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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 22, 2006 MS SB 2310 Food and Tobacco Taxes Veto Override Failed - Senate (28 - 22)
March 8, 2006 MS HB 1089 Wildlife Feeding Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 12)
March 8, 2006 MS SB 2511 Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five Bill Passed - House (67 - 51)
March 8, 2006 MS SB 2400 Salary Fixes for Certain Elected State and District Officials Bill Passed - House (78 - 40)
March 6, 2006 MS SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Conference Report Adopted - House (79 - 41)
March 3, 2006 MS SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 19)
March 2, 2006 MS SB 2922-Amendment 1 Abortion Ban with Exceptions for Rape and Incest Amendment Adopted - House (62 - 56)
March 2, 2006 MS SB 2922 Abortion Ban With Some Exceptions Bill Passed - House (94 - 25)
Feb. 24, 2006 MS SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - House (87 - 34)
Feb. 22, 2006 MS HB 1638 Funding for Wireless Communications and Cooperative Data Systems Bill Passed - House (80 - 42)
Feb. 21, 2006 MS SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17)
Feb. 21, 2006 MS HB 1643 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
Feb. 9, 2006 MS HB 1115 Tobacco Settlement Payments Bill Passed - House (71 - 47)
Feb. 9, 2006 MS HB 638 Executive Branch Salaries Bill Passed - House (64 - 55)
Feb. 9, 2006 MS HB 199 Juvenile Delinquent Program Changes Bill Passed - House (74 - 47)
Feb. 9, 2006 MS SB 2309 Voter Identification Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
Feb. 7, 2006 MS HB 300 - Amendment 1 Marriage Counseling Requirement Amendment Rejected - House (45 - 74)
Feb. 7, 2006 MS SB 2511 Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
Feb. 7, 2006 MS HB 1090 Juvenile Sentencing Bill Passed - House (74 - 48)
Feb. 7, 2006 MS HB 300 Revised Marriage License Requirements Bill Passed - House (66 - 55)
Feb. 6, 2006 MS SB 2119 School Board Elections, Superintendent Appointments, and Consolidation Issues Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
Feb. 3, 2006 MS HB 1089 Deer Baiting Bill Passed - House (63 - 46)
Feb. 2, 2006 MS SB 2604 Mississippi Adequate Education Program Revisions Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 15)
Feb. 1, 2006 MS SB 2602 Mississippi Education Reform Act Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
Feb. 1, 2006 MS HB 1416 Notification of Public Funds Used in the Media Bill Passed - House (89 - 30)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/22 SB 2310 Food and Tobacco Taxes Veto Override Failed - Senate (28 - 22)
3/08 HB 1089 Wildlife Feeding Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 12)
3/08 SB 2511 Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five Bill Passed - House (67 - 51)
3/08 SB 2400 Salary Fixes for Certain Elected State and District Officials Bill Passed - House (78 - 40)
3/06 SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Conference Report Adopted - House (79 - 41)
3/03 SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 19)
3/02 SB 2922-Amendment 1 Abortion Ban with Exceptions for Rape and Incest Amendment Adopted - House (62 - 56)
3/02 SB 2922 Abortion Ban With Some Exceptions Bill Passed - House (94 - 25)
2/24 SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - House (87 - 34)
2/22 HB 1638 Funding for Wireless Communications and Cooperative Data Systems Bill Passed - House (80 - 42)
2/21 SB 3084 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17)
2/21 HB 1643 Food and Tobacco Taxes Bill Passed - House (94 - 28)
2/09 HB 1115 Tobacco Settlement Payments Bill Passed - House (71 - 47)
2/09 HB 638 Executive Branch Salaries Bill Passed - House (64 - 55)
2/09 HB 199 Juvenile Delinquent Program Changes Bill Passed - House (74 - 47)
2/09 SB 2309 Voter Identification Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 18)
2/07 HB 300 - Amendment 1 Marriage Counseling Requirement Amendment Rejected - House (45 - 74)
2/07 SB 2511 Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18)
2/07 HB 1090 Juvenile Sentencing Bill Passed - House (74 - 48)
2/07 HB 300 Revised Marriage License Requirements Bill Passed - House (66 - 55)
2/06 SB 2119 School Board Elections, Superintendent Appointments, and Consolidation Issues Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
2/03 HB 1089 Deer Baiting Bill Passed - House (63 - 46)
2/02 SB 2604 Mississippi Adequate Education Program Revisions Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 15)
2/01 SB 2602 Mississippi Education Reform Act Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19)
2/01 HB 1416 Notification of Public Funds Used in the Media Bill Passed - House (89 - 30)

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