HR 7755
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Age discrimination
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Disability and health-based discrimination
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Voting rights
Accessible Voting Act of 2020
Introduced: July 23, 2020
Introduced by:
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Democratic
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jul 23, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Accessible Voting Act of 2020
This bill increases voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, including by establishing an office of accessibility within the Election Assistance Commission, requiring states to expand access to absentee registration procedures and no-excuse mail-in absentee voting in federal elections, and permanently reauthorizing and expanding a grant program for increasing accessibility to polling places.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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