Student Voter Data Protection Act
Requires colleges to get students’ written consent before sharing voting-related data or selling personally identifiable education records.
In the House Education and Workforce Committee since Sept. 16, 2026, 19 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 16, 2026
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Colleges hold information that can identify students. The bill would require students' prior, informed, written consent before colleges share that information to measure student voter registration or voting rates, or sell student education records. Institutions that did so without consent could lose access to applicable federal funds.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Require consent for voting-related disclosures
A postsecondary institution could not receive federal funds under an applicable program if it disclosed a student's personally identifying information, including directory information, to measure student voter registration or voting rates without the student's prior, informed, written consent.
- Bar sales of student records without consent
A postsecondary institution could not receive federal funds under an applicable program if it sold a student's personally identifiable education records, including directory information, without the student's prior, informed, written consent.
The practical difference is that students would have to agree in writing before institutions could use their personally identifying information for the specified voting measurements or sell their education records. The bill ties those privacy protections to whether an institution can receive federal education funds.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 16, 2026HOUSESEP 16, 2026By Rep. Miller with 4 original cosponsorsReferred to Education and Workforce
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeSEP 16, 2026EDUCATION & WORKFORCE NOWSEP 16, 2026In committee for 19 daysNo hearing yet
- 19 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- SEP 162026SEP 16, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- SEP 162026SEP 16, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 19, this bill is already older than 6% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
Where your members stand on it
A coalition from 3 states
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Rep. Miller’s record: sponsored 36 bills this Congress. 2 passed the House; 0 became law.
- Sheri BiggsR-SC-3ORIGINAL
- Randy FineR-FL-6ORIGINAL
- Ralph NormanR-SC-5ORIGINAL
- Gary J. PalmerR-AL-6ORIGINAL
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