HR 4916 · in committee · significant
Youth Voting Rights Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- The bill expands voting access for people under 18 by allowing preregistration at age 16 and requiring voter registration at colleges.
- Young people, college students, and state election officials are affected by new registration and polling place requirements.
- States receive grants to increase youth voter participation, with no specified federal cost limit in the bill summary.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might allowing 16-year-old preregistration change voter participation rates compared to current registration systems?
- 02
What specific costs would states face to implement college voter registration requirements, and how sufficient are the proposed grants?
- 03
Which groups would benefit most from expanded youth voting access, and what barriers does the bill actually remove?
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Sponsor · D-GA-5
Nikema Williams
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
45/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-08-05
Joining the bill
Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11 · original
Yassamin Ansari
D-AZ-3 · original
Yvette D. Clarke
D-NY-9 · original
André Carson
D-IN-7 · original
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D-FL-20 · original
Jasmine Crockett
D-TX-30 · original
Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37 · original
Christopher R. Deluzio
D-PA-17 · original
Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original
Dwight Evans
D-PA-3 · original
Sarah Elfreth
D-MD-3 · original
Cleo Fields
D-LA-6 · original
+ 33 more
Legislative timeline
2025-08-05 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2025-08-05 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2025-08-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-08-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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