Help Students Vote Act
United States116th CongressS-1514Senate
Updated: May 16, 2019
Summary
Help Students Vote Act This bill addresses voter registration of students who attend institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs. Specifically, this bill (1) requires IHEs to make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to each of their students at least twice a year, (2) authorizes grants to IHEs that greatly exceed the requirements governing the distribution of voter registration forms, and (3) allows civil actions against IHEs that violate the requirements.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-2807: Help Students Vote ActReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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