Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020
Summary
Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020 This bill makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, or coerce (or attempt to do so) an individual (i.e., an election official or a poll worker) for the purpose of interfering with their duties in administering elections. Violators are subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 3, 2021
Last action Apr 23, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mary Gay Scanlon
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Michael F. Q. San Nicolas
DDemocratic
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