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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 22, 2021 AK HB 169 Appropriates Funds for Education to Prevent Job Layoffs Bill Passed - House (26 - 14)
May 10, 2021 AK HB 69 Appropriates Funds for the State's Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (24 - 15)
May 10, 2021 AK HB 71 Appropriates Funds for the State's Mental Health Budget Bill Passed - House (31 - 8)
Sept. 29, 2021 AL HB 5 Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
Sept. 29, 2021 AL HB 6 Transfers $154 Million from the State's General Fund for Correctional Facilities Bill Passed - House (78 - 22)
June 25, 2021 AZ SB 1783 Establishes a Tax Reform Package Bill Passed - House (31 - 25)
June 24, 2021 AZ SB 1828 Amends Existing Tax Laws Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
June 24, 2021 AZ SB 1827 Amends Tax Code to Establish a 4.5 Percent Cap on the Top Marginal Rate Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
Feb. 24, 2021 AZ HB 2156 Appropriates Funding from the State General Fund to Provide Broadband Grants Bill Passed - House (50 - 8)
June 14, 2021 CA AB 128 Appropriates Funding for the 2021 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 18)
Sept. 1, 2021 CA AB 1203 Amends Property Tax Laws and the Assessment Appeals Court Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 15)
July 15, 2021 CA AB 164 Appropriates Funds for the 2021 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 5)
Sept. 10, 2021 CA SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Bill Passed - House (56 - 14)
Jan. 15, 2021 CA AB 80 Authorizes Businesses to Deduct PPP Loans as Expenses on Their Taxes Bill Passed - House (48 - 13)
April 15, 2021 CO SB 21-205 Appropriates Funding as Part of 2021-2022 Long Appropriations Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
June 8, 2021 CO SB 21-293 Reduces Property Assessment Rates in the 2022 and 2023 Taxation Years Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
March 16, 2021 CO HB 21-1164 Authorizes School Districts to Raise their Mill-Levy Rates Bill Passed - House (40 - 20)
May 25, 2021 CO HB 21-1311 Requires Taxpayers With Gross Incomes of $400,000 or More to Add Back Certain Itemized Deductions Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
Jan. 14, 2021 CO HB 21-002 Extends Income Tax Deductions Under the CARES Act Bill Passed - House (44 - 20)
Feb. 25, 2021 CT HB 6516 Authorizes Tax Fairness for Remote Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic Bill Passed - House (125 - 24)
March 31, 2021 GA HB 286 Prohibits Local Police Departments from Reducing Annual Police Budgets Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 73)
May 19, 2021 IA HF 847 Repeals Mask Mandates for Public School Students Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 35)
Feb. 11, 2021 IA SF 269 Appropriates Funds for Schools Bill Passed - House (56 - 36)
May 18, 2021 IA SF 619 Repeals Revenue Triggers that had Been Put in Place to Delay State Income Tax Reductions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)
May 18, 2021 IA SF 619 Repeals Revenue Triggers that had Been Put in Place to Delay State Income Tax Reductions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/22 HB 169 Appropriates Funds for Education to Prevent Job Layoffs Bill Passed - House (26 - 14)
5/10 HB 69 Appropriates Funds for the State's Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (24 - 15)
5/10 HB 71 Appropriates Funds for the State's Mental Health Budget Bill Passed - House (31 - 8)
9/29 HB 5 Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
9/29 HB 6 Transfers $154 Million from the State's General Fund for Correctional Facilities Bill Passed - House (78 - 22)
6/25 SB 1783 Establishes a Tax Reform Package Bill Passed - House (31 - 25)
6/24 SB 1828 Amends Existing Tax Laws Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
6/24 SB 1827 Amends Tax Code to Establish a 4.5 Percent Cap on the Top Marginal Rate Bill Passed - House (31 - 29)
2/24 HB 2156 Appropriates Funding from the State General Fund to Provide Broadband Grants Bill Passed - House (50 - 8)
6/14 AB 128 Appropriates Funding for the 2021 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 18)
9/01 AB 1203 Amends Property Tax Laws and the Assessment Appeals Court Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 15)
7/15 AB 164 Appropriates Funds for the 2021 State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 5)
9/10 SB 792 Requires Retailers Report Their Sales Tax Returns from Online Sales from Each Locality Where Retailers Shipped or Delivered Items Bill Passed - House (56 - 14)
1/15 AB 80 Authorizes Businesses to Deduct PPP Loans as Expenses on Their Taxes Bill Passed - House (48 - 13)
4/15 SB 21-205 Appropriates Funding as Part of 2021-2022 Long Appropriations Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
6/08 SB 21-293 Reduces Property Assessment Rates in the 2022 and 2023 Taxation Years Bill Passed - House (42 - 23)
3/16 HB 21-1164 Authorizes School Districts to Raise their Mill-Levy Rates Bill Passed - House (40 - 20)
5/25 HB 21-1311 Requires Taxpayers With Gross Incomes of $400,000 or More to Add Back Certain Itemized Deductions Bill Passed - House (41 - 23)
1/14 HB 21-002 Extends Income Tax Deductions Under the CARES Act Bill Passed - House (44 - 20)
2/25 HB 6516 Authorizes Tax Fairness for Remote Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic Bill Passed - House (125 - 24)
3/31 HB 286 Prohibits Local Police Departments from Reducing Annual Police Budgets Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 73)
5/19 HF 847 Repeals Mask Mandates for Public School Students Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 35)
2/11 SF 269 Appropriates Funds for Schools Bill Passed - House (56 - 36)
5/18 SF 619 Repeals Revenue Triggers that had Been Put in Place to Delay State Income Tax Reductions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)
5/18 SF 619 Repeals Revenue Triggers that had Been Put in Place to Delay State Income Tax Reductions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)

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