House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
POLL Act
Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where 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 House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4911.
- 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. 171, No. 135, August 5, 2025, Page H3682):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4911, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 4423 (119th) No New Burma Funds Act
- H.R. 1640 (119th) HEIRS Act of 2025
- H.Res. 30 (119th) Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
- H.Con.Res. 65 (119th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 4917 (119th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 4910 (119th) Sustaining Our Democracy Act
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.