diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/index.tsx b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/index.tsx
index d8145a992..bf8854615 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/index.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/index.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Icon } from '@trussworks/react-uswds';
 
-import {
-  COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY,
-  SESSION_KEY,
-
-  getCookie
-} from './utils';
+import { COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY, SESSION_KEY, getCookie } from './utils';
 import {
   USWDSAlert,
   USWDSButton,
@@ -18,6 +13,7 @@ import './index.scss';
 interface CookieConsentProps {
   title?: string | undefined;
   copy?: string | undefined;
+  pathname: string;
   sessionStart: string | undefined;
   setGoogleTagManager: () => void;
 }
@@ -30,6 +26,7 @@ export const CookieConsent = ({
   title,
   copy,
   sessionStart,
+  pathname,
   setGoogleTagManager
 }: CookieConsentProps) => {
   const [cookieConsentResponded, SetCookieConsentResponded] =
@@ -51,9 +48,6 @@ export const CookieConsent = ({
     )}; path=/; expires=${closeConsent ? '0' : setCookieExpiration()}`;
   };
 
-  const currentURL =
-    typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location.href : null;
-
   const setSessionData = () => {
     if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
       const checkForSessionDate = window.sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEY);
@@ -62,6 +56,7 @@ export const CookieConsent = ({
       }
     }
   };
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (sessionStart !== 'true' && !cookieConsentResponded) {
       setSessionData();
@@ -74,7 +69,10 @@ export const CookieConsent = ({
     if (!cookieConsentResponded && closeConsent) {
       setCloseConsent(false);
     }
-  }, [currentURL]);
+    // to Rerender on route change
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [pathname]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const cookieValue = {
       responded: cookieConsentResponded,
@@ -84,19 +82,12 @@ export const CookieConsent = ({
 
     // Ignoring setcookie for now since it will make infinite rendering
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [
-    cookieConsentResponded,
-    cookieConsentAnswer,
-    closeConsent,
-    getCookie,
-    setSessionData,
-    currentURL
-  ]);
+  }, [cookieConsentResponded, cookieConsentAnswer, closeConsent]);
 
   return (
     <div>
       {
-        //Adding debounce to conditional for animation out
+        // Adding debounce to conditional for animation out
         setTimeout(() => {
           !cookieConsentResponded;
         }, 500) && (
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.test.ts b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b2f0bd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { readCookie, COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY } from './utils';
+
+describe('onCookie', () => {
+  let cookieValue;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    cookieValue = { responded: false, answer: false };
+    // Mutating docmument cookie property for test
+    // eslint-disable-next-line fp/no-mutating-methods
+    Object.defineProperty(window.document, 'cookie', {
+      writable: true,
+      value: `CookieConsent={"responded":true,"answer":false}; _somethingelse=GS1.1.17303800; ${COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY}=${JSON.stringify(
+        cookieValue
+      )}`
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should parse cookie value correctly', () => {
+    const cookieJsonVal = readCookie(COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY);
+    expect(JSON.parse(cookieJsonVal)).toMatchObject(cookieValue);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.ts b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.ts
index 8c97a9db9..910ea1368 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/cookie-consent/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 export const COOKIE_CONSENT_KEY = `veda--CookieConsent`;
 export const SESSION_KEY = `veda--NewSession`;
 
+export const readCookie = (name: string): string => {
+  // Get name followed by anything except a semicolon
+  const cookiestring = RegExp(name + '=[^;]+').exec(document.cookie);
+  // Return everything after the equal sign, or an empty string if the cookie name not found
+  return decodeURIComponent(
+    cookiestring ? cookiestring.toString().replace(/^[^=]+./, '') : ''
+  );
+};
+
 export const getCookie = (
   SetCookieConsentResponded,
   SetCookieConsentAnswer,
@@ -14,10 +23,3 @@ export const getCookie = (
     SetCookieConsentAnswer(cookieContents.answer);
   }
 };
-
-const readCookie = (name) => {
-  // Get name followed by anything except a semicolon
-  const cookiestring = RegExp(name+'=[^;]+').exec(document.cookie);
-  // Return everything after the equal sign, or an empty string if the cookie name not found
-  return decodeURIComponent(cookiestring ? cookiestring.toString().replace(/^[^=]+./,'') : '');
-};
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/layout-root/index.tsx b/app/scripts/components/common/layout-root/index.tsx
index eac6e1a6b..9feb9c69f 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/common/layout-root/index.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/layout-root/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import React, {
   useEffect,
   useState
 } from 'react';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useDeepCompareEffect } from 'use-deep-compare';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { Outlet } from 'react-router';
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ function LayoutRoot(props: { children?: ReactNode }) {
   const { children } = props;
   const [sessionStart, setSesstionStart] = useState<string | undefined>();
   const sessionItem = window.sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEY);
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+
   useEffect(() => {
     !cookieConsentContent && setGoogleTagManager();
     sessionItem && setSesstionStart(sessionItem);
@@ -81,7 +83,11 @@ function LayoutRoot(props: { children?: ReactNode }) {
       <NavWrapper
         mainNavItems={mainNavItems}
         subNavItems={subNavItems}
-        logo={<Logo linkProperties={{LinkElement: Link, pathAttributeKeyName: 'to'}} />}
+        logo={
+          <Logo
+            linkProperties={{ LinkElement: Link, pathAttributeKeyName: 'to' }}
+          />
+        }
       />
       <PageBody id={PAGE_BODY_ID} tabIndex={-1}>
         <Outlet />
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ function LayoutRoot(props: { children?: ReactNode }) {
             {...cookieConsentContent}
             sessionStart={sessionStart}
             setGoogleTagManager={setGoogleTagManager}
+            pathname={pathname}
           />
         )}
       </PageBody>