No Federal Funds for Ballot Harvesting Act
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Became law
Feb 4, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
No Federal Funds for Ballot Harvesting Act
This bill requires each state, in order to receive federal funds for election administration, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Bill text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7356: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7356/
"H.R. 7356: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7356/.
H.R. 7356, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7356/.
[H.R. 7356: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7356/)