119th Congress
H.R. 8831
Protecting Our Democracy Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Jamie Raskin(D-MD)
- Introduced
- May 14, 2026
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Committee on House Administration; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Rules; House Committee on the Budget; House Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; House Committee on Ways and Means; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (110)
Original cosponsors (100)
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Analilia Mejia (D-NJ)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Becca Balint (D-VT)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Dave Min (D-CA)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Emily Randall (D-WA)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI)
- George Latimer (D-NY)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- John B. Larson (D-CT)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA)
- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Val T. Hoyle (D-OR)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Added later (10)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA) · May 19, 2026
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) · May 19, 2026
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) · May 19, 2026
- Sarah McBride (D-DE) · May 19, 2026
- Sean Casten (D-IL) · May 19, 2026
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) · Jun 9, 2026
- Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Jun 9, 2026
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Jun 11, 2026
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Sep 10, 2026
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY) · Sep 10, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.
Latest action(May 14, 2026): Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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
- May 14, 2026 · House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. - May 14, 2026
Introduced in House