United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 98 (117th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
Introduced
21 September 2022
Last action
1 November 2022 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Sponsors
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Earl Blumenauer, Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Anthony Brown, Katherine Clark, Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2], Barbara Lee, Alan Lowenthal, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Donald Payne, Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], John Yarmuth, Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Raúl Grijalva, Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
29 December 2022
Summary
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment related to the fundamental right to vote. Specifically, it grants every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
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Timeline
21 September 2022
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
21 September 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 September 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
1 November 2022
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 21 September 2022 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 September 2022
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 September 2022
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 September 2022
Sponsors
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Anthony Brown · D · Sponsor
- Katherine Clark · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] · D · Sponsor
- Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
- Alan Lowenthal · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Donald Payne · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · D · Sponsor
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Sponsor
- John Yarmuth · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-joint-resolution/98
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/98
- us · 117-hjres-98 · source updated 29 December 2022