Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018
Latest action · Oct 3, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedOct 3, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018
This bill updates the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. These updates include, but are not limited to:
- expanding the types of facilities that can be used as voter registration agencies,
- increasing polling site accessibility,
- providing enforcement power to citizens and attorneys general,
- requiring approval for actions like moving a polling place,
- validating certain tribal identification for voting or registering, and
- expanding requirements for bilingual voting accessibility.
The bill establishes a Native American voting task force grant program for the purpose of increasing voter outreach, education, registration, turnout, and accessibility for Native American communities.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 3, 2018 to Dec 3, 2018; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Oct 3, 2018 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Dec 3, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Oct 3, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
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 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 739 | Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 12, 2019 |
| HR 7127 | Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018 | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Civil actions and liability
- Due process and equal protection
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal-Indian relations
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Legal fees and court costs
- Native Americans
- Postal service
- Racial and ethnic relations
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2018Introduced in Senate
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.
