Why This Matters

When an index controls which votes count, it controls the score. A legislator who votes wrong on ten bills looks clean if those ten bills are never rated. Bill selection is the most powerful lever in any scoring system — and it's the lever that's most often pulled quietly.

We publish every bill we rate. We publish why each one qualifies. We publish the correct vote direction and the justification. If we rated it, you can see it. If we didn't rate it, we'll tell you why — usually because it doesn't touch any of our 10 published categories.

2026 Session — Key Bills Other Indexes Skipped

Full classification is in progress. As bills are confirmed, this list will grow. Below are notable 2026 bills in our queue:

How We Choose What to Rate

A bill qualifies for rating if it primarily or substantially touches one of our 10 published categories — Immigration, 2nd Amendment, Parental Rights, Property Rights, Fiscal Responsibility, Religious Liberty, Medical Freedom, Election Integrity, Criminal Justice, or Federal Overreach. If a bill doesn't touch any of those, it goes in the Non-Scoring category and is still recorded but doesn't affect grades.

We don't cherry-pick within categories. If a bill qualifies under Immigration, it gets rated regardless of whether the vote looks good or bad for any particular legislator. The criteria are set before the vote, not after.

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