3.0.0 1828 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z Senate S 2017-09-18 115 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-18T23:13:04Z Louise Slaughter Weekend Voting Act 115 5989 HR 2018-06-01 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2017-09-18 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5804) IntroReferral 2017-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-09-18 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-09-18 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-09-18 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-09-18 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-09-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-09-19 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-09-19 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-25T22:20:18Z Weekend Voting Act

This bill amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to change the timing for regularly scheduled elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and electors of the President and Vice President to the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November.

Each state shall by law establish the hours of operation for polling places.

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the holding of elections over a weekend should be carried out in a manner which does not interfere with religious practices and should result in cost savings to the taxpayer.

]]> Weekend Voting Act Display Title Weekend Voting Act Short Titles as Introduced Weekend Voting Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office to the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November in every even-numbered year. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1828is/xml/BILLS-115s1828is.xml 2017-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5804) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.