House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8830.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 203, December 2, 2020, Page H6046):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers vested by this Constitution of the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 271 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8830, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Steve King (R-IA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
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- H.R. 759 (116th) Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act
- H.R. 838 (116th) Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
- H.R. 1554 (116th) REDI Act
- H.Con.Res. 47 (116th) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
- H.R. 2220 (116th) I–14 Expansion and Improvement Act of 2019
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.