House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer McClellan D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4894.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCLELLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 135, August 5, 2025, Page H3682):Congress has broad authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of congressional elections under the Elections Clause of the Constitution, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4894, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5965 (119th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
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Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.