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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
May 29, 2013 CT SB 387 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - House (89 - 53)
May 29, 2013 CT SB 387 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - House (89 - 53)
May 21, 2013 OK SB 550 Repeals the Retail Sales Price Requirement Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 15)
March 7, 2013 IL SB 622 Increases Physician License Fees Bill Passed - House (65 - 49)
Dec. 12, 2013 MI SB 660 Authorizes the Growth and Sale of Pharmaceutical-Grade Marijuana Bill Passed - House (87 - 22)
May 30, 2013 OR SB 692 Requires Certain Electronics to Meet Energy Efficiency Standards Bill Passed - House (40 - 19)
July 16, 2013 NC SB 81 Establishes the Charlotte International Airport Authority Bill Passed - House (75 - 39)
Feb. 14, 2013 NJ SCR 1 Increases Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 31)
Feb. 14, 2013 NJ SCR 1 Increases Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 31)
May 20, 2013 MN SF 778 Authorizes the Unionization of Family Child Care Providers Bill Passed - House (68 - 66)
May 20, 2013 MN SF 778 Authorizes the Unionization of Family Child Care Providers Bill Passed - House (68 - 66)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/29 SB 387 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - House (89 - 53)
5/29 SB 387 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - House (89 - 53)
5/21 SB 550 Repeals the Retail Sales Price Requirement Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 15)
3/07 SB 622 Increases Physician License Fees Bill Passed - House (65 - 49)
12/12 SB 660 Authorizes the Growth and Sale of Pharmaceutical-Grade Marijuana Bill Passed - House (87 - 22)
5/30 SB 692 Requires Certain Electronics to Meet Energy Efficiency Standards Bill Passed - House (40 - 19)
7/16 SB 81 Establishes the Charlotte International Airport Authority Bill Passed - House (75 - 39)
2/14 SCR 1 Increases Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 31)
2/14 SCR 1 Increases Minimum Wage Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 31)
5/20 SF 778 Authorizes the Unionization of Family Child Care Providers Bill Passed - House (68 - 66)
5/20 SF 778 Authorizes the Unionization of Family Child Care Providers Bill Passed - House (68 - 66)

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