House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SET Act
Official title: To require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not later than 180 days after a vacancy occurs in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christian Menefee D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8581.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENEFEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 75, April 29, 2026, Page H3296):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8581, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8581
- 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Greg Casar (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christian Menefee.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.