To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to r...
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Introduced 2025-01-31
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Officially: “To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.” Read the full text
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What it does
This bill prohibits a non-U.S. citizen from voting in a District of Columbia (DC) election and repeals relevant provisions of DC law. Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in a federal election; however, in 2022, DC enacted a law allowing noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections. This bill repeals the DC law, which went into effect on February 23, 2023.
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1Prohibiting voting by noncitizens in District of Columbia Elections
This section would bar anyone who is not a United States citizen from voting in the District of Columbia. It would prohibit noncitizens from voting in any election for public office in DC, and it would also prohibit them from voting in any ballot initiative or referendum in DC.
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1. Prohibiting voting by noncitizens in District of Columbia Elections
An individual who is not a citizen of the United States may not vote in an election for public office in the District of Columbia or in any ballot initiative or referendum in the District of Columbia.
2Repeal of Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
This section would repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, a District of Columbia law known as D.C. Law 24-242. Any provision of law that the 2022 Act had amended or repealed would be restored or revived to the form it had before that Act was enacted, as if the 2022 Act had never become law.
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2. Repeal of Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
The Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24–242) is repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by such Act shall be restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted into law.
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The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
15
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT)via FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT)
3 filings
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORMvia FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
1 filing
From 4 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2025-06-11).