 New Medical Residency Slots at State Teaching Hospitals Bill Passed - House (95 - 1)
3/25 HB 2107 Establishes a Process for State Residents to Recover Economic Damages from Wildfires and Other Fire-Related Events Caused by Electric Public Utilities Concurrence Vote Passed - House (109 - 16)
3/25 PN 12-2 Nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nomination Confirmed - Senate (53 - 47)
3/25 PN 12-28 Nomination of Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs in the Department of Health and Human Services Nomination Confirmed - Senate (56 - 44)
3/25 HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
3/25 HB 1114 Limits Out-of-Pocket Costs for a Monthly Supply of Insulin to $25 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
3/25 PN 12-28 Nomination of Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs in the Department of Health and Human Services Cloture Invoked - Senate (56 - 44)
3/25 PN 12-2 Nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Cloture Invoked - Senate (53 - 46)
3/25 HB 755 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Preventative Care Without Cost Sharing Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
3/25 HB 1168 Prohibits the Providing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - House (77 - 19)
3/25 HB 2749 Establishes the Intergenerational Education Revolving Fund within the Health Care Authority Bill Passed - House (68 - 14)
3/25 SF 615 Extends and Expands Medicaid Work Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
3/25 HF 933 Establishes Pediatric Hospice Centers Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
3/25 HF 933 Establishes Pediatric Hospice Centers Bill Passed - House (97 - 0)
3/25 HB 535 Prohibits Health Insurers From Placing Caps on Coverage Benefits Bill Passed - House (121 - 81)
3/25 HB 755 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Preventative Care Without Cost Sharing Bill Passed - House (133 - 69)
3/25 HB 404 Authorizes Children to Remain on Their Parents' Health Insurance Until the Age of 26 Bill Passed - House (123 - 79)
3/25 HB 404 Authorizes Children to Remain on Their Parents' Health Insurance Until the Age of 26 Bill Passed - House (123 - 79)
3/25 HB 618 Prohibits Health Insurers From Denying Coverage Based on Pre-Existing Health Conditions Bill Passed - House (125 - 77)
3/25 HB 618 Prohibits Health Insurers From Denying Coverage Based on Pre-Existing Health Conditions Bill Passed - House (125 - 77)
3/24 SB 460 Authorizes Religious and Philosophical Exemptions for School Vaccinations Bill Failed - House (42 - 56)
3/22 SB 122 Expands the Prescription Drug Donation Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 6)
3/22 SB 122 Expands the Prescription Drug Donation Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 6)
3/21 SB 221 Prohibits Additional Unfair Claims Practices Under New Mexico Insurance Code Bill Passed - House (57 - 4)
3/21 HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
3/21 HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
3/21 HB 78 Prohibits Discrimination Against 340B Entities Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14)
3/21 HB 137 Establishes the Strategic Water Supply Act Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)
3/21 SB 120 Prohibits Group Health Coverage that Offers Coverage of Behavioral Health Services from Imposing Cost Sharing on those Behavioral Health Services in Network Bill Passed - House (46 - 17)
3/21 SB 88 Establishes a Medicaid Trust Fund and a State Supported Medicaid Fund Bill Passed - House (52 - 13)
3/21 SB 88 Establishes a Medicaid Trust Fund and a State Supported Medicaid Fund Bill Passed - House (52 - 13)
3/20 SB 29 Amends the Authority of the County and Others to Prohibit Gatherings for Reasons of Infectious Disease Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
3/20 HB 140 Defines Hazardous Waste as any Solid Waste or Combination of Solid Wastes that may Cause or Significantly Contribute to an Increase in Mortality or Illness Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 7)
3/20 HB 212 Establishes the Per- and Poly-Flouroalkyl Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 3)
3/20 SB 199 Establishes an Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Program Bill Passed - House (94 - 2)

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