Election Day Holiday Act of 2018
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.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Sep 25, 2018 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Oct 2, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Nov 13, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Dec 12, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Dec 19, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2018Introduced in House
- 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
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.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 294 | Election Day Holiday Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 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.
- Sep 25, 2018Introduced 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.
