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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
Sept. 17, 2025 MA H 4530 Appropriates Funds to Health Care Systems for Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - House (148 - 1)
Sept. 13, 2025 CA SB 703 Requires Trucking Companies to Provide Certain Information to Ports Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
Sept. 13, 2025 CA SB 53 Requires Artificial Intelligence Companies to Publish and Adhere to Safety Guidelines in Order to Mitigate Catastrophic Risks Associated with AI Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
Sept. 13, 2025 CA SB 294 Establishes Requirements Related to Paid Sick Time Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA SB 500 Authorizes Utilities to Provide Energy Use Data Via an Approved Alternative System or Tool Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (34 - 0)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA AB 325 Prohibits a Person from Using or Distributing a Common Pricing Algorithm to Restrain Trade or Commerce Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 18)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA AB 476 Requires Junk Dealers and Recyclers to Include Additional Written Information Relating the Sale and Purchase of Junk Concurrence Vote Passed - House (80 - 0)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA SB 294 Establishes Requirements Related to Paid Sick Time Bill Passed - House (67 - 8)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA SB 53 Requires Artificial Intelligence Companies to Publish and Adhere to Safety Guidelines in Order to Mitigate Catastrophic Risks Associated with AI Bill Passed - House (59 - 7)
Sept. 12, 2025 CA SB 703 Requires Trucking Companies to Provide Certain Information to Ports Bill Passed - House (66 - 10)
Sept. 11, 2025 CA SB 361 Requires Data Brokers to Issue Data Collection Information to the California Privacy Protection Agency Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
Sept. 11, 2025 CA SB 766 Prohibits Misleading Practices in the Auto Sale Industry Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
Sept. 11, 2025 CA AB 406 Prohibits Employers from Taking Action Against an Employee who is the Victim of Certain Crimes Taking Time off for Judicial Proceedings Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 0)
Sept. 11, 2025 CA AB 476 Requires Junk Dealers and Recyclers to Include Additional Written Information Relating the Sale and Purchase of Junk Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
Sept. 11, 2025 CA AB 325 Prohibits a Person from Using or Distributing a Common Pricing Algorithm to Restrain Trade or Commerce Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA SB 576 Prohibits Video Streaming Services from Transmitting the Audio of the Commercial Advertisements Louder than the Video Being Played Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA SB 590 Expands Eligibility for Benefits Under the State's Paid Family Leave Program Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA AB 288 Expands the Public Employment Relations Board's Jurisdiction Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 5)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA AB 1167 Requires Utility Regulators to Enforce Monetary Penalties on Investor-Owned Utility Companies Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 8)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA SB 766 Prohibits Misleading Practices in the Auto Sale Industry Bill Passed - House (76 - 1)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA SB 500 Authorizes Utilities to Provide Energy Use Data Via an Approved Alternative System or Tool Bill Passed - House (79 - 0)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA SB 464 Establishes Rules Regarding Employer Pay Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 10)
Sept. 9, 2025 CA SB 464 Establishes Rules Regarding Employer Pay Data Bill Passed - House (64 - 7)
Sept. 9, 2025 CA AB 1326 Prohibits Employers from Preventing Employees from Wearing Face Masks Concurrence Vote Passed - House (66 - 3)
Sept. 9, 2025 CA SB 355 Requires Employers to Give Employees Pay Within 60 Days of Final Judgment Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
Date No. Title Outcome
9/17 H 4530 Appropriates Funds to Health Care Systems for Fiscal Year 2025 Bill Passed - House (148 - 1)
9/13 SB 703 Requires Trucking Companies to Provide Certain Information to Ports Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
9/13 SB 53 Requires Artificial Intelligence Companies to Publish and Adhere to Safety Guidelines in Order to Mitigate Catastrophic Risks Associated with AI Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
9/13 SB 294 Establishes Requirements Related to Paid Sick Time Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 8)
9/12 SB 500 Authorizes Utilities to Provide Energy Use Data Via an Approved Alternative System or Tool Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (34 - 0)
9/12 AB 325 Prohibits a Person from Using or Distributing a Common Pricing Algorithm to Restrain Trade or Commerce Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 18)
9/12 AB 476 Requires Junk Dealers and Recyclers to Include Additional Written Information Relating the Sale and Purchase of Junk Concurrence Vote Passed - House (80 - 0)
9/12 SB 294 Establishes Requirements Related to Paid Sick Time Bill Passed - House (67 - 8)
9/12 SB 53 Requires Artificial Intelligence Companies to Publish and Adhere to Safety Guidelines in Order to Mitigate Catastrophic Risks Associated with AI Bill Passed - House (59 - 7)
9/12 SB 703 Requires Trucking Companies to Provide Certain Information to Ports Bill Passed - House (66 - 10)
9/11 SB 361 Requires Data Brokers to Issue Data Collection Information to the California Privacy Protection Agency Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
9/11 SB 766 Prohibits Misleading Practices in the Auto Sale Industry Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
9/11 AB 406 Prohibits Employers from Taking Action Against an Employee who is the Victim of Certain Crimes Taking Time off for Judicial Proceedings Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 0)
9/11 AB 476 Requires Junk Dealers and Recyclers to Include Additional Written Information Relating the Sale and Purchase of Junk Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
9/11 AB 325 Prohibits a Person from Using or Distributing a Common Pricing Algorithm to Restrain Trade or Commerce Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9)
9/10 SB 576 Prohibits Video Streaming Services from Transmitting the Audio of the Commercial Advertisements Louder than the Video Being Played Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
9/10 SB 590 Expands Eligibility for Benefits Under the State's Paid Family Leave Program Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)
9/10 AB 288 Expands the Public Employment Relations Board's Jurisdiction Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 5)
9/10 AB 1167 Requires Utility Regulators to Enforce Monetary Penalties on Investor-Owned Utility Companies Concurrence Vote Passed - House (50 - 8)
9/10 SB 766 Prohibits Misleading Practices in the Auto Sale Industry Bill Passed - House (76 - 1)
9/10 SB 500 Authorizes Utilities to Provide Energy Use Data Via an Approved Alternative System or Tool Bill Passed - House (79 - 0)
9/10 SB 464 Establishes Rules Regarding Employer Pay Data Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 10)
9/09 SB 464 Establishes Rules Regarding Employer Pay Data Bill Passed - House (64 - 7)
9/09 AB 1326 Prohibits Employers from Preventing Employees from Wearing Face Masks Concurrence Vote Passed - House (66 - 3)
9/09 SB 355 Requires Employers to Give Employees Pay Within 60 Days of Final Judgment Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 0)

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