Same Day Registration Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Same Day Registration Act
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2017 to Sep 19, 2017; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 13, 2017 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 14, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Sep 19, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7118 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN | Nov 27, 2018 |
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 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45549 | The State and Local Role in Election Administration: Duties and Structures Archived | Report | Mar 4, 2019 |
| IN11000 | Election Policy on the November 2018 Ballot Archived | Insight | Nov 21, 2018 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 12 | Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 14, 2017 |
| S 624 | Same Day Registration Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
| HR 1044 | Same Day Registration Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 14, 2017 |
| S 1139 | Same Day Registration Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 30, 2015 |
| S 1437 | Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jun 26, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day registration.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Same Day Registration Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2017Introduced 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.
