# 119-s-2124: Election Worker Protection Act of 2025

119-s-2124, Election Worker Protection Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2124
- Congress: 119
- Title: Election Worker Protection Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Protect election workers from harassment, doxxing, and intimidation.** The bill would create grants for recruitment, training, and safety. It would expand privacy protections for workers' personal data and make harassment and interference federal crimes with new penalties. - Election workers and volunteers: Would fund state grants to recruit and train poll workers and election volunteers for federal elections with an emphasis on accessibility, cultural competence, youth, and diversity. Grant recipients must report activities within 180 days and grants may use a formula based on each state's share of the voting‑age population with up to 3 percent available for administrative costs. - State and local election officials and records managers: Would authorize funding to redact or remove personally identifiable information from public records, modify databases, create confidential opt‑out systems, and require regular reporting to Congress and to the Comptroller General. - Federal law enforcement and prosecutors: Would add criminal prohibitions against harassment, intimidation, doxxing, and interference with tabulation or processing, impose penalties up to $100,000 in fines and up to 5 years in prison, and require enhanced DOJ training and FBI investigation capacity.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger federal protections for election workers: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would make it a federal crime to intimidate or threaten an election worker while they do official duties, with penalties up to a $100,000 fine, up to 5 years in prison, or both. The Attorney General would assign an FBI special agent to every field office to investigate threats.…
- State grants for poll worker security: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Election Assistance Commission would give each eligible State a grant for physical security and social‑media threat monitoring to protect election workers. Each State's grant would equal the total money available times the State's voting‑age population share. The grants must begin w…
- Money to recruit and train poll workers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Election Assistance Commission would award grants to each State to recruit and train poll workers and election volunteers. Each State's share would equal the total grant money times its share of the national voting‑age population. The program would start within one year and funding…
- Protecting election workers' personal data: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would add election officials, poll workers, and election volunteers to the list of people protected from public release of restricted personal information. The Attorney General would also set up a grant program, within one year, to help States and local agencies redact or remov…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2124 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2124)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2124 (as of 2026-04-21).