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

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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; 26 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 15, 2017
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsFeb 16, 2017
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkFeb 16, 2017
D-IADavid LoebsackMar 1, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMar 1, 2017
D-NYJose E. SerranoMar 1, 2017
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánMar 1, 2017
D-NYPaul TonkoMar 1, 2017
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthMar 24, 2017
D-ILRobin L. KellyApr 4, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinSep 5, 2017
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOct 3, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 15, 2017
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Mar 9, 2017

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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H1245H.J. Res. 74–75—Feb 15, 2017

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States, which states: The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 27, February 15, 2017, page H1245.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HJRES 25Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.Reintroduction ofFeb 2, 2015
HJRES 93Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.Reintroduced BillAug 7, 2020

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

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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