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Sam Brownback's Voting Records

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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.

For more information about the legislative process, see here.

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Executive Actions
Bill No. HB 2313
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/26/2017
Bill No. SB 30
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/06/2017
Bill No. HB 2052
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/01/2017
Bill No. SB 70
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/24/2017
Bill No. HB 2044
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 03/30/2017
Bill No. HB 2178
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 02/22/2017
Bill No. SB 249
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/01/2016
Bill No. SB 402
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/01/2016
Bill No. SB 338
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/27/2016
Bill No. SB 175
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 03/23/2016
Bill No. SB 133
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 03/02/2016
Bill No. HB 2104
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/08/2015
Bill No. SB 95
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/29/2015
Bill No. SB 117
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/29/2015
Bill No. SB 45
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/02/2015
Bill No. SB 7
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 03/25/2015
Bill No. HB 2120
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 05/23/2014
Bill No. HB 2231
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 05/16/2014
Bill No. SB 63
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/14/2014
Bill No. HB 2296
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 05/14/2014
Bill No. HB 2143
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/13/2014
Bill No. HB 2389
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/02/2014
Bill No. SB 423
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/30/2014
Bill No. HB 2578
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/30/2014
Bill No. HB 2553
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/22/2014
Bill No. HB 2506
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/21/2014
Bill No. HB 2552
Outcome Executive
Date 04/18/2014
Bill No. SB 311
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/17/2014
Bill No. HB 2338
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/17/2014
Bill No. SB 99
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/11/2014
Bill No. SB 37
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/02/2014
Bill No. HB 2210
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 03/25/2014
Bill No. SB 171
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/17/2013
Bill No. HB 2059
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/13/2013
Bill No. HB 2249
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/31/2013
Bill No. HB 2162
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/30/2013
Bill No. HB 2120
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 05/23/2013
Bill No. SB 199
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/22/2013
Bill No. HB 2234
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/19/2013
Bill No. HB 2253
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/19/2013
Bill No. HB 2069
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/16/2013
Bill No. SB 102
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/16/2013
Bill No. HB 2033
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/16/2013
Bill No. SB 37
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/11/2013
Bill No. SB 142
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/10/2013
Bill No. HB 2022
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/01/2013
Bill No. HB 2019
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 03/27/2013
Bill No. HB 2333
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/01/2012
Bill No. SB 83
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/21/2012
Bill No. SB 315
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/12/2012
Bill No. SB 353
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 04/04/2012
Bill No. HB 2624
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 03/23/2012
Bill No. HB 2014
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 05/27/2011
Bill No. HB 2075
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/25/2011
Bill No. SB 36
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/16/2011
Bill No. HB 2067
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/18/2011
Bill No. HB 2035
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/12/2011
Bill No. HB 2218
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 04/08/2011

National Key Votes
Bill No. HR 146
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (77 - 20)
Date 03/19/2009
Bill No. S 160
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
Date 02/26/2009
Bill No. HR 1
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (60 - 38)
Date 02/13/2009
Bill No. HR 1
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
Date 02/10/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 538
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (35 - 61)
Date 02/06/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 279
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (31 - 65)
Date 02/04/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 109
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 45)
Date 02/03/2009
Bill No. HR 2
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 32)
Date 01/29/2009
Bill No. PN 64-6
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (60 - 34)
Date 01/26/2009
Bill No. S 181
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 36)
Date 01/22/2009
Bill No. S 22
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (73 - 21)
Date 01/15/2009
Bill No. S J Res 5
Outcome Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (42 - 52)
Date 01/15/2009
Bill No. S J Res 5
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 01/13/2009
Bill No. HR 1424
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 25)
Date 10/01/2008
Bill No. HR 2095
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (74 - 24)
Date 10/01/2008
Bill No. HR 7081
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (86 - 13)
Date 10/01/2008
Bill No. HR 2638
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (78 - 12)
Date 09/27/2008
Bill No. S 3001
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (88 - 8)
Date 09/17/2008
Bill No. HR 4040
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (89 - 3)
Date 07/31/2008
Bill No. HR 4137
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (83 - 8)
Date 07/31/2008
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (72 - 13)
Date 07/26/2008
Bill No. S 3186
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (50 - 35)
Date 07/26/2008
Bill No. HR 5501
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (80 - 16)
Date 07/16/2008
Bill No. S Amdt 5077
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (31 - 64)
Date 07/16/2008
Bill No. HR 6331
Outcome Override of Veto - Veto Override Passed - Senate (70 - 26)
Date 07/15/2008
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