Election Day Holiday Act of 2024
Latest action · Feb 13, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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 13, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Election Day Holiday Act of 2024
This bill establishes Election Day as a legal public holiday.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2024 to Nov 8, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Nov 8, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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. 170, no. 28, February 13, 2024, page H581.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1 | Freedom to Vote Act | Related bill | Jul 25, 2023 |
| HR 11 | Freedom to Vote Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
| S 2344 | Freedom to Vote Act | Related bill | Jul 18, 2023 |
| HR 6267 | Election Day Act | Related bill | Nov 7, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Election Day as a legal public holiday, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Election Day Holiday Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2024Introduced 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.
