Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2024 Voter Registration Efficiency Act Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2024 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2024 Democracy Restoration Act of 2024 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2024
Description: A bill modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Last Action Date: September 24, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act
Description: A bill to prohibit the intimidation of election officials and election workers.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6444)
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Voter Empowerment Act of 2024 Voter Registration Efficiency Act Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2024 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2024 Democracy Restoration Act of 2024 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2024 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2024
Description: To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Last Action Date: September 20, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act
Description: To prohibit the intimidation of election officials and election workers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships among firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 11, 2024
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that firearms should not be present at any Federal election site.
Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that firearms should not be present at any Federal election site.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act
Description: A bill to protect election workers and polling places.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 2, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Vote Without Fear Act
Description: To prohibit the unauthorized possession of a firearm at a Federal election site.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: For the People Act of 2021
Description: Addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting. Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems. Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices. The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House. The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021