Inclusive Elections Act of 2021
Summary
Inclusive Elections Act of 2021 This bill requires courts, when hearing challenges to election laws, to consider whether the law has a disparate impact on members of a protected class of citizens. Specifically, the bill requires courts to consider whether (1) the challenged standard, practice, or procedure imposes a disparate burden on members of a protected class of citizens; and (2) the disparate burden is related to social and historical conditions that produce discrimination against members of the protected class.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 1, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
lower
Jul 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Jul 1, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mondaire Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Cori Bush
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald E. Connolly
DDemocratic
Co
Grace Meng
DDemocratic
Co
J. Luis Correa
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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