HR 4913 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

CHALLENGES Act

Introduced Aug 5, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Nikema Williams D-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Aug 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedAug 5, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 5, 2025 to Sep 3, 2025; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-PADwight EvansOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-OHEmilia Strong SykesOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ALShomari FiguresOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalAug 5, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerSep 3, 2025

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Aug 5, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Aug 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 135, August 5, 2025, page H3682.

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to protect individuals who are lawfully registered to vote in elections for Federal office from bad faith challenges to their registration status, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
CHALLENGES Act
Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 5, 2025Introduced in House

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