Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit voting in Federal, State, or local elections by individuals who are not citizens of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-40
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-03-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Immigration status and procedures

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits an individual who is not a U.S. citizen from voting in federal, state, or local elections for public office or voting on any ballot initiative or referendum held in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: IA 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 40 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2023 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Moylan , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Bost , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Bice , and Mr. Santos ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit voting in Federal, State, or local elections by individuals who are not citizens of the United States.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. An individual may not vote in any election for public office held in the United States, including any election for Federal, State, or local office, or vote on any ballot initiative or referendum held in the United States, unless the individual is a citizen of the United States. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .