House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Filer Voter Act
Official title: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat certain tax return preparers as voter registration agencies under such Act for purposes of distributing voter registration application forms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 8130.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 57, March 26, 2026, Page H2778):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8130, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8130
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 19, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 469 (119th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- H.R. 3087 (119th) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 116 (119th) Condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
- H.R. 3376 (119th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 1638 (119th) CROWN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4007 (119th) PHARA Act of 2025
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.