119th Congress
H.R. 10497
Protect Our Polls Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Chrissy Houlahan(D-PA)
- Introduced
- Sep 17, 2026
- Committees
- House Committee on Rules; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (7)
Original cosponsors (5)
- Derek Tran (D-CA)
- George Whitesides (D-CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
Added later (2)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Oct 1, 2026
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Oct 1, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Sep 17, 2026): Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Sep 17, 2026 · House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. - Sep 17, 2026
Introduced in House