# 119-hr-7265: Vote by Mail Tracking Act

119-hr-7265, Vote by Mail Tracking Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7265
- Congress: 119
- Title: Vote by Mail Tracking Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Trackable election mail** is the goal. This bill would require mailed ballot envelopes to carry Postal Service barcodes or equivalent markings, meet USPS machineability and design rules, and show the Official Election Mail logo. It would apply to federal elections in 2026 and later. - Voters: Voters would be able to check the delivery status of a mailed ballot using Postal Service tracking marks. - Election officials: State and local election offices that furnish ballot envelopes would need to use envelopes that meet Postal Service design and machineability rules and include the Official Election Mail logo. The Postmaster General must provide annual guidance and tools to those offices by June 1. - Military and overseas voters: Federal write-in absentee ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act are excluded from these tracking and design requirements. - Postal Service: The Postal Service would write regulations and provide the barcode and tracking tools or markings that entities must use.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Trackable mail ballots for voters: benefit, medium. If enacted, government entities that send ballots by mail would have to use envelopes that let the Postal Service track each individual ballot. Envelopes would need a Postal Service barcode or an equivalent tracking mark, meet Postal Service design and machineability rules, and show the Official El…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7265 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7265)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7265 (as of 2026-09-21).