View source for Resolution to Include Citizenship on United States Census

{{Infobox ALEC Bills
|bill_title          = Resolution to Include Citizenship on United States Census
|date_introduced     = July 18, 2025
|date_reviewed       =
|date_finalized      = 
|date_amended        =	
|date_accessed       =
|type                = Model Resolution
|status              = Draft
|task_forces         = Process and Procedures
|keywords            = Process and Procedures
|notes               =
}}
<h1>Resolution to Include Citizenship on United States Census</h1>
WHEREAS, the information collected by the United States Census Bureau is critical to the decision making of government;

WHEREAS, the allocation of funds and services provided by government are based on population calculated using the data collected by the United States Census Bureau;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of [state], the Governor concurring therein, call upon Congress to require any questionnaire used in the decennial census include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is a U.S. citizen.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Department of Commerce must make public the number of citizens and noncitizens in each state.