Expanding the VOTE Act
Latest action · Dec 21, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.
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.
- IntroducedSep 2, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act or the Expanding the VOTE Act
This bill expands access to voting materials for individuals with limited proficiency in the English language, including by establishing incentive grants for states and political subdivisions to provide translated voting materials. Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the impact of (1) reducing the threshold requirement under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and (2) expanding the definition of language minorities to include native speakers of additional languages.
Cosponsors 154
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 2, 2022 to Dec 13, 2022; 118 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Sep 2, 2022 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Sep 2, 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 Sep 2, 2022Markup Sep 21, 2022Reported Dec 21, 2022 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Sep 2, 2022Discharged Dec 21, 2022 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-654, Part I.
- Dec 21, 2022Committee on House Administration discharged.
- Dec 21, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.
- Sep 21, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 21, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 11.
- Sep 2, 2022Introduced in House
- Sep 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 10, 2022H.R. 8770, Expanding the VOTE ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 141, September 2, 2022, page H7736.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5295 | Expanding the VOTE Act | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 25, 2023 |
| S 5326 | Expanding the VOTE Act | Identical bill | Dec 20, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act
- Expanding the VOTE Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Expanding the VOTE Act
- Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2022Reported in House
- Sep 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.
