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Automatic Voter Registration Act

Introduced: August 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jan 17, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced in House
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Automatic Voter Registration Act

This bill requires state motor vehicle authorities, upon receiving specified identifying information regarding an individual requesting services, to transmit the information to the state election office. The state election office shall then notify the individual that the individual shall be automatically registered to vote in federal elections in the state unless the individual declines to be registered to vote, does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements, or is already registered to vote.

A state may only use such information regarding an individual's citizenship status for determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in federal elections.

What's happening now January 17, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 94
All 94 Democratic 82
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Sep 17, 2020
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Aug 4, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Aug 4, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 4, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Aug 4, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Aug 4, 2020
Rice, Kathleen
· Aug 4, 2020
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Aug 4, 2020
CLAY, WM.
· Jul 31, 2020
KIND, RON
· Jul 31, 2020
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jul 22, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jul 22, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Jul 22, 2020
Levin, Andy
· Jul 9, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 25, 2020
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Oct 16, 2019
Bustos, Cheri
· Jul 23, 2019
Perlmutter, Ed
· Jul 23, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jan 23, 2019
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 23, 2019
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Jan 17, 2019
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jan 17, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 17, 2019
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jan 17, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jan 17, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Jan 17, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jan 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 645: Automatic Voter Registration Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-645/
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"H.R. 645: Automatic Voter Registration Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-645/.
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H.R. 645, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-645/.
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