The House passed a sweeping election integrity reform bill on Wednesday despite opposition from an overwhelming majority of Democrats.

The House of Representatives passed Rep. Chip Roy’s Save America Act, which seeks to prevent non-citizens from voting in U.S. federal elections.

It is an updated version of the Securing American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, also led by Texas Republican Roy, which passed the House in April 2025 but never passed the Senate.

While the SAVE Act would create new federal proof-of-citizenship requirements for the voter registration process and require states to ensure there are no ineligible voters on their rolls, the updated bill would also require a photo ID for any voter to cast a ballot. Federal elections.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries holds a press conference on the fourteenth day of the U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2025. (Elisabeth Franz/Reuters)

It also requires the sharing of information between state election officials and federal authorities to verify citizenship status on current voter rolls and enables the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pursue immigration cases if a non-citizen is found to be listed as eligible to vote.

Democrats have Attack the bill as equal Voter suppression, which Republicans argue is necessary after millions of illegal immigrants poured into the United States during four years of the Biden administration.

“If we want to rebuild confidence in America’s elections again, we need to pass the RESCUE Act,” Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. “What better way to combat that distrust than to ensure that American citizens who vote are actually eligible to vote?”

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 20, 2025 (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)

House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., accused Republicans of trying to make it harder for women to vote. She argued the legislation would make it more difficult for married women to vote if their last name is different from their maiden name on their birth certificates.

“Republicans are not afraid of non-citizen voting. They are afraid of real American citizens voting. Why? Because they lost with women,” Clark said during the House debate. “It’s a minefield of red tape that you put in front of women and American citizens and their right to vote.”

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But House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) emphasized that this is to prevent illegal immigrants from voting in U.S. elections.

Voter fraud signs appear on Lupica Tower in Cleveland, Ohio. (JD Pulley/Getty Images)

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“This is really fueling the narrative that Democrats want people from all over the world to come here illegally to support their narrative,” Hearn said of Democratic opposition.

If implemented, the bill could impose new requirements on voters in this November’s midterm elections.

but it must pass senate, Current rules state that at least a few Democrats need to reach the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.