EASY Voting Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Access to Support Youth Voting Act or the EASY Voting Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require state and local election officials to accept a current and valid student photo identification issued by the institute of higher education the student attends when such identification is required to obtain a ballot or vote in a federal election.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 17, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2014Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6399.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42806 | State Voter Identification Requirements: Analysis, Legal Issues, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States which require individuals to present a photo identification as a condition of voting in elections for Federal office to accept a photo identification presented by a student which is issued by the school the student attends.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EASY Voting Act
- Equal Access to Support Youth Voting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
