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H.R. 884 would change voting eligibility rules in the District of Columbia by prohibiting individuals who are not U.S. citizens from voting in DC elections. The bill would also repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, which had previously allowed certain non-citizens who are DC residents to participate in local elections.
Currently, the 2022 law permits non-citizen DC residents to vote in local elections if they meet residency and registration requirements. This bill would reverse that policy, restricting voting rights in DC elections to U.S. citizens only, aligning DC's voting rules with most other jurisdictions in the country.
The bill passed the House of Representatives and is now under review in the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. If enacted, it would eliminate voting access for non-citizen residents of DC in all local elections, including races for mayor, city council, and other municipal offices. The practical effect would be to remove approximately 20,000-30,000 non-citizen residents from DC's voting rolls, based on estimates of the non-citizen population that benefited from the 2022 law.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 11, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 11, 2025
Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Jan 31, 2025
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.
Introduced in Senate
Jul 31, 2025
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2096) to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 331) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2581-2587)
Jun 10, 2025
