ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Legislative Victories 2023

ACT For America's grassroots influence resulted in over 157 Million actions and has contributed to the passage of 210 bills on the Federal and State level making ACT one of the most influential conservative movements in America today.

 

Election Integrity:

 

OHIO HB458 - legislation requiring a photo ID rather than using other government documents or utility bills, shortening the time for returning ballots and fixing errors in them (called “curing”), prohibiting curbside voting, and limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county. Passed/enacted 1/06/23.

 

IDAHO H0124 – VOTERS -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding accepted voter identification at the polls. Passed/enacted 3/16/23.

 

MISSISSIPPI Senate Bill 2358 – the legislation bans ballot harvesting in the State of Mississippi. Signed/enacted 3/22/23

 

ARKANSAS SB255 - To Amend The Law Concerning The Allocation Of Election Expenses; And To Restrict The Source Of Election Funding. Signed/Enacted 3/24/23

 

SOUTH DAKOTA SB140 – Revise certain provisions relating to voter registration. Passed/enacted 3/27/23

 

MISSISSIPPI H.B. 1306 - revises “certain provisions about names of candidates appearing on the ballot, judicial candidate’s annual report, and fraudulent absentee voter applications.” Candidates running for all offices will be prevented from appearing on the ballot if they have not filed their campaign finance reports in the last 5 years. Signed/enacted 3/28/23

 

IDAHO H0340 – VOTERS -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding voter identification and proof of residence. Passed/enacted 4/06/23.

 

ARKANSAS HB1513 bill that would require the state attorney general to establish and maintain an Election Integrity Unit. This bill would allow the attorney general to bring civil action against a person or entity believed to be "engaging, has engaged, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared unlawful" under state election laws. Signed/enacted 4/11/23

 

MISSISSIPI - H.B. 1310 allows for post-election audits, adds new tools for counties to conduct voter roll maintenance, provides additional election support funding for counties, and expands procedures to ensure only U.S. citizens vote. This bill purge voter rolls. Signed/enacted 4/19/23

 

INDIANA HB1334 - Provides that an absentee ballot application must request that the applicant include certain identification numbers; or a photocopy of the applicant's Indiana driver's license, the applicant's Indiana identification card number for nondrivers, or other specified proof of identification. Signed/enacted 5/1/2023.

 

MONTANA SB117 – This bill prohibits the private funding of election administration. Signed/enacted 5/2/23

 

ALABAMA SB10 - This bill prohibits the use of electronic vote counting systems that are capable of connection to the Internet or cell phone networks or that possess modem. Signed/Enacted 5/2/23.

 

TENNESSEE HB0854 – Allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place. - Passed/enacted 5/3/23

 

Georgia SB222 – This bill would make it a felony for local election offices to accept private funds. Signed/enacted 5/3/2023.

 

ALABAMA SB9 – This bill would require all electronic voting machines to use paper ballots. Signed/enacted 5/24/23.

 

OKLAHOMA SB377 - This bill would help county election boards remove noncitizens from the state’s voter registration rolls. Signed/enacted 6/17/23

 

NORTH CAROLINA S747The State Board shall not accept private monetary donations or in-kind contributions, directly or indirectly, for conducting elections or employing individuals on a temporary basis. Veto Overridden, Signed/Enacted/Adopted 10/10/23.

 

Parental Rights:

 

NC HB808 – the gender-affirming health care ban, bars medical professionals in North Carolina from administering puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries to transgender minors. Those who began treatment prior to Aug. 1 may continue receiving care with their parents’ consent. The new law, which takes effect immediately, also blocks state funds from being used to support government health plans that offer “surgical gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to a minor. Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto 8/13/23.

 

NC HB754 - bars transgender women and girls from middle school through college from competing on female sports teams. Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto 8/13/23.

 

NC Parental Rights Bill of Rights - prohibit kindergarten through fourth grade teachers from engaging in classroom instruction about gender identity or sexuality. Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto 8/13/23.

 

UTAH HB308

March 16, 2021: Gov. Spencer Cox signed HB 308. This measure prohibits a government entity, including the State Board of Education, the Utah Board of Higher Education, a public institution of higher education, and a school district, from directly or indirectly requiring an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use as a condition of employment or participation in an activity of the governmental entity.

 

*Originally banned mandates for emergency use vaxx only. Vaxx is now approved for children by FDA. However this bill prohibits indirectly by prohibiting vaccine status discrimination

 

Vaccine Mandate Legislation

 

MONTANA HB715

May 18, 2023: Gov. Greg Gianforte signed HB 715. This measure requires that any communications from a school regarding immunizations must include information about the available exemptions and include copies of or links to exemption forms.

 

IDAHO SB11340

April 6, 2023: Gov. Brad Little signed SB 1130. This measure prohibits government entities from requiring any person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Additionally, government entities are prohibited from offering any different compensation or benefits to an employee based on whether the employee has received a COVID-19 vaccine (this excludes onetime incentives related to COVID-19 vaccines that do not result in any different compensation or benefits). Business entities operating in Idaho are prohibited from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employment or access to good or services (excludes businesses that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding). Further, ticket issuers may not discriminate or deny access to entertainment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

 

FLORIDA SB252

May 12, 2023: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 252. This measure prohibits business and governmental entities from requiring individuals to provide proof of vaccination or post-infection recovery from any disease to gain access to facilities or services from such entities. Additionally, business entities are prohibited from refusing employment to or otherwise discriminating against an individual on the basis of vaccination status for COVID-19 vaccines or any vaccine under emergency use authorization. This act is effective June 1, 2023.

 

IDAHO SB1130

April 6, 2023: Gov. Brad Little signed SB 1130. This measure prohibits government entities from requiring any person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Additionally, government entities are prohibited from offering any different compensation or benefits to an employee based on whether the employee has received a COVID-19 vaccine (this excludes onetime incentives related to COVID-19 vaccines that do not result in any different compensation or benefits). Business entities operating in Idaho are prohibited from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employment or access to good or services (excludes businesses that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding). Further, ticket issuers may not discriminate or deny access to entertainment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

 

ACT for America is actively pursuing 100 + pieces of legislation or introduction of necessary legislation in all 50 states.