SERVIS Act
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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 2, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status Act or the SERVIS Act
This bill prohibits requiring voters to present vaccine passports or other information regarding their COVID-19 vaccination status, and also restricts masking requirements, for voting in federal elections.
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for any state or political subdivision to require a voter to present a vaccine passport or other information regarding the voter's COVID-19 vaccination status.
Further, a state or political subdivision may require a voter to wear a mask in order to enter a polling location only under certain circumstances. In particular, the state or political subdivision must (1) make masks readily available and at no cost to the voter and to an individual who accompanies the voter, and (2) provide reasonable accommodation from such masking requirement to an individual with a disability.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2022 to Feb 25, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Feb 2, 2022 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 25, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2022 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 | |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Feb 2, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Feb 2, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2022Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 168, no. 21, February 2, 2022, page H917.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3485 | SERVIS Act | Identical bill | Jan 12, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that the right to vote shall not be impaired due to vaccination status.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SERVIS Act
- Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Disability assistance
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2022Introduced 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.
