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House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes.

H.R. 7147Introduced Sep 26, 2008Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Jesse Jackson D-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 26, 2008 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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

11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats

0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Conyers (D-MI), Artur Davis (D-AL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Robert Scott (D-VA), Melvin Watt (D-NC).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jesse Jackson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-2 district

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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.