Automatic Voter Registration Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 9, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Automatic Voter Registration Act
This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities (MVAs), upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to any individual requesting MVA services, to transmit it to the appropriate state election official.
The appropriate state election official shall then notify the individual that unless he or she notifies the official, before 21 calendar days elapse after issuance of the notification, that the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal elections in the state, the individual shall be considered to have submitted a completed voter registration application and be considered automatically registered unless:
- the official determines that the individual does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements, or
- the individual is already registered to vote.
A state may not use any identifying information regarding an individual's citizenship status for any purpose other than determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in federal elections.
Cosponsors 108
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2015 to Dec 8, 2016, with 42 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jun 9, 2015 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 12, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 8, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Sep 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 28, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Dec 8, 2016 |
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- Jun 9, 2015Introduced in House
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