Our Homes, Our Votes Act
Latest action · Mar 26, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on House 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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Our Homes, Our Votes Act
This bill facilitates voter registration for residents of certain federally assisted housing for the purpose of federal elections.
Specifically, the bill requires each lease and annual income recertification for such housing that is administered by a public housing agency (PHA) to include a voter registration application. A PHA must send any completed application to state election officials.
The bill also treats owners of federally assisted housing as voter registration agencies.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 29, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 26, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E306)
- Mar 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E306 | Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL | Mar 26, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1693.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11782 | Voter Registration Agencies Under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) | Insight | Apr 15, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8924 | Our Homes, Our Votes Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 9, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat the lease for a dwelling unit under certain federally assisted housing programs as a simultaneous application for voter registration in elections for Federal office, to designate owners of dwelling units under certain federally assisted housing programs as voter registration agencies for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Our Homes, Our Votes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced 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.
