Consideration of the SAVE Act and Four Related Measures, Including NORRA of 2025 and Two CFPB Rule Disapprovals

H. Res. 282 · S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 22, and 2 more

This rule currently governs S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 22, and 2 more.

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Overview

Floor outcome, , and debate structure.

Floor adoption

206-222

Floor vote date

Apr 1, 2025

h87-1-119

9-4

215-213

one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective designees.

Committee motion

Motion by Mr. Griffith to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

Who Ran The Debate?

The and the original source documents.

Measures Governed

The bills and resolutions linked to this special rule entry.

S.J. Res. 18

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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".

S.J. Res. 28

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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications".

H.R. 22

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Rule Instructions

Numbered parsed from the source rule text.

No.	Provision text
3	Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
4	Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
5	Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective designees.
6	Provides one motion to commit.

Rules Committee Vote

Recorded votes on the .

Member	Vote	Party bloc
Mrs. Fischbach	yea	Majority
Mr. Norman	yea	Majority

Amendment	Sponsor	Summary
13	Johnson (TX)	Establishes the right to an immediate hearing within 24 hours by a district court to review the denial of a right to vote.
1	Deluzio (PA)	Revised Provides applicants with government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States free of charge, and changes effective date to December 31, 2026.
2	Bynum (OR)	Requires the Secretary of State to establish procedures to prioritize passport requests submitted explicitly to obtain documentation required under voter registration laws. Such passports must be issued within a period not exceeding 15 calendar days after the application has been deemed complete.
3	Johnson (TX)	Allows individuals to register to vote in person, online, or by mail.
4	Johnson (TX)	Creates a private right to action and establishes criminal penalties if an election official were to deny a US Citizen who is otherwise eligible to vote the right to vote.
5	Torres (CA)	Exempts States who have residents who lack access to transportation to voter registration sites or financial means to acquire proof of citizenship from the Act's requirements.
6	Torres (CA)	Revised Maintains State and Tribal Governments' longstanding authority to determine acceptable forms of identification; makes the required voter list purges voluntary; and requires States to notify individuals removed off voter lists and have a website where individuals can look up their registration status.
7	Torres (CA)	Expands accommodations to include not only individuals with disability, but also family members, individuals who lack access to transportation to registration sites, or individuals who would have financial or other difficulties in obtaining proof of citizenship
8	Morelle (NY), Sewell (AL), Torres (CA), Johnson (TX)	SUBSTITUTE Expands-rather than restricts-voter registration opportunities for American citizens, ensuring that the United States remain a democracy with a government of the people, by the people, and for the people
9	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible military voters.
10	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible married woman voters.
11	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible Native American voters.
12	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible senior voters.
14	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible voters with a disability.
15	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Olszewski (MD), Cleaver (MO), Gonzalez (TX), Scott (VA), Thanedar (MI)	Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to disenfranchisement of eligible rural voters.
16	Sewell (AL)	Revises the birth certificate requirement of the SAVE Act by providing an extensive list of additional methods of documentation that voters can use to register if they do not have a copy of their birth certificate or passport.
17	Sewell (AL)	Revises the section of the SAVE Act that gives state agencies authority to override state election boards to remove voters from the rolls and replaces it with a list of requirements that would need to be followed before a voter is removed from the rolls.
18	Sewell (AL)	Strikes the provision that criminalizes election officials for making minor mistakes while they are trying to register voters and protects election officials' ability to sue if they are removed for political or partisan reasons.
19	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Cleaver (MO)	Revised Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to the disenfranchisement of any eligible voter who is a victim of domestic violence.
20	Dexter (OR), Johnson (GA), Cleaver (MO)	Revised Prevents the bill from taking effect within a state unless the state certifies that the implementation of the bill would not lead to the disenfranchisement of any eligible voter who is a person of color.
21	Leger Fernández (NM)	Ensures that individuals who changed their names, including married women, are not disenfranchised. Also ensures that rural voters are not disenfranchised.
22	Deluzio (PA)	Provides government-issued ID card required by this bill for a qualified voting individual will be provided at no cost to the applicant. Shifts date of implementation of this bill to December 31, 2026.

Amendment

Sponsor

Summary

Johnson (TX)

Establishes the right to an immediate hearing within 24 hours by a district court to review the denial of a right to vote.

Deluzio (PA)

Revised Provides applicants with government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States free of charge, and changes effective date to December 31, 2026.

Bynum (OR)

Requires the Secretary of State to establish procedures to prioritize passport requests submitted explicitly to obtain documentation required under voter registration laws. Such passports must be issued within a period not exceeding 15 calendar days after the application has been deemed complete.

Johnson (TX)

Allows individuals to register to vote in person, online, or by mail.

Johnson (TX)

Creates a private right to action and establishes criminal penalties if an election official were to deny a US Citizen who is otherwise eligible to vote the right to vote.

Torres (CA)

Exempts States who have residents who lack access to transportation to voter registration sites or financial means to acquire proof of citizenship from the Act's requirements.

Torres (CA)

Revised Maintains State and Tribal Governments' longstanding authority to determine acceptable forms of identification; makes the required voter list purges voluntary; and requires States to notify individuals removed off voter lists and have a website where individuals can look up their registration status.

Torres (CA)

Expands accommodations to include not only individuals with disability, but also family members, individuals who lack access to transportation to registration sites, or individuals who would have financial or other difficulties in obtaining proof of citizenship

Morelle (NY), Sewell (AL), Torres (CA), Johnson (TX)

SUBSTITUTE Expands-rather than restricts-voter registration opportunities for American citizens, ensuring that the United States remain a democracy with a government of the people, by the people, and for the people