Accessible Voting Act of 2020
Latest action · Jan 16, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Accessible Voting Act of 2020
This bill increases voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, including by establishing an office of accessibility within the Election Assistance Commission, requiring states to expand access to absentee registration procedures and no-excuse mail-in absentee voting in federal elections, and permanently reauthorizing and expanding a grant program for increasing accessibility to polling places.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jan 16, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 16, 2020 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Dec 16, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Dec 21, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7755 | Accessible Voting Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Age discrimination
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Election Assistance Commission
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
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