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A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and risk-limiting audits in all Federal elections, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor. Senator for Oregon. Democrat.
Read Text »This bill was introduced on May 15, 2019, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
Cosponsors15 Cosponsors (14 Democrats, 1 Independent)
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 3049 (115th).
May 15, 2019 IntroducedBills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1472. This is the one from the 116 th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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