Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020
Latest action · Aug 14, 2020 Referred to the House 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.
- IntroducedAug 14, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020
This bill outlines specific practices that violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution and establishes procedures to enforce the amendment. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment established 18 as the legal voting age and prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on age.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 14, 2020 to Nov 16, 2020, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Aug 18, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 4, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 17, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 14, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Age discrimination
- Congressional districts and representation
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal preemption
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
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