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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB3863

Legislation Overview

Title: Fair Representation Act

Subject: Government operations and politics

Description: To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Senators and Representatives in Congress, to require each State with more than one Representative to establish multi-member congressional districts, to require States to conduct congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.

Session: 117th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Last Action Date: November 1, 2022

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3863/all-info

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

9 sponsors: Don Beyer (D); Jim Cooper (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Ro Khanna (D); Joseph Neguse (D); James McGovern (D); Scott Peters (D); Teresa Fernandez (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Nov 1 2022	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
House	Jun 14 2021	Introduced in House
House	Jun 14 2021	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Jul 14 2021	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill