Congresswoman Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, has voiced her support for House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1), a bill aimed at reforming campaign finance law, cracking down on lobbying and expanding voting rights, according to officials.

H.R. 1, also known as “For the People Act of 2019,” was introduced by Congressman John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, at the beginning of the year.

The bill passed on a final vote of 234 to 193 on Friday.

“We just passed H.R. 1 and made history,” Hill wrote in a Facebook post Friday. “We just voted to‬ get big money out of politics‬, clean up corruption‬ (and) make voting easier‬.”

The bill is nearly 700 pages long and includes proposed voting reforms such as designating Election Day as a federal holiday, automatically registering citizens to vote and restoring voting rights to people who have served felony sentences.

“It is the responsibility of the state and federal governments to ensure that every eligible citizen is registered to vote,” the bill reads. “Existing voter registration systems can be inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and confusing, with damaging effects on voter participation in elections and disproportionate impacts on young people, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.”

H.R. 1 would also require super PACs and nonprofit organizations that spend money in elections to release the names of donors who contributed over $10,000, under the DISCLOSE (short for “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections”) Act of the bill.

“‪Our government belongs to the people, not corporations or special interests,” wrote Hill.

The bill also creates a six-to-one matching system for donations to congressional and presidential candidates who reject high-dollar contributions of up to $200. This would be funded by an additional 2.5 percent fine on corporations found to have broken the law, according to officials.

“H.R. 1 restores the people’s faith that government works for the public interest, the people’s interest, not the special interest,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement Friday. “It is fundamental to our democracy that people believe that actions taken here will be in their interest. That is what this legislation will help to restore.”

Despite its passing in the House, H.R. 1 is not expected to be put on the Senate floor, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, who ultimately decides what litigation is introduced in the Senate.

“This is a terrible proposal,” McConnell said in a statement Wednesday. “It will not get any floor time in the Senate.”

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