Bill Information for hr8977-119

Long Title

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make it a felony offense for any person who is seeking to be a candidate in an election for Federal office or an employee or agent of such a person to knowingly fraudulently sign any materials or documentation required to be filed as a condition of ballot access for such election, and for other purposes.

Short Title

EFFIE Act

Vote Information

Status: REFERRED as of 2026-05-21 00:00:00.

Sponsor: This bill was sponsored by Michael Lawler (R-NY).

Party line votes are determined based on this being a R-sponsored piece of legislation. See here for information on how party line votes are determined.

Vote count: There were 0 roll call votes on this bill in total.