Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 51

Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 3, 2025Government Operations and Politics

Plain-English summary

Washington, D. C. Admission Act This bill provides for the establishment of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and its admission into the United States. The state is composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia (DC), excluding a specified area that encompasses the U.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Sponsor · Democratic · DC

Hakeem S. Jeffries

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Katherine M. Clark

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Pete Aguilar

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Alma S. Adams

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Gabriel F Amo

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Rebecca 'Becca' Balint

Cosponsor · Democratic · VT

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Joyce Beatty

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Amerish Bera

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Suzanne Ms. Bonamici

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Brendan F. Boyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

M Shontel Brown

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Julia Brownley

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Nikki Budzinski

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Troy A. Carter Sr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · LA

Greg Casar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Edward Case

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Sean Casten

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Kathy Castor

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Joaquin Castro

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Yvette D. Clarke

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

James E. Clyburn

Cosponsor · Democratic · SC

Steve Cohen

Cosponsor · Democratic · TN

Gerald Edward Connolly

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Jim Costa

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Angela Dawn Craig

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Jasmine Crockett

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Jason Crow

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Sharice Davids

Cosponsor · Democratic · KS

Danny K. Mr. Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Madeleine Dean

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Diana DeGette

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Rosa L. DeLauro

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Christopher R. Deluzio

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Mark DeSaulnier

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Debbie Dingell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Lloyd Doggett

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Veronica Escobar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Adriano Espaillat

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Dwight Evans

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

G. William (bill) Foster

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Valerie P. Foushee

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Lois Frankel

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Maxwell Frost

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

John Garamendi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Robert Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sylvia R. Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Daniel S. Goldman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Jimmy Gomez

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Alexander Green

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Jim Himes

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Steven Horsford

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Chrissy Houlahan

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Steny H. Hoyer

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Valerie Hoyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Jared Huffman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Glenn Ivey

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Jonathan Jackson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Sara Jacobs

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Pramila Jayapal

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

William R Keating

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Robin L. Kelly

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Timothy M. Kennedy

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Rohit Khanna

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Greg Landsman

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Rick Larsen

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

John B. Larson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Summer L. Lee

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Ted Lieu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Zoe Lofgren

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Stephen F. Lynch

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Seth Magaziner

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Doris O. Matsui

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Lucia Kay Ms. Mcbath

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Jennifer L. McClellan

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Betty McCollum

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Morgan McGarvey

Cosponsor · Democratic · KY

James P Mcgovern

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Lamonica Mciver

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Gregory W. Meeks

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Robert J. Menendez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Grace Meng

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Kweisi Mfume

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Joseph D. Morelle

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Jared Moskowitz

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Seth Moulton

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Frank J. Mrvan

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Kevin Mullin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jerrold L Nadler

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Richard E. Neal

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Joseph Neguse

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Donald Norcross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Jimmy Panetta

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Scott Peters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Brittany Louise Pettersen

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Chellie Pingree

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Ayanna Pressley

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Delia Ramirez

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jamie Raskin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Raul Ruiz

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Patrick Ryan

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Andrea Salinas

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Linda T. Sánchez

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Mary Gay Scanlon

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Kim Schrier

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Bradley Scott Schneider

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Hillary J. Scholten

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

David Albert Scott

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Terri A. Sewell

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Brad Sherman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

D. Adam Smith

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Eric Sorensen

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Darren Soto

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Melanie A. Stansbury

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Greg Stanton

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Haley M. Stevens

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Marilyn Strickland

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Eric Michael Swalwell

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Emilia Strong Sykes

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Mark Takano

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Shri Thanedar

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Bennie G. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · MS

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Jill Naomi Tokuda

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Paul David Tonko

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Norma J. Torres

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Ritchie Torres

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Lori Trahan

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Lauren Underwood

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Juan Vargas

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Marc Allison Veasey

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Nydia M. Velázquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Nikema Williams

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Frederica S. Wilson

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Jake Auchincloss

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Josh Gottheimer

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Sylvester Turner

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Cleo Fields

Cosponsor · Democratic · LA

Suhas Subramanyam

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Kelly Morrison

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Herb Md Conaway

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Dave Min

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Derek Tran

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Gilbert Cisneros

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sarah Elizabeth Mcbride

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

April McClain Delaney

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Shomari Figures

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Maxine Dexter

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

John Anthony Olszewski Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

John W. Mannion

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Sarah Kelly Elfreth

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Emily Randall

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

George Latimer

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Yassamin Ansari

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Lateefah Simon

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Lou Correa

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Laura Friedman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Maxine Waters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Mike Levin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jahana Hayes

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Elizabeth Fletcher

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Julie Johnson

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera

Cosponsor · Democratic · PR

Wesley Bell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Nancy Pelosi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Luz M. Rivas

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Joseph Courtney

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Stacey E. Plaskett

Cosponsor · Democratic · VI

Mike Mr. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Thomas R. Suozzi

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Janelle Bynum

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Mikie Sherrill

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Dina Titus

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Sam T. Liccardo

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Gabriel Vasquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Nelida Pou

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Josh Riley

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

James Walkinshaw

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Adelita S. Grijalva

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Christian Menefee

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Analilia Mejia

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Maggie Goodlander

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Government Operations and PoliticsCongressional electionsConstitution and constitutional amendmentsDistrict of ColumbiaElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyCongressional districts and representationLegislative rules and procedureMembers of CongressPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operationsHouse of Representatives

Sources & text

Official Congress.gov record ↗Introduced in House ↗Introduced in House ↗Introduced in House ↗

Congress.gov data last updated Sep 23, 2026. Automated summaries preserve a source version and generation timestamp; human edits are explicitly recorded.