Legislation· Feb 2023Sponsored by James Comer (R)
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
Would have overturned D.C.'s law letting some noncitizens vote in local elections.
Tradeoff
Would have canceled a law the D.C. Council passed in November 2022. Would have blocked noncitizen residents from voting in D.C. local elections.
What's in it
The House passed this resolution 260-162 on February 9, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the 118th Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Jan 31, 2023)
House
Committee on Oversight and Accountability(Jan 31, 2023)
House
Passage of the bill
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
Passed(Roll #118 · Feb 9, 2023)
260 yeanay 162Senate
Received from the House
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Feb 13, 2023)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Michael Cloud (R-TX)
- Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- Byron Donalds (R-FL)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Jake LaTurner (R-KS)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH)
- Chip Roy (R-TX)
- Warren Davidson (R-OH)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
- Bill Posey (R-FL)
- Richard McCormick (R-GA)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
Passage votes· Feb 9, 2023· 118th Congress · 2023–2025