S 4887 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Same Day Registration Act

Introduced Sep 20, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Amy Klobuchar D-MN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 20, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 20, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Same Day Registration Act

This bill requires states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2022 to Sep 27, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalSep 20, 2022
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 20, 2022
D-ORRon WydenOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-VATim KaineOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-MNTina SmithOriginalSep 20, 2022
D-MTJon TesterSep 27, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateRules and Administration Committee
Referred Sep 20, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 20, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 65Same Day Registration Act of 2021Related billJan 4, 2021
S 2093For the People Act of 2021Related billSep 15, 2021
S 2747Freedom to Vote ActRelated billOct 20, 2021
S 2843Same Day Registration ActReintroduced BillSep 19, 2023
HR 5746Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis ActRelated billJan 19, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day voter registration.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Same Day Registration Act

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2022Introduced in Senate

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