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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
June 29, 2011 OR HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops Concurrence Vote Passed - House (31 - 29)
June 21, 2011 OR HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment Bill Passed - House (33 - 27)
June 21, 2011 OR SB 552 Establishes the Governor as the Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
June 20, 2011 OR HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment Bill Failed - House (29 - 31)
June 17, 2011 OR SB 270 Campaign Finance Reporting Bill Failed - House (5 - 54)
June 10, 2011 OR SB 989 State Redistricting Bill Passed - House (47 - 10)
June 7, 2011 OR SB 99 Establishes the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Bill Passed - House (48 - 12)
June 6, 2011 OR SB 347 Exemptions from Disclosure of Public Records Bill Passed - House (46 - 12)
May 10, 2011 OR HB 2541 Amends Inheritance Taxes Bill Passed - House (34 - 25)
April 28, 2011 OR HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops Bill Passed - House (35 - 23)
April 26, 2011 OR HB 3543 Kicker Refunds Bill Passed - House (38 - 21)
April 25, 2011 OR HB 2732 High School Diploma Requirements Bill Passed - House (33 - 26)
April 20, 2011 OR HB 2337 Cougar Hunting Zones Bill Passed - House (45 - 14)
April 20, 2011 OR HB 3555 Qualifications for Superintendents of Public Schools Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
April 13, 2011 OR SB 5552 Department of Education Appropriations Bill Passed - House (32 - 28)
March 14, 2011 OR HB 2287 Public Charter Schools Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
March 7, 2011 OR SB 301 Tax Law Amendments Bill Passed - House (41 - 19)
Feb. 16, 2011 OR HB 2336 Agriculture Regulation Exemptions Bill Passed - House (45 - 13)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/29 HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops Concurrence Vote Passed - House (31 - 29)
6/21 HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment Bill Passed - House (33 - 27)
6/21 SB 552 Establishes the Governor as the Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
6/20 HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment Bill Failed - House (29 - 31)
6/17 SB 270 Campaign Finance Reporting Bill Failed - House (5 - 54)
6/10 SB 989 State Redistricting Bill Passed - House (47 - 10)
6/07 SB 99 Establishes the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Bill Passed - House (48 - 12)
6/06 SB 347 Exemptions from Disclosure of Public Records Bill Passed - House (46 - 12)
5/10 HB 2541 Amends Inheritance Taxes Bill Passed - House (34 - 25)
4/28 HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops Bill Passed - House (35 - 23)
4/26 HB 3543 Kicker Refunds Bill Passed - House (38 - 21)
4/25 HB 2732 High School Diploma Requirements Bill Passed - House (33 - 26)
4/20 HB 2337 Cougar Hunting Zones Bill Passed - House (45 - 14)
4/20 HB 3555 Qualifications for Superintendents of Public Schools Bill Passed - House (38 - 22)
4/13 SB 5552 Department of Education Appropriations Bill Passed - House (32 - 28)
3/14 HB 2287 Public Charter Schools Bill Failed - House (28 - 32)
3/07 SB 301 Tax Law Amendments Bill Passed - House (41 - 19)
2/16 HB 2336 Agriculture Regulation Exemptions Bill Passed - House (45 - 13)

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