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:
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.
Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2, 2013 | ND | HB 1319 | Amends School Funding Laws | Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 42) |
May 1, 2013 | ND | HB 1234 | Reduces Oil Extraction Tax | Conference Report Rejected - House (21 - 71) |
April 23, 2013 | ND | HCR 3047 | Establishes a Commission of Higher Education | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 34) |
April 22, 2013 | ND | HCR 3047 | Establishes a Commission of Higher Education | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 21) |
March 15, 2013 | ND | HB 1305 | Prohibits Sex and Genetic Selective Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 15) |
March 15, 2013 | ND | HB 1456 | Prohibits Abortions if Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 17) |
Feb. 27, 2013 | ND | HB 1362 | Expands Medicaid Eligibility | Bill Passed - House (57 - 36) |
Feb. 26, 2013 | ND | SB 2336 | Restructures Oil and Gas Income Tax | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 13) |
Feb. 25, 2013 | ND | HB 1215 | Authorizes Concealed Weapons in Schools | Bill Passed - House (60 - 33) |
Feb. 22, 2013 | ND | HB 1373 | Limits the Use of Unmanned Aircrafts | Bill Passed - House (60 - 31) |
Feb. 22, 2013 | ND | HB 1385 | Requires Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients | Bill Failed - House (19 - 72) |
Feb. 20, 2013 | ND | SB 2267 | Appropriates Funding for School Safety | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
Feb. 18, 2013 | ND | SB 2303 | Defines a "Human Being" | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 23) |
Feb. 18, 2013 | ND | SB 2368 | Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
Feb. 14, 2013 | ND | SB 2252 | Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation | Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 26) |
Feb. 11, 2013 | ND | HB 1182 | Repeals State Income Tax for the 2013 and 2014 Tax Years | Bill Failed - House (23 - 63) |
Feb. 8, 2013 | ND | HB 1456 | Prohibits Abortions if Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - House (63 - 28) |
Feb. 8, 2013 | ND | HB 1305 | Prohibits Sex and Genetic Selective Abortions | Bill Passed - House (64 - 27) |
Feb. 7, 2013 | ND | SCR 4009 | Expands "Right to Life" to Human Beings at Any Stage of Development | Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (26 - 21) |
Feb. 7, 2013 | ND | SB 2305 | Requires Physicians Performing Abortions to Have a State License | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
Date | No. | Title | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
5/02 | HB 1319 | Amends School Funding Laws | Conference Report Adopted - House (49 - 42) |
5/01 | HB 1234 | Reduces Oil Extraction Tax | Conference Report Rejected - House (21 - 71) |
4/23 | HCR 3047 | Establishes a Commission of Higher Education | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 34) |
4/22 | HCR 3047 | Establishes a Commission of Higher Education | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 21) |
3/15 | HB 1305 | Prohibits Sex and Genetic Selective Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 15) |
3/15 | HB 1456 | Prohibits Abortions if Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 17) |
2/27 | HB 1362 | Expands Medicaid Eligibility | Bill Passed - House (57 - 36) |
2/26 | SB 2336 | Restructures Oil and Gas Income Tax | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 13) |
2/25 | HB 1215 | Authorizes Concealed Weapons in Schools | Bill Passed - House (60 - 33) |
2/22 | HB 1373 | Limits the Use of Unmanned Aircrafts | Bill Passed - House (60 - 31) |
2/22 | HB 1385 | Requires Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients | Bill Failed - House (19 - 72) |
2/20 | SB 2267 | Appropriates Funding for School Safety | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
2/18 | SB 2303 | Defines a "Human Being" | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 23) |
2/18 | SB 2368 | Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
2/14 | SB 2252 | Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation | Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 26) |
2/11 | HB 1182 | Repeals State Income Tax for the 2013 and 2014 Tax Years | Bill Failed - House (23 - 63) |
2/08 | HB 1456 | Prohibits Abortions if Fetal Heartbeat is Detected | Bill Passed - House (63 - 28) |
2/08 | HB 1305 | Prohibits Sex and Genetic Selective Abortions | Bill Passed - House (64 - 27) |
2/07 | SCR 4009 | Expands "Right to Life" to Human Beings at Any Stage of Development | Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (26 - 21) |
2/07 | SB 2305 | Requires Physicians Performing Abortions to Have a State License | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |