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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | NJ | S 4530 | Requires The Board of Public Utilities to Revise Community Solar Program Targets | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 13) |
| June 30, 2025 | NJ | A 5267 | Requires the Board of Public Utilities to Establish an Incentive Program for the Development of Transmission-Scale Energy Storage Systems | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14) |
| June 30, 2025 | NJ | A 5563 | Establishes a "Summer Termination Program" for Certain Utility Customers | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14) |
| June 30, 2025 | NJ | A 5264 | Requires the Establishment of an Automated Platform to Expedite Approval to Build Residential Solar Units | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0) |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | NJ | S 364 | Authorizes Fusion Energy Projects to Receive Funding from the Clean Energy Fund | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0) |
| Date | No. | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/30 | S 4530 | Requires The Board of Public Utilities to Revise Community Solar Program Targets | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 13) |
| 6/30 | A 5267 | Requires the Board of Public Utilities to Establish an Incentive Program for the Development of Transmission-Scale Energy Storage Systems | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14) |
| 6/30 | A 5563 | Establishes a "Summer Termination Program" for Certain Utility Customers | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 14) |
| 6/30 | A 5264 | Requires the Establishment of an Automated Platform to Expedite Approval to Build Residential Solar Units | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 0) |
| 2/25 | S 364 | Authorizes Fusion Energy Projects to Receive Funding from the Clean Energy Fund | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 0) |