Schools must ask students before selling their voter data.
H.R. 10449 — Student Voter Data Protection Act · Filed by Mary Miller (R-IL) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops schools from selling student data for voter tracking. Schools must get written permission from each student first. Schools also cannot sell student names and phone numbers without permission. Schools that break this rule lose federal money.
Who it affects
Students gain control over their data. Schools must get written permission before selling or sharing student facts.
One thing to notice
Schools that now sell voter data or student names must stop or get permission from each student. Schools that do not follow this rule lose federal money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal money — Cash the federal government gives to schools to help them run.
- voter tracking — Watching or measuring whether someone votes or how they vote.
- written permission — Clear yes from a student in writing to share their data.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,586 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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