John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 47
- Latest action
- Jul 29, 2025
What it does
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices may take effect. Preclearance is the process of receiving preapproval from the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before making legal changes that would affect voting rights. A state and all of its political subdivisions shall be subject to preclearance of voting practice changes for a 10-year period if, during the previous 25 years: 15 or more voting rights violations occurred in the state; or 10 or more violations occurred, at least 1 of…
Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 29, 2025
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Richard Durbin
- Adam Schiff
- Alejandro Padilla
- Amy Klobuchar
- Andy Kim
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Angus King
- Ben Luján
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Charles Schumer
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Coons
- Christopher Murphy
- Cory Booker
- Edward Markey
- Elissa Slotkin
- Elizabeth Warren
- Gary Peters
- Jacky Rosen
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- John Fetterman
- John Hickenlooper
- John Reed
- Jon Ossoff
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Margaret Hassan
- Maria Cantwell
- Mark Kelly
- Mark Warner
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Michael Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Peter Welch
- Raphael Warnock
- Richard Blumenthal
- Ron Wyden
- Ruben Gallego
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
- Timothy Kaine
- Tina Smith
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