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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
Aug. 23, 2011 GA HB 1EX House Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
Aug. 18, 2011 GA HB 1EX House Redistricting Bill Passed - House (108 - 64)
Aug. 31, 2011 GA HB 20EX Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 21)
Aug. 25, 2011 GA HB 20EX Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - House (110 - 60)
April 26, 2011 GA HB 234 Reduces Sales Taxes for Tourism Projects Concurrence Vote Passed - House (90 - 73)
April 12, 2011 GA HB 234 Reduces Sales Taxes for Tourism Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
April 14, 2011 GA HB 24 Amending Rules of Evidence Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 3)
Feb. 28, 2011 GA HB 24 Amending Rules of Evidence Bill Passed - House (162 - 5)
March 1, 2011 GA HB 279 Increased Age Requirement for Child Restraints Bill Passed - House (129 - 43)
March 8, 2011 GA HB 326 Amends the HOPE Scholarship Program Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
March 1, 2011 GA HB 326 Amends the HOPE Scholarship Program Bill Passed - House (152 - 22)
April 14, 2011 GA HB 461 Interstate Health Care Compact Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
March 16, 2011 GA HB 461 Interstate Health Care Compact Bill Passed - House (108 - 63)
April 14, 2011 GA HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Concurrence Vote Passed - House (98 - 58)
April 12, 2011 GA HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 17)
March 10, 2011 GA HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Bill Passed - House (111 - 47)
Feb. 9, 2011 GA HB 72 Establish an English-Only Driving Test Bill Tabled - House (115 - 50)
April 14, 2011 GA HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (112 - 59)
April 14, 2011 GA HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 19)
March 3, 2011 GA HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Bill Passed - House (113 - 56)
April 11, 2011 GA HB 92 Limits Absentee Ballots Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 20)
Feb. 22, 2011 GA HB 92 Limits Absentee Ballots Bill Passed - House (148 - 20)
April 12, 2011 GA SB 10 Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sundays Bill Passed - House (127 - 44)
March 16, 2011 GA SB 10 Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sundays Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 22)
March 30, 2011 GA SB 122 Public-Private Partnerships to Build Reservoirs Bill Passed - House (92 - 68)
March 10, 2011 GA SB 162 DUIs a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
March 10, 2011 GA SB 162 DUIs a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Not Tabled - Senate (20 - 34)
March 30, 2011 GA SB 17 Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits Bill Passed - House (96 - 67)
Feb. 24, 2011 GA SB 17 Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
Aug. 23, 2011 GA SB 1EX State Senate Redistricting Bill Passed - House (104 - 56)
Aug. 18, 2011 GA SB 1EX State Senate Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
March 16, 2011 GA SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
April 14, 2011 GA SB 36 Prescription Drug Database Concurrence Vote Passed - House (131 - 32)
Feb. 23, 2011 GA SB 36 Prescription Drug Database Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 6)
March 14, 2011 GA SB 40 Immigration Status Verification of Private Business Workers Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 21)
Date No. Title Outcome
8/23 HB 1EX House Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
8/18 HB 1EX House Redistricting Bill Passed - House (108 - 64)
8/31 HB 20EX Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 21)
8/25 HB 20EX Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - House (110 - 60)
4/26 HB 234 Reduces Sales Taxes for Tourism Projects Concurrence Vote Passed - House (90 - 73)
4/12 HB 234 Reduces Sales Taxes for Tourism Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 10)
4/14 HB 24 Amending Rules of Evidence Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 3)
2/28 HB 24 Amending Rules of Evidence Bill Passed - House (162 - 5)
3/01 HB 279 Increased Age Requirement for Child Restraints Bill Passed - House (129 - 43)
3/08 HB 326 Amends the HOPE Scholarship Program Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 20)
3/01 HB 326 Amends the HOPE Scholarship Program Bill Passed - House (152 - 22)
4/14 HB 461 Interstate Health Care Compact Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
3/16 HB 461 Interstate Health Care Compact Bill Passed - House (108 - 63)
4/14 HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Concurrence Vote Passed - House (98 - 58)
4/12 HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 17)
3/10 HB 47 Ability to Purchase Insurance Out of State Bill Passed - House (111 - 47)
2/09 HB 72 Establish an English-Only Driving Test Bill Tabled - House (115 - 50)
4/14 HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (112 - 59)
4/14 HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 19)
3/03 HB 87 Immigration Enforcement Act Bill Passed - House (113 - 56)
4/11 HB 92 Limits Absentee Ballots Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 20)
2/22 HB 92 Limits Absentee Ballots Bill Passed - House (148 - 20)
4/12 SB 10 Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sundays Bill Passed - House (127 - 44)
3/16 SB 10 Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sundays Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 22)
3/30 SB 122 Public-Private Partnerships to Build Reservoirs Bill Passed - House (92 - 68)
3/10 SB 162 DUIs a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
3/10 SB 162 DUIs a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Not Tabled - Senate (20 - 34)
3/30 SB 17 Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits Bill Passed - House (96 - 67)
2/24 SB 17 Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
8/23 SB 1EX State Senate Redistricting Bill Passed - House (104 - 56)
8/18 SB 1EX State Senate Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 18)
3/16 SB 210 Liability for Violations of Abortion Laws Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 16)
4/14 SB 36 Prescription Drug Database Concurrence Vote Passed - House (131 - 32)
2/23 SB 36 Prescription Drug Database Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 6)
3/14 SB 40 Immigration Status Verification of Private Business Workers Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 21)

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