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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 5, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Veto Override Passed - House (113 - 42)
May 4, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Veto Override Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
Sept. 16, 2015 MO HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
April 8, 2015 MO HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
April 8, 2015 MO HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Veto Override Passed - House (111 - 49)
Sept. 16, 2015 MO HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Veto Override Failed - House (96 - 63)
May 12, 2015 MO HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Veto Override Passed - House (109 - 53)
April 16, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Conference Report Adopted - House (111 - 36)
April 14, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Conference Report Adopted - Senate (25 - 9)
March 18, 2015 MO HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Concurrence Vote Passed - House (110 - 45)
May 13, 2015 MO HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (92 - 66)
April 21, 2015 MO HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 68)
March 18, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Bill Passed - House (115 - 44)
April 15, 2015 MO HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
March 12, 2015 MO HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
May 15, 2015 MO SB 199 Amends the Justifications for Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - House (111 - 43)
April 21, 2015 MO SB 239 Limits Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Awards Bill Passed - House (125 - 27)
May 12, 2015 MO HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
Feb. 12, 2015 MO HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Payment of Fees to Labor Organizations Bill Passed - House (91 - 64)
Feb. 4, 2015 MO HB 259 Amends Dairy Industry Laws Bill Passed - House (110 - 49)
Feb. 19, 2015 MO SB 104 Establishes Deadline for Changes to Ballot Measures Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 8)
Feb. 19, 2015 MO HB 30 Requires Photo Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (118 - 37)
Feb. 19, 2015 MO HJR 1 Requires Photo Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (118 - 39)
Feb. 23, 2015 MO SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 8)
Feb. 25, 2015 MO HB 42 Amends School Transfer Laws Bill Passed - House (114 - 43)
Feb. 25, 2015 MO HB 190 Requires Annual Inspections of Abortion Clinics Bill Passed - House (119 - 35)
Feb. 26, 2015 MO HB 130 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bill Passed - House (107 - 48)
March 11, 2015 MO HB 187 Prohibits Undocumented Immigrants from Receiving Student Financial Aid Bill Passed - House (111 - 41)
March 19, 2015 MO HB 722 Prohibits Restrictions on Plastic Bags Bill Passed - House (114 - 38)
March 19, 2015 MO HB 104 Prohibits Universities From Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Association Bill Passed - House (117 - 38)
April 2, 2015 MO HB 499 Requires Public Schools to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance in English Bill Passed - House (118 - 30)
Feb. 4, 2015 MO HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - House (112 - 47)
April 9, 2015 MO HB 1019 Amends Workplace Discrimination Standards Bill Passed - House (95 - 60)
April 13, 2015 MO HB 523 Authorizes Certain Individuals to Operate a Motorcycle Without a Helmet Bill Passed - House (97 - 57)
April 23, 2015 MO HB 830 Authorizes Cultivation of Industrial Hemp Bill Passed - House (104 - 41)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/05 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Veto Override Passed - House (113 - 42)
5/04 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Veto Override Passed - Senate (25 - 9)
9/16 HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
4/08 HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Veto Override Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
4/08 HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Veto Override Passed - House (111 - 49)
9/16 HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Veto Override Failed - House (96 - 63)
5/12 HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Veto Override Passed - House (109 - 53)
4/16 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Conference Report Adopted - House (111 - 36)
4/14 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Conference Report Adopted - Senate (25 - 9)
3/18 HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Concurrence Vote Passed - House (110 - 45)
5/13 HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (92 - 66)
4/21 HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 68)
3/18 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Bill Passed - House (115 - 44)
4/15 HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 8)
3/12 HB 63 Prohibits Superintendents from Serving on Certain School Boards Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 3)
5/15 SB 199 Amends the Justifications for Use of Deadly Force Bill Passed - House (111 - 43)
4/21 SB 239 Limits Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Awards Bill Passed - House (125 - 27)
5/12 HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Enrollment In Labor Unions Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 13)
2/12 HB 116 Prohibits Mandatory Payment of Fees to Labor Organizations Bill Passed - House (91 - 64)
2/04 HB 259 Amends Dairy Industry Laws Bill Passed - House (110 - 49)
2/19 SB 104 Establishes Deadline for Changes to Ballot Measures Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 8)
2/19 HB 30 Requires Photo Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (118 - 37)
2/19 HJR 1 Requires Photo Identification to Vote Bill Passed - House (118 - 39)
2/23 SB 24 Reduces the Lifetime Limit for Certain Government Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 8)
2/25 HB 42 Amends School Transfer Laws Bill Passed - House (114 - 43)
2/25 HB 190 Requires Annual Inspections of Abortion Clinics Bill Passed - House (119 - 35)
2/26 HB 130 Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bill Passed - House (107 - 48)
3/11 HB 187 Prohibits Undocumented Immigrants from Receiving Student Financial Aid Bill Passed - House (111 - 41)
3/19 HB 722 Prohibits Restrictions on Plastic Bags Bill Passed - House (114 - 38)
3/19 HB 104 Prohibits Universities From Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Association Bill Passed - House (117 - 38)
4/02 HB 499 Requires Public Schools to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance in English Bill Passed - House (118 - 30)
2/04 HB 150 Limits Duration of Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - House (112 - 47)
4/09 HB 1019 Amends Workplace Discrimination Standards Bill Passed - House (95 - 60)
4/13 HB 523 Authorizes Certain Individuals to Operate a Motorcycle Without a Helmet Bill Passed - House (97 - 57)
4/23 HB 830 Authorizes Cultivation of Industrial Hemp Bill Passed - House (104 - 41)

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