House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Election Day Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Election Day as a Federal holiday.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 154.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes Election Day as a Federal Holiday.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 120 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 154, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e26adebf98198fed441a5c498eecfc6a8f65d8fd145f11c8801f9b60dd079ec
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 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 154, last updated July 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
13 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats
12 of 13 cosponsors (92%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Derek Tran (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 3535 (119th) Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
- H.R. 4993 (119th) Joe Fiandra Access to Home Infusion Act of 2025
- H.R. 8844 (119th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act
- H.R. 1065 (119th) Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- H.R. 2253 (119th) Puppy Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 1684 (119th) PAST Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.