US HB946 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 946 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate state or local election official.

Title

Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2017-02-07	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB2669 (Related) 2017-05-25 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.