Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit persons who are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States from voting in elections.

Bill: 119-hjres-31
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-31
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting persons who are not U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents from voting in elections.&nbsp;Specifically, the joint resolution prohibits such a person from voting in any election for federal, state, tribal, or local office, including offices in the District of Columbia or in any of the territories or possessions of the United States.</p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 31 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2025 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Arrington , Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona , Mr. Timmons , and Ms. Boebert ) 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 persons who are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States from voting in elections.

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. A person who is not a person lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States, a person owing permanent allegiance to the United States, or a citizen of the United States may not vote in any election for Federal, State, Tribal, or local office, including offices in the District of Columbia or in any of the territories or possessions of the United States. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .