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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. 27, 2021 IL HB 370 Repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 51)
Oct. 27, 2021 WI SB 16 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 38)
Oct. 27, 2021 WI SB 593 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - House (55 - 39)
Oct. 26, 2021 IL HB 370 Repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 22)
Oct. 20, 2021 WI SB 593 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 11)
Sept. 28, 2021 WI SB 16 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
Sept. 24, 2021 National HR 3755 Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 Bill Passed - House (218 - 211)
June 22, 2021 DE HB 31 Authorizes the Complete Decriminalization of Abortion in the State Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 7)
June 10, 2021 NC HB 453 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 20)
June 9, 2021 PA HB 118 Requires Either a Funeral or Cremation of Abortion Remains Bill Passed - House (118 - 83)
June 8, 2021 LA HB 578 Requires Abortion Pill Dispensers to Provide Women with a Statement Indicating its Efficacy Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 25)
June 7, 2021 LA HB 578 Requires Abortion Pill Dispensers to Provide Women with a Statement Indicating its Efficacy Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
June 1, 2021 CA AB 1242 Prohibits Peace Officer from Arresting Individual Performing or Receiving an Abortion Bill Passed - House (79 - 0)
June 1, 2021 CA SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 8)
May 26, 2021 AZ SB 1022 Amends Arizona Revised Statutes in Regard to Unborn Children Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
May 25, 2021 TX HB 1280 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
May 19, 2021 IA HJR 5 Amends the State Constitution to Repeal the Right to an Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
May 18, 2021 NV SJR 11 Extends Support to Congress to Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Joint Resolution Passed - House (31 - 10)
May 18, 2021 DE HB 31 Authorizes the Complete Decriminalization of Abortion in the State Bill Passed - House (28 - 13)
May 11, 2021 NC SB 405 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21)
May 6, 2021 TX HB 1280 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - House (81 - 61)
May 6, 2021 NC HB 453 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - House (67 - 42)
April 26, 2021 ND SB 2030 Appropriates Funds for Higher Education on Condition Schools Do Not Sponsor, Promote, or Partner with Pro-Choice Organizations Conference Report Adopted - Senate (35 - 11)
April 26, 2021 TX SB 1146 Establishes a Criminal Offense Relating to Abortion Reporting and Exemptions to Abortion Facility Licensing Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
April 21, 2021 TN HB 1181 Requires Either a Funeral or Cremation of Abortion Remains Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 6)
Date No. Title Outcome
10/27 HB 370 Repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 51)
10/27 SB 16 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 38)
10/27 SB 593 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - House (55 - 39)
10/26 HB 370 Repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 22)
10/20 SB 593 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 11)
9/28 SB 16 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
9/24 HR 3755 Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 Bill Passed - House (218 - 211)
6/22 HB 31 Authorizes the Complete Decriminalization of Abortion in the State Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 7)
6/10 HB 453 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 20)
6/09 HB 118 Requires Either a Funeral or Cremation of Abortion Remains Bill Passed - House (118 - 83)
6/08 HB 578 Requires Abortion Pill Dispensers to Provide Women with a Statement Indicating its Efficacy Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 25)
6/07 HB 578 Requires Abortion Pill Dispensers to Provide Women with a Statement Indicating its Efficacy Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 7)
6/01 AB 1242 Prohibits Peace Officer from Arresting Individual Performing or Receiving an Abortion Bill Passed - House (79 - 0)
6/01 SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 8)
5/26 SB 1022 Amends Arizona Revised Statutes in Regard to Unborn Children Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
5/25 HB 1280 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
5/19 HJR 5 Amends the State Constitution to Repeal the Right to an Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
5/18 SJR 11 Extends Support to Congress to Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Joint Resolution Passed - House (31 - 10)
5/18 HB 31 Authorizes the Complete Decriminalization of Abortion in the State Bill Passed - House (28 - 13)
5/11 SB 405 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21)
5/06 HB 1280 Prohibits Abortion if Roe v Wade is Overturned by the Supreme Court Bill Passed - House (81 - 61)
5/06 HB 453 Prohibits Abortions Based on Race, Sex, or Suspected Disability Bill Passed - House (67 - 42)
4/26 SB 2030 Appropriates Funds for Higher Education on Condition Schools Do Not Sponsor, Promote, or Partner with Pro-Choice Organizations Conference Report Adopted - Senate (35 - 11)
4/26 SB 1146 Establishes a Criminal Offense Relating to Abortion Reporting and Exemptions to Abortion Facility Licensing Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 12)
4/21 HB 1181 Requires Either a Funeral or Cremation of Abortion Remains Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 6)

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