HR 6880 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

Introduced Sep 25, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Anna G. Eshoo D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 25, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 25, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

This bill requires a federal election day to be treated as a holiday for federal employees.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 25, 2018 to Dec 19, 2018; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalSep 25, 2018
D-PADwight EvansOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalSep 25, 2018
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Sep 25, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Sep 25, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 158, September 25, 2018, page H8885.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 294Election Day Holiday Act of 2019Reintroduced BillJan 8, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the same manner as any legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Election Day Holiday Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2018Introduced in House

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