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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, 2007 IA Prohibiting State Funding of Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Services Amendment Adopted - Senate (37 - 13)
Feb. 12, 2007 UT 2SHB 235 Abortion Law Revisions Bill Passed - House (62 - 12)
Oct. 30, 2007 WI AB 427 Prevention of Coercive Abortion Bill Passed - House (65 - 32)
Oct. 30, 2007 WI AB 427 Prevention of Coercive Abortion Bill Passed - House (65 - 32)
Dec. 11, 2007 WI ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims Amendment Adopted - House (56 - 41)
Feb. 28, 2007 WV Com Sub SB 544 Parental Notification of Juvenile Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 4)
April 27, 2007 FL CS HB 1497 Abortion Waiting Periods Bill Passed - House (71 - 42)
May 4, 2007 FL CS HB 1497 Abortion Waiting Periods Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
April 27, 2007 FL CS HB 71 Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act Bill Passed - House (76 - 39)
April 26, 2007 TX CSSB 785 Abortion Reporting Requirement Act Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
May 3, 2007 TX CSSB 920 Ultrasound Required Prior to Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 8)
March 21, 2007 SC H 3355 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (91 - 23)
April 20, 2007 MN H Amendment Prohibiting Public Funding for Abortions Amendment Rejected - House (64 - 68)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD HB 1293 Abortion Limitations Bill Passed - House (45 - 25)
Feb. 5, 2007 SD HB 1296 Pre-Abortion Sonograms Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
Feb. 1, 2007 WY HB 144 Abortion Information Requirement Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1464 Abortion Regulation Bill Failed - House (39 - 49)
April 23, 2007 ND HB 1466 Abortion Ban Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 16)
April 23, 2007 ND HB 1466 Abortion Ban Conference Report Adopted - House (68 - 24)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1466 Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (61 - 26)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions Bill Failed - House (20 - 69)
Jan. 26, 2007 ND HB 1494 Prenatal Testing Bill Failed - House (29 - 60)
March 7, 2007 NH HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
June 7, 2007 NH HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 9)
Jan. 23, 2007 VA HB 1883 Abortion Clinic Licensure Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/25 Prohibiting State Funding of Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Services Amendment Adopted - Senate (37 - 13)
2/12 2SHB 235 Abortion Law Revisions Bill Passed - House (62 - 12)
10/30 AB 427 Prevention of Coercive Abortion Bill Passed - House (65 - 32)
10/30 AB 427 Prevention of Coercive Abortion Bill Passed - House (65 - 32)
12/11 ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims Amendment Adopted - House (56 - 41)
2/28 Com Sub SB 544 Parental Notification of Juvenile Abortions Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 4)
4/27 CS HB 1497 Abortion Waiting Periods Bill Passed - House (71 - 42)
5/04 CS HB 1497 Abortion Waiting Periods Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 15)
4/27 CS HB 71 Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act Bill Passed - House (76 - 39)
4/26 CSSB 785 Abortion Reporting Requirement Act Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 10)
5/03 CSSB 920 Ultrasound Required Prior to Abortion Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 8)
3/21 H 3355 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (91 - 23)
4/20 H Amendment Prohibiting Public Funding for Abortions Amendment Rejected - House (64 - 68)
2/14 HB 1293 Abortion Limitations Bill Passed - House (45 - 25)
2/05 HB 1296 Pre-Abortion Sonograms Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
2/01 HB 144 Abortion Information Requirement Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
1/26 HB 1464 Abortion Regulation Bill Failed - House (39 - 49)
4/23 HB 1466 Abortion Ban Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 16)
4/23 HB 1466 Abortion Ban Conference Report Adopted - House (68 - 24)
1/26 HB 1466 Abortion Ban Bill Passed - House (61 - 26)
1/26 HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions Bill Failed - House (20 - 69)
1/26 HB 1494 Prenatal Testing Bill Failed - House (29 - 60)
3/07 HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
6/07 HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 9)
1/23 HB 1883 Abortion Clinic Licensure Bill Passed - House (60 - 35)

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