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Bills/119th Congress · Senate

S. 2636

Introduced

A bill 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.

Sponsor
RKatie Boyd Britt· Alabama
Introduced
July 31, 2025
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.July 31, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2636 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2636

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.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 31, 2025

Mrs. Britt (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Sheehy, 
Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
Marshall, Mr. Daines, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, and 
Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBIT 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.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE 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24-242) is repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by 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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