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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 11, 2020 IN HB 1207 Amends Regulations for Pharmacists Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 2)
March 11, 2020 IN SB 148 Prohibits Regulating Relationship between Renters and Landlords Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 32)
March 10, 2020 IN HB 1022 Expands the Definition of Panhandling Conference Report Adopted - Senate (35 - 14)
March 11, 2020 IN SB 148 Prohibits Regulating Relationship between Renters and Landlords Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 19)
March 11, 2020 IN HB 1004 Requires Healthcare Providers Give "Good Faith" Estimates of Medical Costs Conference Report Adopted - House (59 - 32)
March 11, 2020 IN HB 1065 Authorizes School Districts To Use Tax Dollars For Charter Schools Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 18)
March 11, 2020 IN HB 1065 Authorizes School Districts To Use Tax Dollars For Charter Schools Conference Report Adopted - House (52 - 40)
March 3, 2020 IN SB 229 Removes State Oversight of Certain Drains Near Wetlands Bill Passed - House (58 - 37)
Feb. 20, 2020 IN SB 255 Authorizes Insulin to Patients without a Prescription Bill Passed - House (88 - 0)
Jan. 23, 2020 IN HB 1007 Appropriates Funds from State Surplus Budget Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
March 3, 2020 IN HB 1222 Reduces Number of Assistance Funding Requests Made by Public Schools Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 13)
Jan. 14, 2020 IN HB 1027 Repeals Township Assessor Offices Bill Passed - House (53 - 44)
Feb. 4, 2020 IN SB 342 Establishes Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
Feb. 4, 2020 IN SB 449 Reduces the Age at Which Juveniles Can be Sent to Jail Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
Feb. 3, 2020 IN SB 438 Establishes Regulations for Pesticides Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 9)
Feb. 3, 2020 IN HB 1414 Requires Notification from Utility Companies Prior to Closure of Energy Plant Bill Passed - House (52 - 41)
Jan. 29, 2020 IN HB 1070 Prohibits Distracted Driving Bill Passed - House (86 - 10)
Jan. 14, 2020 IN SB 69 Authorizes Firearms on School Grounds Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 7)
Jan. 13, 2020 IN HB 1007 Appropriates Funds from State Surplus Budget Bill Passed - House (77 - 21)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/11 HB 1207 Amends Regulations for Pharmacists Conference Report Adopted - Senate (47 - 2)
3/11 SB 148 Prohibits Regulating Relationship between Renters and Landlords Conference Report Adopted - House (64 - 32)
3/10 HB 1022 Expands the Definition of Panhandling Conference Report Adopted - Senate (35 - 14)
3/11 SB 148 Prohibits Regulating Relationship between Renters and Landlords Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 19)
3/11 HB 1004 Requires Healthcare Providers Give "Good Faith" Estimates of Medical Costs Conference Report Adopted - House (59 - 32)
3/11 HB 1065 Authorizes School Districts To Use Tax Dollars For Charter Schools Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 18)
3/11 HB 1065 Authorizes School Districts To Use Tax Dollars For Charter Schools Conference Report Adopted - House (52 - 40)
3/03 SB 229 Removes State Oversight of Certain Drains Near Wetlands Bill Passed - House (58 - 37)
2/20 SB 255 Authorizes Insulin to Patients without a Prescription Bill Passed - House (88 - 0)
1/23 HB 1007 Appropriates Funds from State Surplus Budget Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 8)
3/03 HB 1222 Reduces Number of Assistance Funding Requests Made by Public Schools Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 13)
1/14 HB 1027 Repeals Township Assessor Offices Bill Passed - House (53 - 44)
2/04 SB 342 Establishes Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 8)
2/04 SB 449 Reduces the Age at Which Juveniles Can be Sent to Jail Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
2/03 SB 438 Establishes Regulations for Pesticides Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 9)
2/03 HB 1414 Requires Notification from Utility Companies Prior to Closure of Energy Plant Bill Passed - House (52 - 41)
1/29 HB 1070 Prohibits Distracted Driving Bill Passed - House (86 - 10)
1/14 SB 69 Authorizes Firearms on School Grounds Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 7)
1/13 HB 1007 Appropriates Funds from State Surplus Budget Bill Passed - House (77 - 21)

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