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Resolution · 119th Congress · HJRES 16

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

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Introduced 2025-01-09Topic: governance ethics

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-09HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-01-09Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-01-09Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-28. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.