Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017
This bill directs the chief election official of each state to establish and operate an automatic voter registration system for federal elections. The system shall obtain information about eligible voters from contributing state agencies, including all agencies required by federal law to provide voter registration services. The Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to assist states in implementing the bill.
Cosponsors 63
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2017 to Oct 12, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 12, 2017 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jun 12, 2017 |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 31, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Oct 12, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 12, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 12, 2017 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2017 |
| Research and Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Jun 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2017Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 99, June 12, 2017, page H4854.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11000 | Election Policy on the November 2018 Ballot Archived | Insight | Nov 21, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1353 | Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jun 14, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Immigration status and procedures
- Licensing and registrations
- Motor vehicles
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2017Introduced 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.
