US Congress House Bill 1275 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official; making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.

Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Introduced in House

SB549 (Same As) 2019-02-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
HB1 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
HB1451 (Related) 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
HB93 (Related) 2019-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB650 (Related) 2019-01-17 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB734 (Related) 2019-01-23 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1438 (Related) 2019-02-28 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1460 (Related) 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
HB1504 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1513 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1535 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1546 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1573 (Related) 2019-03-06 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB624 (Related) 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1834 (Related) 2019-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3281 (Related) 2019-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
HB8941 (Related) 2020-12-10 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1275/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1275/BILLS-116hr1275ih.pdf