House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Rahm Emanuel D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Committee actionMar 29, 2007
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1281.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1281, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007” on April 11, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 29, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 11, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18569
- CBO publication date
- April 11, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
348223e09b441cd4486e789031db6e2ec003bd4110a25fe4a3d6cd3c044f9b65
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1281, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007” on April 11, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 29, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 11, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18569
- CBO publication date
- April 11, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
348223e09b441cd4486e789031db6e2ec003bd4110a25fe4a3d6cd3c044f9b65
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 19, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/101
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
348223e09b441cd4486e789031db6e2ec003bd4110a25fe4a3d6cd3c044f9b65
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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
60 cosponsors — 60 Democrats
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI) and 30 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.