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H.R. 2301 · 117th Congress

Automatic Voter Registration Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DCD CicillineSponsor
109 cosponsors · 109 D
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108 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill provides for automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 1, 2021

Automatic Voter Registration Act

This bill provides for automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.

Specifically, the bill requires each state motor vehicle authority, upon receiving specified identifying information regarding an individual who requests services from the authority, to transmit the identifying information to the appropriate state election official. The state election official must then notify the individual that the individual shall be automatically registered to vote in federal elections unless the individual declines to be registered to vote, does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements, or is already registered to vote. The bill provides an individual with a 21-calendar day period to opt out of automatic voter registration.

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

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Automatic Voter Registration Act

Latest action (Apr 1, 2021): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 1, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.