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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 25, 2022 ME LD 811 Expands Access to Reproductive Care Bill Passed - House (68 - 54)
April 21, 2022 NH HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 5)
April 21, 2022 TN HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
April 14, 2022 TN HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - House (68 - 20)
April 13, 2022 KY HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
April 11, 2022 TN HB 2557 Prohibits Schools From Contracting With Entities Providing or Advocating Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
April 7, 2022 DE HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 7)
April 6, 2022 MO HB 2012 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - House (91 - 37)
April 5, 2022 OK SB 612 Establishes Further Restrictions on Abortions Bill Passed - House (70 - 14)
April 1, 2022 HI SCR 206 Establishes Resolution Urging Passage of Women's Health Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
March 31, 2022 NH HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - House (231 - 114)
March 31, 2022 IL HR 789 Establishes Resolution Supporting Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (68 - 38)
March 29, 2022 KY HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 19)
March 29, 2022 MD HB 937 Expands Access to Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 15)
March 28, 2022 SD HB 1223 Authorizes Prenatal Care to Minors Without Parental Consent Veto Override Failed - House (23 - 47)
March 28, 2022 MD SB 890 Expands Protections for Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 14)
March 24, 2022 AZ SB 1164 Expands Restrictions on Abortion Bill Passed - House (31 - 26)
March 24, 2022 DE HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - House (25 - 15)
March 23, 2022 CO HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
March 22, 2022 OK HB 4327 Prohibits Abortion Except in Life-Threatening Emergencies Bill Passed - House (78 - 19)
March 21, 2022 CA SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
March 17, 2022 CA SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Bill Passed - House (52 - 17)
March 16, 2022 KY SB 321 Prohibits Abortions After 15 Weeks Gestation Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
March 14, 2022 ID S 1309 Expands Abortion Restrictions; Authorizes Lawsuits by Family Members Bill Passed - House (51 - 14)
March 14, 2022 CO HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/25 LD 811 Expands Access to Reproductive Care Bill Passed - House (68 - 54)
4/21 HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 5)
4/21 HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4)
4/14 HB 2416 Prohibits Delivery, Mailing of Abortion-Inducing Drugs Bill Passed - House (68 - 20)
4/13 HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Veto Override Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
4/11 HB 2557 Prohibits Schools From Contracting With Entities Providing or Advocating Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 5)
4/07 HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 7)
4/06 HB 2012 Establishes Protections for "Infants Born Alive" Bill Passed - House (91 - 37)
4/05 SB 612 Establishes Further Restrictions on Abortions Bill Passed - House (70 - 14)
4/01 SCR 206 Establishes Resolution Urging Passage of Women's Health Protection Act Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3)
3/31 HB 1609 Requires an Ultrasound Examination as a Provision of the Fetal Life Protection Act "Ought to Pass as Amended" Report Adopted - House (231 - 114)
3/31 HR 789 Establishes Resolution Supporting Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (68 - 38)
3/29 HB 3 Increases Various Abortion Restrictions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 19)
3/29 HB 937 Expands Access to Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 15)
3/28 HB 1223 Authorizes Prenatal Care to Minors Without Parental Consent Veto Override Failed - House (23 - 47)
3/28 SB 890 Expands Protections for Abortion Care Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 14)
3/24 SB 1164 Expands Restrictions on Abortion Bill Passed - House (31 - 26)
3/24 HB 320 Expands Access to Abortion Medications Bill Passed - House (25 - 15)
3/23 HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
3/22 HB 4327 Prohibits Abortion Except in Life-Threatening Emergencies Bill Passed - House (78 - 19)
3/21 SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 7)
3/17 SB 245 Reduces the Cost of Abortion Bill Passed - House (52 - 17)
3/16 SB 321 Prohibits Abortions After 15 Weeks Gestation Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
3/14 S 1309 Expands Abortion Restrictions; Authorizes Lawsuits by Family Members Bill Passed - House (51 - 14)
3/14 HB 22-1279 Prohibits Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)

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