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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
Jan. 25, 2007 WY SF 104 Sexual Abuse of Minors Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
Jan. 30, 2007 VA Sub HB 1727 Participation in School Clubs Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
Feb. 2, 2007 VA Sub SB 905 Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 8)
Jan. 25, 2007 SC H 3063 Defining Marriage Bill Passed - House (92 - 7)
Jan. 31, 2007 WY SF 13 Same Sex Marriages Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
Feb. 12, 2007 IN SB 327 HPV Immunization Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
Feb. 5, 2007 VA Sub HB 2035 HPV Vaccination Bill Passed - House (80 - 17)
Feb. 12, 2007 IN SJR 7 Definition of Marriage Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (39 - 10)
Feb. 21, 2007 VA H Sub Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - House (89 - 9)
Feb. 21, 2007 WY SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
Feb. 6, 2007 WY SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 26, 2007 WY HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
Feb. 2, 2007 WY HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
Feb. 8, 2007 WY HB 68 Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure Bill Passed - House (39 - 21)
Feb. 21, 2007 IN HB 1337 Smoking in a Vehicle With Children Bill Failed - House (43 - 51)
March 14, 2007 CO HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption Bill Passed - House (39 - 25)
April 12, 2007 CO HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
March 5, 2007 ID HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
March 6, 2007 WA 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
Feb. 20, 2007 SD SB 208 Tanning Restrictions Bill Failed - Senate (10 - 24)
March 29, 2007 IL HB 1769 Smoking Ban in Vehicles Bill Failed - House (18 - 91)
March 23, 2007 ND SB 2181 Prenatal Care for Minors Bill Failed - House (46 - 46)
April 18, 2007 IA HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
March 28, 2007 IA HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 43)
March 28, 2007 NH HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages Bill Failed - House (169 - 171)
Date No. Title Outcome
1/25 SF 104 Sexual Abuse of Minors Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
1/30 Sub HB 1727 Participation in School Clubs Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
2/02 Sub SB 905 Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 8)
1/25 H 3063 Defining Marriage Bill Passed - House (92 - 7)
1/31 SF 13 Same Sex Marriages Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
2/12 SB 327 HPV Immunization Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)
2/05 Sub HB 2035 HPV Vaccination Bill Passed - House (80 - 17)
2/12 SJR 7 Definition of Marriage Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (39 - 10)
2/21 H Sub Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - House (89 - 9)
2/21 SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
2/06 SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/26 HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 12)
2/02 HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
2/08 HB 68 Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure Bill Passed - House (39 - 21)
2/21 HB 1337 Smoking in a Vehicle With Children Bill Failed - House (43 - 51)
3/14 HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption Bill Passed - House (39 - 25)
4/12 HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
3/05 HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
3/06 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
2/20 SB 208 Tanning Restrictions Bill Failed - Senate (10 - 24)
3/29 HB 1769 Smoking Ban in Vehicles Bill Failed - House (18 - 91)
3/23 SB 2181 Prenatal Care for Minors Bill Failed - House (46 - 46)
4/18 HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14)
3/28 HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program Bill Passed - House (56 - 43)
3/28 HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages Bill Failed - House (169 - 171)

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