House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Delay in Representation Act
Official title: To require that an individual elected to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives pursuant to a special election shall be provided an opportunity to have the oath of office administered and seated as a member of that body not later than five legislative days after the day that the results of the special election are certified, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
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Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7101.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H921):Aricle 1 Sec. 1 and Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 26 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7101, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7101
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
182e0e13faa89f7dd5503b361d23cab41d0bcfc8363b7654df2bb511d7f34b2b
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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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), John Mannion (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
- H.R. 7828 (119th) Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2026
- H.R. 6391 (119th) Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act
- H.R. 6440 (119th) Right to Read Act of 2025
- H.R. 7957 (119th) Preserve the Traditional Cultural Place Chí’chil Biłdagoteel Historic District Act
- H.R. 10557 (119th) Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
- H.R. 8971 (119th) Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2026
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.