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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
Feb. 27, 2013 NC SB 76 Amends Hydraulic Fracturing Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
Feb. 26, 2013 NC SB 4 Prohibits Medicaid Expansion Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 16)
Feb. 26, 2013 NC SB 4 Prohibits Medicaid Expansion Conference Report Adopted - House (74 - 40)
March 4, 2013 NC SB 10 Authorizes the Reorganization of State Boards and Commissions Bill Passed - House (71 - 43)
March 13, 2013 NC SB 81 Establishes the Charlotte Regional Airport Authority Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 18)
June 5, 2013 NC SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Bill Passed - House (77 - 39)
April 3, 2013 NC SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 14)
May 7, 2013 NC HB 716 Prohibits Sex-Selective Abortions Bill Passed - House (79 - 40)
April 25, 2013 NC SB 243 Requires New Instructions in Public School Curriculum Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 7)
April 25, 2013 NC SB 201 Authorizes the Use of Silencers While Hunting Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 16)
May 13, 2013 NC HB 628 Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects Bill Passed - House (70 - 43)
May 7, 2013 NC HB 610 Expands the Sale of Alcohol in Seating Areas of Certain Stadiums and Ballparks Bill Passed - House (73 - 45)
May 8, 2013 NC HB 101 Repeals the Estate Tax Bill Passed - House (82 - 37)
May 2, 2013 NC SB 612 Amends Environmental Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
May 6, 2013 NC SB 489 Amends the Consumer Finance Act Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
May 7, 2013 NC HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Bill Passed - House (78 - 42)
May 8, 2013 NC HB 9 Establishes Term Limits for House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore Amendment Adopted - House (85 - 34)
July 24, 2013 NC HB 522 Prohibits the Application of Foreign Laws Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 37)
July 23, 2013 NC HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 14)
July 23, 2013 NC HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 41)
June 12, 2013 NC SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 16)
July 3, 2013 NC HB 695 Amends Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 12)
July 24, 2013 NC SB 402 2013-2015 Supplemental Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 53)
July 24, 2013 NC SB 402 2013-2015 Supplemental Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 17)
July 25, 2013 NC HB 938 Amends Wetland Permit Laws Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 15)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/27 SB 76 Amends Hydraulic Fracturing Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 7)
2/26 SB 4 Prohibits Medicaid Expansion Conference Report Adopted - Senate (31 - 16)
2/26 SB 4 Prohibits Medicaid Expansion Conference Report Adopted - House (74 - 40)
3/04 SB 10 Authorizes the Reorganization of State Boards and Commissions Bill Passed - House (71 - 43)
3/13 SB 81 Establishes the Charlotte Regional Airport Authority Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 18)
6/05 SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Bill Passed - House (77 - 39)
4/03 SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 14)
5/07 HB 716 Prohibits Sex-Selective Abortions Bill Passed - House (79 - 40)
4/25 SB 243 Requires New Instructions in Public School Curriculum Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 7)
4/25 SB 201 Authorizes the Use of Silencers While Hunting Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 16)
5/13 HB 628 Requires Promotion of State Lumber in Building Projects Bill Passed - House (70 - 43)
5/07 HB 610 Expands the Sale of Alcohol in Seating Areas of Certain Stadiums and Ballparks Bill Passed - House (73 - 45)
5/08 HB 101 Repeals the Estate Tax Bill Passed - House (82 - 37)
5/02 SB 612 Amends Environmental Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
5/06 SB 489 Amends the Consumer Finance Act Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 10)
5/07 HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Bill Passed - House (78 - 42)
5/08 HB 9 Establishes Term Limits for House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore Amendment Adopted - House (85 - 34)
7/24 HB 522 Prohibits the Application of Foreign Laws Concurrence Vote Passed - House (75 - 37)
7/23 HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 14)
7/23 HB 937 Amends Firearm Laws Conference Report Adopted - House (73 - 41)
6/12 SB 306 Repeals the Racial Justice Act Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 16)
7/03 HB 695 Amends Abortion Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 12)
7/24 SB 402 2013-2015 Supplemental Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (65 - 53)
7/24 SB 402 2013-2015 Supplemental Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 17)
7/25 HB 938 Amends Wetland Permit Laws Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 15)

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