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S. 1353: Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

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S. 1353: Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3490-3491)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3490-3491) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

Plain summary

Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 This bill directs the chief election official of each state to establish and operate an automatic voter registration system for federal elections. The system shall obtain information about eligible voters from contributing state agencies, including all agencies required by federal law to provide voter registration services. The Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to assist states in implementing the bill.

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Official text

Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1353 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115