H.R. 5488: Voting Access Act
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H.R. 5488: Voting Access Act
114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Voting Access Act
Plain summary
Voting Access Act This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to comply with national standards established by the Election Assistance Commission for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for federal office. The Commission shall establish such standards and study instances of the misidentification by election officials of the political party registration of individuals attempting to vote in primary elections for federal office.
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Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 54 cosponsors
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Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5488.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr5488 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114