House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to Vote Act
Official title: Protecting the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9437.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):Art. I, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9437, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46cfed56b19e8f621bcdcf52ee44b7a0b77a0eb65836166db05c767fb2919033
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 July 14, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Angie Craig (D-MN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Summer Lee.
- H.R. 2352 (119th) Abolish Super PACs Act
- H.R. 7623 (119th) Freedom House Ambulance Service Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4337 (119th) Congressional Oversight Access Act
- H.R. 8484 (119th) Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act
- H.R. 8303 (119th) Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act of 2026
- H.R. 7110 (119th) Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 4884 (119th) Right to Vote ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 8825 (118th) Right to Vote ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 3916 (118th) Right to Vote ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 2615 (117th) Right to Vote ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.