SAVE Act: What It Does

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Introduced, doneJanuary 3, 2025
Committee, doneJanuary 3, 2025
Floor Vote, doneApril 10, 2025
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How Congress VotedOfficial Record

428members of the House voted

220 Yea, 208 Nay, 0 Present

5 Not Voting

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House votes by party
Party	Yea	Nay	Not Voting
Republican	216	0	4
Democrat	4	208	1
Total	220	208	5

Republican
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216
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Present
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Democrat
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4
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208
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House roll call vote, April 10, 2025

What This Bill Does

This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections.

Specifically, the bill prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. The bill specifies what documents are considered acceptable proof of U.S. citizenship, such as identification that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates U.S. citizenship.

Further, the bill (1) prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in a federal election unless, at the time the individual applies to register to vote, the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship; and (2) requires states to establish an alternative process under which an applicant may submit other evidence to demonstrate U.S. citizenship.

Each state must take affirmative steps on an ongoing basis to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote, which shall include establishing a program to identify individuals who are not U.S. citizens using information supplied by certain sources.

Additionally, states must remove noncitizens from their official lists of eligible voters.

The bill allows for a private right of action against an election official who registers an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.

The bill establishes criminal penalties for certain offenses, including registering an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.

What Congress Said

Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.

Republicans20 spoke

During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
Virginia FoxxR-NC, House, April 8, 2025
During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
H. Morgan GriffithR-VA, House, April 1, 2025
When you contemplate the many dozens of women who support the SAVE Act in this Chamber and in the other and who voted for it in the other Chamber, who were part of the process of drafting this bill--they and I and the others who were involved in its drafting, we all went out of our way to make sure that these documentation standards were not unduly onerous.
Mike LeeR-UT, Senate, May 20, 2025

17 more speakers

I rise in support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act, introduced by my colleague, Chip Roy of Texas.
Bryan SteilR-WI, House, April 10, 2025
I would note for the American people that the Republican majority is bringing before the body two important measures this week.
Chip RoyR-TX, House, April 1, 2025
One of the difficulties I have with this is that he is correct; this resolution does not assign fault, nor does it talk about fault. And that is one of the biggest problems I have with this. If this is going to be resolved, fault must be identified. The conditions on the ground have to be identified.
James E. RischR-ID, Senate, May 20, 2025
I rise in opposition to this rule. As many of you might know, for over 2 years now I have been championing the cause to allow new female Members of Congress the right to vote. Some of the American people might be surprised that if you are a female Member and you have a child, that you can't vote.
Anna Paulina LunaR-FL, House, April 1, 2025
I rise in strong support of the resolution as a woman and as the chairwoman of the Republican Women's Caucus, not only for election integrity but clearly literacy because Democrats have not read the resolution. That much is clear.
Kat CammackR-FL, House, April 10, 2025
I rise today in strong support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act.
Stephanie I. BiceR-OK, House, April 10, 2025
While States are the primary authority on how elections are conducted on election day, it is our role here in Congress to ensure that we support them, provide resources to them, and promote uniformity and best practices across the country.
Laurel M. LeeR-FL, House, April 10, 2025
First of all, I rise in full support of this rule. As I told my good friends in the Rules Committee today, you are not going to lecture me on compassion. You are not going to lecture me on being kind to the poor and the forgotten.
Ralph NormanR-SC, House, April 1, 2025
I rise in support of the SAVE Act. The American people are done messing around with a woke, weak-kneed system that lets our elections get hijacked. I am fighting for them, for me, and for every American who knows that our vote is sacred. It is time to lock it down with citizens only.
Lauren BoebertR-CO, House, April 10, 2025
One citizen, one vote. It is the pillar of our democracy and you would think that of all the issues that we debate on this hallowed floor, this is the one. This is the one that brings everybody together, the pillar of our democracy, one citizen, one vote. Everybody is on the same team.
Aaron BeanR-FL, House, April 10, 2025
I rise today in strong support of the SAVE Act, which includes robust measures to prevent illegal aliens from participating in our elections.
Mary E. MillerR-IL, House, April 10, 2025
In every election, somebody wins and somebody loses. Democracy depends on the losing side trusting that the election was a fair and accurate reflection of the will of the majority, and the winning side depends on the same perception for the legitimacy of their office.
Tom McClintockR-CA, House, April 10, 2025
Of course, this isn't radical at all. It is common sense. I think the vast majority of Americans would be shocked to learn that it elicits any opposition at all.
Kevin KileyR-CA, House, April 10, 2025
Due to a personal family matter, I was not able to make the voting series today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 100, NAY on Roll Call No. 101, and YEA on Roll Call No. 102.
David G. ValadaoR-CA, House, April 10, 2025
I was not present today to vote due to the death of an immediate family member. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 100, NAY on Roll Call No. 101, and YEA on Roll Call No. 102.
Robert F. Onder, Jr.R-MO, House, April 10, 2025
had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 87.
Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA, House, April 1, 2025
had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 102.
Marjorie Taylor GreeneR-GA, House, April 10, 2025

Democrats25 spoke

The gentlewoman just said that the Speaker is very much in support of family values, yet he has a problem with allowing new moms and dads to be able to vote by proxy. He seems to have no problem with Republican Members flying to the West Coast, filming comedy shows in Hollywood, and voting by proxy.
James P. McGovernD-MA, House, April 8, 2025
Moreover, the SAVE Act is not actually meant to prevent noncitizens from voting. The SAVE Act is really about silencing Americans. This bill is about disenfranchising Americans, not noncitizens, but Americans, Americans like James Wilson.
Joseph D. MorelleD-NY, House, April 10, 2025
The National Voter Registration Act, which this body passed on a bipartisan basis back in 1993, was designed to expand voter registration opportunities by making it easier for eligible Americans to register when they interact with government Agencies, plain and simple, and that is all this bill seeks to do, by designating USCIS as a voter registration…
Alex PadillaD-CA, Senate, May 20, 2025

22 more speakers

I rise in opposition to the rule that will kill our bipartisan effort to allow parents who have welcomed a new child to vote remotely.
Brittany PettersenD-CO, House, April 8, 2025
And this resolution does not get into the question of fault. It gets into the question of suffering. It gets into the question of the suffering of innocent people who, at times, have been victimized by Hamas but whose families are hungry, who are starving.
Peter WelchD-VT, Senate, May 20, 2025
I want to start by saying welcome back to my friends across the aisle. It is really nice to have them back here in the people's House, especially after last week.
Melanie A. StansburyD-NM, House, April 8, 2025
That promissory note was that he told the American people on day one, inflation would go down. Prices would go down on day one, he said. Instead, what the President has done is, unleashed an economic chaos on the American people.
Gregory W. MeeksD-NY, House, April 8, 2025
I want to just read the second part of this resolution because it does what I understand so many of the hostages' families have been saying we should do.
Chris Van HollenD-MD, Senate, May 20, 2025
I rise in opposition today to the Republicans' voter suppression act. This bill is not about election integrity. This is not about ensuring that only citizens vote. This is about making it impossible for people and new voters to vote.
Julie JohnsonD-TX, House, April 1, 2025
My amendment would prevent this bill from being implemented unless we get certification that it would not bar a single married woman in this country who is eligible to vote from the ballot box.
Maxine DexterD-OR, House, April 1, 2025
I rise today in strong opposition to the House Republican's so-called SAVE Act, the most restrictive voting law to be considered by this body in decades.
Terri A. SewellD-AL, House, April 10, 2025
I hope my Republican colleagues who signed the discharge petition continue to have the courage to vote against this rule. You should not be silenced.
Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM, House, April 1, 2025
I rise on behalf of the Dads Caucus in support of Representative Luna's and Representative Pettersen's proxy voting bill that will allow new parents to spend a limited time, 12 weeks, with a newborn child. That is all we are asking.
Jimmy GomezD-CA, House, April 1, 2025
This resolution could force Georgians to pay more than $700 million just to register to vote.
Nikema WilliamsD-GA, House, April 10, 2025
Literally, the Freedom Caucus could teach a clinic on Speaker hostage taking. If you don't like the bill, vote against it. Is the Freedom Caucus the only one with power? Is Chip Roy the only one who sits in these seats with power?
Jared MoskowitzD-FL, House, April 1, 2025
This bill will make it more difficult to register to vote, and it will prevent millions of American citizens, including married women who change their name and rural Americans, from exercising their right to vote. It creates an enormous and expensive unfunded mandate on election offices, and for what?
Suzanne BonamiciD-OR, House, April 10, 2025
I rise in strong opposition to this so-called SAVE Act, a bill that is a modern-day poll tax targeting American women and low- income Americans.
Laura FriedmanD-CA, House, April 10, 2025
All of my colleagues today are speaking about this bill, and it is personal to me because I represent Alabama. I represent the birthplace of the civil rights movement.
Shomari FiguresD-AL, House, April 10, 2025
The American people in my district and in my State have spoken clearly. This bill is voter suppression, pure and simple.
George LatimerD-NY, House, April 10, 2025
Free and fair elections are the foundation of any functioning democracy. The SAVE Act is a blatant attempt to undermine our election system, weaken American democracy, and unfairly suppress millions of eligible citizens from voting.
Kevin MullinD-CA, House, April 10, 2025
I rise to explain why new moms cannot proxy vote. The issue is very simple, and the answer is even simpler to understand. It is because men don't have children.
Al GreenD-TX, House, April 8, 2025
I rise today in strong opposition to the SAVE Act. While everyday Americans are struggling from the fallout of Trump's disastrous tariff policies, Republicans are pushing through a bill that strips Americans' constitutional right to vote, a vote that was hard won and for which many died.
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.D-NJ, House, April 10, 2025
I rise in strong opposition to the SAVE Act, which is a transparent attempt to disenfranchise millions of voters.
Deborah K. RossD-NC, House, April 10, 2025
I rise to oppose the SAVE Act. The bottom line is that the SAVE Act suppresses the votes of women; Black, Brown, and indigenous people; veterans; and working-class Americans.
Delia C. RamirezD-IL, House, April 10, 2025
I missed the vote on agreeing to the resolution, H. Res. 294. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 92.
Lateefah SimonD-CA, House, April 8, 2025

Timeline

Apr 10, 2025House floor actionsConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H1569-1579)
Apr 10, 2025Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 208 (Roll no. 102).
Apr 10, 2025SenateReceived in the Senate.
Apr 10, 2025Floor Vote
Apr 10, 2025Passed the House
Apr 8, 2025House floor actionsRule H. Res. 294 passed House.
Apr 7, 2025House floor actionsRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 294 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 22. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 28 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 22 and H.R. 1526, and one motion to commit on S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28.
Apr 1, 2025House floor actionsRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 282 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 28 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 22 and H.R. 1526, and one motion to commit on S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28. The resolution also provides that H. Res. 23 and H. Res. 164 are laid on the table.
Jan 3, 2025Library of CongressIntroduced in House
Jan 3, 2025House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 3, 2025Introduced
Jan 3, 2025Committee

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