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HJRES 23 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Age discrimination Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Voting rights

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Introduced: January 9, 2019 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.

What's happening now January 9, 2019

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7