U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 475
Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.
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- Sponsor
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Introduced
- February 25, 2021, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (1)
Every roll-call vote held on the bill or its amendments, oldest first. Each links to how every member voted.
House · Roll call 170Jun 16, 2021
On Passage
Passed
415 Yea14 Nay2 not voting
Cosponsors (60)
42 Democrats, 18 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Tammy BaldwinD-WI
- Michael F. BennetD-CO
- Richard BlumenthalD-CT
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Sherrod BrownD-OH
- Richard BurrR-NC
- Maria CantwellD-WA
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.D-PA
- Bill CassidyR-LA
- Susan M. CollinsR-ME
- Christopher A. CoonsD-DE
- John CornynR-TX
- Catherine Cortez MastoD-NV
- Kevin CramerR-ND
- Mike CrapoR-ID
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Richard J. DurbinD-IL
- Joni ErnstR-IA
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
- Deb FischerR-NE
- Kirsten E. GillibrandD-NY
- Josh HawleyR-MO
- Martin HeinrichD-NM
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Cindy Hyde-SmithR-MS
- Tim KaineD-VA
- Angus S. King, Jr.D-ME
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- James LankfordR-OK
- Ben Ray LujánD-NM
- Robert MenendezD-NJ
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Christopher MurphyD-CT
- Patty MurrayD-WA
- Alex PadillaD-CA
- Gary C. PetersD-MI
- Rob PortmanR-OH
- Jack ReedD-RI
- James E. RischR-ID
- Jacky RosenD-NV
- Marco RubioR-FL
- Bernard SandersD-VT
- Brian SchatzD-HI
- Tim ScottR-SC
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Debbie StabenowD-MI
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Mark R. WarnerD-VA
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
- Ron WydenD-OR
- Todd YoungR-IN
Signed on later
- John HoevenR-NDMarch 1, 2021
- Shelley Moore CapitoR-WVMarch 2, 2021
- Mark KellyD-AZMarch 10, 2021
- Benjamin L. CardinD-MDMay 19, 2021
- Jon OssoffD-GAMay 24, 2021
- Raphael G. WarnockD-GAJune 8, 2021