HR 1320 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 25, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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.

IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

This bill establishes Juneteenth Independence Day as a federal holiday.

Cosponsors 174

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Aug 24, 2021, with 90 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Feb 25, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 25, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Mar 8, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 8, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 8, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Mar 8, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Mar 8, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 8, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Mar 8, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush		Mar 8, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 8, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Mar 8, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 8, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Mar 8, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Mar 8, 2021
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Mar 8, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Mar 8, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Mar 8, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Mar 8, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Mar 8, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 8, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'I Kahele		Mar 8, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Mar 8, 2021
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Mar 8, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Mar 8, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Mar 8, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Mar 8, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Mar 8, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Mar 8, 2021
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 8, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Mar 8, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 8, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 8, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 8, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Mar 8, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Mar 8, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Mar 8, 2021
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 8, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Mar 8, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Mar 8, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 8, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Mar 8, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 8, 2021
R-TX	Van Taylor		May 7, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jun 8, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jun 14, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 14, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jun 14, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Jun 14, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 14, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jun 16, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jun 16, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jun 16, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 16, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jun 16, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 16, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jun 16, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Aug 24, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 25, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 475	Juneteenth National Independence Day Act	Related bill	Jun 17, 2021

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Feb 25, 2021Introduced in House

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