3.0.0 3279 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z Senate S 2018-07-26 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-26T14:31:40Z Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 115 6607 HR 2018-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Identical bill CRS 2018-07-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2018-07-26 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-07-26 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-07-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-11-14 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Congressional elections Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Political advertising U.S. Sentencing Commission Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-17T19:40:26Z Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018

This bill amends the Revised Statutes to prohibit any person, within 60 days before an election, from communicating, causing to be communicated, or producing for communication certain information on voting, if the person: (1) knows such information to be materially false, and (2) has the intent to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote in an election.

The bill also prohibits false statements regarding public endorsements and hindering, interfering with, or preventing voting or registering to vote.

A private right of action for preventive relief is established for persons aggrieved by violations of these prohibitions.

Criminal penalties are also established for violations.

If the Department of Justice (DOJ) receives a credible report that materially false information has been or is being communicated in violation of these prohibitions, DOJ must communicate to the public accurate information designed to correct the materially false information.

]]> Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 Display Title Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3279is/xml/BILLS-115s3279is.xml 2018-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.