House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding the VOTE Act
Official title: To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikema Williams D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4917.
- 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 H3683):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. 4917, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4917
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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
72 cosponsors — 72 Democrats
0 of 72 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV) and 42 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. 4910 (119th) Sustaining Our Democracy Act
- H.J.Res. 216 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment…
Related bills
- S. 2589 (119th) Expanding the VOTE ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.