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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 13, 2014 UT HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 17)
March 5, 2014 UT HB 20 Expands Protections for Police Officers in Lawsuits Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 28)
March 12, 2014 UT HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 10)
March 4, 2014 UT HB 20 Expands Protections for Police Officers in Lawsuits Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 13)
March 13, 2014 UT SB 253 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Bill Passed - House (41 - 28)
March 10, 2014 UT SB 253 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 8)
Feb. 11, 2014 UT HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Bill Passed - House (49 - 24)
March 10, 2014 UT HJR 8 Requests a National Constitutional Convention Joint Resolution Failed - House (32 - 41)
Feb. 5, 2014 UT HB 57 Limits the Use of Carbon Monoxide for Animal Euthanasia Bill Passed - House (61 - 8)
March 10, 2014 UT HB 410 Authorizes Early Online Presidential Primaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 14)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/13 HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 17)
3/05 HB 20 Expands Protections for Police Officers in Lawsuits Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 28)
3/12 HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 10)
3/04 HB 20 Expands Protections for Police Officers in Lawsuits Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 13)
3/13 SB 253 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Bill Passed - House (41 - 28)
3/10 SB 253 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 8)
2/11 HB 96 Establishes a School Readiness Board Bill Passed - House (49 - 24)
3/10 HJR 8 Requests a National Constitutional Convention Joint Resolution Failed - House (32 - 41)
2/05 HB 57 Limits the Use of Carbon Monoxide for Animal Euthanasia Bill Passed - House (61 - 8)
3/10 HB 410 Authorizes Early Online Presidential Primaries Bill Passed - House (58 - 14)

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