HRES 1539 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Affirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to defend the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and to oppose efforts to intimidate voters, suppress the vote, or interfere with free and fair elections.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 15, 2026 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 15, 2026
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalSep 15, 2026
D-WAEmily RandallOriginalSep 15, 2026
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalSep 15, 2026
D-VASuhas SubramanyamOriginalSep 15, 2026
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanSep 16, 2026
D-WAPramila JayapalSep 24, 2026
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOct 1, 2026
D-NYJosh RileyOct 5, 2026
D-MIRashida TlaibOct 19, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 15, 2026Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  2. Sep 15, 2026Submitted in House

Subjects

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  1. Sep 15, 2026Introduced in House

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