US Congress Senate Bill 958 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires verification and notice of the removal of registrants from an official list of eligible voters. Specifically, the bill requires a state or political subdivision to provide notice to individual registrants that are removed, the grounds for the removal, and information on contesting the removal. Public notice must be provided after any systematic removal of names. The bill provides conditions for the removal of names from an official list of eligible voters. A state is prohibited from removing a name unless the state verifies that the registrant is ineligible to vote. A state is prohibited from considering failure to vote in an election or failure to respond to a notice as evidence of ineligibility to vote.

SAVE VOTERS Act Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB1 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
HB3201 (Related) 2019-06-11 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/958/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s958/BILLS-116s958is.pdf