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H.R. 775: Disability Voting Rights Act

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H.R. 775: Disability Voting Rights Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-03 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Disability Voting Rights Act

Plain summary

Disability Voting Rights Act This bill requires each state to allow individuals with disabilities to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections. The bill requires each state to accept and process any otherwise valid voter registration and absentee ballot applications from individuals with disabilities if the applications are received within the deadline for the federal election; establish procedures for individuals with disabilities to request, and for the state to send, voter registration and absentee ballot applications by mail and through electronic means; create procedures for securely transmitting blank absentee ballots by mail and through electronic means to individuals with disabilities; designate a single office to provide information on voter registration and absentee ballot procedures for individuals with disabilities; and specify a means of electronic communication for individuals with disabilities to request, and for the state to send, voter registration and absentee ballot applications. Further, each state must transmit a validly requested absentee ballot to an individual with a disability within 45 days of an election. However, the bill establishes a procedure for a state to apply to the Department of Justice for a waiver of this requirement. The bill also permanently reauthorizes and expands a program under which the Department of Health and Human Services makes payments to eligible states and units of local government to assure voting access for individuals with disabilities.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Disability Voting Rights Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr775 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117