The SAVE Act has been in Congress for 1 year and 7 months, dating to its introduction in the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025.
It was introduced in the House as H.R. 22 by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on January 3, 2025, with a Senate companion (S. 128) introduced shortly after. The House passed H.R. 22 on April 10, 2025 (220–208).
It has remained stalled in the Senate due to filibuster rules (needing 60 votes for cloture). Related or revised versions (sometimes titled SAVE America Act, e.g., as an amendment to other bills or H.R. 7296/S. 3752) have been reintroduced or attached to other measures and passed the House again (e.g., February 11, 2026, 218–213, and further attempts in July 2026 via vehicles like the NDAA), but none have cleared the Senate as of the latest available information from late July 2026.
A similar bill (H.R. 8281) existed in the prior (118th) Congress, introduced around May 2024 and passed by the House in July 2024, but it died at the end of that Congress without Senate passage. The current legislative effort for passage centers on the 119th Congress versions beginning in early 2025. Status can change with new votes or attachments to other bills.
How much longer should the American people wait for the Senate to vote on a bill the House has already passed multiple times—requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections?