U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 481
Democracy Restoration Act of 2021
A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
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- Sponsor
- Benjamin L. CardinD-MD
- 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 (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (29)
29 Democrats. 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
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.D-PA
- Christopher A. CoonsD-DE
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Richard J. DurbinD-IL
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Tim KaineD-VA
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Patrick J. LeahyD-VT
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Robert MenendezD-NJ
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Bernard SandersD-VT
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Mark R. WarnerD-VA
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
- Ron WydenD-OR
Signed on later
- Jack ReedD-RIApril 29, 2021
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CAMay 11, 2021
- Brian SchatzD-HIJuly 13, 2022
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NHJuly 14, 2022
- Gary C. PetersD-MIJuly 19, 2022
- Alex PadillaD-CASeptember 20, 2022