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H.R. 10449House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Student Voter Data Protection Act

To establish a prohibition for certain disclosures of personally identifiable information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

Sponsored by Mary E. MillerRep. Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
Introduced September 16, 2026

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The Student Voter Data Protection Act amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to stop colleges and universities from sharing or selling students' personally identifiable information for voter‑registration or voting‑rate studies without the students' informed, written consent. It ties compliance to federal funding, meaning institutions that violate the rule could lose program funds. The bill mainly affects postsecondary schools that receive federal education money.

Key Provisions

  • Prohibits any postsecondary institution that discloses a student's personally identifiable information (including directory information) for the purpose of measuring voter registration or voting rates unless the student gives prior, informed, written consent.
  • Denies federal funds to any postsecondary institution that makes such disclosures without consent.
  • Bars postsecondary institutions from selling a student's personally identifiable education records or directory information without the student's prior, informed, written consent.
  • Also denies federal funds to institutions that sell such information without consent.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

September 16, 2026

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Introduced in House

September 16, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

September 16, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 16, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10449

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 16, 2026

Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Fine, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Palmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To establish a prohibition for certain disclosures of personally identifiable information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Student Voter Data Protection Act.

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Disclosures related to voting

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:

(k)

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 provided in a manner consistent with section 99.30 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations).

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Prohibition on sale of directory information for postsecondary education students

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:

(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).

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