House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
People Over Long Lines Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5291.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4206):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: to reduce the amount of time voters wait in lineSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 122 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5291, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5291
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
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- H.R. 5295 (118th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.Con.Res. 130 (118th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 2987 (118th) Election Mail Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.