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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
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  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
March 6, 2024 FL HB 1291 Prohibits Higher Education Courses on Identity Politics Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 12)
March 1, 2024 FL HB 1291 Prohibits Higher Education Courses on Identity Politics Bill Passed - House (81 - 31)
March 7, 2022 SD HB 1012 Prohibits Teaching "Divisive" Topics at Public Universities Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
Feb. 15, 2022 SD HB 1012 Prohibits Teaching "Divisive" Topics at Public Universities Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
May 3, 2021 CA AB 1278 Requires Public Universities to Include Information About Public Service Programs Online Bill Passed - House (54 - 9)
April 26, 2021 ID H 377 Prohibits Teaching the Topic Known as "Critical Race Theory" Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
April 22, 2021 ID H 377 Prohibits Teaching the Topic Known as "Critical Race Theory" Bill Passed - House (57 - 12)
March 8, 2021 WA SB 5194 Requires Community and Technical Colleges Establish a Faculty Diversity Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
May 21, 2019 IL HB 253 Classifies University Graduate and Research Assistants as "Employees" Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 19)
March 28, 2019 IL HB 253 Classifies University Graduate and Research Assistants as "Employees" Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
March 14, 2019 IA SF 274 Amends Free Speech Regulations on College Campuses Bill Passed - House (52 - 44)
March 11, 2019 IA SF 274 Amends Free Speech Regulations on College Campuses Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 11)
April 4, 2017 MN HF 890 Authorizes Education Funding Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 28)
March 31, 2017 MN HF 890 Authorizes Education Funding Bill Passed - House (75 - 54)
Feb. 29, 2012 SD HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Concurrence Vote Passed - House (36 - 33)
Feb. 27, 2012 SD HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 12)
Feb. 13, 2012 SD HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Bill Passed - House (41 - 28)
March 2, 2000 National S 1134 Education Savings Accounts Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/06 HB 1291 Prohibits Higher Education Courses on Identity Politics Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 12)
3/01 HB 1291 Prohibits Higher Education Courses on Identity Politics Bill Passed - House (81 - 31)
3/07 HB 1012 Prohibits Teaching "Divisive" Topics at Public Universities Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
2/15 HB 1012 Prohibits Teaching "Divisive" Topics at Public Universities Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
5/03 AB 1278 Requires Public Universities to Include Information About Public Service Programs Online Bill Passed - House (54 - 9)
4/26 H 377 Prohibits Teaching the Topic Known as "Critical Race Theory" Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
4/22 H 377 Prohibits Teaching the Topic Known as "Critical Race Theory" Bill Passed - House (57 - 12)
3/08 SB 5194 Requires Community and Technical Colleges Establish a Faculty Diversity Program Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
5/21 HB 253 Classifies University Graduate and Research Assistants as "Employees" Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 19)
3/28 HB 253 Classifies University Graduate and Research Assistants as "Employees" Bill Passed - House (72 - 37)
3/14 SF 274 Amends Free Speech Regulations on College Campuses Bill Passed - House (52 - 44)
3/11 SF 274 Amends Free Speech Regulations on College Campuses Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 11)
4/04 HF 890 Authorizes Education Funding Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 28)
3/31 HF 890 Authorizes Education Funding Bill Passed - House (75 - 54)
2/29 HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Concurrence Vote Passed - House (36 - 33)
2/27 HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 12)
2/13 HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure Bill Passed - House (41 - 28)
3/02 S 1134 Education Savings Accounts Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
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