Every Person Counts Act
Latest action · Mar 20, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Every Person Counts Act
This bill modifies provisions regarding population and other census information to: (1) require that there be a tabulation of the total number of persons in each state, and (2) prohibit the Bureau of the Census from including any question or otherwise eliciting any information regarding U.S citizenship or immigration status.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2018 to Jul 25, 2018; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Mar 20, 2018 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Apr 9, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Jul 25, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Mar 20, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 201 | Every Person Counts Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 24, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and to provide that no information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Every Person Counts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2018Introduced in Senate
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