PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] · R–IL
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-16 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Student Voter Data Protection Act would make colleges and other postsecondary institutions ineligible for funding under applicable programs if they disclose identifying student information to measure student voter registration or voting rates without students’ prior, informed, written consent. It would also apply that funding restriction when institutions sell identifying student education records without that consent, regardless of the sale’s purpose.
This Act may be cited as the Student Voter Data Protection Act.
No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any postsecondary educational institution that discloses personally identifiable information (including through sale or transfer), including directory information, from a student for the purpose of measuring voter registration or the voting rates of students enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution, without the prior, informed, written consent of the student
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational institution that is a postsecondary educational institution that sells the personally identifiable education records, including directory information, of a student without the prior, informed, written consent of the student
Section 2 would add a funding restriction to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It would cover disclosures of information identifying a student, including sales, transfers and directory information, when the purpose is measuring student voter registration or voting rates. Prior, informed, written student consent would be required to avoid this restriction.
Section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) is amended by adding at the end the following:
No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any postsecondary educational institution that discloses personally identifiable information (including through sale or transfer), including directory information, from a student for the purpose of measuring voter registration or the voting rates of students enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution, without the prior, informed, written consent of the student
Section 3 would separately restrict applicable program funding for postsecondary institutions that sell personally identifiable student education records without prior, informed, written student consent. This provision includes directory information and is not limited to voting-related sales. Its wording addresses selling records, rather than every way of providing them, and would apply despite other provisions of the amended statutory section.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational institution that is a postsecondary educational institution that sells the personally identifiable education records, including directory information, of a student without the prior, informed, written consent of the student provided in a manner consistent with section 99.30 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations).
Both proposed restrictions would require consent to follow the requirements of section 99.30 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or regulations that replace it. The bill therefore refers to an existing regulatory standard for how students must give consent.
the prior, informed, written consent of the student provided in a manner consistent with section 99.30 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations)
the prior, informed, written consent of the student provided in a manner consistent with section 99.30 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations)
Section 3 would also change the opening of existing section 444(a)(5)(B) to make that provision subject to the new restriction on sales. The supplied text does not reproduce the rest of that existing provision.
Section 444(a)(5) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(5); commonly referred to as the ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking Any educational agency or institution and inserting Subject to subparagraph (C), any educational agency or institution; and (2) by adding at the end the following:
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated October 14, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 16, 2026. This snapshot does not establish subsequent legislative action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-14T20:53:58Z. 2026-09-16: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 2026-09-16: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-16. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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