Election Day Holiday Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 6, 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.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Election Day Holiday Act of 2021
This bill requires a federal election day to be treated as a holiday for federal employees.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2021 to Nov 17, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Jan 6, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 2, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 7, 2022 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Nov 17, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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. 4, January 6, 2021, page H116.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41990 | Federal Holidays: Evolution and Current Practices | Report | Jul 1, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 294 | Election Day Holiday Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Jan 8, 2019 |
| HR 2358 | Voter Empowerment Act of 2021 | Related bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the same manner as any legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Election Day Holiday Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 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.
