House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Universal Right To Vote by Mail Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 738.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALINAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 15, January 24, 2025, Page H396):Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 738, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David Scott (D-GA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrea Salinas.
- H.R. 3029 (119th) To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3930 (119th) Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025
- H.R. 5557 (119th) Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025
- H.Res. 441 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
- H.Res. 1329 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
- H.R. 5604 (119th) National Guard Proper Use 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.