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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
May 30, 2019 CA AB 1440 Amends State Law Concerning Oil and Gas Extraction Bill Passed - House (48 - 21)
Sept. 11, 2019 CA AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Concurrence Vote Passed - House (48 - 26)
Sept. 10, 2019 CA AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
May 29, 2019 CA AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Bill Passed - House (43 - 31)
Sept. 9, 2019 CA AB 1505 Establishes Public Oversight for Charter Schools Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
May 29, 2019 CA AB 1550 Establishes the "Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN) Act" Bill Passed - House (78 - 0)
May 24, 2019 CA AB 1593 Authorizes Certain Tax Breaks for Undocumented Families Bill Passed - House (55 - 18)
May 23, 2019 CA AB 161 Prohibits Paper Receipts Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
May 30, 2019 CA AB 1611 Limits What Hospitals Can Charge for Emergency Care Bill Passed - House (48 - 9)
May 22, 2019 CA AB 163 Requires State Oversight of Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors Bill Passed - House (60 - 5)
Sept. 9, 2019 CA AB 1669 Increases Firearm Purchasing Fees Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
May 28, 2019 CA AB 1669 Increases Firearm Purchasing Fees Bill Passed - House (49 - 22)
Sept. 4, 2019 CA AB 175 Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
May 22, 2019 CA AB 175 Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights Bill Passed - House (59 - 8)
Sept. 5, 2019 CA AB 197 Requires Schools To Offer A Full-day Kindergarten Program Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
Aug. 12, 2019 CA AB 273 Prohibits Recreational and Commercial Fur Trapping Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 9)
Sept. 10, 2019 CA AB 32 Prohibits Private Prisons and ICE Detention Centers Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)
May 23, 2019 CA AB 32 Prohibits Private Prisons and ICE Detention Centers Bill Passed - House (61 - 13)
Sept. 9, 2019 CA AB 35 Requires Reporting on Employee Blood Level Testing for Lead Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
May 28, 2019 CA AB 35 Requires Reporting on Employee Blood Level Testing for Lead Bill Passed - House (49 - 22)
May 28, 2019 CA AB 376 Establishes a Student Loan Bill of Rights Bill Passed - House (59 - 15)
Sept. 13, 2019 CA AB 378 Authorizes Collective Bargaining for Childcare Workers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (63 - 16)
Sept. 5, 2019 CA AB 378 Authorizes Collective Bargaining for Childcare Workers Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
July 8, 2019 CA AB 392 Increases Public Oversight and Police Accountability when Deadly Use of Force is Used Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
May 28, 2019 CA AB 4 Authorizes Medi-Cal Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (51 - 17)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/30 AB 1440 Amends State Law Concerning Oil and Gas Extraction Bill Passed - House (48 - 21)
9/11 AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Concurrence Vote Passed - House (48 - 26)
9/10 AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
5/29 AB 1482 Establishes Rental Increase Caps Bill Passed - House (43 - 31)
9/09 AB 1505 Establishes Public Oversight for Charter Schools Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
5/29 AB 1550 Establishes the "Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN) Act" Bill Passed - House (78 - 0)
5/24 AB 1593 Authorizes Certain Tax Breaks for Undocumented Families Bill Passed - House (55 - 18)
5/23 AB 161 Prohibits Paper Receipts Bill Passed - House (43 - 24)
5/30 AB 1611 Limits What Hospitals Can Charge for Emergency Care Bill Passed - House (48 - 9)
5/22 AB 163 Requires State Oversight of Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors Bill Passed - House (60 - 5)
9/09 AB 1669 Increases Firearm Purchasing Fees Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 11)
5/28 AB 1669 Increases Firearm Purchasing Fees Bill Passed - House (49 - 22)
9/04 AB 175 Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 8)
5/22 AB 175 Amends Foster Care Bill of Rights Bill Passed - House (59 - 8)
9/05 AB 197 Requires Schools To Offer A Full-day Kindergarten Program Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 9)
8/12 AB 273 Prohibits Recreational and Commercial Fur Trapping Licenses Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 9)
9/10 AB 32 Prohibits Private Prisons and ICE Detention Centers Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 6)
5/23 AB 32 Prohibits Private Prisons and ICE Detention Centers Bill Passed - House (61 - 13)
9/09 AB 35 Requires Reporting on Employee Blood Level Testing for Lead Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 12)
5/28 AB 35 Requires Reporting on Employee Blood Level Testing for Lead Bill Passed - House (49 - 22)
5/28 AB 376 Establishes a Student Loan Bill of Rights Bill Passed - House (59 - 15)
9/13 AB 378 Authorizes Collective Bargaining for Childcare Workers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (63 - 16)
9/05 AB 378 Authorizes Collective Bargaining for Childcare Workers Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 10)
7/08 AB 392 Increases Public Oversight and Police Accountability when Deadly Use of Force is Used Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 3)
5/28 AB 4 Authorizes Medi-Cal Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - House (51 - 17)

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