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H.R. 2499: Voting Access Act

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H.R. 2499: Voting Access Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-17 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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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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Official text

Voting Access Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 61 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), André Carson (D-IN) and 1 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2499 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115