House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Dropbox Access Act
Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide secured drop boxes for voted absentee ballots in an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10699.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCANLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6020):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10699, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon.
- H.R. 1269 (119th) Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 121 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
- H.Res. 160 (119th) Recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".
- H.Res. 1047 (119th) Recognizing January 2026 as "National Mentoring Month".
- H.R. 4769 (119th) Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025
- H.R. 535 (119th) Inaugural Fund Integrity Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.