A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the Student Voter Data Protection Act. It stops colleges and universities from sharing a student's personal information for measuring voter registration or voting rates unless the student gives written consent first. It also stops colleges from selling a student's personal education records or directory information without that same written consent. If a school breaks these rules, they will lose their federal funding.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +8
Would students be better off under this?
Students directly benefit from prohibitions against colleges selling their education records and sharing personal data for voter measurement without explicit written consent.
- Scored +8
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?
The Student Voter Data Protection Act explicitly strengthens student privacy rights by requiring prior written consent for the disclosure or sale of educational and voting records.
- Scored +7
Does this give people more control over their personal data?
The bill protects student privacy by prohibiting colleges from selling or sharing personally identifiable information and voter data without written consent.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Protection of Student Privacy Regarding Voting Data: Under Section 2, colleges cannot disclose a student's personal information to measure voter registration or voting rates without the student's prior, informed, written consent. This is a positive for people because it stops the sharing of private student data for these specific purposes unless the student explicitly agrees.
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Ban on Selling Student Information: Under Section 3, postsecondary educational institutions are prohibited from selling a student's personally identifiable education records, including directory information, without the student's prior, informed, written consent. This is a positive for individuals because it prevents schools from cashing in on a student's private information without their permission.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Risk of Losing Federal Funds: Under Section 2 and Section 3, educational institutions will lose their program funding if they disclose student data for voter measuring or sell student directory information without written consent. While this holds officials accountable, it could potentially impact the overall operations of a school if funding is stripped, which might indirectly burden the students who rely on those programs.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would students be better off under this? — Students directly benefit from prohibitions against colleges selling their education records and sharing personal data for voter measurement without explicit written consent. Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — Young adults attending postsecondary institutions benefit from enhanced legal protections preventing the unauthorized sale or sharing of their personal and voting data.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this protect people from being watched or searched? — The Student Voter Data Protection Act explicitly strengthens student privacy rights by requiring prior written consent for the disclosure or sale of educational and voting records.
- Education And Technology
- Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The bill protects student privacy by prohibiting colleges from selling or sharing personally identifiable information and voter data without written consent.
- 9/16/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.