United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1438 (116th)
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to allow same day registration for Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Introduced
28 February 2019
Last action
28 February 2019 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
Debra Haaland, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], JAMES COOPER, Ann Kirkpatrick, Dwight Evans, LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, James Himes, Brenda Lawrence, Harley Rouda, Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Barbara Lee, Dean Phillips, Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2], Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4], Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29], Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Marcia Fudge, Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Sean Maloney, Colin Allred, Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
This bill requires states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted.
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Timeline
28 February 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
28 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 28 February 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 February 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 February 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 28 February 2019
Sponsors
- Debra Haaland · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- JAMES COOPER · D · Sponsor
- Ann Kirkpatrick · D · Sponsor
- Dwight Evans · D · Sponsor
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Sponsor
- James Himes · D · Sponsor
- Brenda Lawrence · D · Sponsor
- Harley Rouda · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
- Dean Phillips · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] · D · Sponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Marcia Fudge · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Cosponsor
- Sean Maloney · D · Cosponsor
- Colin Allred · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsha00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → For the People Act of 2019
- related to → Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
- related to → Same Day Registration Act
- related to → Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
- related to → Same Day Registration Act of 2019
- related to ← For the People Act of 2019
- related to ← ACCESS Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1438
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1438
- us · 116-hr-1438 · source updated 5 December 2025