- SP Prime Sponsor
- Took pro-animal position through co-sponsorship of a bill, a vote, signing a letter, or leading on pro-animal issue
- Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue counted in this scorecard
- Took anti-animal position on a vote
- NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
- NV*Put statement in Congressional Record (and notified HSLF) indicating missed vote but would have voted pro-animal position
- NV**Missed floor vote but voted pro-animal position on bill in committee
- Member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus (does not affect numerical score)
- 100+ Pro-animal position on 3 scored items in the Senate or 8 scored items in the House plus extra credit for leading on pro-animal issue(s)
- •Delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor unless they are taken in the “Committee of the Whole”
- ••The top leaders of each party in the House and Senate typically don't co-sponsor bills and the Speaker of the House doesn’t vote, so they have no numerical scores
- #Filled seat during term
- ##Resigned during term
- ###Passed away during term
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, birth of a child or emergency in their state.
