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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 1, 2025 AL SB 40 Authorizes Firearm Hold Agreements Bill Passed - House (93 - 1)
April 1, 2025 ND HB 1511 Requires Doctors Who Perform Abortion to Complete Additional Education on State Abortion Bans Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 5)
April 1, 2025 National HR 1491 Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act Bill Passed - House (423 - 0)
April 1, 2025 WV SB 85 Prohibits Prescribing Abortion Medication Unless the Abortion is Legal Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
April 1, 2025 AR SB 450 Requires the Department of Education to Include a Human Fetal Growth and Development Discussion in the Relevant Standards During the Arkansas Academic Standards Revision Cycle Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 6)
March 31, 2025 AZ SB 1309 Requires Improvements of the Electrical Power Grid to Protect Against Severe Weather and Drought Conditions Bill Passed - House (31 - 25)
March 31, 2025 National HR 517 Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act Bill Passed - House (388 - 0)
March 28, 2025 MS HB 569 Specifies New Conditions for Long-Term Care Hospitals in Harrison County to Allow Participation in Medicaid Concurrence Vote Passed - House (113 - 3)
March 27, 2025 KY SB 25 Establishes a Medicaid Oversight Board Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 695 Authorizes Medicaid Oversight and Work Requirements Veto Override Passed - Senate (29 - 7)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 346 Exempts Emergency Stationary Internal Combustion Engines" from the State's Assessed Emissions and Air Pollution Fees Veto Override Passed - House (78 - 19)
March 27, 2025 KY SB 89 Limits State Protections to Navigable Waters Veto Override Passed - House (66 - 23)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
March 27, 2025 KY SB 89 Limits State Protections to Navigable Waters Veto Override Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 695 Authorizes Medicaid Oversight and Work Requirements Veto Override Passed - House (80 - 20)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 346 Exempts Emergency Stationary Internal Combustion Engines" from the State's Assessed Emissions and Air Pollution Fees Veto Override Passed - Senate (32 - 6)
March 27, 2025 KY SB 25 Establishes a Medicaid Oversight Board Veto Override Passed - House (72 - 19)
March 27, 2025 GA HB 428 Amends the Official Code of Georgia to Codify Access to In Vitro Fertilization Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 1)
March 27, 2025 WA SB 5128 Amends Medical Services for Individuals in Juvenile Detention Facilities Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)
March 27, 2025 NH HB 361 Prohibits Public Schools in the State from Requiring Students to Wear Masks in School "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (203 - 164)
March 27, 2025 NH HB 357 Prohibits the State's Commissioner of Health and Human Services from Choosing Which Vaccines Children in New Hampshire are Required to Receive "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (195 - 174)
March 27, 2025 NH HB 679 Prohibits the State and Health and Human Services Commissioner from Requiring Any Vaccine for Children that Has Not Been Shown in Clinical Trials to Prevent Transmission of a Disease Bill Passed - House (204 - 165)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/01 SB 40 Authorizes Firearm Hold Agreements Bill Passed - House (93 - 1)
4/01 HB 1511 Requires Doctors Who Perform Abortion to Complete Additional Education on State Abortion Bans Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 5)
4/01 HR 1491 Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act Bill Passed - House (423 - 0)
4/01 SB 85 Prohibits Prescribing Abortion Medication Unless the Abortion is Legal Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 5)
4/01 SB 450 Requires the Department of Education to Include a Human Fetal Growth and Development Discussion in the Relevant Standards During the Arkansas Academic Standards Revision Cycle Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 6)
3/31 SB 1309 Requires Improvements of the Electrical Power Grid to Protect Against Severe Weather and Drought Conditions Bill Passed - House (31 - 25)
3/31 HR 517 Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act Bill Passed - House (388 - 0)
3/28 HB 569 Specifies New Conditions for Long-Term Care Hospitals in Harrison County to Allow Participation in Medicaid Concurrence Vote Passed - House (113 - 3)
3/27 SB 25 Establishes a Medicaid Oversight Board Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
3/27 HB 695 Authorizes Medicaid Oversight and Work Requirements Veto Override Passed - Senate (29 - 7)
3/27 HB 346 Exempts Emergency Stationary Internal Combustion Engines" from the State's Assessed Emissions and Air Pollution Fees Veto Override Passed - House (78 - 19)
3/27 SB 89 Limits State Protections to Navigable Waters Veto Override Passed - House (66 - 23)
3/27 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
3/27 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
3/27 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
3/27 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
3/27 SB 89 Limits State Protections to Navigable Waters Veto Override Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
3/27 HB 695 Authorizes Medicaid Oversight and Work Requirements Veto Override Passed - House (80 - 20)
3/27 HB 346 Exempts Emergency Stationary Internal Combustion Engines" from the State's Assessed Emissions and Air Pollution Fees Veto Override Passed - Senate (32 - 6)
3/27 SB 25 Establishes a Medicaid Oversight Board Veto Override Passed - House (72 - 19)
3/27 HB 428 Amends the Official Code of Georgia to Codify Access to In Vitro Fertilization Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 1)
3/27 SB 5128 Amends Medical Services for Individuals in Juvenile Detention Facilities Bill Passed - House (90 - 3)
3/27 HB 361 Prohibits Public Schools in the State from Requiring Students to Wear Masks in School "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (203 - 164)
3/27 HB 357 Prohibits the State's Commissioner of Health and Human Services from Choosing Which Vaccines Children in New Hampshire are Required to Receive "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (195 - 174)
3/27 HB 679 Prohibits the State and Health and Human Services Commissioner from Requiring Any Vaccine for Children that Has Not Been Shown in Clinical Trials to Prevent Transmission of a Disease Bill Passed - House (204 - 165)

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