No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
Latest action · Jul 6, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedJul 6, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021
This bill prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units or in any building or on any grounds containing such a unit.
Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federally assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 6, 2021 to Dec 2, 2021, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jul 6, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 6, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Dec 2, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 6, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Congressional oversight
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing discrimination
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing industry and standards
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Photography and imaging
- Public housing
- Right of privacy
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 6, 2021Introduced in House
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