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; 4 are original cosponsors, there from 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 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 18, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 21, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 20, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 20, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Oct 20, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 16, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 14, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 14, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 146, August 14, 2020, page H4238.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45951 | Apportionment and Redistricting Process for the U.S. House of Representatives | Report | May 20, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1366 | Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 28, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enforce the Twenty-sixth Amendment, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020
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
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.
