US Congress House Bill 3489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-25 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdition or to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction if the challenge is not based on good cause. Declares that a challenge is not based on good cause if it is based on residence in property subject to foreclosure proceedings or in an area damaged by hurricane or other major disaster.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes.

Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-25		Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
2010-03-25		Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-457.
2009-11-04		Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2009-11-04		Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2009-07-31		Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3489/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3489/BILLS-111hr3489ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3489/BILLS-111hr3489rh.pdf