HJRES 74 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Introduced Feb 15, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 9, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment granting every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2017 to Oct 3, 2017, with 26 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 15, 2017
Show all 37 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
  2. Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Feb 15, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House

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