S. 3177 119th Congress Senate

Citizen Ballot Protection Act

Official title: A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement that applica… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 18, 2025 Introduced by: Katie Boyd Britt Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Nov 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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AFL-CIO
for AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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Cosponsors 8

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Nov 18, 2025

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Nov 18, 2025

Cruz, Ted

Texas · Nov 18, 2025

Fischer, Deb

Nebraska · Nov 18, 2025

Hagerty, Bill

Tennessee · Nov 18, 2025

Hyde-Smith, Cindy

Mississippi · Nov 18, 2025

McConnell, Mitch

Kentucky · Nov 18, 2025

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Nov 18, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3177: Citizen Ballot Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3177/

MLA

"S. 3177: Citizen Ballot Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3177/.

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S. 3177, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3177/.

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