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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
Oct. 3, 2018 MI HB 4224 Repeals Ticket Scalping Ban at Sports Events Bill Passed - House (71 - 36)
Aug. 28, 2018 MS SB 2001 Establishes Mississippi Lottery Corporation Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 49)
Aug. 27, 2018 MS SB 2001 Establishes Mississippi Lottery Corporation Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 17)
June 22, 2018 PA HB 864 Amends Gaming and Gambling Laws Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 29)
June 7, 2018 NJ A 4111 Amends Online Gambling Laws Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
May 16, 2018 LA SB 184 Amends Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 14)
May 15, 2018 LA SB 316 Amend State Riverboat Gaming Laws Bill Passed - House (53 - 42)
April 6, 2018 OK HB 3375 Authorizes Sports Gambling Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 16)
March 28, 2018 MD SB 900 Amends Rules and Regulations to the Gaming Industry Bill Passed - House (87 - 45)
March 13, 2018 KY HB 164 Authorizes Charitable Gambling Bill Passed - House (59 - 36)
March 7, 2018 FL HB 7067 Authorizes Blackjack in Seminole Casinos Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 10)
March 5, 2018 FL HB 7067 Authorizes Blackjack in Seminole Casinos Bill Passed - House (70 - 40)
March 2, 2018 WV SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - House (77 - 22)
Feb. 20, 2018 WV SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
Jan. 29, 2018 VA SB 192 Authorizes State to Deduct Previous TANF Benefits from Lottery Winnings Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
Jan. 10, 2018 National S 140 An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Bill Passed - House (239 - 173)
Date No. Title Outcome
10/03 HB 4224 Repeals Ticket Scalping Ban at Sports Events Bill Passed - House (71 - 36)
8/28 SB 2001 Establishes Mississippi Lottery Corporation Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 49)
8/27 SB 2001 Establishes Mississippi Lottery Corporation Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 17)
6/22 HB 864 Amends Gaming and Gambling Laws Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 29)
6/07 A 4111 Amends Online Gambling Laws Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 0)
5/16 SB 184 Amends Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 14)
5/15 SB 316 Amend State Riverboat Gaming Laws Bill Passed - House (53 - 42)
4/06 HB 3375 Authorizes Sports Gambling Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 16)
3/28 SB 900 Amends Rules and Regulations to the Gaming Industry Bill Passed - House (87 - 45)
3/13 HB 164 Authorizes Charitable Gambling Bill Passed - House (59 - 36)
3/07 HB 7067 Authorizes Blackjack in Seminole Casinos Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 10)
3/05 HB 7067 Authorizes Blackjack in Seminole Casinos Bill Passed - House (70 - 40)
3/02 SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - House (77 - 22)
2/20 SB 415 Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
1/29 SB 192 Authorizes State to Deduct Previous TANF Benefits from Lottery Winnings Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 19)
1/10 S 140 An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund Bill Passed - House (239 - 173)

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