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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 5, 2024 HI SB 2487 Expands the Uniform Controlled Substances Act Bill Passed - House (32 - 18)
March 12, 2024 IA HF 2605 Establishes Hemp Regulations and Penalties Bill Passed - House (79 - 16)
March 9, 2024 WV SB 679 Amends Cannabis Oversight Under the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration Concurrence Vote Passed - House (71 - 26)
March 8, 2024 NH HB 1539 Authorizes an Automatic Annulment Process for All Cannabis Possession Bill Passed - House (283 - 80)
March 4, 2024 SD SB 191 Requires Parolees Attain Additional Sign-Offs from Healthcare Practitioners to get a Medical Cannabis Card Bill Passed - House (63 - 7)
Feb. 28, 2024 SD HB 1125 Prohibits Hemp-Derived "Diet Weed" Products such as Delta 8 and Delta 9 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 1)
Feb. 28, 2024 SD SB 71 Repeals Prohibition on Law Enforcement Ability to Inspect, Search, Seize, and Prosecute Cannabis Dispensaries Bill Passed - House (59 - 10)
Feb. 26, 2024 SD SB 43 Establishes Procedures for the Imposition of Fines and Probation Against Medical Cannabis Establishments Bill Passed - House (59 - 10)
Feb. 13, 2024 NM SB 6 Amends Various State Cannabis Policies and Regulations Bill Passed - House (55 - 5)
Feb. 12, 2024 VA HB 698 Authorizes Legal Recreational Cannabis for Adults Bill Passed - House (52 - 48)
Feb. 12, 2024 NM HB 239 Establishes Cannabis as Prison Contraband Bill Passed - House (57 - 4)
Jan. 25, 2024 DE HB 285 Repeals Certain Requirments for Medical Marijuana Card Bill Passed - House (26 - 10)
Jan. 16, 2024 SD HB 1036 Requires Cannabis Dispensary's Post Public Notice on the Federal Prohibition on Firearm Ownership While Using Cannabis Bill Passed - House (42 - 27)
Jan. 16, 2024 SD HB 1024 Require Applications for Medical Cannabis Licenses have Notice on the Federal Prohibition on Firearm Ownership While Using Cannabis Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
Oct. 5, 2023 MI SB 179 Authorizes Native American Tribes and the State to Form Individual Regulations and Taxes for Cannabis Bill Passed - House (91 - 15)
June 5, 2023 NV SB 277 Expands the Amount of Legal Cannabis Individual's Can Possess Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
May 26, 2023 OK SB 437 Authorizes the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to Select a Vendor for Seed-to-Sale Inventory Tracking Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 20)
May 23, 2023 LA HB 286 Authorizes Expungements for Certain Amounts of Possession of Marijuana Bill Passed - House (69 - 30)
May 12, 2023 MO HB 202 Amends State Industrial Hemp Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (105 - 47)
April 26, 2023 MT SB 442 Authorizes Counties to Use of 20% of Cannabis Revenues for Construction and Repair of Rural Roads Bill Passed - House (82 - 17)
April 25, 2023 MN HF 100 Establishes Cannabis Policy and Finances Bill Passed - House (71 - 59)
April 12, 2023 VA SB 903 Authorizes New Limits on the THC Amount in Hemp Products Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 41)
April 12, 2023 VA SB 1337 Establishes New Regulations and Provisions to the Medical Marijuana Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 20)
April 12, 2023 VA SB 1533 Requires the Board of Pharmacy Consider Certain Factors when Determining Additional Cultivation Locations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (78 - 16)
April 12, 2023 WA SB 5069 Authorizes Interstate Cannabis Agreements Bill Passed - House (71 - 26)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/05 SB 2487 Expands the Uniform Controlled Substances Act Bill Passed - House (32 - 18)
3/12 HF 2605 Establishes Hemp Regulations and Penalties Bill Passed - House (79 - 16)
3/09 SB 679 Amends Cannabis Oversight Under the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration Concurrence Vote Passed - House (71 - 26)
3/08 HB 1539 Authorizes an Automatic Annulment Process for All Cannabis Possession Bill Passed - House (283 - 80)
3/04 SB 191 Requires Parolees Attain Additional Sign-Offs from Healthcare Practitioners to get a Medical Cannabis Card Bill Passed - House (63 - 7)
2/28 HB 1125 Prohibits Hemp-Derived "Diet Weed" Products such as Delta 8 and Delta 9 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 1)
2/28 SB 71 Repeals Prohibition on Law Enforcement Ability to Inspect, Search, Seize, and Prosecute Cannabis Dispensaries Bill Passed - House (59 - 10)
2/26 SB 43 Establishes Procedures for the Imposition of Fines and Probation Against Medical Cannabis Establishments Bill Passed - House (59 - 10)
2/13 SB 6 Amends Various State Cannabis Policies and Regulations Bill Passed - House (55 - 5)
2/12 HB 698 Authorizes Legal Recreational Cannabis for Adults Bill Passed - House (52 - 48)
2/12 HB 239 Establishes Cannabis as Prison Contraband Bill Passed - House (57 - 4)
1/25 HB 285 Repeals Certain Requirments for Medical Marijuana Card Bill Passed - House (26 - 10)
1/16 HB 1036 Requires Cannabis Dispensary's Post Public Notice on the Federal Prohibition on Firearm Ownership While Using Cannabis Bill Passed - House (42 - 27)
1/16 HB 1024 Require Applications for Medical Cannabis Licenses have Notice on the Federal Prohibition on Firearm Ownership While Using Cannabis Bill Passed - House (68 - 1)
10/05 SB 179 Authorizes Native American Tribes and the State to Form Individual Regulations and Taxes for Cannabis Bill Passed - House (91 - 15)
6/05 SB 277 Expands the Amount of Legal Cannabis Individual's Can Possess Bill Passed - House (28 - 14)
5/26 SB 437 Authorizes the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to Select a Vendor for Seed-to-Sale Inventory Tracking Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 20)
5/23 HB 286 Authorizes Expungements for Certain Amounts of Possession of Marijuana Bill Passed - House (69 - 30)
5/12 HB 202 Amends State Industrial Hemp Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (105 - 47)
4/26 SB 442 Authorizes Counties to Use of 20% of Cannabis Revenues for Construction and Repair of Rural Roads Bill Passed - House (82 - 17)
4/25 HF 100 Establishes Cannabis Policy and Finances Bill Passed - House (71 - 59)
4/12 SB 903 Authorizes New Limits on the THC Amount in Hemp Products Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 41)
4/12 SB 1337 Establishes New Regulations and Provisions to the Medical Marijuana Program Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 20)
4/12 SB 1533 Requires the Board of Pharmacy Consider Certain Factors when Determining Additional Cultivation Locations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (78 - 16)
4/12 SB 5069 Authorizes Interstate Cannabis Agreements Bill Passed - House (71 - 26)

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