Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Bill: 119-hjres-16
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age discrimination

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.</p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 16 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2025 Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Casten , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Mullin , and Ms. Tlaib ) 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 extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

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. The twenty-sixth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. 2. The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. 3. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .