HR 1442 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

PROVE Act

Introduced Feb 28, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Latest action · Feb 28, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on House 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 28, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere Act or the PROVE Act

This bill requires each state to implement a preregistration process under which individuals age 16 or older may apply to register to vote in federal elections. States must ensure that eligible preregistered individuals are registered to vote in elections held on or after the date the individual turns age 18.

The Election Assistance Commission must make grants to states to increase the involvement of individuals under age 18 in public election activities.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2019 to Apr 9, 2019; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 28, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Apr 9, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 9, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Apr 9, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 9, 2019
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Apr 9, 2019

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Feb 28, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2019Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 37, February 28, 2019, pages H7089, H2316.

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 621	PROVE Act	Identical bill	Feb 28, 2019
HR 635	PROVE Act	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 1, 2021
S 949	For the People Act of 2019	Related bill	Mar 28, 2019
HR 3684	PROVE Act	Reintroduction of	Sep 6, 2017

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to implement a process under which individuals who are 16 years of age may apply to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, to direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States to increase the involvement of minors in public election activities, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: PROVE Act; Pre-Registration Of Voters Everywhere 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 28, 2019Introduced in House

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