3.0.0 4 2022-01-19T20:48:39Z 2023-01-01T23:48:23Z Senate S 2021-10-05 117 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 117 4 HR 2021-09-14 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS Related bill House Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021 117 5008 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act 117 2928 S 2021-10-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021 117 2702 S 2021-08-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act 117 5746 HR 2022-01-19 Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5746 (Record Vote No. 9) withdrawn in Senate. Related bill CRS 2021-11-03 Senate Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 459) entered in Senate. Floor 2021-11-03 Senate Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 459. (CR S7701) Floor 459 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00459.xml Senate 117 2021-11-03T19:09:24Z 1 2021-11-01 Senate Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7535) Floor 2021-11-01 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7535) Floor 2021-10-06 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 143. Calendars 2021-10-05 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6916) Calendars 2021-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2021-10-05 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-10-05 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-05 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-10-05 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2021-10-05 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-10-05 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2021-10-05 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. 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This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices may take effect. Preclearance is the process of receiving preapproval from the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before making legal changes that would affect voting rights.

The bill also includes provisions related to federally protected activities at polling places and voting access on tribal lands.

A state and all of its political subdivisions shall be subject to preclearance of voting practice changes for a 10-year period if

  • 15 or more voting rights violations occurred in the state during the previous 25 years; or
  • 10 or more violations occurred during the previous 25 years, at least 1 of which was committed by the state itself.

A political subdivision as a separate unit shall also be subject to preclearance for a 10-year period if three or more voting rights violations occurred there during the previous 25 years.

States and political subdivisions that meet certain thresholds regarding minority groups must preclear covered practices before implementation, such as changes to methods of election and redistricting.

Further, states and political subdivisions must notify the public of changes to voting practices.

Next, the bill authorizes DOJ to require states or political subdivisions to provide certain documents or answers to questions for enforcing voting rights.

The bill also outlines factors courts must consider when hearing challenges to voting practices, such as the history of official voting discrimination in the state or political subdivision.

In addition, the bill (1) includes certain protections for election workers, polling places, and election infrastructure; and (2) expands voting access on tribal lands.

]]> John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich, and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Display Title John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4pcs/xml/BILLS-117s4pcs.xml 2021-11-03 Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 459) entered in Senate. 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.