ACCESS Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2020 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act or the ACCESS Act
This bill requires states and jurisdictions to establish contingency plans to enable individuals to vote in federal elections during emergencies, expands vote-by-mail and early-in person voting, expands online and same-day voter registration, and provides certain accommodations to voters residing on Indian lands.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
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 Jun 30, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2020Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 120, June 30, 2020, page H2982.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 93 | Same Day Registration Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
| S 624 | Same Day Registration Act | Related bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
| HR 650 | America Votes Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 17, 2019 |
| HR 1438 | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to allow same day registration for Federal elections, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
| HR 6379 | Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish election contingency plans to enable individuals to vote in elections for Federal office during an emergency, to require States to make early voting and absentee voting available to all individuals eligible to vote in such elections, to encourage voter registration, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ACCESS Act
- American Coronavirus/COVID–19 Election Safety and Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- American Samoa
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Due process and equal protection
- Election Assistance Commission
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Guam
- Higher education
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Natural disasters
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Postal service
- Public transit
- Puerto Rico
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Voting rights
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2020Introduced in House
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.
