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:
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.
For more information about the legislative process, see here.
Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 31, 2019 | AL | HB 77 | Expands Retirement Benefits for Public School Teachers | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 4) |
May 30, 2019 | AL | HB 225 | Prohibits Pay Discrimination Based on Sex and Race | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 0) |
May 28, 2019 | AL | HB 361 | Authorizes Sports Betting | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 8) |
May 14, 2019 | AL | HB 314 | Increases Penalties for Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 6) |
April 25, 2019 | AL | SB 220 | Establishes a Constitutional Amendment to Create a State Lottery | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
April 16, 2019 | AL | SB 140 | Amends Sex Education Standards | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 1) |
March 21, 2019 | AL | SB 119 | Repeals Common Core | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 7) |
March 21, 2019 | AL | SB 69 | Repeals Marriage Licenses | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 0) |
Date | No. | Title | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
5/31 | HB 77 | Expands Retirement Benefits for Public School Teachers | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 4) |
5/30 | HB 225 | Prohibits Pay Discrimination Based on Sex and Race | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 0) |
5/28 | HB 361 | Authorizes Sports Betting | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 8) |
5/14 | HB 314 | Increases Penalties for Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 6) |
4/25 | SB 220 | Establishes a Constitutional Amendment to Create a State Lottery | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
4/16 | SB 140 | Amends Sex Education Standards | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 1) |
3/21 | SB 119 | Repeals Common Core | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 7) |
3/21 | SB 69 | Repeals Marriage Licenses | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 0) |