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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 11, 2011 SC H 3003 Voter ID Conference Report Adopted - Senate (26 - 16)
April 26, 2011 SC H 3003 Voter ID Conference Report Adopted - House (71 - 36)
June 22, 2011 SC H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (24 - 17)
June 22, 2011 SC H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (57 - 54)
Feb. 10, 2011 SC H 3003 Voter ID Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 17)
May 25, 2011 SC S 20 Immigration Enforcement Bill Passed - House (65 - 39)
April 5, 2011 SC S 434 Prohibiting DHHS From Reducing Provider Rates Joint Resolution Passed - House (63 - 44)
May 25, 2011 SC H 3407 Establishing a School Voucher Program Bill Tabled - House (60 - 59)
April 27, 2011 SC Amendment No. 1 Distribution Facilities and the Sales Tax Amendment Rejected - House (47 - 71)
April 28, 2011 SC Amdt 46 Educational Television Commission Amendment to 2011-2012 Budget Amendment Adopted - House (25 - 18)
March 15, 2011 SC Amdt 71 Repeals Funding for the 2012 Presidential Preference Primary Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 69)
March 1, 2011 SC S 434 Prohibiting DHHS From Reducing Provider Rates Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
June 14, 2011 SC H 3992 Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - House (83 - 25)
Feb. 23, 2011 SC H 3241 Funding for Charter Schools Bill Passed - House (85 - 32)
March 15, 2011 SC H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Bill Passed - House (77 - 42)
Feb. 16, 2011 SC H 3507 Call For Constitutional Convention Resolution Passed - House (72 - 44)
March 29, 2011 SC H 3408 Freedom of Conscience Act Bill Passed - House (69 - 41)
Jan. 26, 2011 SC H 3003 Voter ID Bill Passed - House (74 - 45)
March 10, 2011 SC S 20 Immigration Enforcement Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 9)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/11 H 3003 Voter ID Conference Report Adopted - Senate (26 - 16)
4/26 H 3003 Voter ID Conference Report Adopted - House (71 - 36)
6/22 H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Conference Report Adopted - Senate (24 - 17)
6/22 H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Conference Report Adopted - House (57 - 54)
2/10 H 3003 Voter ID Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 17)
5/25 S 20 Immigration Enforcement Bill Passed - House (65 - 39)
4/05 S 434 Prohibiting DHHS From Reducing Provider Rates Joint Resolution Passed - House (63 - 44)
5/25 H 3407 Establishing a School Voucher Program Bill Tabled - House (60 - 59)
4/27 Amendment No. 1 Distribution Facilities and the Sales Tax Amendment Rejected - House (47 - 71)
4/28 Amdt 46 Educational Television Commission Amendment to 2011-2012 Budget Amendment Adopted - House (25 - 18)
3/15 Amdt 71 Repeals Funding for the 2012 Presidential Preference Primary Amendment Rejected - House (46 - 69)
3/01 S 434 Prohibiting DHHS From Reducing Provider Rates Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (24 - 8)
6/14 H 3992 Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - House (83 - 25)
2/23 H 3241 Funding for Charter Schools Bill Passed - House (85 - 32)
3/15 H 3700 2011-2012 Budget Bill Passed - House (77 - 42)
2/16 H 3507 Call For Constitutional Convention Resolution Passed - House (72 - 44)
3/29 H 3408 Freedom of Conscience Act Bill Passed - House (69 - 41)
1/26 H 3003 Voter ID Bill Passed - House (74 - 45)
3/10 S 20 Immigration Enforcement Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 9)

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