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Where it stands Passed the House of Representatives as of 2025-04-10

H.R. 22 passed the House on April 10, 2025 and was received in the Senate. Across the 890 Senate roll call votes of the 119th Congress recorded in the Senate's own vote lists, there is no roll call vote on H.R. 22. The Act has not become law.

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Actions taken since 2025-01-03 that bear on a proposal indexed from SAVE Act. 4 actions recorded.

A record here means an action addresses the subject of a proposal. It is not a claim that the document caused the action, and this site makes no such claim.

What this page shows

This bill would change a lot of things. It is not law. Here is what has really happened since 2025.

Each item below is real. We show the date and where to read it. Nothing here is made up or guessed.

Be careful about one thing. An action may line up with a part of this bill. That does not prove the bill caused it. We do not say that it did.

What a match means

Closely matches
The action does what the proposal asked for.
Partly matches
The action addresses part of the proposal, or addresses it less directly.
Same subject, different route
The action addresses the same subject by a route the document did not propose.
Contested reading
Whether this action answers the proposal is a reading, and the site does not resolve it.
Runs the other way
The action runs contrary to what the document proposed.

2026-03-31

Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

Executive Order 14399 · 91 FR 17125

The order directs the compilation of State Citizenship Lists using Social Security Administration records together with the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, and a United States Postal Service rulemaking on mail-in and absentee ballots. The words documentary proof do not appear in the body of the order.

In plain English

This order takes a different route. It does not ask you for papers. It has agencies check their own records instead. It also starts new rules on ballots sent by mail.

Recorded against

Same subject, different route

A state may not register anyone without proof

section 2, Sec. 2 · the document says “may not”

Both address whether only citizens are registered, and they choose opposite mechanisms. The Act would place the burden on the applicant to produce a document at the point of registration. The order places it on federal agencies to match existing records and supply states with citizenship lists, and states expressly that appearing on such a list does not register anyone.

2025-04-10

Motion to recommit H.R. 22

House vote · Roll Call 101, 119th Congress, 1st Session

A motion to recommit is the minority's last chance to change a bill before the vote on passage. It failed, and the House moved to passage seven minutes later.

In plain English

Before the final vote, one side tried to send the bill back. That would have let them change it. The try failed. The last vote came seven minutes later.

House roll call 101 · 2025-04-10 · On Motion to Recommit: Failed

Party	Yea	Nay	Not voting
Democrats	211	0	2
Republicans	0	215	5
Total	211	215	7

Counts computed from the House Clerk's record of 433 members and checked against the Clerk's published totals.

Recorded against

This action is on SAVE Act as a whole, not on any single provision.

2025-04-10

Passage of H.R. 22 in the House of Representatives

House vote · Roll Call 102, 119th Congress, 1st Session

The vote on passage of the Act as a whole. The text indexed here is the engrossed print produced by this vote. The bill was received in the Senate and has had no Senate roll call vote.

In plain English

This was the vote on the whole bill. The House said yes. The bill then went to the Senate. The Senate has not voted on it.

House roll call 102 · 2025-04-10 · On Passage: Passed

Party	Yea	Nay	Not voting
Democrats	4	208	1
Republicans	216	0	4
Total	220	208	5

Counts computed from the House Clerk's record of 433 members and checked against the Clerk's published totals.

Recorded against

This action is on SAVE Act as a whole, not on any single provision.

2025-03-25

Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

Executive Order 14248 · 90 FR 14005

See: EO 14019, March 7, 2021; EO 14148, January 20, 2025

Section 2(a)(i) directs the Election Assistance Commission to require documentary proof of United States citizenship in the national mail voter registration form, and to have an official record the document type, its issuance and expiration dates, the issuing office and any unique identification number. Section 2(a)(ii) lists the documents that count.

In plain English

This order tells a federal agency to change the national voter sign-up form. The new form would ask for proof that you are a citizen. It also lists which papers count.

Recorded against

Partly matches

Proof of citizenship required to register

section 2, Sec. 2 · the document says “shall not”

The Act would require documentary proof under any method of voter registration a state offers. The order reaches the national mail voter registration form, which is one method, and it directs an agency to change that form rather than changing the law. The requirement is the same in kind and narrower in reach.

Closely matches

What counts as documentary proof of citizenship

section 2, Sec. 2 · the document says “means”

The order's list of qualifying documents in section 2(a)(ii) covers a United States passport, a REAL ID compliant identification indicating citizenship, and an official military identification card, which are the first items in the Act's list. The lists are not identical and the site has not compared them item by item.

Same subject, different route

Private suits against officials who register without proof

section 2, Sec. 2 · the document says “shall”

Both the Act and the order provide for consequences when a state does not apply the requirement, but by different means. The Act creates a civil action a private person may bring. The order directs the withholding of federal funds from non-complying states.

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What this tracker does not cover

Roll call votes on the bill itself, taken from the Clerk of the House's published vote records, and executive orders signed on or after January 20, 2025 that bear on a provision indexed here. Vote counts are computed from the Clerk's per-member records and checked against the Clerk's own published totals before publishing.

Committee action, amendments offered, and floor debate. Only recorded votes on the bill are indexed.
Litigation. Executive Order 14248 has been challenged in court. No docket is recorded here, and a match below says nothing about whether an action survived review.
State law. Several states have adopted proof of citizenship requirements of their own. None is indexed here.
Agency rulemaking carried out under the orders below.