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Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002

S. 565Introduced Mar 19, 2001Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Dodd D-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 11, 2002 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 239.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 565.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 565, last updated March 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

50 cosponsors — 48 Democrats, 2 independents

1 of 50 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA) and 20 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.