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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 12, 2016 NH HB 1590 Requires License Information in Short-Term Rental Advertisements Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 11)
May 11, 2016 NH SB 336 Amends Requirements to Obtain Concealed Carry License Bill Passed - House (217 - 132)
May 5, 2016 NH HR 582 Repeals Permit Requirements for Concealed Carry of Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 10)
May 5, 2016 NH HB 1252 Authorizes Employers to Pay Wages Biweekly Bill Failed - Senate (12 - 12)
May 5, 2016 NH HB 1570 Repeals Buffer Zone Around Abortion Clinics Bill Failed - Senate (12 - 12)
April 21, 2016 NH HB 1631 Amends Penalty for Possession of Marijuana "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Failed - Senate (14 - 10)
March 31, 2016 NH HB 1696 Amends Health Protection Program Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 8)
March 24, 2016 NH SB 551 Authorizes a Casino in Salem Bill Failed - Senate (11 - 13)
March 23, 2016 NH HB 1661 Prohibits Conversion Therapy on Minors Bill Passed - House (299 - 99)
March 10, 2016 NH HB 1270 Requires Courts to Notify Jurors of Jury Nullification Bill Passed - House (184 - 145)
March 9, 2016 NH HB 1696 Amends Health Protection Program Bill Passed - House (216 - 145)
Feb. 11, 2016 NH HB 1694 Authorizes the Recreational Use of Marijuana "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (190 - 112)
Jan. 27, 2016 NH HB 630 Authorizes Video Lottery Machine Licenses "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (200 - 129)
Jan. 21, 2016 NH SB 4 Requires an Individual to Live in the State for 30 Days to be Eligible to Vote Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)
Jan. 14, 2016 NH HB 560 Amends Classification of Criminal Offenses for Death of a Viable Fetus Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/12 HB 1590 Requires License Information in Short-Term Rental Advertisements Bill Passed - Senate (13 - 11)
5/11 SB 336 Amends Requirements to Obtain Concealed Carry License Bill Passed - House (217 - 132)
5/05 HR 582 Repeals Permit Requirements for Concealed Carry of Firearms Bill Passed - Senate (14 - 10)
5/05 HB 1252 Authorizes Employers to Pay Wages Biweekly Bill Failed - Senate (12 - 12)
5/05 HB 1570 Repeals Buffer Zone Around Abortion Clinics Bill Failed - Senate (12 - 12)
4/21 HB 1631 Amends Penalty for Possession of Marijuana "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Failed - Senate (14 - 10)
3/31 HB 1696 Amends Health Protection Program Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 8)
3/24 SB 551 Authorizes a Casino in Salem Bill Failed - Senate (11 - 13)
3/23 HB 1661 Prohibits Conversion Therapy on Minors Bill Passed - House (299 - 99)
3/10 HB 1270 Requires Courts to Notify Jurors of Jury Nullification Bill Passed - House (184 - 145)
3/09 HB 1696 Amends Health Protection Program Bill Passed - House (216 - 145)
2/11 HB 1694 Authorizes the Recreational Use of Marijuana "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (190 - 112)
1/27 HB 630 Authorizes Video Lottery Machine Licenses "Inexpedient to Legislate" Vote Passed - House (200 - 129)
1/21 SB 4 Requires an Individual to Live in the State for 30 Days to be Eligible to Vote Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)
1/14 HB 560 Amends Classification of Criminal Offenses for Death of a Viable Fetus Bill Passed - Senate (12 - 11)

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