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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 14, 2018 IN HB 1426 Amends Education Standards Conference Report Adopted - House (71 - 25)
March 14, 2018 IN HB 1317 Amends Prescription Cost Disclosures Conference Report Adopted - Senate (36 - 13)
March 12, 2018 IN SB 12 Specifies Rules of Sex Offender Residency Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 20)
March 8, 2018 IN HB 1399 Requires Teacher Licenses for Math and Science Courses Concurrence Vote Passed - House (71 - 11)
March 7, 2018 IN SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 9)
March 6, 2018 IN HB 1203 Amends Fertility Clinic Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
March 5, 2018 IN SB 387 Authorizes Teachers without Licenses in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - House (35 - 12)
March 1, 2018 IN HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
Feb. 28, 2018 IN SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Bill Passed - House (67 - 26)
Feb. 27, 2018 IN HB 1359 Increases Penalties for Drug Dealers Connected to Overdose Deaths Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 9)
Feb. 22, 2018 IN SB 1 Authorizes Sunday Alcohol Sales Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
Feb. 20, 2018 IN SB 1 Authorizes Sunday Alcohol Sales Bill Passed - House (82 - 10)
Feb. 6, 2018 IN SB 387 Authorizes Teachers without Licenses in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 12)
Jan. 23, 2018 IN HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - House (51 - 45)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/14 HB 1426 Amends Education Standards Conference Report Adopted - House (71 - 25)
3/14 HB 1317 Amends Prescription Cost Disclosures Conference Report Adopted - Senate (36 - 13)
3/12 SB 12 Specifies Rules of Sex Offender Residency Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 20)
3/08 HB 1399 Requires Teacher Licenses for Math and Science Courses Concurrence Vote Passed - House (71 - 11)
3/07 SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (37 - 9)
3/06 HB 1203 Amends Fertility Clinic Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
3/05 SB 387 Authorizes Teachers without Licenses in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - House (35 - 12)
3/01 HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
2/28 SB 340 Amends Abortion Regulations Bill Passed - House (67 - 26)
2/27 HB 1359 Increases Penalties for Drug Dealers Connected to Overdose Deaths Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 9)
2/22 SB 1 Authorizes Sunday Alcohol Sales Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
2/20 SB 1 Authorizes Sunday Alcohol Sales Bill Passed - House (82 - 10)
2/06 SB 387 Authorizes Teachers without Licenses in Certain Circumstances Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 12)
1/23 HB 1058 Requires Dissemination of Vaccine Information Bill Passed - House (51 - 45)

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