HR 14 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

Latest action · Mar 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices may take effect. Preclearance is the process of receiving preapproval from the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before making legal changes that would affect voting rights.

A state and all of its political subdivisions shall be subject to preclearance of voting practice changes for a 10-year period if, during the previous 25 years:

  • 15 or more voting rights violations occurred in the state;
  • 10 or more violations occurred, at least 1 of which was committed by the state itself; or
  • 3 or more violations occurred and the state administers the elections.

A political subdivision as a separate unit shall also be subject to preclearance for a 10-year period if three or more voting rights violations occurred there during the previous 25 years.

States and political subdivisions that meet certain thresholds regarding minority groups must preclear covered practices before implementation, such as redistricting.

States and political subdivisions must notify the public of changes to voting practices.

The bill authorizes DOJ to require states or political subdivisions to provide certain documents or answers to questions for enforcing voting rights.

The bill outlines factors courts must consider when hearing challenges to voting practices, such as the extent of any history of official voting discrimination in the state or political subdivision.

Cosponsors 221

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026; 216 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam GrayOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDApril McClain DelaneyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILBill FosterOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NHChris PappasOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CADave MinOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GADavid ScottOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CADerek TranOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NCDonald G. DavisOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PADwight EvansOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-HIEd CaseOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHEmilia Strong SykesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAEmily RandallOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILEric SorensenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-INFrank J. MrvanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-RIGabe AmoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NMGabe VasquezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAGeorge WhitesidesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDGlenn IveyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHGreg LandsmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJHerbert C. Conaway, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ORJanelle S. BynumOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MEJared F. GoldenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-COJason CrowOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJim CostaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJohn W. MannionOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDJohnny Olszewski, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYJosh RileyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXJulie JohnsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MNKelly MorrisonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIKristen McDonald RivetOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CALaura FriedmanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYLaura GillenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXLizzie FletcherOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MALori TrahanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GALucy McBathOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CALuz M. RivasOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NHMaggie GoodlanderOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAMarie Gluesenkamp PerezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ORMaxine DexterOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMike LevinOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJNellie PouOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PRPablo José HernándezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYPatrick RyanOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CARaul RuizOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WARick LarsenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CASam T. LiccardoOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CASara JacobsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDSarah ElfrethOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-DESarah McBrideOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ILSean CastenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-KSSharice DavidsOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ALShomari FiguresOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VASuhas SubramanyamOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NVSusie LeeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CATed LieuOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-ORVal T. HoyleOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NCValerie P. FousheeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MOWesley BellOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 5, 2025
D-VAJames R. WalkinshawSep 17, 2025
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaDec 10, 2025
D-TXChristian D. MenefeeMar 18, 2026
D-NJAnalilia MejiaApr 30, 2026
D-GAEverton Blair Jr.Oct 5, 2026

Committees 1

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ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 8

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3914Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CAJun 8, 2026
HouseDebate and remarks H4305Terri A. Sewell D-ALSep 15, 2025
HouseDebate and remarks H3235, H3236Joyce Beatty D-OH, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Steven Horsford D-NV, Terri A. Sewell D-AL, Yvette D. Clarke D-NYJul 14, 2025
SenateDebate and remarks S2700Amy Klobuchar D-MNApr 30, 2025
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E319Betty McCollum D-MNApr 17, 2025

Research

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CRS reports 4

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Cite it 4

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Related bills 1

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BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 9222Drain the Swamp ActRelated billJun 9, 2026

Titles 2

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Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

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  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House

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