US HB12 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 187-0)
Status: Introduced on June 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to make available online voter registration. The federal criminal code is amended to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended to require states to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must support pilot programs enabling individuals with disabilities to register and vote at their residences. The bill reauthorizes support for state and local governments to ensure voting access for individuals with disabilities. States must notify individuals convicted of a criminal offense under state law, upon release or upon sentence to probation, of their right to vote in federal elections. Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2017 This bill revises auditing requirements for voting systems. Voting systems must use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots. The National Science Foundation must support the study and development of accessible ballot voting and best practices to enhance the accessibility of voting for certain individuals. With exceptions, states must audit federal election results. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended to extend the guarantee of voting residency to family members of absent military personnel. The EAC must support poll-worker recruitment and training and develop materials for a model program. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended to prohibit a chief state election administration official, unless the official or a family member is a candidate, from taking part in political management or in a political campaign for federal office over which the official has supervisory authority. The EAC is reauthorized and its exemption from certain contracting requirements is repealed.

Title

Voter Empowerment Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	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 Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-23	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1437 (Same As) 2017-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
HB944 (Related) 2017-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB1044 (Related) 2017-02-14 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB3300 (Related) 2017-07-19 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB3343 (Related) 2017-07-20 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB360 (Related) 2017-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SB3049 (Related) 2018-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SB3116 (Related) 2018-06-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.