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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
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- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
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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 6, 2008 | AL | HB 829 | Hate Crime Legislation Regarding Victim's Sexual Orientation | Bill Passed - House (46 - 44) |
| April 23, 2009 | AL | HB 533 | Hate Crime Law Expansion | Bill Passed - House (46 - 41) |
| April 15, 2021 | AL | HB 391 | Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Playing on Sports Teams that do not Match their Birth Sex | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (76 - 13) |
| April 15, 2021 | AL | HB 391 | Prohibits Transgender Athletes from Playing on Sports Teams that do not Match their Birth Sex | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 5) |
| April 7, 2022 | AL | SB 184 | Establishes that Providing Gender Affirming Therapy to Children is a Felony | Bill Passed - House (66 - 28) |
| May 8, 2023 | AL | HB 261 | Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 4) |
| May 5, 2023 | AL | HB 261 | Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams | Bill Passed - House (83 - 5) |
| Feb. 23, 2022 | AL | SB 184 | Establishes that Providing Gender Affirming Therapy to Children is a Felony | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6) |
| March 5, 2020 | AL | SB 219 | Establishes a Felony for Doctors that Perform Gender Reassignment Treatment to Individuals Under the Age of 19 | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 3) |
| March 2, 2021 | AL | SB 10 | Prohibits Gender Change Therapy for Minors | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 4) |
| April 4, 2023 | AR | SB 270 | Prohibits Individuals of the Opposite Sex from Using the Same Restroom with a Child Present | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 4) |
| Feb. 6, 2023 | AR | SB 43 | Amends the Definition of "Adult Oriented Business" to Include Drag Performances | Bill Passed - House (78 - 15) |
| March 29, 2021 | AR | HB 1570 | Prohibits Gender Transition-Related Medical Care for Minors | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7) |
| April 5, 2023 | AR | HB 1468 | Requires Parental Consent for Teachers to Address Transgender Students the Way They Identify | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 5) |
| Feb. 1, 2023 | AR | HB 1156 | Requires That Public School Restrooms Be Separated by Sex | Bill Passed - House (80 - 10) |
| March 10, 2021 | AR | HB 1570 | Prohibits Gender Transition-Related Medical Care for Minors | Bill Passed - House (70 - 22) |
| March 27, 2023 | AR | HB 1468 | Requires Parental Consent for Teachers to Address Transgender Students the Way They Identify | Bill Passed - House (65 - 18) |
| Jan. 24, 2023 | AR | SB 43 | Amends the Definition of "Adult Oriented Business" to Include Drag Performances | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 6) |
| June 27, 2008 | AZ | SCR 1042 | Parameters of Marriage | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (16 - 4) |
| June 25, 2008 | AZ | SCR 1042 | Parameters of Marriage | Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (14 - 11) |
| May 12, 2008 | AZ | SCR 1042 | Parameters of Marriage | Resolution Passed - House (33 - 25) |
| March 24, 2022 | AZ | SB 1165 | Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams | Bill Passed - House (31 - 24) |
| March 3, 2021 | AZ | SB 1456 | Requires Schools to Receive Parental Consent When Teaching Sex Education | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14) |
| March 3, 2020 | AZ | HB 2706 | Prohibits Transgender Female Students from Sports Designated for Females | Bill Passed - House (31 - 29) |
| March 16, 2023 | AZ | SB 1028 | Prohibits Adult Cabaret Performances in Public Locations | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 12) |
| March 16, 2023 | AZ | SB 1030 | Amends Restrictions on Adult Oriented Businesses to Include "Sexually Explicit Performances" | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 12) |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | AZ | SB 1040 | Prohibits Students from Using Restrooms that Best Align with Their Gender Identity | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14) |
| Feb. 16, 2023 | AZ | SB 1005 | Authorizes Litigation Against Schools that Provide LGBTQ+ Affirming Spaces | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 12) |
| March 2, 2023 | AZ | SB 1026 | Prohibits State Tax Funding from Sponsoring Drag Shows Targeting Minors | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 13) |
| March 2, 2023 | AZ | SB 1698 | Prohibits Minor Exposure to "Drag Shows" | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14) |
| Feb. 2, 2022 | AZ | SB 1165 | Prohibits Transgender Girls from Playing on Female Sports Teams | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 13) |
| March 8, 2011 | AZ | SB 1188 | Preference for Married Couples in Adoption | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10) |
| Aug. 7, 2008 | CA | AB 2567 | Creation of "Harvey Milk Day" | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (47 - 27) |
| June 5, 2008 | CA | SB 153 | Property Transfer | Bill Passed - House (45 - 29) |
| Aug. 5, 2008 | CA | AB 2567 | Creation of "Harvey Milk Day" | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 13) |
| May 19, 2008 | CA | AB 2567 | Creation of "Harvey Milk Day" | Bill Passed - House (45 - 28) |
| March 2, 2009 | CA | SR 7 | Statement of Opposition to Proposition 8 | Resolution Passed - Senate (18 - 14) |
| March 2, 2009 | CA | HR 5 | Statement of Opposition to Proposition 8 | Resolution Passed - House (45 - 27) |
| Aug. 7, 2008 | CA | AB 2654 | Expanding Anti-Discrimination Laws | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 15) |
| May 27, 2008 | CA | AB 2654 | Expanding Anti-Discrimination Laws | Bill Passed - House (48 - 30) |
| Jan. 29, 2008 | CA | AB 624 | Disclosing Organizational Diversity | Bill Passed - House (45 - 29) |
| Sept. 8, 2023 | CA | AB 957 | Establishes Gender Identity Acknowledgement as a Parental Custody Requirement | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 16) |
| Sept. 2, 2021 | CA | AB 1084 | Requires Retailers and Department Stores to Have a Gender Neutral Section | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (49 - 16) |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | CA | SB 132 | Authorizes Incarcerated Transgendered Individuals to be Housed by Gender Identity | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 10) |
| Sept. 14, 2017 | CA | SB 179 | Recognizes Nonbinary as an Official Legal Gender | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 12) |
| Sept. 7, 2023 | CA | SB 345 | Establishes State Protections for Health Care Providers who Prescribe an Abortion or Gender-Affirming Care from Out-of-State Legal Action | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (32 - 8) |
| Sept. 12, 2023 | CA | SB 447 | Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 6) |
| Aug. 22, 2011 | CA | AB 433 | Birth Certificates for Transgendered Individuals | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 26) |
| Sept. 2, 2011 | CA | AB 887 | Prohibits Discrimination Against Transgendered Individuals | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 25) |
| Sept. 9, 2009 | CA | SB 54 | Recognizing Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 14) |
| Sept. 8, 2009 | CA | SB 572 | Harvey Milk Day | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 14) |
| Aug. 30, 2012 | CA | SB 1172 | Prohibits Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 13) |
| Aug. 12, 2019 | CA | AB 711 | Authorizes High School Document Name Changes Regarding Gender Identity | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 0) |
| June 21, 2021 | CA | AB 439 | Requires Listing the Gender Identity of a Deceased Individual on their Death Certificate | Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 6) |
| Sept. 6, 2023 | CA | AB 957 | Establishes Gender Identity Acknowledgement as a Parental Custody Requirement | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 9) |
| Sept. 4, 2019 | CA | AB 175 | Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 8) |
| Sept. 13, 2017 | CA | SB 179 | Recognizes Nonbinary as an Official Legal Gender | Bill Passed - House (57 - 21) |
| Sept. 6, 2023 | CA | SB 345 | Establishes State Protections for Health Care Providers who Prescribe an Abortion or Gender-Affirming Care from Out-of-State Legal Action | Bill Passed - House (62 - 15) |
| Sept. 11, 2023 | CA | SB 447 | Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States | Bill Passed - House (64 - 12) |
| Sept. 1, 2021 | CA | AB 1084 | Requires Retailers and Department Stores to Have a Gender Neutral Section | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 9) |
| Aug. 30, 2020 | CA | SB 132 | Authorizes Incarcerated Transgendered Individuals to be Housed by Gender Identity | Bill Passed - House (52 - 15) |
| Sept. 11, 2015 | CA | AB 329 | Requires Age Appropriate Comprehensive Sex Education | Bill Passed - House (51 - 26) |
| June 13, 2024 | CA | AB 1955 | Prohibits School Districts From Mandating Parental Notification of Student Pronouns | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 8) |
| July 3, 2013 | CA | AB 1266 | Amends Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 9) |
| Aug. 28, 2012 | CA | SB 1172 | Prohibits Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy | Bill Passed - House (52 - 22) |
| July 14, 2011 | CA | AB 433 | Birth Certificates for Transgendered Individuals | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 13) |
| Sept. 3, 2009 | CA | SB 54 | Recognizing Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages | Bill Passed - House (47 - 29) |
| Aug. 30, 2011 | CA | AB 887 | Prohibits Discrimination Against Transgendered Individuals | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 13) |
| Sept. 3, 2009 | CA | SB 572 | Harvey Milk Day | Bill Passed - House (46 - 28) |
| May 31, 2023 | CA | SB 760 | Requires there be All-Gender Restrooms in Every School | Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6) |
| May 22, 2019 | CA | AB 175 | Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights | Bill Passed - House (59 - 8) |
| May 9, 2016 | CA | AB 1732 | Requires Single User Restrooms to be Gender Neutral | Bill Passed - House (55 - 19) |
| July 5, 2011 | CA | SB 48 | Requires Teaching Gay History | Bill Passed - House (50 - 26) |
| May 13, 2021 | CA | AB 1184 | Establishes Privacy Rights for Gender-Affirming Care | Bill Passed - House (59 - 13) |
| May 23, 2019 | CA | SB 132 | Authorizes Inmate Housing According to Gender Identity | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 8) |
| Sept. 10, 2015 | CA | AB 329 | Requires Age Appropriate Comprehensive Sex Education | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 14) |
| May 9, 2013 | CA | AB 1266 | Amends Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities | Bill Passed - House (46 - 25) |
| May 29, 2013 | CA | SB 323 | Prohibits Tax-Exempt Status for Organizations that Discriminate Based on Sexual Orientation | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 9) |
| May 31, 2023 | CA | AB 518 | Extends Paid Family Leave to LGBTQ+ Members | Bill Passed - House (64 - 0) |
| May 24, 2023 | CA | SB 447 | Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 8) |
| May 28, 2019 | CA | AB 493 | Specifies Biennial LGBTQ Teacher Training be Encouraged | Bill Passed - House (61 - 0) |
| March 30, 2023 | CA | AB 957 | Establishes Gender Identity Acknowledgement as a Parental Custody Requirement | Bill Passed - House (51 - 13) |
| May 31, 2012 | CA | SB 1140 | Exempts Religious Institutions from Performing Same-Sex Marriages | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11) |
| May 14, 2009 | CA | SB 572 | Harvey Milk Day | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 14) |
| April 14, 2011 | CA | SB 48 | Requires Teaching Gay History | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 14) |
| April 30, 2012 | CA | AB 1960 | Requires the Department of Transportation to Include Sexual Orientation Reported by Business Owners | Bill Passed - House (48 - 25) |
| May 30, 2012 | CA | SB 1172 | Prohibits Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 13) |
| May 5, 2008 | CO | SB 200 | Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (20 - 15) |
| May 2, 2008 | CO | SB 200 | Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination | Bill Passed - House (38 - 26) |
| May 10, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1267 | Establishes Diversity Training Grant for Health Care Providers | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 24) |
| May 7, 2023 | CO | HB 23-1057 | Requires All New Government Buildings have Non-Gendered Bathrooms | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 17) |
| May 5, 2023 | CO | HB 23-1057 | Requires All New Government Buildings have Non-Gendered Bathrooms | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9) |
| March 18, 2013 | CO | HB 1081 | Expands Sexual Education Curriculum | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15) |
| May 4, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1267 | Establishes Diversity Training Grant for Health Care Providers | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 11) |
| April 17, 2019 | CO | HB 19-1039 | Amends Birth Certificate Regulations | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
| March 12, 2013 | CO | SB 11 | Authorizes Civil Unions | Bill Passed - House (39 - 26) |
| June 12, 2020 | CO | SB 20-221 | Prohibits the "Gay Panic" Murder Defense | Bill Passed - House (63 - 1) |
| March 25, 2019 | CO | HB 19-1129 | Prohibits Conversion Therapy | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13) |
| March 23, 2009 | CO | HB 1260 | Designated Beneficiary Agreements Between Unmarried Adults | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 10) |
| Feb. 19, 2019 | CO | HB 19-1129 | Prohibits Conversion Therapy | Bill Passed - House (42 - 20) |