Bill Title: Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Elections [HCR117 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Borris Miles [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Yvonne Davis [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Trey Martinez Fischer [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sylvester Turner [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-139	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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