119-hr5906

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5906 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5906

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
 for same day registration.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 November 4, 2025

 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bell, Mr. Carter of 
 Louisiana, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Mullin, Ms. 
 Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Whitesides) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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 A BILL

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
 for same day registration.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Same Day Registration Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended by 

section 2

    (a) of the COCOA Act of 
2024, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 
 and 307, respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after 

section 304 the following new 
 section:

``

SEC. 305. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.

 ``

    (a) In General.--
 ``

    (1) Registration.--Notwithstanding 

section 8

    (a)

    (1)
            (D) of 
 the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
 20507

    (a)

    (1)
            (D) ), each State shall permit any eligible 
 individual on the day of a Federal election and on any day when 
 voting, including early voting, is permitted for a Federal 
 election--
 ``
        (A) to register to vote in such election at the 
 polling place using a form that meets the requirements 
 under 

section 9

    (b) of the National Voter Registration 
 Act of 1993 (or, if the individual is already 
 registered to vote, to revise any of the individual's 
 voter registration information); and
 ``
        (B) to cast a vote in such election.
 ``

    (2) Exception.--The requirements under paragraph

    (1) shall not apply to a State in which, under a State law in 
 effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of 
 this section, there is no voter registration requirement for 
 individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal 
 office.
 ``

    (b) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`eligible individual' means, with respect to any election for Federal 
office, an individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in that 
election.
 ``
            (c) Effective Date.--Each State shall be required to comply with 
the requirements of subsection

    (a) for the regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office occurring in November 2026 and for any 
subsequent election for Federal office.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--

Section 401 of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111), as amended by 

section 2

    (b) of the COCOA Act 
of 2024, is amended by striking ``and 304'' and inserting ``304, and 
305''.
            (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act, as 
amended by 

section 2
            (c) of the COCOA Act of 2024, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 
 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307, respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after the item relating to 

section 304 the 
 following new item:

``

Sec. 305. Same day registration.''.
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