U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5505: Safe and Fair Elections Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
A bill to ensure that elections for Federal office are secure and fair, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To ensure that elections for Federal office are secure and fair, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
A BILL To ensure that elections for Federal office are secure and fair, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe and Fair Elections Act of 2026 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as table of contents. TITLE I--Secure American Elections Act Sec. 101. Requiring voters to provide photo identification. Sec. 102. Deadline for receipt of absentee and mail-in ballots. Sec. 103. Grants to expedite counting of ballots. Sec. 104. Requiring States to allow the counting of early votes to expedite reporting. TITLE II--Fair American elections Sec. 201. Requiring open primaries. Sec. 202. Prohibition on mid-decade redistricting. Sec. 203. Congressional redistricting standards. Sec. 204. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area updates. Sec. 205. Federal judicial review of partisan gerrymandering. TITLE III--Nonseverability Sec. 301. Nonseverability. I Secure American Elections Act SECTION 101. Requiring voters to provide photo identification (a) Requirement To provide photo identification as condition of casting ballot (1) In general Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: SECTION 303A. Photo identification requirements (a) Provision of identification required as condition of casting ballot (1) Individuals voting in person (A) …
Sponsors
- Cassidy, Bill (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Common questions
- What is SB5505?
- SB5505 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Safe and Fair Elections Act of 2026.
- What does SB5505 do?
- In its own words: To ensure that elections for Federal office are secure and fair, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB5505?
- In committee as of September 24, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (September 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5505?
- Cassidy, Bill (R).
- Where is the official record for SB5505?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5505
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