HJRES 98 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Introduced Sep 21, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 21, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment related to the fundamental right to vote.

Specifically, it grants every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2022 to Oct 14, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalSep 21, 2022
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 21, 2022
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MDJamie RaskinSep 22, 2022
D-MNIlhan OmarSep 29, 2022
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaSep 29, 2022
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOct 14, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 21, 2022
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  2. Sep 21, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Sep 21, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 152, September 21, 2022, page H8066.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SJRES 67A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the fundamental right to vote.Related billDec 15, 2022
HJRES 93Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.Reintroduction ofAug 7, 2020

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2022Introduced in House

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