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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
March 28, 2024 DE HB 275 Amends Definition to Sexual Orientation to Include Asexuality and Pansexuality Bill Passed - House (21 - 15)
June 30, 2023 DE HB 155 Classifies Unsafe Storage of a Firearm in a Vehicle Class A Misdemeanor Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 6)
June 27, 2023 DE HB 155 Classifies Unsafe Storage of a Firearm in a Vehicle Class A Misdemeanor Bill Passed - House (24 - 13)
June 20, 2024 DE HB 357 Amends Firearms Statutes and the Firearms Definition Task Force Bill Passed - House (32 - 3)
June 18, 2024 DE HB 265 Requires Age Verification for Mature Entertainment and Material Bill Passed - House (31 - 5)
June 30, 2024 DE SB 12 Amends Statutes Governing the Need for Preventative Dentention Bill Passed - House (32 - 7)
June 30, 2024 DE SB 232 Expands Coverage for Contraceptive Pills in Delaware Bill Passed - House (34 - 5)
June 20, 2024 DE HB 165 Requires the Prosecution to Provide Evidence Favorable to an Accused Bill Passed - House (32 - 1)
June 2, 2015 DE HB 39 Decriminalizes Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana Bill Passed - House (24 - 14)

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