Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2019 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2019
- Passed SenateJun 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 400,000 $1 silver coins that are emblematic of the women who played a vital role in rallying support for the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(Sec. 5) Such coins may be issued during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020.
(Sec. 7) All surcharges received from the sales of such coins shall be paid to the American Women's History Initiative of the Smithsonian Institution.
Cosponsors 85
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2019 to Oct 31, 2019; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Apr 30, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2019Discharged Jun 4, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2019Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 5, 2019Received in the House.
- Jun 5, 2019Held at the desk.
- Jun 4, 2019Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3197-3198)
- Jun 4, 2019Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3197-3198)
- Jun 4, 2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3197-3198)
- Apr 30, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3192, S3197Text printed S3197Amendments S3197, S3221 | John Barrasso R-WY (amendment), Marsha Blackburn R-TN (amendment) | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2597 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | May 2, 2019 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45805 | Women’s Suffrage: Fact Sheet Archived | Report | Feb 22, 2021 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 251 | To add Esther Hobart Morris to a list of suffrage activists. | John Barrasso R-WY | Amendment SA 251 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2423 | Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act | Identical bill | Nov 25, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2019Engrossed in Senate
- Apr 30, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
