Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021
Latest action · Jul 29, 2021 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
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.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to develop, and specified agencies to distribute, a statement providing individuals with information on how to register to vote and their voting rights. This information must be provided to individuals upon their participation in certain rental assistance programs or application for certain residential mortgages.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2021 to Dec 20, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Nov 29, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 20, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 25, 2021Markup Jul 28, 2021Markup Jul 29, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 29, 2021Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 25, 2021Introduced in House
- May 25, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 14, 2022H.R. 3555, Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 91, May 25, 2021, page H2669.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1823 | Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 25, 2021 |
| S 2747 | Freedom to Vote Act | Related bill | Oct 20, 2021 |
| HR 5290 | Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 25, 2023 |
| HR 5746 | Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act | Related bill | Jan 19, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Consumer credit
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public housing
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 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.
