News History
2016 Summary
- February 4, 2016 — The Arizona House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 40-16 margin. more on Arizona
2015 Summary
- May 18, 2015 — The Oregon House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 37-21 margin. more on Oregon
2014 Summary
- April 15, 2014 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the National Popular Vote bill, making New York the 10th jurisdiction to enact the bill, and giving the National Popular Vote bill 61% of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on New York
- March 25, 2014 — The New York Legislature completed action on the National Popular Vote bill and sent it to Governor Cuomo. The Senate passed the bill by a 57–4 margin, and the Assembly passed the bill 100–32. more on New York
- February 12, 2014 — The Oklahoma Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 28–18 vote. more on Oklahoma
2013 Summary
- July 12, 2013 — Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Rhode Island the 10th jurisdiction to enact the bill, and giving the National Popular Vote bill 50.4% of the electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on Rhode Island
- June 12, 2013 — The New York State Assembly approved the National Popular Vote bill (A4422-S3149) by a 100–40 margin. A total of 78 Democrats and 22 Republicans voted in favor of the bill. The New York Assembly was the 32nd state legislative chamber to pass the bill. more on Rhode Island
- April 18, 2013 — The Oregon House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 38-21 margin. more on Oregon
2011 Summary
- August 8, 2011 — California Governor Jerry Brown signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making California the 9th jurisdiction to enact the bill, and giving the National Popular Vote bill 49% of the electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on California
- June 7, 2011 — The Republican-controlled New York Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 47–13 margin. more on New York
- June 7, 2011 — The Delaware House of Representatives approved the National Popular Vote bill. more on Delaware
- April 22, 2011 — Vermont Governor Peter Schumlin signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Vermont the 8th state to enact the bill and giving the National Popular Vote bill 29% of the electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on Vermont
2010 Summary
- October 12, 2010 — Mayor Adrian Fenty of the District of Columbia signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making District of Columbia the seventh jurisdiction to enact the bill and giving the National Popular Vote bill 28% of the electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on District of Columbia
- September 21, 2010 — The District of Columbia Council passed the National Popular Vote bill by unanimous consent. more on District of Columbia
- August 4, 2010 — Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Massachusetts the sixth state to enact the bill and giving the National Popular Vote bill 27% of the electoral votes needed to bring it into effect. more on Massachusetts
- July 27, 2010 — The Massachusetts Legislature completed action on the National Popular Vote bill and sent it to Governor Deval Patrick for his consideration. more on Massachusetts
- June 7, 2010 — New York Senate passes National Popular Vote bill, with over two-thirds of both political parties supporting the bill in a 52-7 roll call. more on New York
- June 2, 2010 — The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Massachusetts
2009 Summary
- June 24, 2009 — The Delaware House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Delaware
- May 12, 2009 — The Connecticut House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill more on Connecticut
- April 28, 2009 — Washington governor Chris Gregoire signed the signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Washington state the fifth state to enact the bill. more on Washington
- April 21, 2009 — The Nevada Assembly passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Nevada
- April 15, 2009 — The Washington House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill (thereby sending the bill to the Governor). more on Washington
- March 17, 2009 — The Colorado House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Colorado
- March 12, 2009 — The Oregon House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Oregon
- February 20, 2009 — The New Mexico House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on New Mexico
2008 Summary
- December 11, 2008 — The Michigan House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Michigan
- July 9, 2008 — The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Massachusetts
- June 30, 2008 — The California Assembly passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on California
- May 1, 2008 — The National Popular Vote bill was enacted into law in Hawaii. more on Hawaii
- April 24, 2008 – The Vermont House passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Vermont
- April 7, 2008 — Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Illinois the third state to enact the legislation. more on Illinois
- April 2, 2008 — The Maine Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Maine
- March 19, 2008 — The Vermont Senate today passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Vermont
- March 4, 2008 — Both Houses of the Hawaii Legislature today passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Hawaii
- February 18, 2008 — The Washington state Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill, making it the 14th legislative house to pass the bill since the initial press conference of National Popular Vote on February 23, 2006. more on Washington state
- January 13, 2008 — New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed the National Popular Vote Bill into law. New Jersey thus became the second state to enact the legislation. The enactment of the legislation in New Jersey came less than 23 months after National Popular Vote held its initial press conference on February 23, 2006. more on New Jersey
- January 9, 2007 — The Illinois House re-passed the National Popular Vote bill, thereby sending bill to Governor Rod R. Blagojevich for his signature more on Illinois
- January 3, 2008 — The New Jersey Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill, thereby sending bill to Governor Jon Corzine for his signature. more on New Jersey
2007 Summary
- December 13, 2007 — The New Jersey Assembly passed the National Popular Vote bill.
- October 10, 2007 — National Popular Vote announced that the National Popular Vote bill now has 366 sponsors in 47 states. In addition, 391 other state legislators have cast a recorded vote in favor of the legislation either in committee or on the floor of their respective legislative chambers (for a grand total of 757 state legislators).
- May 31, 2007 — The Illinois Senate passed the original National Popular Vote bill. more on Illinois
- May 2, 2007 — The Illinois House of Representatives passed the original National Popular Vote bill. more on Illinois
- April 10, 2007 — Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed the National Popular Vote bill, making Maryland the first state to enact the interstate compact entitled the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" proposed by National Popular Vote. The enactment of the legislation in Maryland came only 411 days after National Popular Vote held its initial press conference on February 23, 2006. more on Maryland
- April 5, 2007 — Hawaii House of Representatives passed the National Poular Vote bill. more on Hawaii
- April 2, 2007 — Maryland House passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Maryland
- March 28, 2007 — Maryland Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Maryland
- March 21, 2007 — The Arkansas House passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Arkansas
- February 14, 2007 — The Hawaii Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill. more on Hawaii
- January 24, 2007 — The Colorado Senate became the first legislative house to pass the National Popular Vote bill during 2007. more on Colorado
- January 24, 2007 — National Popular Vote announced that its bill has sponsors in 45 states for the 2007 state legislative sessions. more
2006 Summary
- August 2006 — California State Senate passes bill (eventually vetoed).
- June 2006 — National Popular Vote bill endorsed in editorials by Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee; Bill introduced in New York State Assembly.
- May 2006 — California State Assembly passes National Popular Vote bill; Louisiana House committee approves bill.
- April 2006 — Colorado State Senate holds hearings and passes National Popular Vote bill; Missouri House committee holds informational hearing on bill.
- March 2006 — National Popular Vote bill endorsed in editorials by Chicago Sun Times, New York Times, and The Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
- February 23, 2006 — National Popular Vote held its initial press conference in Washington describing its proposed interstate compact entitled the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by Nationwide Popular Vote. The press conference featured former Congressmen John Anderson (R–Illinois and Independent presidential candidate) and John Buchanan (R–Alabama), former Senator Birch Bayh (D–Indiana), Common Cause President Chellie Pingree, FairVote Executive Director Rob Richie, National Popular Vote President Barry Fadem, and Dr. John R. Koza, originator of the plan.
- Prepared remarks for initial press conference
- Press release for initial press conference
- February 23, 2006 — National Popular Vote releases Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote—a 620-page book describing its proposal. Book may be read or downloaded for free at www.every-vote-equal.com.