Equal Representation Act
This bill requires adding a citizenship checkbox to the 2030 and future decennial censuses, asking respondents about their U.S. citizenship status for themselves and all household members. It mandates that the Census Bureau publicly release each state's total citizen and noncitizen population counts within 120 days after each census. The bill then changes how congressional representation is calculated by excluding noncitizens from the population numbers used to apportion House seats and electoral votes starting with the 2030 census. This directly affects how states' representation in Congress and the Electoral College is determined based on citizen population counts rather than total population.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
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Introduced Jun 29, 2025
Last action Jun 29, 2025
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Jun 29, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Jun 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
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Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Ashley Moody
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
David McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Eric Schmitt
RRepublican
Co
James C. Justice
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
John Hoeven
RRepublican
Co
Katie Boyd Britt
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
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