HJRES 93 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Introduced Aug 7, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

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Latest action · Aug 7, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution 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. IntroducedAug 7, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment related to the fundamental right to vote.

Specifically, it grants every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 7, 2020 to Aug 14, 2020; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-NYGrace MengOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalAug 7, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-CARo KhannaOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalAug 7, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonAug 14, 2020
D-MNIlhan OmarAug 14, 2020
D-NYJose E. SerranoAug 14, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuAug 14, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorAug 14, 2020
D-OHTim RyanAug 14, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Aug 7, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 7, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Aug 7, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H4227H.J. Res. 93—Aug 7, 2020

Research

What has been written about this resolution: 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 V of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 141, August 7, 2020, page H4227.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HJRES 74Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.Reintroduction ofMar 9, 2017
SJRES 75A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the fundamental right to vote.Related billAug 4, 2020
HJRES 98Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.Reintroduced BillNov 1, 2022

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 7, 2020Introduced in House

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