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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal Act of 1995

H.R. 2356Introduced Jul 31, 1997Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. John Porter R-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 7, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

38 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Bill Archer (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), H. Callahan (R-AL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Steve Horn (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jay Kim (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Tom Latham (R-IA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Robert Livingston (R-LA), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Bob Ney (R-OH), Charles Norwood (R-GA) and 8 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Porter.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-10 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.