119th Congress
H.Res. 756
Supporting the designation of September 2025 as "National Voting Rights Month".
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Marc A. Veasey(D-TX)
- Introduced
- Sep 19, 2025
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services; House Committee on Homeland Security; House Committee on House Administration; House Committee on Natural Resources; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; House Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (22)
Original cosponsors (22)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS)
- Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
This resolution
• expresses support for a National Voting Rights Month,
• encourages people to uphold the right to vote,
• encourages Congress to pass certain voting rights legislation,
• recommends the development of a curriculum in public schools and universities regarding voting,
• expresses appreciation for the U.S. Postal Service for issuing a special Representative John R. Lewis stamp, and
• invites Congress to allocate funds for public service announcements regarding elections.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Sep 19, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Sep 19, 2025
Submitted in House