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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:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 13, 2024 | National | HR 815 | National Security Act, 2024 | Bill Passed - Senate (70 - 29) |
| Feb. 12, 2024 | CO | HB 24-1093 | Authorizes Provisional Peace Officer Certification for Former Military Members | Bill Passed - House (59 - 5) |
| Feb. 10, 2024 | NM | HB 298 | Establishes a Service Members Suicide Prevention Program | Bill Passed - House (63 - 1) |
| Feb. 8, 2024 | National | HR 815 | National Security Act, 2024 | Cloture Invoked - Senate (67 - 32) |
| Feb. 7, 2024 | National | HR 815 | National Security Act, 2024 | Cloture Invoked - Senate (58 - 41) |
| Feb. 7, 2024 | National | HR 815 | National Security Act, 2024 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (49 - 50) |
| Dec. 6, 2023 | National | HR 815 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes (RELIEVE Act) | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (49 - 51) |
| March 8, 2023 | ID | H 219 | Amends Laws Regarding Eligibility for Armed Forces and Police Officer Scholarships | Bill Passed - House (65 - 5) |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | National | HR 1948 | VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (219 - 201) |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | National | HR 7946 | Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (220 - 208) |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | National | HR 2521 | Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022 (DOULA for VA Act of 2022) | Bill Passed - House (376 - 44) |
| Sept. 28, 2022 | MI | SB 311 | Authorizes Active Military Members to Vote Electronically | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 1) |
| Sept. 28, 2022 | MI | SB 311 | Authorizes Active Military Members to Vote Electronically | Bill Passed - House (98 - 6) |
| Aug. 2, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (86 - 11) |
| July 28, 2022 | MA | H 5106 | Establishes New Rules for the Governance and Improvement of Veterans' Homes in the Commonwealth | (40 - 0) |
| July 27, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (55 - 42) |
| July 13, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (342 - 88) |
| June 22, 2022 | AZ | HB 2664 | Appropriates Funding for Military Transitional Housing | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 1) |
| June 16, 2022 | National | HR 3967 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - Senate (84 - 14) |
| June 2, 2022 | NY | A 5278 | Amends Retirement and Social Security Laws for Discharged LGBT Veterans | Bill Passed - Senate (63 - 0) |
| March 5, 2022 | FL | HB 45 | Rescinds Tuition Fees for Disabled Veterans | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0) |
| March 3, 2022 | National | HR 3967 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (256 - 174) |
| March 2, 2022 | FL | SB 1712 | Establishes the Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0) |
| Feb. 23, 2022 | FL | SB 896 | Authorizes Veterans to List Military Experience in Place of Higher Education on Teaching Certificate Applications | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0) |
| Feb. 10, 2022 | MA | H 4441 | Expands Protections for Veterans | Bill Passed - House (156 - 1) |