House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Know Your Polling Place Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLRED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 35, February 24, 2021, Page H617):Clause 1 of Section 4 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1278, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1278, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.