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The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on the SAVE America Act, a bill that would mandate states to verify both U.S. citizenship and require photo identification for voters casting ballots in federal elections. This legislation merges two popular election security measures—proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo ID at the polls—that have previously passed the House separately but stalled in the Senate.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), the bill's chief House sponsor, announced the upcoming floor vote during a Wednesday evening interview with Just the News. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is the Senate sponsor.
"I'm announcing that we are bringing Chip's bill, the SAVE America Act, to the House floor next week," Scalise stated on the John Solomon Reports podcast. "So it's on the floor, and everybody's got to pick a side: do you want to make sure that only American citizens vote in elections and that you have to show an ID to vote?," reported Just The News.
Scalise emphasized the everyday acceptance of ID requirements, noting, "You can't get into a bar, you can't get on an airplane without an ID and if we want to make sure the franchise of America's democracy is in place, let's do this as well."
Roy highlighted broad public support for the measures, crediting President Trump for suggesting the bill's name and predicting he would press senators—particularly Democrats in competitive states—to back it."
Look, everybody wants this," Roy said. "People say, and Democrats are going to say, 'Oh, it's racist.' 'This is Jim Crow.' That's nonsense. You look at the polling. CNN had polling that 80% of people, regardless of skin color, believe that we should have voter ID."
He added, "You've got to have real ID to get on a plane. You've got to have ID to go to baseball games. You can certainly have an identification to go vote in elections to defend the sovereignty of our country."
The original SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), sponsored by Roy, passed the House in April. It amends the 1993 National Voter Registration Act to require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship before registering individuals for federal elections. While non-citizens are already barred from voting in federal elections (and most state and local ones), some localities in states like California, Maryland, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., permit non-citizens to vote in certain local races.
The new SAVE America Act builds on that by adding a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting.
Roy urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to reform filibuster rules—potentially requiring a "talking filibuster" where opponents must actively debate—to overcome Democratic resistance and advance the bill before the 2026 elections.
"I just hope, once we move it through the House next week, that leader soon will force a talking filibuster to get us to have a real fight over in the Senate," Roy said. "But right now, our first job is to get it through the House."
The bill aims to bolster election integrity amid ongoing debates over voter access and security, forcing a clear partisan divide on measures that enjoy significant cross-party public backing in polls.
