Condemns federal efforts aimed at restricting voting and urges federal government to protect Americans' voting rights.*
What changed between versions
The resolution now covers both SR 97 and SR 99 as a combined measure, expanding its legislative footprint.
Six new Whereas clauses were added providing historical context on women's suffrage: NJ's 1776 constitution granting some women the vote, the 1807 restriction to tax-paying White men, over a century of women's activism, barriers persisting after the 19th Amendment until the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and a statement that women's right to vote is 'once again under attack.'
Senator Raj Mukherji (District 32, Hudson) was added as a co-sponsor, along with Senators Timberlake, Wimberly, Gopal and Greenstein listed formally as co-sponsors.
The operative resolution (Section 1) changed its call to action from urging Congress to reject efforts that would 'prevent eligible US citizens from voting' to urging Congress to reject efforts that would 'negatively impact women's suffrage, including the SAVE America Act.' This narrows the framing from universal voter protection to a gender-specific focus.
The clause about federal citizenship lists now adds the phrase 'but whose information, including citizenship status, may be missing from these databases,' making the argument more specific about why the lists would fail to capture eligible voters.
Executive Orders are now identified by specific numbers: EO 14399 for the mail-in voting order and EO 14248 for the 2025 elections order, replacing generic references like 'the 2026 Executive Order' or 'the 2025 elections Executive Order.'
The clause about name changes now specifically adds 'including married women' to highlight that married women are a key group affected by the SAVE America Act's documentation requirements.
'Working parents' was changed to 'working mothers' in the clause about disproportionate impact of in-person registration requirements, further emphasizing the gender-specific framing.
The entire STATEMENT section (a multi-paragraph summary of the resolution's reasoning) was removed from the substitute version.
