House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Honest Elections Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2019 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8411-8412)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4736.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 165, October 18, 2019, Page H8259):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4736, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
39 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ben Cline (R-VA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), J. Hill (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Will Hurd (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), David McKinley (R-WV), Carol Miller (R-WV), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Pete Olson (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rodney Davis.
- H.R. 139 (116th) Springfield Race Riot Study Act
- H.R. 66 (116th) Route 66 Centennial Commission Act
- H.R. 141 (116th) Social Security Fairness Act of 2019
- H.R. 6968 (116th) Meals on Wheels for Kids Act of 2020
- H.R. 3412 (116th) Election Security Assistance Act
- H.R. 5840 (116th) Counting All Military Votes Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.