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H.R. 2561

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2561, the One Vote One Choice Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 1, 2025 by Rep. Michael Lawler (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Administration, and last saw action on Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Record

Text

H.R. 2561 has 2 co-sponsors.

hb2561/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2561 IH: One Vote One Choice Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-01
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2561  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 1, 2025   Mr. Lawler  (for himself,  Ms. Tenney , and  Mrs. Miller of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on House Administration    A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   One Vote One Choice Act  .
2.
Prohibiting States from using ranked choice voting in Federal elections
(a)
Requirement
Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ) 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:
305.
Prohibiting States from the use of ranked choice voting with respect to an election for Federal office
A State may not carry out an election for Federal office in the State using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter shall rank the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference.
 .
(b)
Conforming amendment relating to enforcement
Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking  303, and 304  and inserting  303, 304, and 305 .
(c)
Clerical amendment
The table of contents of such Act 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. Prohibiting States from the use of ranked choice voting with respect to an election for Federal office.
  .
(d)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-04-01
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Apr 1, 2025

hb2561/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (04/01/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Lawler (R) sponsors H.R. 2561, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2561 went before 1 committee: Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration
Committee on House Administration
Referred To · Apr 1, 2025 · 196 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2561 has taken 2 actions since Apr 1, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 1, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.Committee on House Administration

Votes

H.R. 2561 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2561 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • One Vote One Choice Act — Display Title
  • One Vote One Choice Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out an election for Federal office, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2561 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE—District of Columbia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
VIRGINIA KASE SOLOMON116
OMAR NOURELDIN115
AARON SCHERB112
PRESTON MITCHUM112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 third_quarter$30K3rd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2561 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2561’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr2561/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com