A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal certain requirements relating to bilingual election requirements.

Summary

Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the prohibitions against voting qualifications, prerequisites, tests, or devices which abridge the right of a citizen to vote who is a member of a language minority. Repeals bilingual election requirements that States and other political subdivisions make available registration, voting materials, and voting assistance in languages other than English in areas where more than five percent of the citizens belong to a single language minority.

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Timeline

1. 6 January 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 January 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 February 1981

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

   Source: Committee

4. 27 January 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 28 January 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

6. 1 February 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

7. 2 February 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

8. 4 February 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

9. 11 February 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

10. 12 February 1982

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

11. 25 February 1982

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

12. 1 March 1982

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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