Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2001
- Committee actionAug 2, 2001
- Passed SenateApr 11, 2002 · 99–1
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2002 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 239.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 565.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 565, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001” on November 27, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on August 2, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13423
- CBO publication date
- November 27, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 565, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51ba623891a65155f2c0f4d2fa6fe2ef486941b3e0b53f4d4a34cfafa9a0ce36
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 565, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001” on November 27, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on August 2, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13423
- CBO publication date
- November 27, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 565, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51ba623891a65155f2c0f4d2fa6fe2ef486941b3e0b53f4d4a34cfafa9a0ce36
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 3295, which became Public Law 107-252 on 10/29/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 565, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51ba623891a65155f2c0f4d2fa6fe2ef486941b3e0b53f4d4a34cfafa9a0ce36
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.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.