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H.R.7820

H.R.7820: Congressman John R. Lewis Election Day Act of 2020

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Introduced July 29, 2020
Latest Major Action July 29, 2020

Bill Sponsor

Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)

Bill Cosponsors

21 (All Democrats)

Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
Gilbert Cisneros (D-Calif.)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
Seth Moulton (D-Mass.)
Steven Horsford (D-Nev.)
Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)
Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.)

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Introduced in House - July 29, 2020

Bill Summary

Congressman John R. Lewis Election Day Act of 2020 This bill designates November 3, 2020, as a legal public (i.e., national) holiday known as John Lewis Election Day. It also urges U.S. private employers to give their employees the day off on November 3, 2020, so they may cast votes in elections held on that day.

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Date	Description
July 29, 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
July 29, 2020	Introduced in the House by Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)

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